picture from a friends facebook update today

The truth, as usual, is somewhere in between.

Facebook..."Friends"....does not equate.

I thought he personally killed Osama.

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"lowest government spender since Eisenhower"

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Give fox credit, they're damn good at scaring their audience, which means more eyeballs on the gold bullion commercials.

The devil is in the details.

Seeing tons of these posted up on Facebook only show me how ignorant some people are.

I love the "longest stretch of job growth" BS, too. That stat could hold even if 1 job was created every month. Job growth has been incredibly weak in this recovery.

Food stamps at an all time high, job participation rate lowest since 1979....The list goes on. That picture on the left and what it implies reminds me of the drunk that ran over three people, killed two of them, gave mouth-to-mouth and saved the other guy. Head line the next day - Man saves pedestrian hit in a crossing accident.

Let's Fisk the left half of this...

Lowest government spending since Eisenhower? Very doubtful considering that the deficit has exploded and he's widely expanded what the government does.

Broadest tax cut in history - Very narrow definition, IMHO. This is likely referring to the "payroll tax holiday", which was a tax cut for anyone not paying taxes but ended up biting a lot of people in the arse at the end of the year if they didn't withhold enough.

Longest stretch of private sector job growth on record - Bigger than the 90s economy under Clinton? Not buying it.

Largest profits on Wall Street ever - I'm not going to argue this one. I'm just wondering why a group of people who decry profit so much trumpet this as an accomplishment for him.

Cut the deficit by more than half - Uh, no. If this were true, we wouldn't keep raising the debt ceiling. At best, he may have cut the RATE of deficit growth by half and that's cherry-picking by using the 2008 spending by Bush to alleviate the recession as the comparison rate.

Killed Bin Laden - This happened, but not due to any effort on his part. The ball started rolling under W and it took Leon Panetta having to lean hard on him in order to green light the operation.

Started no unnecessary wars - Another very narrow parsing. Jackass got us involved in the civil wars within Libya and Syria, which has spilled over into Iraq going to Hell in a handbasket.

Gave millions access to health care - Semantic bullshite. People had access to health care before, as law from 1986 requires a hospital to treat you regardless of whether you have the ability to pay. Doesn't mean you'll get your doctor of choice or your preferred treatment, but you can't be turned away if you show up at an ER.

Hasn't taken a single gun - He certainly didn't take any of the guns that Holder ran to the Mexican Cartels...

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picture from a friend's facebook update today

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I suggest that you sever ties with this person.