Unemployment

One of the biggest lie that Obama makes is that the recession/unemployment is Bush’s fault….He inherited it from Bush. The problem is that FACTS get in the way. This is a chart of unemployment % since Bush took office.
(I apologize for this chart. I have tried several time but it keeps condensing. The monthly % is one decimal and the annual is the two decimal at the end of each year.)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Annual average
2001 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.7 4.74
2002 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 6.0 5.78
2003 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.99
2004 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.54
2005 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.08
2006 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.60
2007 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.0 4.60
2009 7.7 8.2 8.6 8.9 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.7 9.8 10.1 10.0 10.0 9.27

Bush average over 96 months 5.6………………………Obama average over 11 months…….. 9.3

Yes, I know that the Bush average was climbing when Obama took office. But Bush’s highest number was his last month…7.4. ( wouldn't it be nice to be down to 7.4 right now?)He had 91 months under 6.0%. Obama said, in early January, if the Stimulus bill was not passed immediately the Unemployment rate would hit 8.0%. The Democrats passed it immediately. Now, 11 months and close to one trillion dollars later, the deficit has tripled, and the unemployment rate is at 10.0%. Plus only 40% of the stimulus money has been spent. Where was the sense of urgency??? Now I see Obama knows there is unspent stimulus money so he wants to use it for some pet projects of Democratic congressmen. Problem is it would be un-constitutional. How can anyone believe this man any more????? He is in over his head, can’t make a decision on his own and even the decisions he does make, he reverses……close Guantanamo by Jan.1, 2010? Now the date is 2011 or later (if ever). Send Yemen prisoners, held at Guantanamo, back to Yemen…..”ops, probably not a good idea and people are outraged so I’ll change my mind.”..... “I know, let’s send the terrorists to the United States, let them Lawyer-up (new word we have heard a million times) spend millions of tax payers dollars defending them and not get anymore information out of them” Yea, that’s a good idea!!!!! It's good that he is changing his mind but he shouldn't have made those decisions in the first place!! Makes me admire Franken!…… not really!