Comments on: Impressive accountability from the Obama administration

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:46:56 +0000

Much better to deny, cover up, or blame some poor fool you shouldn't have given the job in the first place, right, Don?

By: Don Huizenga

Don Huizenga — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:38:46 +0000

Funny….Zach tells how genuine obama is for correcting inaccuracies on a website that was meant to show how accurate they are….but ONLY after he got caught.

Hmmmmmmmmm.

Its funny to me. Democrats own the Federal Government in almost unprecedented numbers, Democrats have owned the MN legislature for some time now, yet all this highly Democratic site tends to talk about is how the Republicans are messing everything up. Well….we must be pretty darned smart then huh!

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:05:02 +0000

Have there been any reports that these funds have been misallocated, or is this just a matter of typos and, as MRW suggests, honest mistakes by the non-politicized?

By: MRW

MRW — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:08:48 +0000

I am only going to throw this out there as a possible explanation why some of the "district" numbers don't make sense. In my daily job I deal with a fair share of state and federal reports. Most of them ask for your congressional district. But not everyone knows theirs. So when reviewing the results, the numbers that sometimes appear are the state house/senate district numbers. Minnesota has 67 senate districts, so that 57 which appeared on a form might very well be from someone in that senate district (though I will admit I have not reviewed the date like others have). Not everyone is a politically savvy as we are and if asked how many congressional districts there are in the state, the possibility of an "I don't know" is definitely there.

Again, just one possible explanation for some of the mistakes made.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:48:24 +0000

This story should not be remarkable: errors were made, errors were spotted, errors were acknowledged. Big deal. The only reason this is at all noteworthy is as a demonstration of the change from the previous "heckuva job" done by a President who could not think of any mistakes he made in his first term (and who seemed genuinely puzzled by the question).

By: theoko

theoko — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:43:06 +0000

Given that unemployment numbers during the Great Depression are still being revised, errors in "real time" statistics are to be expected. Conservatives misrepresenting the inevitable flaws of real time statistics for political gain is also to be expected, as recent history provides us with abundant examples.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:23:50 +0000

CMan/Kathy, all you've done is once again illustrate that you hate Obama, and will criticize his every move.

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:06:06 +0000

I don't supose there would be any way of extending your speechlessness, would there?

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:46:40 +0000

Thanks, CMan.

The Kool-Aid spin presentations showcasing the wonderfulness
of our President’s leadership skills in several of the most recent posts
have left ME temporarily speechless.

By: CMan

CMan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:01:00 +0000

Are you serious? So, 12 non-existent congressional districts in AZ that show job creation is a "tiny" mistake. And, that's just one of many examples. I don't suppose you would buy into the theory that they are trying to sensationalize the data to look favorable. Naw, I didn't think so. This is just another example of what happens when it's government's responsibility to run something efficiently. You can spin it however you like, but the American people wake up a tad bit more every time another boondoggle from the Obama administration gets reported (if it gets reported). I think "outrageous" and "ludicrous mistakes" were the terms used by congressman David Obey (D), Democratic chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, to describe his perception of the data.