Mitt Romney said it...
Michelle Bachmann said it...
Tim Pawlenty said it...
John Boehner and Eric Cantor said it...
Sean Hannity said it...
Glen Beck said it...
But....
President Barack Obama never said it...
The question is did President Obama actually promise if Congress approved his stimulus package back in 2009, that unemployment wouldn't go above 8%?
Obama never said those words. Look it up...
I'm hearing it quite often these days from the GOP candidates as they take the first steps on their long walks to the Republican nomination. Its a juicy sounding claim to say the President lied about how high unemployment would go. Its just not true.
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