Comments on: Key Jobless Figure Hits 6-Year High

Nearly 500,000 New Applicants For Unemployment Benefits; Spike Worse Than Analysts Feared

[Mccarthyaw]

GOP_forever is essentially the Stephen Colbert of these forums.

[omega39-2009]

The Republican program "No US job left behind", is a rousing success!

[element51]

gop_forever...You poor deluded fool. You are actually saying that all this mess we are in is because Clinton got impeached for a blowe-job? Where were you when all that was taking place? It was a witch hunt of monumental porportions with millions of dollars spent over nothing. Clinton was stupid. That was his main offence. No one died as a result of his stupidity but thousands have died as a result of Bush''s moronic actions. The republican congress had little to do with the economic conditions during Clinton''s term. But it could have been a nightmare if he had done what Bush has done. My God man, you are a real piece of work.

[omega39-2009]

The Labor Department reported Thursday that new applications filed for unemployment insurance rose by a seasonally adjusted 7,000 to 455,000 for the week ending Aug. 2. The increase left claims at their highest level since late March 2002.

So much for the stimulus package!!

[stevex47]

Ha, is this comment frightening or what?

"zoe2006, he did that with socialism! Bush made us a free market capitalist society once again.

Posted by gop_forever at 09:49 AM : Aug 07, 2008"

There is somebody, so drunk on the reich wing kool aid, who actually believes this stuff. People loved Hitler too, go figure.

[williamfold]

Mission Accomplished!

[johnpatrick9]

ELEMENT51; Yes this manifestation is not the ideal of the REPUBLICAN Party but the ideology has gone toooo far to the Right to the point of being FASCIST. Bring back an EISENHOWER and you may then regain the currently lost respectability and outright criminality and treasonous behavior of these yahoos. Thanks.

[jmurrieta1]

Eight years of Republican / Neocon / Bushite incompetence and corruption are finally coming home to root.

As Bush, Cheney, and their cronies / puppeteers line their pockets with taxpayer money, the average American is sucking hind teat.

"Punk" McCain would be 4 more years of theft and "know-nothing"-ism.

[mcvet-1]

Every election cycle the Fascist Republican''s trot out this tired old line... we all know it by heart so let''s repeat it together! "We will cut Taxes for Corporations and the Rich, they will invest that money creating more jobs and it will Trickle down to all you working stiffs. We then will cut spending, can''t tell you where and we will balance the Budget"! Now so far there is ONLY ONE part of that whole line that has been done. They have cut the taxes of the rich. The rest of it is the same tired old lie they''ve told us for 3 decades. ANYONE voting for more of the same LIE is simply out of their minds!! Sieg Heil McBush

[element51]

johnpatrick9...I agree with what you say. However, I do believe that what is being called republican these days has very little connection to what was republican in the past. I have always been a democrat but I do realize the need for a two party system and we used to have that. Sometimes the republicans were right and sometimes the democrats were right and sometimes we compromised. That is how it should be. But all this came to an end when Raygun took office. He opened the flood gates by de-regulating everything in sight and bringing on his trickle down economics. Once you give the foxes the key to the hen house it''s very hard to get it back. All you have to do is read a little history and you can see exactly what has happened. People scream "it''s the Arabs fault" when the reality is that all this is a direct result of de-regulation. And there is no oil shortage. We''re up to our arses in oil. If there was a shortage you would not be able to find gas. It is supply and price fixing by big oil and all the drilling in the world won''t fix it. If they do get their way and we open up everything for them to drill on I''ll wager that there will be very little new drilling.

[joker1944-2009]

What amazes me is that, even after nearly 8 years of GW Bush in the White House and 10 of the last 12 years having a GOP controlled Congress, Bill Clinton''s failed economic policies still haunt us to this day.

Sincerly, your run-of-the-mill brain-dead Republican.

[mcvet-1]

zoe2006, he did that with socialism! Bush made us a free market capitalist society once again.

Posted by gop_forever at 09:49 AM : Aug 07, 2008

Is THAT what you call it? The REST of the ENTIRE world calls it FASCISM!! Sieg Heil Bush

[johnpatrick9]

If you are a WORKING MAN and you vote for the republican party then you are an idiot and betraying yourself to your prejudices and fears. Stand up for yourself for the fat cats are just going to blow you away while spending our taxes on themselves and sending your sons out to useless wars all the while waving the flag in your face and telling you what a "good" American you are. From Hoover to Bush the wolves eat the chickens.

[Gary Kempf]

Well, Isn''t that just rosy,(Sarcasam)

[element51]

gop_forever....You moron. Bush took us back to "trickle down" economics, twice, and it just doesn''t work. You don''t even know what "socialist" means. Eight years ago we had low un-employment, good jobs, reasonable gas prices, and a balanced budget. Look where this monkey has led us. You need to detach your lips from Limbaugh''s arse and learn to do a little research along with some critical thinking. Do you really want to be an idiot forever? Do yourself a favor and open your mind. Don''t listen to the talking heads as they only want to use you. And as far as your screen name goes..I would say that if the GOP was even half what they used to be you could be proud. I didn''t always agree with them but they were once a party of good people but they no longer exist since they were hi-jacked by a bunch on neo-con thugs. I do believe however, that eventually the old republican party will come back and that will be a good thing for the country.

[johnpatrick9]

If you vote for the damned Republican party this is what you get:UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE AVERAGE MAN AND WOMAN AND THE RICH GETTING RICHER. The tale never changes but so many are so easily swayed by republican jingoism and prejudices and phony moral issues that they end up voting against their own economic interests. The Democratic party at least addresses the COMMON MAN while the damned republican party only cares about the wealthy and the connected. WAKE UP YOU WHO VOTED FOR THIS ***.

[tootall10142]

Greed is having its lunch.Desert will be bitter sweet!

[obama441]

Bush made us a free market capitalist society once again. Posted by gop_forever...REVOLUTION A''COMING

[obama441]

Economists expect another half million jobs to be eliminated this year alone... YAIKES!!!

[obama441]

The number of people continuing to collect unemployment benefits went up by 31,000 to 3.3 million for the week ending July 26, the most recent period for which that information is available. That was the highest since early December 2003.... 3.3 MILLION YAIKES!!