Video: Biden falsely claims Jindal’s state is losing 400 jobs a day
posted at 1:03 pm on February 26, 2009 by Allahpundit
Why would a sitting VP want to exaggerate how many jobs are disintegrating on his watch? Because, silly, the worse things seem now, the easier it is to credit The One later with having “created or saved” the jobs people still have.
You know what the media did here, don’t you? They … messed with Joe. Click the image to watch.
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Typical… Lies, lies and more lies and not one single person in the MSM will call out this blatent liar! He works for the Liar-In-Chief, so why be surprised… The far left radicals are tearing America apart and we are sitting back watching… Someone MUST call these cowards and liars out… We need Jindal and Steele to ATTACK, right now, and prove the lie… and keep doing so…
Mark Garnett on February 26, 2009 at 1:05 PM
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Someone Steele, or whomever needs to grow a set and start having DAILY press conferences EXPOSING THEIR LIES POINT BY POINT! EVERY DAY!
marklmail on February 26, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Lol.
BadgerHawk on February 26, 2009 at 1:38 PM
The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Joe Biden may or may not make.
- Joe Biden
MB4 on February 26, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Louisiana’s unemployment rate at the end of 2007 was 4%. It was 5.9% at the end of 2008. See http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm. Does anyone know what period they’re talking about.
jim m on February 26, 2009 at 1:39 PM
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
- Joe Biden
MB4 on February 26, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Have mercy, man, there are only 24 hours in a day.
It would take a month of Sunday to expose and to document the blatant lying, corruption and incompetence of the absolutely worthless Democrat Party.
And that would only take us up to 1971. Then things REALLY got bad.
NoDonkey on February 26, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Jurassic?
fogw on February 26, 2009 at 1:40 PM
***sigh*** my wife still doesn’t believe me about the Muslim beheading at the Buffalo Islamic propaganda tv station since it has not been covered on the nightly news.
Lots of coverage of little Haley, Kaliegh, and the face-eating chimp.
I’ll still protect her right to be an idiot as long as I can because she does most of the cooking and cleaning. I am afraid it will have to fall in her lap for her eyes to open. I love her but marriage ain’t easy.
riverrat10k on February 26, 2009 at 1:41 PM
One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is ‘to be prepared’.
- Joe Biden
MB4 on February 26, 2009 at 1:41 PM
And here I thought everyone in Louisiana drowned during Hurricane Katrina.
Damn you MS-NBC!
NoDonkey on February 26, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Public speaking is very easy.
- Joe Biden
MB4 on February 26, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Wow. We really dodged a bullet with McCain/Palin. We are so fortunate to have an intelligent VP. /s
Babino on February 26, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Holy crap.
BadgerHawk on February 26, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Anyone hear or see Joe answer a question in this interview about how the stimulus would help a small business and he answered that if there is a creek that hindered the owner or customers from the business, a bridge would be built???
I heard it on the radio this morning but this is the only reference I can find.
Brat on February 26, 2009 at 1:44 PM
The nutroots wouldn’t care if Jindal was the smartest guy on the planet. Anyone who disagrees with their socialism is automatically dumb. The corallary to that is even the stupidest liberal (like Biden) is regarded as smart just because he is a socialist.
Speedwagon82 on February 26, 2009 at 1:46 PM
“
Shoeless” CLUELESS Joe was just giving his impression of FDR’s famous televised fireside chat about the stock market crash of ‘29.Johan Klaus on February 26, 2009 at 1:31 PM
FIFY
LickyLicky on February 26, 2009 at 1:47 PM
First, pravo!!! I appreciate a progressive using numbers to back up their argument. No sarchasm.
But you are only providing one side of the numbers you cited. You forgot the increase employment of 2384 jobs. So the net loss of jobs in December is 11,012 jobs. Divide that number by 31 and you get an average of 355 jobs lost per day.
I await the counter argument. I assume it will be 355…432 tomato…tomauto.
