Quit manipulating the words!!!

I stumbled across a blog by Joey Olivo and he is making the case that Texan’s should vote for a gentleman by the name of Stephen Broden for congress. Broden is running in district 30 which encompasses the Dallas metro area, and he is running against a lady by the name of Eddie Bernice Johnson, who has been the congresswoman for district 30 the last 18 years. Olivo states in his article that he was at a campaign stop for Pastor Broden and Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman was at the campaign stumping for pastor Broden. In his blog he continues to make claims that Congresswoman Johnson funneled 23 scholarships worth more than 31,000 dollars to family and friends. He states that unemployment in Dallas County is 8.5% but in the pre-Obama presidency the unemployment for Texas was between 4.5-5%.

            I have a few opinions on his blog. The first one is concerning the scholarship fraud. I totally agree with him on his statement. I don’t care if you are a Democrat or Republican if you commit fraud you should go to jail. Secondly, he writes this blog implying that Pastor Broden is a very conservative candidate and he will lead the charge in restoring integrity back to congressional office. If that is the case, then why is Pastor Broden letting a man like Michael Steele stumping for him? Steele’s office is responsible for spending 20,000 dollars at a Las Vegas strip club and another 40,000 dollars for a vacation to Hawaii.

            The last statistic is the unemployment numbers. I like the way Olivo manipulated these numbers. First he states the unemployment in Dallas County was at 8.5% and that the unemployment in Texas before the Obama administration was between 4.5-5%. So I was curious what was the unemployment in Dallas County and in Texas was during George Bush’s administration. The unemployment rate peaked in 2003 at 8.3%, which is lower than the 8.8% of Obama’s but I believe Obama inherited this declining economy. In Bush’s administration the unemployment rate in Texas peaked at 7.5% in 2003. The only problem I have is that he tried to manipulate these numbers so he could say that in the pre-Obama years (AKA the Bush Years) the unemployment rate was much lower, when in reality it was not.