2012 U.S. Presidential Election

[Dark Sage]

By the way the unemployment numbers came out today, and... Good God they are terrible.

Why exactly is a gain of 95,000 jobs worse than the loss of 750,000 we were experiencing, on average, monthly, before Obama took office?

I have some facts for you to look at, and I think you'll be shocked.

Private-sector Job situation last 12 months under BUSH (2008-2009):

February___________-136,000 (lost)
March_____________ -112,000 (lost)
April______________-215,000 (lost)
May______________ -216,000 (lost)
June______________-231,000 (lost)
July_______________ -259,000 (lost)
August____________ -294,000 (lost)
September_________ -425,000 (lost)
October____________ -480,000 (lost)
November__________ -797,000 (lost)
December__________-658,000 (lost)
January____________-839,000 (lost)
.

Private-sector Job situation over past 12 months under OBAMA:
.

September______+216,000 (gained)
October________ +139,000 (gained)
November_______+178,000 (gained)
December_______+234,000 (gained)
January_________+277,000 (gained)
February________+254,000 (gained)
March__________+147,000 (gained)
April____________ +85,000 (gained)
May____________+116,000 (gained)
June_____________+63,000 (gained)
July_____________+162,000 (gained)
August__________ +103,000 (gained)


Want more facts? Let's compare where we were at the same point in two different electoral cycles.
...
In August 2008, (President G.W. Bush), 159,000 jobs were lost
In August 2012, (President B.H. Obama), 96,000 jobs were gained

PS: "Facts are Stupid Things". Ronald Reagan, 40th President, to the RNC in 1988