3 things liberals can't lie about

[Misty]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

Unemployment when Bush took office 4.2
Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2


Does the President control the price of gasoline?

 

[GuyPinestra]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

Unemployment when Bush took office 4.2
Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2


Does the President control the price of gasoline?

Yeah, and not all Republicans were happy with Bush, either. Alternatively, you guys are slobbering all over yourselves in your love of all things Obama.

If Bush controlled it in 2008, Obama controls it now.

 

[rightwinger]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

I believe unemployment was at 7.8 but why quibble. The economy was shedding 750,000 jobs a month when Bush finally left office. It is now gaining 250,000 jobs a month. The Obama economy is making a million jobs a month more than Bush left him with

Gas dropped momentarily to $1.78 and then quickly shot up again. Lest we forget, Bush gave us our first $4.00 a gallon gas

Bush debt was $11.3 trillion and he was given a budget surplus when he started. Bush doubled his debt. Obamas budget has to compensate for two Bush wars, an unfunded Medicare Part D and a $2 trillion Bush tax cut

 

[Peach]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

I believe unemployment was at 7.8 but why quibble. The economy was shedding 750,000 jobs a month when Bush finally left office. It is now gaining 250,000 jobs a month. The Obama economy is making a million jobs a month more than Bush left him with

Gas dropped momentarily to $1.78 and then quickly shot up again. Lest we forget, Bush gave us our first $4.00 a gallon gas

Bush debt was $11.3 trillion and he was given a budget surplus when he started. Bush doubled his debt. Obamas budget has to compensate for two Bush wars, an unfunded Medicare Part D and a $2 trillion Bush tax cut

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RW, stop making SENSE! ; )

 

[DontBeStupid]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

GDP is at an all-time high
Corporate profits are at an all-time high
Interest rates are at an all-time low
Taxes are their lowest since WW2

Spin away.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

I believe unemployment was at 7.8 but why quibble. The economy was shedding 750,000 jobs a month when Bush finally left office. It is now gaining 250,000 jobs a month. The Obama economy is making a million jobs a month more than Bush left him with

Gas dropped momentarily to $1.78 and then quickly shot up again. Lest we forget, Bush gave us our first $4.00 a gallon gas

Bush debt was $11.3 trillion and he was given a budget surplus when he started. Bush doubled his debt. Obamas budget has to compensate for two Bush wars, an unfunded Medicare Part D and a $2 trillion Bush tax cut

Bush added at most 6 trillion to the debt in 8 YEARS. Obama will add 5 in 4. Explain that away. The left insisted twice under Bush that gas prices WERE his fault, now suddenly the President has no control over gas prices.

As for jobs lets look at Congress, what was the unemployment rate in 2006 and when did it start to climb?

 

[regent]

When Bush left office the nation was on the verge of a recession/depression. Bush was dumping some big bucks into the economy in the form of a bailout to keep it from a wholesale sink.
Think of how America would be today if we had gone from Clinton to Obama with no Bush.
Historians have already rated Bush as the 2nd worst financial president in our history, and 15th worst president overall. Americans should be so grateful this country is not in another Great Depression at this time and each day seems closer to recovering.

 

[g5000]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

Unemployment when Bush took office 4.2
Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2

US Debt January 20, 2001: $5,727,776,738,304.64
US Debt January 20, 2009: $10,626,877,048,913.08


Republican Party: Cut taxes and spend, spend, spend
Democratic Party: Raise taxes and spend, spend, spend

 

[TakeAStepBack]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

GDP is at an all-time high
Corporate profits are at an all-time high
Interest rates are at an all-time low
Taxes are their lowest since WW2

Spin away.

Yeah, debt to GDP is over 100%. Congratu-fucking-lations on your special presidency.

 

[rightwinger]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

I believe unemployment was at 7.8 but why quibble. The economy was shedding 750,000 jobs a month when Bush finally left office. It is now gaining 250,000 jobs a month. The Obama economy is making a million jobs a month more than Bush left him with

Gas dropped momentarily to $1.78 and then quickly shot up again. Lest we forget, Bush gave us our first $4.00 a gallon gas

Bush debt was $11.3 trillion and he was given a budget surplus when he started. Bush doubled his debt. Obamas budget has to compensate for two Bush wars, an unfunded Medicare Part D and a $2 trillion Bush tax cut

Bush added at most 6 trillion to the debt in 8 YEARS. Obama will add 5 in 4. Explain that away. The left insisted twice under Bush that gas prices WERE his fault, now suddenly the President has no control over gas prices.

As for jobs lets look at Congress, what was the unemployment rate in 2006 and when did it start to climb?

I'll explain.

When you are facing an eminent depression you have to pump money into the economy SOON. FDR did it, Reagan did it and Obama did it

 

[DontBeStupid]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

GDP is at an all-time high
Corporate profits are at an all-time high
Interest rates are at an all-time low
Taxes are their lowest since WW2

Spin away.

Yeah, debt to GDP is over 100%.

So?

 

[rdean]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

OK, I won't lie. Every president is stuck with the budget of the previous president for the first ten months he's in office. On the last day of Clinton's last budget, unemployment was 5.3%. On the last day of Bush's last budget, unemployment was 10.1%.

Hmmm, funny how that works out.

Now, explain all that "cheap gas" we were going to get from Iraq.

Well?

Well?

Thought so.

 

[TakeAStepBack]

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

Unemployment when Bush took office 4.2
Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2

US Debt January 20, 2001: $5,727,776,738,304.64
US Debt January 20, 2009: $10,626,877,048,913.08


Republican Party: Cut taxes and spend, spend, spend
Democratic Party: Raise taxes and spend, spend, spend

Both of those policies are insane - though one is slightly less insane than the other.

 

[PredFan]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

You are wrong. There is NOTHING the left cannot lie about.

 

[wjmacguffin]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

What you are talking about is correlation without mentioning causation. (As are many posters in this thread, con and lib.) To put it more simply, you're not proving anything. You just grabbed some stats and explained who was president at that time. What did Bush do to keep gas so cheap? What did Obama do to make gas so expensive? (Or Congress, or whomever.)

Global temperatures have increasesd since Obama took office. OMG, Obama causes global warming!

More states are passing same-sex legislation. Holy Crap! Obama causes gay marriage!

9/11 happened while Bush was president. I knew it! Bush caused 9/11!

See how stupid this game is? Try using facts (including links if possible) to back up your implied arguments and see where that gets you.

 

[PredFan]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

Unemployment when Bush took office 4.2
Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2


Does the President control the price of gasoline?

Not control, but his actions can certainly effect the price of gas, as obama's has.

 

[DontBeStupid]

I take that to mean you can't explain your position.

Want me to explain it for you?

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Unemployment when Bush left office 7.2
Unemployment now. 8.3
Gasoline prices when Bush left office. 1.78
Gasoline prices now. 3.76
Debt when Bush left office. 10 trillion
Debt now. 15 trillion.

Spin away.

disclosure: I voted against Obama, twice.

You HAVE to admit facts like: there were predictions of imminent collapse of the US and world economies when Obama came into office.

Unemployment numbers were bleeding when Bush left.

There was very little to no job creation with Bush tax cuts for wealthy.

Under GOP and Bush, two wars went unfunded.

so yeah, things are tough, but better than they were.