WashJeff on February 26, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Let’s give this man $787,000,000,000.00 and tell him to get busy creating or saving some j-o-b-s! A 3-letter word he is all too familiar with these days.
joedoe on February 26, 2009 at 1:47 PM
BTW, I’ll update on how many people we hire here in LOUISIANA later this month when we open our new business in downtown Hammond.
LickyLicky on February 26, 2009 at 1:48 PM
LickyLicky on February 26, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Best of luck in your venture.
riverrat10k on February 26, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Good luck.
BadgerHawk on February 26, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Stupid VP replaces evil VP.
That’s wierd, I prefer the evil one. I must be evil.
fogw on February 26, 2009 at 1:51 PM
riverrat10k on February 26, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Thanks. We’ll do fine; someone always wants to eat at 3am and we’re going to be the only 24-hour game in town.
LickyLicky on February 26, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Biden plagiarized it from Doris Kearns Goodwin who copied it from James Carville who quickly blamed Kathleen Blank-O Blanco.
viking01 on February 26, 2009 at 1:54 PM
bin biden the doddering doofus of the millenium is in charge of 800 billion bucks and thinks the internet is like the telephone. What kind of country elects a duo like this? Just how fudged up is our system to allow for this?
If a dumbass like biden can squeak through to the 2nd most powerful chair in the WORLD, on the coattails of a narcissistic radical, then maybe those troofers are not so crazy about the poor vetting process…….. (just sayin’)
Ris4victory on February 26, 2009 at 1:54 PM
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/8835
OT, but Here we go with the Big Brother..
becki51758 on February 26, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Does Biden realize Jin-’Dahl is a Rhodes Scholar that happens to be the Governor of Louisiana, or does he think Bobby is just one of those 7-11 guys?
joedoe on February 26, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Worse case of Jindal-phobia I’ve seen so far.
RadioFreeUSA on February 26, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Doesn’t seem that it takes much experience or intellect to by the VP. Don’t think this guy could ever govern a state let alone all “57″. When do we all go to DC. Nothing else will change these idiots who are destroying the country.
hillbilly on February 26, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Good grief, that guy is an idiot. But it sure was nice to see the press smack him for it. “It’s unclear where the VP gets his numbers, but they certainly don’t match the numbers from the Labor Department.” HA!!
Laura on February 26, 2009 at 1:57 PM
As factoid said, those numbers are right for nov-dec. So Biden’s gaffe is just not stating the time period for the numbers.
kerncon on February 26, 2009 at 1:58 PM
Is this another style vs. substance issue?
joedoe on February 26, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Fuzzy math. Not a surprise from an English major (that’s what Biden’s degree is in, isn’t it?).
BA people with no math background-stop engaging in calculations & using statistics for your arguments since you have no clue how the ‘experts’ got their ‘answers’!
Badger40 on February 26, 2009 at 1:59 PM
No factoid is not providing all the numbers. As I posted earlier:
But you are only providing one side of the numbers you cited. You forgot the increase employment of 2384 jobs. So the net loss of jobs in December is 11,012 jobs. Divide that number by 31 and you get an average of 355 jobs lost per day.
WashJeff on February 26, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Louisiana only state with increase in non-farm jobs in December 2008
CDeb on February 26, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Didn’t mean for you to spit out your cheerios, BH.
I am prone to honesty.
I would make a poor politician.
**smiles**
riverrat10k on February 26, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Mr. Vice-President’s hair plugs must be anchored in his pre-frontal lobe.
kingsjester on February 26, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Honestly, I think those guys are far better at math than Biden.
Badger40 on February 26, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Exactly. People I work with always knew all about every foible and misstep that Bush made. Cheney’s hunting accident? OMG OMG! Hurricane Katrina? That bastard Bush! Firing the US Attorneys? What is he, a Nazi?
There’s this giant wall of silence about Obama, though, going back before the election, and that’s true about almost all Dems.
The media picks apart every Repub, and elevates every Dem to practical sainthood.
I don’t mind the media picking on Republicans, because I don’t like most of them either… but can we get a little in the other direction, too, please? The media needs to be calling Joe B on this right away.
