Given the promises made on the campaign trail, there are few issues the administration is more on the line for than jobs. So when the Associated Press claims the administration is, in some cases, vastly overestimating the number of jobs created (or saved) by the stimulus, the White House takes notice. They have contingency plans for minor crises like this one in which it clearly states for a given problem, X, the corrective action is Y. Ed DeSeve, a senior adviser to the president for Recovery Act implementation, probably knows this drill pretty well and shed some light on the situation by defining what the administration sees as X.
“This story draws misleading conclusions from a handful of examples. It looks at only a small portion of the data - an initial upload of data representing just two percent of Recovery Act spending - that was made publicly available before a full review of its accuracy could be done.”
Or was that Y?
White House slams AP story [Politico]
Posted by guest , Oct 29, 2009 5:31PM
This post would be better if you photoshopped a for sale sign in front of the White House. Oh, and if someone else wrote it.
Posted by guest , Oct 29, 2009 5:35PM
GR8 PICTUER GRGG!
Posted by guest , Oct 29, 2009 5:47PM
First sentence. Stopped reading right there.
Posted by guest , Oct 29, 2009 5:47PM
The flag is flying at half mast for this post.
Posted by guest , Oct 29, 2009 5:52PM
Greg -
When you were little, I used a heated coat hanger to tattoo "douche" across your forehead. Keep this up and I will fire up that hanger again.
You douche.
Love,
Mom
Posted by guest , Oct 29, 2009 5:53PM
Greg, please feel free to use this douchy clipart going forward (royalty free):
http://tinyurl.com/yf546zj
Posted by guest , Oct 29, 2009 6:04PM
@6 Perfect! Thank you.
Can you get rid of Greg now?
--1
Posted by guest , Oct 29, 2009 6:14PM
The White House attitude has gotten so uppity. People have had enough.
Posted by guest , Oct 29, 2009 6:15PM
Greg -
Ed DeSeve? Senior Presidential Advisor? Like Deceive? You are making this shit up. And you write like crap.
Clifford Irving
Posted by guest , Oct 29, 2009 6:29PM
Live in DC, unsure which organization sucks the bigger wet one, the White House or the Redskins. Actually, the Mayor is pretty bad, too. But at least he's a local yokel. Good post!
Posted by guest , Oct 29, 2009 6:49PM
Only I should be able to sell the White House.
- Alicia Wetmore
Posted by Joe Mac , Oct 29, 2009 6:51PM
@10 Amen.
Posted by guest , Oct 29, 2009 6:56PM
11,
Crafty.
Posted by merkin capital partners , Oct 30, 2009 9:18AM
People are going to start disappearing in the night. Barry is attacking edmunds dot fucking com this morning. What's next? Consumer Reports?
Posted by guest , Oct 30, 2009 10:05AM
@14
We can only pray that Tyler Durden is among those who dissapears.