Guy Claiming Obama’s Auto Bailout Got Him a Job Has Been Employed Since 2006?

Posted by in Blog, News, Politics on May 10, 2012 4:56 pm / 5 comments

Seems like there might be some shenanigans in President Obama’s latest campaign ad. In it, a man named Brian Slagle claims he was laid off until President Obama’s bailout of the auto industry. But there may be a little problem with Mr. Slagle’s claim. From the Weekly Standard:

But the ad itself seems to be misleading. It is not because of Obama’s auto bailout that Slagle has a job. In fact, Slagle has been employed with Johnson Controls since February 2006, according to his own Facebook page. (Screenhsots can be seen here)

The question I’d ask is how does a guy claiming continuous employment for six years make the statement he was laid off and then Obama came and saved him? Keep in mind this isn’t the first time the story of someone speaking about what Obama did for them has been questioned.

About a week ago a woman claimed Obama was the reason she could find health care. Of course, that wasn’t true at all. In fact, she only made those statement after campaign aides “helped her shorten her remarks.” How convenient.

Now, might be a perfectly good explanation for this? Sure. But the fact the man in question has scrubbed his Facebook of all this doesn’t strike me as a good sign.

 
 

5 Comments

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  2. Charlie says:
    May 11, 2012 at 11:18 am

    If Johnson Controls would only stop exporting used car batteries and keep those green jobs here, there would be more jobs, but no, they take stimulus money and then export jobs.

  3. Misleader: Obama Ad Claims to Have Helped Brian Slagle Get a Job, but Man Claims on Facebook Employment Since 2006 | Scared Monkeys says:
    May 11, 2012 at 12:44 pm

    [...] what is the truth, was this individual employed or not? Red flag alter! As reported at The Right Sphere, Slagle scrubbed his Facebook. Never a good sign, but no matter, there are already screen shots [...]

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    May 16, 2012 at 10:31 am

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