12thMonkey on February 26, 2009 at 2:01 PM
That is very disturbing.
kerncon on February 26, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Suffice to say, morons have no clue they are morons.
Contrary to Joe Biden’s belief:
In 1929 “President” FDR did not watched the stock market crash on his 42″ Sony FPTV.
He actually streamed in on C-spans website.
TheSitRep on February 26, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Joe Biden is officially the 21st century version of Dan Quayle.
DaveKlassix on February 26, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Does anyone have the number for the Louisiana Web Site? Maybe Joe could get some stats there.
Wade on February 26, 2009 at 2:05 PM
I thought so. I was surprised HOtAir wasnt listed.
becki51758 on February 26, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Here are the numbers:
204.68.245.101
WashJeff on February 26, 2009 at 2:09 PM
I’m going to disagree.
We know that if a Republican had said something along these lines, the media would be all over it in an effort to “put it into context.” Can we do that for Biden here?
Is Jindal’s state the only one losing jobs? Probably not. We’re in a recession here, and there are a couple of states participating.
So, where does Jindal’s state fall? On the high end? On the low end? Somewhere in the middle?
I guess it’s my job as a citizen with a full time time and family to dig up all these numbers and compare all of the states. Not the newsmedia.
For all we know, Jindal’s state is doing exceptionally well compared to others, but we’ll never know because the media has no desire to shine a light in that direction.
12thMonkey on February 26, 2009 at 2:09 PM
HOw can they ban websites? where is the freedom of speech? oh…duh
becki51758 on February 26, 2009 at 2:09 PM
why the crap is Biden debating Jindal?
Biden is such a freakin’ idiot. The best way to marginalize the opposition is to ignore them
gatorboy on February 26, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Jindal is not our Obama. Obama would be nowhere if he wasn’t considered physically attractive. If he looked like Al Sharpton, he’d just be an Illionis legislator for the rest of his life. Jindal is a smart and capable guy, but he isn’t making any fat white MSNBC hosts tingle.
Speedwagon82 on February 26, 2009 at 2:11 PM
I don’t mind the media picking on Republicans, because I don’t like most of them either… but can we get a little in the other direction, too, please?
12thMonkey on February 26, 2009 at 2:01 PM
100% agree. Our media really should be the “fourth branch”.
I do not agree with Republican sycophants either. The alternative seems to be worse, however. When news became entertainment, it was all over. Used to get up in the morning and watch the Today show. They have not had much news on for many years now. Luckily, I can still get a BBC feed and get something to help plan my day. Not that they are not biased also, but at least they have some news.
riverrat10k on February 26, 2009 at 2:11 PM
We don’t want an Obama…..we already have McCain, Graham, Spectre, Snowe, Collins to screw up our party.
HornetSting on February 26, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Bon Chance!
Pulchritudinous Patriot on February 26, 2009 at 2:14 PM
They’re attacking Jindal for the same reason they’re attacking Rush or Palin or Coulter. Biden realizes that Zero’s presidency rests on a house of cards built on media subterfuge and propaganda. Anyone who can dare think for their self is a danger to their Messiah and the Obot cult.
viking01 on February 26, 2009 at 2:16 PM
It doesn’t matter that the facts are wrong… and Obama knows it too. Whatever Joe/Obama or ANY of the “chosen” say IS fact according to the left. If reporters don’t dispute it IT is fact according to the left. If YOU or I SHOW them the facts we are conspiricists, racist and/or stupid!
Welcome to the new era of Misinformation at best or Brainwashing Propaganda at worst.
kthomas8268 on February 26, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Factoid’s numbers are not complete. He is only providing the liabilities portion of a balance sheet. See my earlier posts.
WashJeff on February 26, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Louisiana bucks trend, adds jobs despite U.S. slump
by Jaquetta White, The Times-Picayune
Wednesday January 28, 2009, 9:26 PM
http://tinyurl.com/d65ho3
joedoe on February 26, 2009 at 2:21 PM
Jokers, liars, and thieves. They are the government running the country now.
