Demo Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.): Obama Promising Jobs With Stimulus Bill Was “Stupidest Thing"

Yarmuth thinks it was stupid because Obama gave a trackable goal. Democrats never want to do that because lack of trackable goals allows them claim their programs worked. Without goals, it is difficult to prove them wrong. Data does not lie.

Chart from House Speaker Boehner.

(The Hill) — Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) slammed President Obama’s promise that the stimulus package would deliver lower unemployment rates as “the stupidest thing that basically any administration probably ever said” in an interview Wednesday with WFPL News.

“I think if you asked them now they will say that was the stupidest thing that basically any administration probably ever said because that’s not something they can necessarily control,” Yarmuth said.

Yarmuth said that while the stimulus plan has worked, the president has been unable to market that success.