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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Here's some Oblamer accomplishments GF missed
	Date:	7/9/2012 9:22:56 AM

1. Private sector job growth during this so-called recovery has gone from over 200,000 a month to 80,000 and below with an average of 4.1% versus Reagan's 700,000 and 8% when recovering from Jimmy Cater's 2nd term

2. Unemployment rate staying above 8% for the 41st straight month and the U6 number (i.e., the real measure of unemployment) is almost 15%.

3. GDP has dropped to around 1.9% which is anemic to say the least. SInce the so-called recovery began under the Messiah GDP has grown by a cumulative 6.7%. Under Reagan's recovery it was 17.6% and even Slick Willie pulled out 8.7%.

4. Retail sales continue to fall

5. The ISM index for manufacturing has dropped below 50 which is a signal that the sector is in contraction

6. Oblamer's so-called recovery is quantitatively the worst in modern history (post WW2) and is ranked the worst in terms of job growth and GDP growth, and that after having taken on $5 trillion in new debt......so much for the failed Keynsian economic model.

7. Consumer confidence continues to drop (declined in May and fell further in June) to 62.0 versus an average of close to 100 under GWB. ONly 15% of consumers think business conditions will improve in the next 6 months.

8. CEO confidence dropped 16% in June an dis now down to 47 which means more CEOs think things will get worse. Only 22% of them think business has improved versus 42% in Q1.

I could go on and on with other "accomplishments" of TOTUS but suffice it to say that GF's list (many of which a social and/or fiscal conservative would call failures) pales in comparison to the issue most important to the average voter. The empirical truth is that Oblamer has been an abject failure in his stewardship of the economy and does not deserve Jimmy Carter's 3rd term. As for whether the American people will respond appropriately it is anyone's guess.