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Article Source: The Washington Post“And I'm very happy in my former life; we helped create over 100,000 new jobs. By the way, we created more jobs in Massachusetts than this president’s created in the entire country. So if the president wants to talk about jobs, and I hope he does, we’ll be comparing my record with his record and he comes up very, very short.”
— Mitt Romney, Jan. 3, 2012
by Glenn Kessler
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#1 - Thu Jan 5, 2012 8:26 AM ESTThe Facts
The Romney campaign provided a link to Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing that during Romney’s four-year term as Massachusetts governor, the number of jobs went up 61,000. By contrast, the number of jobs under Obama has dropped by 1.86 million.
The end of the Washington Post article concluded that Romney was shading the truth and using selective facts while ignoring others, just as you are in #1.1 above.
The whole truth is that there has been significant job growth under this administration. Not enough but far better than what occurred under Bush.
http://progressivetoo.com/2011/05/15/chart-private-sector-job-growth-under-obama/
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-12-07/politics/30485008_1_unemployment-rate-obama-election-day
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