Abject, unrepentent jokers, liars and thieves. Accompanied by a hideous Pelosi grin every time they steal more.
Alana on February 26, 2009 at 2:23 PM
We’ve got ourselves a winner in Jindal folks if the VPOTUS is bad-mouthing him when he’s only been in office for 6 weeks.
Biden is nervous already and isn’t that interesting!!
Oink on February 26, 2009 at 2:25 PM
Wouldn’t you like to wipe the grin right off her face?
Oink on February 26, 2009 at 2:26 PM
What else is new. Lying comes as naturally as breathing to him.
Darth Executor on February 26, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Key narcissistic personality trait: “I’m so much smarter than everybody else, they’ll just assume I’m right”
anniekc on February 26, 2009 at 2:28 PM
DAILY PRESS CONFERENCES BY MICHAEL STEELE EXPOSING EACH LIE OBAMA TELLS – LIE BY LIE, LINE BY LINE. Grow some balls.
marklmail on February 26, 2009 at 2:29 PM
AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING how the Democrats have managed to take over the government when CLEARLY their personnel has fallen so far.
I mean, nine years ag
SlimyBill on February 26, 2009 at 2:32 PM
AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING how the Democrats have managed to take over the government when CLEARLY their personnel has fallen so far.
I mean, nine years ago the Vice President was the guy who invented the Internet.
Today the Vice President is a guy who doesn’t even know the Internet’s number.
SlimyBill on February 26, 2009 at 2:33 PM
Here is what I don’t understand about what he said: Why didn’t he just claim 40,000 jobs lost per day? Does it really matter? He won’t be called on it, people don’t care if he is wrong, and 40K sounds better than 400.
Words. . . just words. He and Obama won the election saying whatever they wished: So why change now? As long as people hear what they want to hear, Biden has nothing to worry about. Until, that is, the whole crap-house comes crashing down, which could be soon.
King of the Britons on February 26, 2009 at 2:36 PM
Oh, I saw. Good job.
But either way, I object to Biden suggesting that a state losing jobs during a brief snippet of time during the worst economic conditions in the history of man is somehow really exceptional.
I’m not shocked Jindal’s state has rising unemployment. Biden is suggesting, on one hand, that Jindal’s a bad governor for allowing this, and on the other that civilization is collapsing around us.
So which is it? And why doesn’t the MSM do it’s job and point that out?
12thMonkey on February 26, 2009 at 2:36 PM
Now that was funny.
King of the Britons on February 26, 2009 at 2:37 PM
Yup yup.
And I understand he eats babies while worshiping Satan in an underground lair deep below the state capital.
Biden’s not going to be called on any of it. Why stop there?
12thMonkey on February 26, 2009 at 2:40 PM
The interview probably went something like this.
Biden: “In Louisiana, there’s (reaches around with right hand and pulls something out of his ass) 400 people a day losing their jobs. What’s he doing?”
AZ_Mike on February 26, 2009 at 2:43 PM
From the video: “It’s unclear where the VP gets his numbers.”
Bwahahahahahahaa!!! That’s so obvious I don’t even have to write it!
csdeven on February 26, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Who’s this Governor JindEl? Joe, a little advice. Don’t mess with the Cajuns. They’ve got Bobby’s back, and you don’t want to go there, son.
Christien on February 26, 2009 at 2:46 PM
He spoke it in the present tense (“Louisiana is losing”). If he was speaking about last year, it was a rather stupid point to make. And in general, 5.9% in this economy (in most economies) is exceptionally good.
Delaware statewide unemployment was at 6.2% in December.
mankai on February 26, 2009 at 2:46 PM
Every circus needs a clown. The Obama White House is no different.
Grayson on February 26, 2009 at 2:47 PM
HILARIOUS. It’s hard to break people of their religion.
Maura O on February 26, 2009 at 2:51 PM
What’s new. Joe has had this propensity for years to “just make shit up” when it suits his purpose. You have to fact check everything he says because he lies so often.
