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Beck's newsletter continues distortion of Reid's jobs comments

March 05, 2010 5:16 pm ET by Media Matters staff

From Glenn Beck's March 5 email newsletter:

Beck email newsletter

Previously:

Glenn Beck and right-wing media grossly distort Reid's jobs comments

Tags: Glenn Beck

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    • Author by bintx (March 05, 2010 5:19 pm ET)
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      Compared to the almost 2 million lost in December-February of 2008-2009, 36,000 is a GOOD day. If one actually listens to what Reid said, one would understand what he was talking about. Beck knows, he's just doing what the folks on Fox/hate talk radio do best . . . distort and lie.
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    • Author by seahawks123 (March 05, 2010 5:48 pm ET)
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      "Today is a big day in America. Only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really good," Reid said Friday on the Senate floor.

      Tell that to the 36,000 people. Lets raise taxes on the employers some more. That is sure to spawn job creation.
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      • Author by bintx (March 05, 2010 5:58 pm ET)
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        As usual, seabird, you post only talking points. Did you hear the rest of Reid's statement?

        BTW, did you see my post? Compared to the 2 million lost in December-February of 2008-2009, 36,000 is DARNED good, you idiot. If you read Reid's ENTIRE statement, you would know that the number was predicted to have been higher with higher unemployment . . . it was much lower than predicted and unemployment remained stable. The Dow gained 122.06 points closing at 10,566.20. The Dow was at 6,626.94 on March 6, 2009. Do you see the trend that Reid was talking about? The GDP is up, housing starts are coming back up, retail sales are showing signs of life.

        I know giving you facts is futile. You prefer the talking points . . . easier to parrot. You don't have to think, just spew.
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      • Author by MiG (March 05, 2010 6:00 pm ET)
           
        If you had cared to not just repeat Glenn Beck's cropped quote, but to actually learned what Reid was talking about, you might have realized how Reid proposed to spawn job creation. Again you were too lazy - and that left you uninformed. It's OK that you are uninformed, I guess. But why do you want to share that fact with us again and again?
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      • Author by bilbo_dies (March 05, 2010 6:02 pm ET)
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        Tell that to the 36,000 people. Lets raise taxes on the employers some more. That is sure to spawn job creation.


        Let's see. Repubs cut taxes and that caused employers to hire more people, right?
        Housekeepers, valets, drivers, etc.


        The current tax structure has nothing to do with the economic climate. The government is offering proposals to spur job growth and hiring.
        Instead of whining and saying NO at every opportunity the Repubs should find some NEW ideas and help the country turn around. Not work to make things worse, so that they can do better in the mid term elections.
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        • Author by steeve (March 06, 2010 1:33 am ET)
             
          "the Repubs should find some NEW ideas and help the country turn around"

          I think it'd be more productive for them to simply say what they think so that we'll all know to do the opposite. They shouldn't vote or attend committees or anything, just serve as an anti-oracle.

          A lot more knowledge can be gleaned from someone 100% wrong than someone 50% wrong.
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      • Author by whatIthink (March 05, 2010 6:07 pm ET)
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        What seahawks says:

        Tell that to the 36,000 people. Lets raise taxes on the employers some more. That is sure to spawn job creation.

        What I hear:

        SQUAWK SQUAWK SQUAWK SQUAWK SQUAWK SQUAWK SQUAWK SQUAWK
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      • Author by roverflash (March 05, 2010 6:27 pm ET)
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        THEY TOOK HIS COMMENTS OUT OF CONTEXT.
        If you only had a brain, seahawk, you would be saving so many on here from posting enraged replies.
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        • Author by whatIthink (March 05, 2010 6:31 pm ET)
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          What seahawks hears when people reply to his comments with facts and figures debunking Beck:

          blah blah blah blah Beck blah blah Beck blah blah Beck blah blah blah blah blah Beck blah blah
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      • Author by steeve (March 06, 2010 1:22 am ET)
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        "Lets raise taxes on the employers some more. That is sure to spawn job creation."

        Your support for commonsense economics is appreciated. Last time we did that we got 20 million jobs.
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