Obama makes rare campaign trail appearance, people leave early

sheskunk

sheskunk

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Apparently they had better things to do.

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-makes-rare-campaign-trail-appearance-people-leave-215726732.html

UPPER MARLBORO Md. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made a rare appearance on the campaign trail on Sunday with a rally to support the Democratic candidate for governor in Maryland, but early departures of crowd members while he spoke underscored his continuing unpopularity.

With approval levels hovering around record lows, Obama has spent most of his campaign-related efforts this year raising money for struggling Democrats, who risk losing control of the U.S. Senate in the Nov. 4 midterm election.

Most candidates from his party have been wary of appearing with him during their election races because of his sagging popularity.
 
Jimdamick

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Let me get this straight. People wait to go through all the security needed to enter the auditorium to attend this Democratic rally that that Obama is going to attend. Then they walk out when he starts to speak. In my opinion those were not Democrats, but some asshole Republicans wanting to upstage the President, and make it appear he was losing support amongst Democrats. They are stupid enough to dream it up. Oh, and by the way the unemployment rate in September dropped to it's lowest level since 2008. It seems that Obama must be doing something right, although a Republican will never admit it.
 
ErieR33FER

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Jimdamick said:
Let me get this straight. People wait to go through all the security needed to enter the auditorium to attend this Democratic rally that that Obama is going to attend. Then they walk out when he starts to speak. In my opinion those were not Democrats, but some asshole Republicans wanting to upstage the President, and make it appear he was losing support amongst Democrats. They are stupid enough to dream it up. Oh, and by the way the unemployment rate in September dropped to it's lowest level since 2008. It seems that Obama must be doing something right, although a Republican will never admit it.
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The world is what you make it.

People see what they want to see. Believe what they want to believe, over logic.
 
nitro harley

nitro harley

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Jimdamick said:
Let me get this straight. People wait to go through all the security needed to enter the auditorium to attend this Democratic rally that that Obama is going to attend. Then they walk out when he starts to speak. In my opinion those were not Democrats, but some asshole Republicans wanting to upstage the President, and make it appear he was losing support amongst Democrats. They are stupid enough to dream it up. Oh, and by the way the unemployment rate in September dropped to it's lowest level since 2008. It seems that Obama must be doing something right, although a Republican will never admit it.
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Jim.

You do realize that when someones unemployment benefits run out they are counted as back to work don't you?

There are lots of empty store fronts where I live , and it has been that way for six years now. When I start to see some of them start back up and employ people that is when I would believe things are getting better. Until then things are still pretty belly up. imo
 
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NoDrama

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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Series Id: LNS11300000
Seasonally Adjusted
Series title: (Seas) Labor Force Participation Rate
Labor force status: Civilian labor force participation rate
Type of data: Percent or rate
Age: 16 years and over


Download:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual

FWIW this disproves the idea that there is less unemployment.

People like beaverboy are so stupid that they will argue that it is people retiring from the system, what buck doesn't understand about math though (ASU math major=stupid) is that if you are decreasing the denominator, the graph would go up, not down. So if you were counting baby boomers retiring, then it would skew the graph higher, not lower.

Example: 270 million people have jobs, 330 million total population of working able people (Example only not real stats). Start decreasing the working able people # which the 11 year Stromfront veteran claims would cause the downturn. Oh look, it does exactly the opposite of what self proclaimed math major says it would.

270/330=.82 270/310=.87 270/290=.93 270/270= 1
 
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UncleBuck

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nitro harley said:
Jim.

You do realize that when someones unemployment benefits run out they are counted as back to work don't you?

There are lots of empty store fronts where I live , and it has been that way for six years now. When I start to see some of them start back up and employ people that is when I would believe things are getting better. Until then things are still pretty belly up. imo
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when people stop receiving unemployment and they keep looking for work, they are still counted as unemployed, dummy.

you don't need to lie so often like nodrama.

well, actually you do. if you didn't lie, you would have nothing to say at all really. so keep on lying.

for the record, the oregon coast has had lots of empty storefront, but not just for the last 6 years. the decline of that area has been ongoing for decades now.

refer to wha i said previously about your non-stop lying.
 
sheskunk

sheskunk

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So as long as a person isn't looking for work they aren't unemployed?

"Sally doesn't have a job, but she's not unemployed because she just sits around all day."

Yeah, that makes perfect sense. :-|
 
UncleBuck

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sheskunk said:
So as long as a person isn't looking for work they aren't unemployed?
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you're only unemployed if you're actively looking for work and don't have it yet.

otherwise, you are classified as something more accurate, like a marginally attached worker, discouraged worker, retired, student, etcetera.
 
NLXSK1

NLXSK1

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UncleBuck said:
yep, because people who are looking for work can find it.

just ask kelly4 how tough it was to get a new job.
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So, if people who are looking for work can find it, why are we talking about raising the minimum wage?

I mean, all that is left is people who are not looking for work and a raise in the minimum wage isnt going to affect them...
 
sheskunk

sheskunk

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UncleBuck said:
yep, because people who are looking for work can find it.

just ask kelly4 how tough it was to get a new job.
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So how exactly are people counted as "unemployed"? Do they contact employers and ask them how many people came in looking for work that week? Do they randomly call people and say "Are you looking for work?" Do they count the ads on Craigslist and then somehow see how many people respond to them. It seems like it would be rather difficult to figure out how many people are actively seeking employment.
 
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