"Pig in a Poke"

Do you comparison shop when making a purchase? Do you listen to endorsements about the products you may buy? Do you think you might use a program like “CARFAX” to find out the previous history of a prospective vehicle purchase?

I just purchased a new lawn mower, a Poulan lawn mower. I got a nice price on that mower, but the best part of the deal was that the mower was a Poulan, a company with a good history of a quality product. I buy Craftsman Tools because they also have a history of quality and dependability. I once got a set of metric sockets for a really cheap price; they came in a nice plastic case, they were very shiny, and looked really nice. I don’t remember the brand; I do remember they were cheap. The first time I used a socket it cracked, and the ratchet stripped its gears. Sometimes you get what you pay for.

In 2008, America bought an untested candidate for the job of President of the United States. It was kind of like buying a “pig in a poke”; nobody knew much about Barack Hussein Obama other than he made a nice speech once, and he had “catchy slogans”.

From 2007 to 2008 America was at the beginning of some pretty tough economic times, and George W. Bush was getting the blame for those times.

Now, I’ll admit G.W. wasn’t a perfect President, but after some “comparison shopping”, it appears he wasn’t the “devil” that the Democrats have made him out to be.

In 2007, George had a Democrat House and Senate who were controlling the purse strings and policies of Washington, regardless of what Barack Hussein Obama says. Until the Democrats took over, G.W. had 52 months of job creation, a record, and the unemployment rate was 4.6%! On the day that Barack Hussein Obama took office, after one year of a democrat controlled Congress, the unemployment rate was 7.6%. Although the Democrats blamed Bush for the lack of employment, it turns out it was their leadership that began the slowdown of jobs in America. Bush was blamed for the bursting housing bubble by FANNIE MAE and FREDDIE MAC, yet from 2001, Mr. Bush asked our houses of government to step in to stop the risky loans 17 times. Barney Frank said the institutions were sound and called Bush “Chicken Little”. Under our current administration, FANNIE and FREDDIE continue to ask for MORE BAIL OUT MONEY, with the blessing of the Democrats in Congress and Barack Hussein Obama.

When George W. Bush left office, fuel was $1.83 per gallon; today fuel is hovering around $4.00 per gallon, with little relief in sight. In January of 2009, the median income in the United States was $50,112; the median income today is $49,777; we are going backwards under Barack Hussein Obama! The number of long-term unemployed in January of 2009, after one year of the Democrat Congress, was 2,600,000 and today it is 6,400,000, up 146.2%; this is all under Barack Hussein Obama.

When we do our “comparison shopping” between George W. Bush and Barack Hussein Obama, we are confronted with a real paradox. It seems like the one who was supposed to save us is actually quite a bit worse than the one he was saving us from. America was suffering from runaway spending and rampant unemployment since 2007, and it had continued until November of 2010, when a Republican House stepped in to put the “brakes on” an out-of-control administration. Please fact check everything I’ve said here and decide if you want four more years of Barack Hussein Obama!