CHART OF THE DAY: It’s Official: Obama Is Creaming Bush When It Comes To Jobs

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Numbers don’t lie, do they?

In the last year of the Bush administration, the monthly job loss numbers built steadily to a peak which then began to reverse itself during Obama’s first year.

It’s a perfect mirror image, as this chart from Nancy Pelosi’s office demonstrates.

Now, whether this was the result of Obama’s and Bush’s policies… or whether it’s just a matter of timing, is obviously open for debate.

We know what Speaker Pelosi would have you believe.chart of the day, jobs lost in the bush and obama administrations


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