Dodge
#1: "Simple Yes Or No"
CNN's
Candy Crowley: "Joining me from Chicago, President Obama's senior
campaign adviser David Axelrod. David, thank you, as always, for being here.
Let's start out with a really simple yes or no. Do you agree with the President
that the private sector is doing fine?"
Dodge
#2: "So Bottom Line…"
Crowley:
"So bottom line, is the private sector doing fine?"
Obama
Senior Adviser David Axelrod: "The private sector, uh, we need to
accelerate job creation in the private sector. One of the ways -"
Crowley:
"Right."
Axelrod:
"- we can do that is putting teachers and firefighters and police back
to work -"
Crowley:
"That's the public sector."
Dodge
#3: "Just Want To Know…"
Crowley:
"But I think that we put it in context in the open, you put it in context in the
open. I just want to know whether the administration, whether you believe that
the private sector is doing fine. Is it doing better?"
(CNN's
"State
Of The Union," 6/10/12)
THE DIFFER: AXELROD WANTS MORE PUBLIC
SECTOR HIRING JUST A MONTH AFTER OBAMA WANTED TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THE PUBLIC
SECTOR LOSING JOBS
FLASHBACK:
Obama Claims The Only Time Government Employment Has Decreased In A Recession Is
Under Him. OBAMA: "The only time government employment has gone down
during a recession has been under me. So I make that point -- I make that point
just so you don't buy into this whole bloated government argument that you
hear." (President Barack Obama, Remarks,
Albany, NY, 5/8/12)
