If you missed former President Bill Clinton’s speech last night (because, say, you were at the TAMMIES, watching a hell of a tribute to the Rondstadt family), you should carve a good hour out of your day to watch, or at the very least, listen to it here.
At about 4 minutes, 45 seconds, Clinton says this:
Well, since 1961, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats 24. In those 52 years, our economy produced 66 million private sector jobs. What’s the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 million.
But is it true? According to Bloomberg fact checkers, it is.
The Facts: Clinton’s math is correct. Using Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for the month each president took office, Democratic presidents presided over the creation of 42.3 million jobs and Republican chief executives saw 23.9 million.
For more of Bloomberg’s fact checking against Clinton’s speech, click through here.
[Bloomberg: Bill Clinton Asserts Democrats Create More Jobs: Reality Check]
This article appears in Sep 6-12, 2012.
Yep u may be right, but most of those jobs went to undocumented illegals (oh sorry the Demos gave them free citizenship first). If u think the Demos are the answer then your not any better than the socialist communist politicans in the Demo party. I admit there’s some Repukes that’s not any better also. Elect true Consitutional Patriots!!
A convicted liar was right? How is that possible? After all, the Obama administration produces the numbers and they wouldn’t lie. lol Look around 96000 new jobs last month and 350000 more on unemployment and another 300000 that are no longer eligible and dropping off the statistics. The numbers do not add up. My numbers are very rough and taken from the news.
Like the article stated, “Clinton’s math is correct.” The former Pres. presented many facts and figures during his speech…compare it to the Reps. speeches, which were outright lies when they weren’t just “cheerleading.” No matter how hard rightwing media tries to twist Clinton’s words, all they can really end up doing is flat insults. The Reps have zero credibility and pander to their 1% base. BTW, that funny noise you kept hearing during the Dem. convention was constant cheering and applause from the delegates—their counterparts at the Rep. convention were either absent or snoozing during most of their speeches.