Coburn throws roomie Heath Shuler under the bus to attack unemployment benefits

Run time: 01:19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjpEs8FZnV8   Posted on YouTube: July 16, 2010 By YouTube Member: ThinkProgress2 Views on YouTube: 42   Posted on DU: July 17, 2010 By DU Member: Joanne98 Views on DU: 772

 

I don't believe this at all.

I can't find any mention of any job fair held on July 13 or before, where only 3 people showed up. If that had actually happened, the right-wing media would be crowing about it night and day.

just because i am so deeply offended by this Coburn guy. 500 jobs at a job fair and 3 people show up? And his theory that unemployment comp is so good that all the out of work welfare queens and kings don't get off their lazy asses to go to the job fair because they've got it so good on employment benefits?

Let's get to the bottom of this one quickly! What are the facts about this? It sounds utterly preposterous to me!

Scumbag Republicans!

-90% Jimmy

from crooks and liars

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Gosh, only three people showed up? Only three people? Coburn goes on to claim that the jobless just aren't going to hunt for jobs when they're on the dole. Maybe the best part is how he segues from this sly bashing right into an argument for tax cuts for corporations and the rich to stimulate the economy, but I digress. Back to the job fair...

Of course, Coburn's snarky little conclusion (which he pawns off on Shuler, his roommate) ignores the fact that many unemployed folks aren't receiving unemployment benefits, thanks to the Republicans' obstinance with regard to the extension of said benefits.

I would think a job fair where only three people and "every major company was there" would be news of some sort, in a state where unemployment is over 10%. Someone (besides Shuler's roomie, Sen. Coburn) would be talking about it, right? So I went looking and found...nothing.

Finally, I visited Rep. Shuler's official website where I did find a Google map with events listed on it. Since Rep Coburn mentioned "yesterday" on a July 14th show, I used July 13th as the date for this scheduled jobs fair with 500 companies representing.

Here's what I found:

What's New for Small Businesses in 2010
Tuesday, July 13, from 9 am to 11 am
Haywood Community College
Clyde Campus
Building 1500 Auditorium

Participating agencies include the Small Business Centers at Blue Ridge and Haywood Community Colleges, the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC), SCORE, and Mountain BizWorks.

That doesn't look like a job fair to me. Here's what job fairs look like: Hundreds come out for a handful of jobs. It certainly doesn't seem to be inviting jobless citizens to come out and meet up with folks offering FIVE HUNDRED JOBS, does it?

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http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/did-sen-tom-coburn-fib-cspan

"jobs fair" and a "roundtable" seminar?

They don't want to cut police, just the protection part using this analogy..
Those people living in the slums get paid to get beat up and if we pay police to stop it we'll put all the thugs out of work. Now how can we ask all these thugs to become unemployed to take care of those lazy people living in slums when all they really need to do is to buy a gun.. (even if they can't get one)
Sounds about right, huh?

They had no jobs at the time, were not collecting resumes, and had over 3,000 people show up in an area with less than 10% unemployment. I happened to go thinking they would have jobs, but it was actually an "information fair" to raise awareness for the company in case they decided to hire in the future - they haven't yet, and it's been over 6 months ago.