Geithner Calls Mitt Romney Claims 'Misleading,' 'Ridiculous'

Timothy Geithner Calls Mitt Romney Claims 'Misleading,' 'Ridiculous'

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner threw water on one of GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's claims about the economy and women, saying Sunday that it is "ridiculous" to imply the president is to blame for high unemployment among women.

"It's misleading and ridiculous. It's just a political moment," Geithner told CBS's Bob Scheiffer on "Face the Nation," adding that the quality of debate over economic policy is "really terrible."

Geithner was referring to a statistic cited by Romney this week on women who lost jobs during President Barack Obama's time in office. Romney said that 92.3 percent of the jobs lost during that period were held by women, which he said was "the real war on women."

The statement was promptly debunked by experts who pointed out that more men have lost jobs since the beginning of the recession, and that statistics can be easy to manipulate.

Geithner said that many men lost jobs early in the recession, when construction and manufacturing were hit hard. When schools began to lay off teachers later, many women lost their jobs. He acknowledged that more of the jobs lost recently have belonged to women, but said it didn't mean Romney's overall premise was correct.

"But it's a meaningless way to look at the basic contours of the economy in that period of time, again because it starts artificially at a time when the president came into office and the crisis was still building momentum," he said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/1 ... f=politics

Hey, Mitt... Ever hear of something called "truth"? Nah, I didn't think so... rofllol

LadyJazzer wrote:

Timothy Geithner Calls Mitt Romney Claims 'Misleading,' 'Ridiculous'

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner threw water on one of GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's claims about the economy and women, saying Sunday that it is "ridiculous" to imply the president is to blame for high unemployment among women.

"It's misleading and ridiculous. It's just a political moment," Geithner told CBS's Bob Scheiffer on "Face the Nation," adding that the quality of debate over economic policy is "really terrible."

Geithner was referring to a statistic cited by Romney this week on women who lost jobs during President Barack Obama's time in office. Romney said that 92.3 percent of the jobs lost during that period were held by women, which he said was "the real war on women."

The statement was promptly debunked by experts who pointed out that more men have lost jobs since the beginning of the recession, and that statistics can be easy to manipulate.

Geithner said that many men lost jobs early in the recession, when construction and manufacturing were hit hard. When schools began to lay off teachers later, many women lost their jobs. He acknowledged that more of the jobs lost recently have belonged to women, but said it didn't mean Romney's overall premise was correct.

"But it's a meaningless way to look at the basic contours of the economy in that period of time, again because it starts artificially at a time when the president came into office and the crisis was still building momentum," he said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/1 ... f=politics

Hey, Mitt... Ever hear of something called "truth"? Nah, I didn't think so... rofllol

The "truth" from a tax cheat? lol

Anyway, it's all about how you look at the numbers.

Which has exactly WHAT to do with calling b.s. on Mitt's lies?

Oh, I forgot... "Insert standard irrelevant 'They did it too' deflection here: _________________________"

LadyJazzer wrote: Which has exactly WHAT to do with calling b.s. on Mitt's lies?

Oh, I forgot... "Insert standard irrelevant 'They did it too' deflection here: _________________________"

But they weren't lies. Even Geithner called them just "misleading".

From Geithner's description, it looks like Romney used real data but just picked and chose the time frame he wanted to make his political point. Gee, that happens with all politicians. Geithner would rather look at the data in a different way, a way that looks better from his standpoint.

Nothing new to see here...