DISASTROUS DECADE?

Neal Boortz  "Obama seems to believe that George Bush's presidency was so bad that he called it "a disastrous decade we cannot afford to relive." Yet consider these comparisons from Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters...

•In January 2007 before the Democrats took over Congress, unemployment was 4.6 percent; now it's 9.6 percent.
•In January 2007 there were 7.1 million unemployed people in America; now there are 14.9 million.
•In January 2007 the median home price was $210,600; today it's $179,300.
•In January 2007 the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 12,500; today it's at 10,840.
•In January 2007 the gross federal debt was $9 trillion; today it's $13.5 trillion.
•The poverty rate in 2006 was 12.3 percent; now it's 14.3 percent
•In the final budget created by a GOP-controlled Congress, the deficit was $160 billion; now it's $1.6 trillion.

LET THE CLASS WAR BEGIN?  "Some people pursue knowledge, work hard and pay attention to decision-making. They become wealthy. Others squander their education, work 40 hours a week and no more, and make stupid decision. They don't become wealthy. The people who have failed to do what it takes to become wealthy look at those who have succeeded and adopt an attitude something like this:"...

SO HERE COMES THE WEALTH ENVY CAMPAIGN  "Maybe the Republicans ought to counter with an ad of their own:

"The Democrats are trying to create an "us vs. them" election. It's America's working middle class against the evil rich. Maybe it's time for you to ask yourself a few questions. Is your boss --- the owner of your company --- rich? Do you wish he was poorer? Would you like him to have more or less? The chances are you work for a small privately owned business. Do you think the company you're working for would be better off if the owners had less money? If you think that would be a good thing ... vote Democrat."