BLS Truthers: Barack Obama Still Rigging Jobs Report

According to the nerds at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 146,000 in November and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.7%.

At least with the election behind us, we won't have to listen to people claiming the Obama administration is rigging these numbers to affect the polls. Or will we?

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Tweet Untweet: Romney's .1%

The .1% tick up in the unemployment rate was the bureau of labor anticipating next week's unemployment of Romney's staff.

— Travon Free (@Travon) November 2, 2012

The UnSkewed BLS Jobs Report

Say goodbye to the "unemployment is over 8%"  talking point and say hello to the "unemployment is nearly 8%" talking point. Such are the wages of the latest Non-Farm Payroll Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

U.S. employers added 114,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate fell to 7.8% thanks to revisions to the prior months' jobs reports. Sounds like a stroke of luck for the Obama administration or a feather in the cap for Ben Bernanke…or perhaps a sign of something more nefarious:

Unbelievable jobs numbers..these Chicago guys will do anything..can't debate so change numbers

— Jack Welch (@jack_welch) October 5, 2012

Of course! What we need is an Unskewed BLS report…

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