Hell, he doesn’t even know what state he’s from.
GarandFan on February 26, 2009 at 2:51 PM
I love the “Real man of genius” subtitle! It instantly gave me a mental image of Biden with one of those beer helmets. Classic.
The RNC must capitalize on that imagery and hire the guy from the Bud Light commercials to do a bunch of viral videos critiquing our new stimulus czar’s achievements.
Y-not on February 26, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Which he, no doubt, remembers watching on his color television.
herrevery on February 26, 2009 at 2:58 PM
Oh, that Joe. He’s so silly sometimes. You’ll just have to excuse his propensity for exageration. Nothing else to see here, move along.
/Obama’s press office statement
Wyznowski on February 26, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Details, Details.
Where is my hammer and HomeDepot apron?
PappaMac on February 26, 2009 at 3:00 PM
In order to bring some humor into my otherwise dreary, conservative life, I jump onto every Biden thread I see. The comments are hilarious!
Vince on February 26, 2009 at 3:01 PM
Website numbers?
Glenn Jericho on February 26, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Bobby, send Joe a pound of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee! Have a 7-11 babu deliver it.
Christien on February 26, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Well, as Obomba said….”You know Joe, I don’t quite know what he said”………..
Herb on February 26, 2009 at 3:12 PM
I’m really enjoying “Joey Biden” on Twitter. Here’s the website number:
http://twitter.com/joeybiden
Jim Treacher on February 26, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Budweiser could get Joe for free as long as they promised to put it on TV. just think what a Super Bowl ad he could make..Awesome.
Herb on February 26, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Slightly OT, but WHY are we allowing the Dems to perpetuate the meme that Republicans have no solutions? Mr. Freak Show Biden does it here, right after he drops that ridiculously misleading 400-jobs-per-day “stat.”
Was I drunk, or do I remember Jindal REPEATEDLY saying that the LA has ADDED to the job market by cutting taxes?
krispy on February 26, 2009 at 3:15 PM
I think the White House medical staff needs to run some x-rays. This is not normal.
sherry on February 26, 2009 at 3:21 PM
The only thing that could top this is if Joe Sahib jumped up dancing and singing the Jungle Book tune “Bear Necessities.”
Christien on February 26, 2009 at 3:22 PM
VP Joe Biden = Used Car Salesman
RepubChica on February 26, 2009 at 3:24 PM
If Joe’s gonna talk out his ass, he should talk louder or at least stand up.
mindhacker on February 26, 2009 at 3:25 PM
This is the idiot who is going to oversee a trillion dollars in “stimulus”, yeah we are screwed and should start thinking secession.
Viper1 on February 26, 2009 at 3:28 PM
If Joe’s gonna talk out his ass, he should talk louder or at least stand up.
mindhacker on February 26, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Everyone must admit that it is amazing that he can talk out of his ass while pulling numbers out of the same orifice!
joedoe on February 26, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Who needs facts?
The Hussein administration has no need for them.
Never has, never will.
christene on February 26, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Just where do we sign up to achive the ability to ignore the reality occuring around us.
heshtesh on February 26, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Would buy a used car from that man?
Johan Klaus on February 26, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Anyone think that maybe Hannity had a tingle run up his leg when he saw this Biden gaff? lol
joedoe on February 26, 2009 at 3:33 PM
J-O-B-S
The Ugly American on February 26, 2009 at 3:44 PM
lol…I would not. He’s the biggest bullshitting, insincere bastard out there.
RepubChica on February 26, 2009 at 3:51 PM
Does Jolted Joe have a problem with “Gov. Jin-Delle” because he’s not behind the counter at 7-11?
jgapinoy on February 26, 2009 at 3:56 PM
“…in Louisiana there’s 400 people a day losing their jobs.” ~ ~ Joe Biden, aka Der Gaffenmeister
Did he finish grade school? Did he learn how to speak proper English?
Entelechy on February 26, 2009 at 3:58 PM
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