One of the things we hear talked about frequently by members of the mainstream media during an election cycle is the favorability factor or the popularity factor of the candidates. And if you watch any station other than FOX News, they declare with great enthusiasm how Mitt Romney trails Barack Obama in this category. I find it shocking that people focus more on this than they do Obama’s dismal record as president.
Yes, it is a sad reality, indeed, that many people place more importance on things like President Obama’s Hollywood friends or the fact he can belt out a halfway decent Al Green tune over job numbers and billions in new national debt. With SNL spoofs and journalists telling us how “cool” the president is, people have become fixated on the wrong things. Yes, he brews his own beer, refers to Justin Bieber as “Biebs,” and plays golf, lots and lots of golf. We get it; President Obama is the quintessential Renaissance man. But the real question is are you better off – is the country honestly better off – four years later?
Now, if you’re a liberal you might be tempted to invoke the name of George W. Bush at this time. Unfortunately, that argument is no longer viable. It’s called ownership, and after nearly four years with President Obama at the helm, he owns this economy. I wholeheartedly admit the president inherited a very turbulent economy. Conservatives have never denied this fact. But the record clearly shows matters have not gotten better, but rather worse on his watch.
While the television networks focus on Romney “losing the popularity gap,” let us focus on the ugly truth concerning President Obama’s record. For the last forty-three months we’ve had an unemployment rate that has been at or above 8%. Forty-three months! Currently, the rate is 8.1%. The last time unemployment has been this high and for this long was during the Great Depression roughly 80 years ago.
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