re: Without media protection, Obama is a colossal failure

That's comical. The Democrats have spent 8 years blaming literally everything on GWB, yet a few months after Obama with scandals mounting, now y'all wanna ignore the missteps of a former President? That's convenient and rich.

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ended the Iraq war and wasn't plagued by scandals.

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Uh, we're back in Iraq before Obama left. I don't know what your definition of "plagued" is so you might want to look it up.

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Alternative facts . . . here's the real numbers LINK

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I show two charts with facts and you link an opinion piece from the National Review. You should look up confirmation bias and then find a mirror.

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I show two charts with facts and you link an opinion piece from the National Review. You should look up confirmation bias and then find a mirror.

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Seeing as you were too lazy to actually read through the article . . . here ya go

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While Obama can talk the bark off a banyan tree, he cannot make Americans hallucinate prosperity. Here is the sad picture they actually see.

The unemployment rate has improved significantly, from 7.8 percent at Obama’s January 20, 2009, inauguration to 5.0 percent in April. However, as more and more Americans stop looking for work, the Labor Force Participation Rate on Obama’s watch has fallen from 65.7 percent to 62.8 percent, a level last measured before Obama in March 1978. Since Obama took office, this metric has slid 4.1 percent.

Last month saw the creation of 160,000 jobs, a widely panned number, and much below the 200,000-plus jobs generated in five of the last six months. Nothing about the latest employment report spells “boom.”

Meanwhile, annualized GDP growth nearly stalled in the first quarter at a meager 0.5 percent. This is down from already tepid 1.4 percent growth in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Obama is the only U.S. chief executive in history not to preside over even a single year with 3 percent GDP growth, as the Institute for Policy Innovation’s Tom Giovanetti observes: ‘From 1790 to 2000, U.S. real GDP growth averaged 3.79 percent,’ entrepreneur Louis Woodhill explained at RealClearMarkets. He expects final figures to show that ‘2015 will have been the tenth year in a row that real GDP growth came in at under 3.0 percent.’

During the Obama years, the number of Americans below the poverty line is up 3.5 percent. Real median household income: down 2.3 percent. Americans on Food Stamps — 33 million then, 46 million now: up 39.5 percent. Americans who own homes: down 5.6 percent.

National debt — $10.63 trillion then vs. $19.19 trillion last Wednesday: up 80.5 percent.

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Statistics. Charts. Numbers.
2 things. The stock market did well during Obama's tenure because he took office right after the 2008 crash. Market had plenty of room to grow. And also did well because there were no other investment opportunities available because the economy was so stagnant. People had no other place to invest their money.
As far as unemployment figures, let's compare apples to apples and not apples to oranges.

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TJGator1215

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It's going to be fun watching the levels of delusion you leftist puppets will reach in order to defend your messiah.

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2 things. The stock market did well during Obama's tenure because he took office right after the 2008 crash.

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That's not enough to maintain the upward trajectory for 8 years.

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And also did well because there were no other investment opportunities available because the economy was so stagnant.

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At least now I know you don't manage money for a living. There was never a better time to invest than when the economy is down. That's when investors poor their money into everything. Houses were deeply discounted all over the country and you saw investors pouring money into real estate everywhere.

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As far as unemployment figures, let's compare apples to apples and not apples to oranges.

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Not sure what your point is. The chart shows the rate under W and then under Obama. It's apples to apples.

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It's going to be fun watching the levels of delusion you leftist puppets will reach in order to defend your messiah.

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Surpassed daily by the blind devotion of this board to the guy in charge now.

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Or..."That rapist broke into your home, stole your money and raped your wife....your money is gone and your wife is already raped. He's gone and you still want to 'look for him'..move on".

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The Country is in a much better place than it was during the economic collapse in 2008. If you aren't doing better now than in 2008 it's your fault, not Obama's.