◼ Michelle Obama to Moline Crowd: “ILLINOIS Is Leading the Nation in Job Creation” - Jim Hoft/Gateway Pundit
And, you wonder why no one trusts this administration?◼ Doug Schorpp at the Quad City Times had a really bad day yesterday. The sad thing is that he still probably doesn't even know it. - Newsbusters
Illinois is ranked number 42 out of the 50 states in job creation since 2009 when Obama took over.
His report (HT Gateway Pundit) on Michelle Obama's visit to Moline, Illinois had two whoppers. One of them was spoken by Mrs. Obama, while the other error was completely unforced. They have been present at the paper's web site since Saturday at 6 p.m., humiliating everyone associated with that publication. The Time apparently didn't have the background knowledge to recognize how laughable the following claim Mrs. Obama made is: "And we are here to keep this state in the right direction," she said to thunderous applause. "And this state is leading the nation in job creation."
◼ (A month ago) Will Weighs in on How Poorly Obamanomics Has Worked in Illinois - Tom Blumer/Newsbusters
George Will: The president went to the state of Illinois to brag about the economy. Illinois has 300,000 fewer jobs than it had in 2008. For the last four years in the state of Illinois, the number of new food stamp recipients has increased twice as fast as the number of new job recipients. He was speaking in Illinois on a college campus. He did not mention that 40 percent of recent college graduates are either unemployed or underemployed -- that is, in jobs that don't require college degrees -- and one in three recent college graduates is living at home with their parents...
