Jim wrote:

Last month, President Bush released a personally signed report promising
that his economic plan would create 2.6 million new jobs by 2004. 1 When
data suggested that this would not be possible, he "distanced himself"
from the report and "declined to endorse the jobs estimate" publicly
during an Oval Office appearance.2 Now, with a new jobs report showing
that his economic program continues to fall short, the president has
resorted to outright dishonesty.3

Specifically, the president deployed Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to
Capitol Hill last week to claim that he never actually signed the
report. She told lawmakers the president "doesn't sign this report."4

Sources:

1. "2.6 million jobs on way, Bush says", Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, 02/11/04
2. "The Challenger Gets Mentioned Early", Washington Post, 03/09/04.
3. "Bush declines to endorse prediction of 2.6 million jobs",
Baltimore Sun, 02/19/04.
4. "Americans Drop Out of Labor Force, Posing Risks for Bush, Fed",
Bloomberg, 03/08/04.



Ah, yes...Elaine Chao - the first US Secretary of Labor NOT invited to
address the winter meeting of the AFL-CIO exec council because we don't
actually have a U.S. secfetary of labor at this time.