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Michelle Obama: We're in the Middle of a Huge Recovery

Dogs for Romney_TX Chair Wrote: Oct 15, 2012 10:15 PM

But we MUST be in a recovery. The Liberals say it's true, and everyone KNOWS they're sooooo much smarter than us. We're supposed to be "anti-intellectual" and "anti-education". At least that's what ASkankNamedAllison, brightontop, theerightstuff, Wonton and all the trolls tell us. They've got to be right.

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Michelle Obama: We're in the Middle of a Huge Recovery

Are we? During a radio interview last week with a local D.C. hip hop station, First Lady Michelle Obama claimed we are in a "huge recovery."

Reality check: Under Barack Obama, the unemployment rate was above 8.1 percent for 42 months. The current unemployment rate of 7.9 percent is a result of more people giving up the search for job, not a result of more people being employed. Not to mention, 7.9 percent was the unemployment rate when Barack Obama was inaugurated in 2009 and...

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