What has Obama done well?

PolitiFact | The Obameter: Tracking Barack Obama's Campaign Promises (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/)

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Employment and Recession: More Job Losses to ComeEconomists React: ‘Scary’ Employment ReportJanuary 9, 2009, 12:04 PM ET.Bush On Jobs: The Worst Track Record On Record



By WSJ Staff
President George W. Bush entered office in 2001 just as a recession was starting, and is preparing to leave in the middle of a long one. That’s almost 22 months of recession during his 96 months in office.

His job-creation record won’t look much better. The Bush administration created about three million jobs (net) over its eight years, a fraction of the 23 million jobs created under President Bill Clinton’s administration and only slightly better than President George H.W. Bush did in his four years in office
taken from a wall street journal article. not sure where SS33 is getting his info from

By WSJ Staff
President George W. Bush entered office in 2001 just as a recession was starting, and is preparing to leave in the middle of a long one. That’s almost 22 months of recession during his 96 months in office.

His job-creation record won’t look much better. The Bush administration created about three million jobs (net) over its eight years, a fraction of the 23 million jobs created under President Bill Clinton’s administration and only slightly better than President George H.W. Bush did in his four years in office
taken from a wall street journal article. not sure where SS33 is getting his info fromHere's where I got my info and it is fact. The Bush Admin oversaw 52 consecutive months of job growth, which is unprecedented. You can put whatever context you want around it to frame it against Clinton/Reagan, but it happened and it was a good thing.

Biography of George W. Bush (http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/GeorgeWBush/)

More backup sources:

http://www.commerce.gov/s/groups/public/@doc/@os/@opa/documents/content/prod01_005067.pdf

U.S. Budget and Economy: Are the 52 Months of Job Growth Under Bush Significant? (http://usbudget.blogspot.com/2008/05/are-52-months-of-job-growth-under-bush.html)

there are many more sources I could cite. Even those who aren't fans of Bush can't argue the facts:

George W. Bush on Jobs (http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/George_W__Bush_Jobs.htm)


Not a good idea to post from unedited WSJ blogs and say my facts are wrong.

Bush On Jobs: The Worst Track Record On Record - Real Time Economics - WSJ (http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/01/09/bush-on-jobs-the-worst-track-record-on-record/)

well, if he only gained a total of 3 million jobs the entire 8 years in office, must of been gaining a couple of hundred at a clip( to claim 52 cons.)

well, if he only gained a total of 3 million jobs the entire 8 years in office, must of been gaining a couple of hundred at a clip( to claim 52 cons.)

52 cons. months X a couple hundred at a clip = 10,400 total jobs. Doesn't quite make sense.

It's amazing how far some will go will skew facts to serve their own personal adgenda. Obviously in your eyes, even when Bush did things well, you hated him enough to think he did NOTHING right.

Way to contribute dblanch66

Hypocrite, party of one: you're table is ready.

Surprise, a lefty from LA disagrees. You're right though:
- the concept of helping all children succeed in school, especially in lower and mid-lower income areas, and holding schools accountable for performance is a crappy idea.
- so is stopping Partial Birth abortion
- the Bush Admin of course had nothing to do with stopping terrorist attacks from 2001-2008.
- who cares about the millions in Africa that Bush approved funding saved from AIDS & death.
- we should've never went after Bin Laden and the Taliban, we deserved 9/11.
- I enjoy telemarketing calls at dinnertime.

I'll just drop another hit, how silly of me to even post.

Assume my affiliations if you will. I voted for Paul. Independent from LA if you please. Did you understand all of "My Pet Goat" when Bush was reading it to you during the 911 attacks?

52 cons. months X a couple hundred at a clip = 10,400 total jobs. Doesn't quite make sense.

It's amazing how far some will go will skew facts to serve their own personal adgenda. Obviously in your eyes, even when Bush did things well, you hated him enough to think he did NOTHING right.
hate is a very strong word that i rarely use.my dad is a life long republican. he always taught me to judge a a President by what shape he left things after he left office. jsarno, i have but one question for you. are we better off after 8 years of President Bush? your really drinking the kool aid if you answered yes. and SS33, you stated that W. protected us from terrorists from 2001-2008. talking about skewing the facts. does Sept. 11, 2001 ring a bell?

hate is a very strong word that i rarely use.my dad is a life long republican. he always taught me to judge a a President by what shape he left things after he left office. jsarno, i have but one question for you. are we better off after 8 years of President Bush? your really drinking the kool aid if you answered yes. and SS33, you stated that W. protected us from terrorists from 2001-2008. talking about skewing the facts. does Sept. 11, 2001 ring a bell?

I think you know pretty well that SS33 was referring to after 9/11 and through 2008.

Assume my affiliations if you will. I voted for Paul. Independent from LA if you please. Did you understand all of "My Pet Goat" when Bush was reading it to you during the 911 attacks?

Ron Paul is doubly wretched and loathsome.

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