02-13-2013, 11:42 AM
Last night's speech proved to me yet again that President Obama is a hell of an orator.
He's also good at skewing data and stats to pump his record and fit his agenda. Obama's certainly not alone in that regard, there's way too much bullshit flying from both sides of the political aisle, imo. But Obama's got seriously mad skills in that regard. Here are some of the fictionalized facts that the president eloquently weaved into his State of the Union address last night.
Deficit Reduction:
The president claimed that "both parties have worked together to reduce the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion." But that's only an estimate of deficit reduction through fiscal year 2022, and it would be less if the White House used a different starting point.
Manufacturing Job Growth:
Obama touted the growth of 500,000 manufacturing jobs over the past three years, but there has been a net loss of 600,000 manufacturing jobs since he took office. The recent growth also has stalled since July 2012.
Gas/Fuel Performance:
He claimed that "we have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas." Actual mileage is improving, but Obama's "doubled" claim refers to a desired miles-per-gallon average for model year 2025.
Obama Care:
Obama said the Affordable Care Act "is helping to slow the growth of health care costs." It may be helping, but the slower growth for health care spending began in 2009, before the law was enacted, and is due at least partly to the down economy.
Full analysis here:
http://news.msn.com/politics/fact-checki...-the-union
He's also good at skewing data and stats to pump his record and fit his agenda. Obama's certainly not alone in that regard, there's way too much bullshit flying from both sides of the political aisle, imo. But Obama's got seriously mad skills in that regard. Here are some of the fictionalized facts that the president eloquently weaved into his State of the Union address last night.
Deficit Reduction:
The president claimed that "both parties have worked together to reduce the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion." But that's only an estimate of deficit reduction through fiscal year 2022, and it would be less if the White House used a different starting point.
Manufacturing Job Growth:
Obama touted the growth of 500,000 manufacturing jobs over the past three years, but there has been a net loss of 600,000 manufacturing jobs since he took office. The recent growth also has stalled since July 2012.
Gas/Fuel Performance:
He claimed that "we have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas." Actual mileage is improving, but Obama's "doubled" claim refers to a desired miles-per-gallon average for model year 2025.
Obama Care:
Obama said the Affordable Care Act "is helping to slow the growth of health care costs." It may be helping, but the slower growth for health care spending began in 2009, before the law was enacted, and is due at least partly to the down economy.
Full analysis here:
http://news.msn.com/politics/fact-checki...-the-union
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The onion is like the old SNL.
