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Originally Posted by Rochard
Okay, you want to turn this into a political post.
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Obama presided over the slowest and worst economic recovery in what is practically in the history of the nations economy. He said manufacturing jobs were never coming back. He said there was no "magic wand" to grow jobs. Wages stagnated the entire length of his Presidency. He said time and time again that bad is the new normal. Welfare hit all time highs. Lowest workforce participation rate in ages etc etc etc etc etc.
All he did was preach doom and gloom and blame Bush as he passed more and more and more crippling business regulations by executive order and told everyone how bad everything sucked but that it wasn't his fault.
Trump stated from the outset what he was going to achieve economically... and he's doing it. The same exact thing that Obama mocked him for is happening.
So.. yeah, there were no reasons to be excited about Obama as it pertains to the economy. It's not like he was running around preaching a bright future was coming.
He did the exact opposite.
It's amusing that you think the same guy who did nothing but say things are bad and getting worse is somehow the same guy responsible for an incredibly strong economy, job growth, record low unemployment, rising wages etc.
Democrats better get their shit together, because in 2020, they'll stand no chance against strong job numbers, trade numbers, economic numbers, unemployment numbers etc without a platform that appeals to those voters in the middle.
But from looking at what has been achieved in just 2 years and seeing how Democrats are continually acting out like little kids throwing a perpetual temper tantrum and are 100% incapable at this point of discussing issues relevant to voters in the middle, I can't see that happening.