Rachel Madow asks: "Where would we be now if GOP hadn't killed Obama's American Jobs Act last year?"
as Corporate media talking heads obediently repeat the GOP talking point: "Obama on the economy is weak (in the campaign)." This is only true if you blot out from memory the frenzied efforts by the GOP to sabotage the Dems efforts to repair and rebuild the economy from the GOP's Trickle Down - Deregulation Disaster.
The GOP's help-mates are careful to never bring up the fact that the Republicans said their top political priority (that's all they are is 'political', they don't know anything else) would be to "make Obama a one term president." or all the ways in which the GOP have sought to sabotage any recovery that Obama might produce. They have proceded to fight any and all stimulus measures attempted by the Dems and Obama, The American Jobs Act being a good example. But the Corporate media talking heads do their cowardly duty for the GOP and help them sell the Big Lie that Obama has been all alone in D.C. the last 3 years and he just waived a magic wand and got everything he wanted.
So, all the Charlie Roses out there, the PBS Newshour skanks, and all the other "bendovers" for the GOP, this one's for you. Read what an legitimate journalist, not to mention an authentic person, has to say.
from Maddow's excellent (as usual) report:
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/01/12007563-the-road-not-taken?lite
It seems like ages ago, but it was just last September when the president delivered an address to a joint session of Congress, laying out a detailed plan to boost job creation. It's easy to forget, but it was a credible, serious plan -- the AJA would have prevented thousands of layoffs for teachers, cops, and firefighters; invested heavily in infrastructure; and cut taxes intended to spur hiring.
Independent analysis concluded the plan would have a significant and positive effect. From an AP report in September:
A tentative thumbs-up. That was the assessment Thursday night from economists who offered mainly positive reviews of President Barack Obama's $450 billion plan to stimulate job creation. [...]
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, estimated that the president's plan would boost economic growth by 2 percentage points, add 2 million jobs and reduce unemployment by a full percentage point next year compared with existing law.
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