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Let's check the facts... (Original Post)
babylonsister
Mar 2012
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elleng
(131,253 posts)1. You talkin' FACTS, sistah???
MindMover
(5,016 posts)2. Bush treated the Presidency of this country like a joke and Obama...
is trying to take it seriously.....a world of difference...
unclouded
(12 posts)3. After lurking forever, I've had to make an account so I can...
Say thank you for posting this.
Would it be okay if I shared the image on facebook/twitter?
babylonsister
(171,104 posts)4. Absolutely! I found it on FB: and welcome to DU!! nt
nofurylike
(8,775 posts)5. outstanding!! thank you for that, babylonsister!! nt
FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)6. Just want to clear something up....
I always see the # 750,000 jobs lost when the fact is in Jan. 2009 during the last month of Bush. as Obama was being inaugurated, actually saw 839,000 jobs lost. Almost ONE MILLION jobs. See below link and scroll over the 1st blue line, the half-red/half-blue one.
http://www.barackobama.com/jobsrecord?source=OM2012_PR_DFA_jobsrecord_jobs-def