THE LEGACY OF GEORGE W. BUSH’S PRESIDENCY

[Dardedar]

I wonder if Shrub mentioned any of this in his speech today?

Best to just go and look at the nice chart here.

Thom Hartmann was reading this on the radio today and I intended to look it up but my dear wife had already sent it to me. I bet it is being passed around a lot since it is a wonderful rebuttal to any nonsense Bush will try floating in his speech today.

Here is a bit of it:

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The Country Bush Inherited, The Country Bush Leaves Behind

THE ECONOMY

What he inherited from Clinton -- REAL GDP GROWTH

4.09% Over Prior 8 Years

TODAY UNDER BUSH

2.65% Over Prior 7 Years


NATIONAL DEBT

What he inherited from Clinton

$5.7 Trillion

TODAY UNDER BUSH

$9.2 Trillion

BUDGET DEFICIT/SURPLUS

What he inherited from Clinton

$431 Billion Surplus over the Previous Three Budget Years

TODAY UNDER BUSH

$734 Billion Deficit over the Previous Three Budget Years

NEW PRIVATE SECTOR

JOBS CREATED

Clinton: 1.76 Million Jobs Per Year Over Previous 8 Years

Bush: 369,000 Jobs Per Year Over Previous 7 Years

Etc.

All nicely referenced at the site of course.

Can't argue with the facts Jack.

[Dardedar]

DAR
This is really quite amazing. It should be sobering to anyone truly interested America doing well. I am going to add a few more of the details from the chart referenced above:

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Medical: AMERICANS UNINSURED

After Clinton: 38 Million Uninsured

Today under Bush: 47 Million Uninsured

CHANGE IN UNINSURED LEVEL

Clinton: 4.5 Million Less in 2 Years

Bush: 8.5 Million More in 6 Years

ANNUAL TOTAL PREMIUM COST

After Clinton: $6,230 for Family Premium

Today under Bush: $12,106 for Family Premium

MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME

After Clinton: $49,163

Today under Bush: $48,023

CHANGE IN MEDIAN INCOME

Clinton: $6,000 Increase in 8 Years

Bush: $1,100 Decrease in 6 Years

U.S. TRADE DEFICIT

Clinton: $380 Billion

Bush: $759 Billion

STRENGTH OF U.S. DOLLAR

Clinton: 1.07 Euros per Dollar

Bush: 0.68 Euros Per Dollar

COMBAT READINESS

Clinton:
All Active Duty Army Divisions Were Rated At The Highest Readiness Levels

Today under Bush:
Not A Single Active Duty Or Reserve Brigade In The U.S. Considered “Fully Combat Ready.”

VIEW OF AMERICA ABROAD

Clinton: 58.3% Viewed America Favorably

Today Under Bush: 39.2% Viewed America Favorably

GREAT BRITAIN’S VIEW OF U.S.

Clinton: 83% Favorable

Today under Bush: 56% Favorable

TURKEY’S VIEW OF U.S.

Clinton: 52% Favorable

Today under Bush: 12% Favorable

GERMANY’S VIEW OF U.S.

Clinton: 78% Favorable

Today under Bush: 37% Favorable

DAR
Space is provided below for the republican response:

[Doug]

Space is provided below for the republican response:

DOUG
It's: Hillary Cackles!

[Barbara Fitzpatrick]

The woman came from Illinois - she can't help it and even 18 years in AR followed by 8 years in Washington haven't been able to make her sound like anything but a midwesterner.

Truthfully, the "Hillary cackles" is a result of that lack of critical thinking mentioned in another thread. The MSM has been selling Hillary Hate since 1974 when she was part of the Nixon impeachment prep and sheeple unable to find anything real to hate her for, come up with things like that.

[Dardedar]

DAR
Looks like this important chart has been updated to January of this year.

[Dardedar]

bump.