We Would Be Better Off Had Romney Been President – Bloomberg

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September 23, 2012

The U.S. economy has improved under President Barack Obama. But by all the measures Democrats use, Americans would be better off today if Mitt Romney had led the country for the past four years.

The Democrats are substantially right when they answer Ronald Reagan’s famous campaign question — Are you better off today than you were four years ago? — in the affirmative. Gross domestic product per person is higher, and so is the stock market. It’s not fair to blame Obama for the surge in unemployment that occurred in the first six months of his administration. Even this statistic has improved since August 2009.

via Bloomberg.

Comments:
  1. alanstorm says:

    From the article:

    “Obama is not responsible for the economic mess he found when he took over as president, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt was not responsible for Pearl Harbor.”

    Can anyone tell me what’s wrong with this comparison? C’mon, let’s not always see the same hands…

  2. Ragspierre says:

    We would have been MUCH better off if the chair really was just empty.

    Obama made it worse.

    Whatever it was, he made it worse.

  3. Curt Schilling says:

    Haha, the Power Bottom doesn’t know what, specifically, the black guy made worse, but he’s totally sure that “whatever it was,” is definitely worse. I envy the actual lawyers who get to face the Texas Power Bottom.

    I just love that the entire WSJ piece makes the Power Bottom look like more of a fool than he already looks like – but it still can’t help itself; it’s totally sure that Willard would have saved us, because of … something!

    • alanstorm says:

      Are you working for the Obama campaign? I detect the same disconnect from reality and incoherent message.

    • Ragspierre says:

      The difficulty is not in naming something Obama made worse.

      Rather the opposite. There is nothing he made anything BUT worse.

      • Curt Schilling says:

        And yet you continually and repeatedly FAIL to name a single thing that “Obama made worse.”

        • Ragspierre says:

          How many did you see in the BLOOOOOOOOMBERG piece, moron?

          List them.

          And learn to read, you stupid phuc. The WSJ is not BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMBERG.

          • Curt Schilling says:

            Poor slobbering Power Bottom. Yes, mistyping “WSJ” instead of “Bloomberg” is totally the same thing as not having the capacity to ever back up your substantive “arguments” with anything resembling fact. It’s but another way for you to toss out some misdirection instead of ever making a substantive point – because you are a coward and inept at defending your love for Willard and hate for Obama.

            And the Bloomberg piece points to not one thing Obama did to make things worse – its all speculation about what Willard “probably” would have done better.

            All of this is moot of course because Barack Obama will remain president until Jan. 2017.

            Poor Power Bottom won’t be getting his country back :(

          • Ragspierre says:

            Good! This sets up the opportunity for others to read the BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBERG piece, so they can see what a delusional liar you are.

            It is replete with instance of Obama making things worse!

            And it is hardly tough, or exhaustive!!!

            LOVE IT when you HAVE to lie despite the obvious! Thanks, moron.

  4. Ragspierre says:

    Hey, Curtsey…

    remember your lies, told various times, that Romney paid 0% in taxes?

    I do. What a hate-twisted, lying, Collectivist POS.

  5. Curt Schilling says:

    Oh no, Power Bottom, more bad news for America-hating traitors like you:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/us-consumer-confidence-jumps-to-highest-level-since-february-on-brighter-job-outlook/2012/09/25/507d730a-071a-11e2-9eea-333857f6a7bd_story.html

    By the way, what are your 3 favorite Willard policies, Power Bottom? Specifically.

    • Ragspierre says:

      Who do you work for, Curtsey?

    • Ragspierre says:

      The State Street Investor Confidence Index fell 4 points to 86.9 as appetite for risk declined among institutional investors.

      In retail sales, Redbook reports a 2% year-on-year sales increase. ICSC-Goldman reports an increase of 0.6% over last week, and 2.9% over last year. Both are trending slightly lower than last month.

      The FHFA purchase only house price index extended a run of gains with a less than expected 0.2% rise for July, which is 3.7% over last year.

      The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index jumped nearly 10 points in September to 70.3.

      The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city seasonally adjusted home price index reported a 0.4% rise in July. On a year over year basis, the index was up 1.2%.

      The Richmond Fed manufacturing index for September rose to 4, the first positive reading since May.

      Oh, and the labor participation rate is trending lower.

      How many “Recovery Summers” does this make?