Debbie Wasserman-Schultz outdoes herself....

Chairthing of the DNC, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, as astonishing as it may seem, has outdone herself!

Known, in her short tenure, for making preposterous pronouncements which consist variously of deliberate misdirection, lies of omission and outright confabulations, the Debster (CLEARLY off her medication again) has topped them all when, asked by an interviewer about the unemployment rate. Here's how the exchange went:

Gretchen Carlson, FOX News: Unemployment has gone up precipitously since he took office.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DNC Chair: That is simply not true. In fact, unemployment has now dropped below 9%. It’s continuing to drop. He’s been focused on —

Carlson: It’s higher than when they promised the stimulus would lower it to 8%.

Wasserman Schultz: You see, that narrative doesn’t work for you anymore, though, because —

Carlson: It’s not my narrative. I’m just talking about facts.

Wasserman Schultz: You just said the unemployment rate is going up since Obama took office, and it hasn’t.

Carlson: Is unemployment higher since President Obama took office?

Wasserman Schultz: What’s happened since President Obama took office —

Carlson: Is unemployment higher than when he took office?

Wasserman Schultz: Unemployment is nearing right around where it was when President Obama took office and it’s dropping. You just said it’s been increasing and that’s not true.

Now, aside from the moments of soft-shoe, Wasserman is CLEARLY suggesting that the unemployment rate has NOT increased under the Obama administration. AND, not-so-clearly, she's also (quite obviously) laying the blame at the feet of President Bush.

....what a shock.

Now, there's what Wasserman-Schultz said, and then there's the truth (and NEVER the twain shall meet).

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, here's the annual unemployment rates since 2001:

2001 4.7
2002 5.8
2003 6.0
2004 5.5
2005 5.1
2006 4.6
2007 4.6
2008 5.8
2009 9.3
2010 9.6

Grab a pen, Deb:

As you can clearly see, under the Bush administration (which began with 9/11), unemployment rates....EVEN WITH "TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH"...didn't top 6%. And, in fact, from 2003 through 2006, those rates gradually decreased.

In 2007, though maintaining a 4.6% unemployment rate annual average, began to see a dramatic INCREASE in unemployment rates beginning toward the end of that year. Yes, Bush was still in office and THIS is the trend that Liberals like Wasserman love to point to with the "See? It's Bush's fault" carping. "Failed policies!" "Tax cuts for the rich!" "Bush hates black people!" (ooops....that was Kanye...)

In fact, there was a VERY important factor....COMPLETELY ignored by Liberals (like The Debster)...that caused the rise in unemployment in 2007 and began the slide which Obama has exacerbated:

THE 2006 MID-TERM ELECTIONS.

More specifically, it was Nancy "I-plan-to-have-facelifts-until-my-ears-meet" Pelosi's campaign promise to increase the minimum wage that began the collapse of employment in America. Interestingly, if you do your homework, you'll see that the unemployment rate began to rise within a couple months of the minimum wage increase took effect!

...How about that!?

What amazes me is that Wasserman seems PROUD of the fact that Obama's unemployment rate "is about the same as when he took office": WELL over 8% (which is STILL 2 points higher than Bush's WORST year).

Are some Americans REALLY so stupid as to believe idiots like Wasserman-Schultz?

Evidently so......

Perhaps she should given the title of "Minister of Information" and change her last name to Wasserman-Schultz-al-Sahaf...

Hirota: out.