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GOP says even bloodhounds can't find stimulus jobs

 

Published 7/2/2009 by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney at CNN Political Ticker

Dems are hitting back at a new GOP Web video. WASHINGTON (CNN) – On the day the June jobs report showed the U.S. labor market shedding 467,000 jobs, House Republicans released a tongue-in-cheek Web video featuring a bloodhound named "Ellie Mae" sniffing out stimulus jobs. Narrated by Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, the clip shows the bloodhound [...] (link)

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