CHRISTMAS 2008 CHRISTMAS 2013

 

To paraphrase Presidential Candidate Ronald Reagan are you better off at Christmas 2013 after President Obama a Democrat has been in the White House since January 2009—5 years, than you were at Christmas 2008 after President Bush a Republican had been in the White House from January 2001to January 2009—8 years.

 

Please match the following events with the president who was in the White House when those events occurred to arrive at an answer based on facts not political propaganda.                         

 

WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

From January 2001 to January 2009 over 170, 000 American soldiers were sent into combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.  The costs Americans paid for those wars:  more than 4,000  soldiers killed; more than 30,000 soldiers wounded;  4 to 6 trillion paid out in tax dollars.

 

During the period January 2009 to date:  the war in Iraq was ended-- the last American soldier left Iraq on December 18, 2011 -- 2013 will be the third year no U.S. combat soldiers spent Christmas in Iraq; leaders of the U.S., Afghanistan, NATO and 70 other nations agreed that all U.S. and NATO combat soldiers will be out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014 thus ending the longest war in America’s history.

 

JOBS

November 2013 203,000 non farm jobs per month being --ADDED.

November 2008 500,000 non farm jobs per month being--LOST.

 

TERRORISTS

During the period January 2001 to January 2009 Osama ben Laden and other terrorist leaders were planning attacks against the U.S and planned and carried out 4 attacks on the New York and Washington D.C. areas on September 11, 2001 killing over 2,900 Americans.

During the period January 2009 to date: not one terrorist attack has occurred on American soil; Osama ben Laden and most big name terrorist leaders were killed; a number of planned attacks against America were discovered and foiled.

THE ECONOMY IN GENERAL

Economists say America’s second greatest economic disaster occurred in the period January 2001 to January 2009.

 

Headlines and news stories From January 2009 to date:  America’s domestic oil production reached a 24 year HIGH while foreign oil imports reached a 17 year LOW; the Dow Jones Industrials more than doubled to 16,000; a Chinese company set up a manufacturing plant in Whitsett N.C; many American companies like Ford, GE, and Caterpillar are moving manufacturing plants from other countries back to America; the trade gap declined 22% and imports declined to $225.4 billion; household wealth grew $1.92 trillion to $773 trillion; car sales up 9% to 16.4 million; housing sales up 25.4% to 444,000 on an annul rate.

HEALTH CARE

During the period of January 2001 to January 2009 50 million Americans did not have health care insurance.

In 2010 the U.S adopted its first universal health care plan modeled after a successful Republican health care plan in Massachusetts which provides health insurance to more than 98% of its adults and more than 99% of its children at a lower premium and without raising taxes.

A DEMOCRATS CHRISTMAS BEDTIME STORY

 

Before radio and TV, entertainment in the Ozarks consisted of games such as horseshoe pitching and bucket lid sailing.  One of the most popular games was called-- politicking.  On Sunday afternoon the players would gather in the barnyard take a pitch fork and find a cow pattie of just the right consistency, stick the pitchfork in the cow pattie and throw it up against the side of the barn.  The player who could throw it the highest and make it stick the longest won.

 

Politicking rapidly became the most popular game in the Ozarks and spread to the entire State with local, county, regional and state tournaments being held on the 4^th of July and other national holidays.  Republicans became more skillful than Democrats at the game of politicking however they seldom were elected to public office at any level in Arkansas. Few people would admit they were a Republican and fewer would place their name as a candidate under Republican.   After many years of losing elections in Arkansas Republicans began applying the principles of the game of politicking—throw manure on your opponent -- and the rest is history.

 

The success of Ozark Republicans did not go unnoticed in the higher echelons of the Republican political world.   Political consultants like Lee Atwater and Karl Rove took the principle of throwing manure on Democrats to a new level and placed a Republican in the White House 20 of a recent 28 year period.

 

While the game politicking has been replaced in the Ozarks by electronic games Republicans expect to take control of all three branches of government in Arkansas in 2014 using skills they learned playing the game of politicking—throwing manure on Democrats.

 

Merry Christmas to all—including Republican politicians, writers and talking heads who will continue throwing manure on Democrats even though it is the season of “Peace On Earth Goodwill Toward men.”

 

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