Aggrieved Republican Economics: It's The "Lazy Welfare Moochers" Problem!

Michael Grunwald has taken the time to speak with some of the Stormtrumpers at the Republican National Convention Sh*tshow, specifically asking them about last night's purported theme, "Make America Work Again," in light of the economic progress being made around the country for most of the last seven years.  (First of all, would you have guessed that was their "theme" last night with all the foaming at the mouth Hillary hate?  Us neither.) Their responses should surprise no one, nor that there was a common theme in their answers:

In fact, the most common economic critiques I heard from delegates — more common than taxes, trade, unemployment, the national debt, or immigration — were variants of Mitt Romney’s “free stuff” critique of Obama, the notion that Obama is expanding the welfare state for lazy moochers. They said Obamacare is increasing premiums for the middle class, although premiums actually are growing more slowly than they were before Obamacare, in order to extend insurance to the poor. McNulty, the Republican activist in Iowa, compared the Obama approach to feeding homeless people under the bridge, so they remain comfortable under the bridge.

There's a condition known as "confirmation bias," which translates as "a type of selective thinking whereby one tends to notice and to look for what confirms one's beliefs, and to ignore, not look for, or undervalue the relevance of what contradicts one's beliefs."  It's a condition that is endemic in the "minds" of Republicans when it comes to any analysis of information that might suggest something positive about, say, Democrats or progressive policies.  Grunwald's interviewees provide clinical proof of this.  It's also proof that, when it comes to almost any topic, you can be assured that racially-charged code words like "welfare" and "lazy moochers" will work their way into the discussion.

Keep that thought and these numbers in mind, as you hear the bullshit being catapulted every night about the "disastrous" economy of President Barack Hussein =cough= black Muslim =cough= Obummer:

Unemployment rate under Republican George "Dumbya" Bush in January 2009:  7.8 percent
Unemployment rate under Democrat Barack Obama today:  4.9 percent

Jobs created during the record 76 straight months of job growth under Obama:  14.8 million

Dow Jones average in January 2009:  under 8,000
Dow Jones average today:  18,600 plus

If that's "disastrous," we wonder how one would characterize the last two days of the Republican National Convention Sh*tshow?

(h/t Wonkette and P.E.C.)

(Image:  A generic Republican.)