Romney for President released a new web video, “The Facts.” It highlights the rising unemployment rate in Texas and Governor Rick Perry’s refusal to admit the facts.
Script (and sources) for video:
• ABC’s George Stephanopoulos: “Your opponents point out that unemployment has doubled during your tenure as governor. And that about 65% of the Texas jobs gains since 2007 are actually government jobs. Is that the model for the country?” (ABC’s “Good Morning America,” 10/14/11)
• Gov Rick Perry: “Well, I disagree with those numbers.” (ABC’s “Good Morning America,” 10/14/11)
Text: Disagree? It’s A Fact.” “Over 1 Million Texans Out Of Work”
• Over One Million Texans Were Unemployed In August. In August 2011, there were an estimated 1,036,563 unemployed workers in Texas. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, 10/14/11)
Text: “Highest Unemployment Rate In Texas In Over 20 Years”
• The Unemployment Rate In Texas Is At A Level Not Seen Since June 1987 – Nearly A Quarter Of A Century Ago.(Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, 10/14/11)
Text: “Unemployment Has Doubled On Perry’s Watch”
• The Unemployment Rate In Texas Is 8.5% – More Than Twice As High As When Perry Took Office. When Governor Perry took office in December 2000, the unemployment rate was 4.2%. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, 10/14/11)
Text: “Nearly Half Of New Jobs In Texas Over The Last 4 Years Went To Illegal Immigrants”
• “A New Report Suggests That … About 40 Percent Of The New Jobs [In Texas Since Mid-2007] Were Taken By Illegal Immigrants…” “[A] new report suggests that newly-arrived immigrants have filled a majority of new jobs created in Texas, home to Republican frontrunner Gov. Rick Perry. ‘Of jobs created in Texas since 2007, 81 percent were taken by newly arrived immigrant workers (legal and illegal),’ says the report from the Center for Immigration Studies, a group that advocates reduced levels of both legal and illegal immigration. The report estimates that about 40 percent of the new jobs were taken by illegal immigrants…”(Byron York, “Study: Most New Texas Jobs Went To Immigrants,” Washington Examiner, 9/22/11)
Text: “Incumbent Politician, Bad Jobs Record, Won’t Face The Facts, Sound Familiar?”
• President Obama: “We’ve begun to see progress all across the country; businesses are beginning to hire again; our economy … is now growing at a good clip.” (President Obama, Remarks On The Recovery And Reinvestment Act, Columbus, OH, 6/18/10)
Text: “If Rick Perry And Barack Obama Don’t Think There’s A Problem, How Can They Fix It?”
Text: “Coming Soon: www.careerpolitician.com”
► Jayde Wyatt
These facts need to be known by all. Perry is a disaster!
When the facts are known, Taxes Gov. Perry can put his “political tail” between his legs and ‘skuddle’ across the border to be with all the elite gringo buddies who helped Obama’s campaign strategists finance Perry’s bid for the Republican nomination. Obama desperately needs Perry to be the Republican nominee for President, so as Obama will be guaranteed a second term in the White House. Gov. Mitt Romney is the ONLY candidate who can defeat Obama in the 2012 election.