Younze

by Jed Lewison

Sun Oct 31, 2010 at 05:00:03 AM PDT

[Such a good reminder, we're going to run it once every day until the election. Susan]

Questions:

1. What was the average monthly private sector job growth in 2008, the final year of the Bush presidency, and what has it been so far in 2010?

2. What was the Federal deficit for the last fiscal year of the Bush presidency, and what was it for the first full fiscal year of the Obama presidency?

3. What was the stock market at on the last day of the Bush presidency? What is it at today?

4. Which party's candidate for speaker will campaign this weekend with a Nazi reenactor who dressed up in a SS uniform?

Answers:

1. In 2008, we lost an average of 317,250 private sector jobs per month. In 2010, we have gained an average of 95,888 private sector jobs per month. (Source) That's a difference of nearly five million jobs between Bush's last year in office and President Obama's second year.

2. In FY2009, which began on September 1, 2008 and represents the Bush Administration's final budget, the budget deficit was $1.416 trillion. In FY2010, the first budget of the Obama Administration, the budget deficit was $1.291 trillion, a decline of $125 billion. (Source) Yes, that means President Obama has cut the deficit -- there's a long way to go, but we're in better shape now than we were under Bush and the GOP.

3. On Bush's final day in office, the Dow, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 closed at 7,949, 1,440, and 805, respectively. Today, as of 10:15AM Pacific, they are at 11,108, 2,512, and 1,183. That means since President Obama took office, the Dow, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 have increased 40%, 74%, and 47%, respectively.

4. The Republican Party, whose candidate for speaker, John Boehner, will campaign with Nazi re-enactor Rich Iott this weekend. If you need an explanation why this is offensive, you are a lost cause.

The moral of the story is this: if you vote Republican, I hope you enjoy Election Day -- because you're not going to like what comes next.

If you think you understand what the tea party is about, you owe it to yourself to watch this. It's a little long, about 20 minutes but it shows just how much the tea party is lying.
If you have trouble believing any of this, it's too late for you. The comments reported have been fact checked by factcheck.org, a totally non partisan organization that even the Republicans use.

Watch this then decide how you can justify a vote for any tea party candidate.

By the way, you'll never hear or see this on Fox or the Major News Channels as all they are concerned about is sensationalism and profits...otherwise why so much coverage of candidates like Palin and O'Donnell and Angle who aren't qualified to hold dog catcher jobs.

Independents and moderate Republicans,
Open you minds for 20 minutes. It will affect your next 2 years...or longer!

Just watch it, then explain it, if you can!
Thanx to DW at bigbrassblog.com