3 Ugly Charts That Could Hurt Obama

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By James Pethokoukis

Vice President Joe Biden is telling Ohio voters today that “things really are starting to come back.”

Is one of those “things” the U.S. economy? Because as the following three charts show, the U.S. economy is struggling through an abysmal recovery not really worth the name:

1. Sickly Economic Growth

2. Falling Real Wages

3. A Shrunken Labor Force

Well, at least we’re doing better than Europe, right? Maybe not. German first-quarter GDP came in at 2.1%, and many economists now think U.S first-quarter GDP will be revised downward below 2%.

Anyway, perhaps President Obama can somehow argue things are going about as well as can be expected after a financial crisis. Then again, a recent CBS-New York Times poll found that 67% of Americans think the economy is “bad” and gave Mitt Romney a 46-43 lead over the president.

So far voters don’t seem to be really buying Biden’s — or Obama’s — comeback story. They may not have seen these three charts, but they sure are feeling them, unfortunately, in their everyday lives. From Gallup:

It’s just math. Please don’t bore a socialist disguised as a progressive disguised as a liberal disguised as a democrat with truth or facts. Truth and validated facts just get in the way of their narrative. Thank you so much for bringing these charts to Rush today – although he struggles with visuals on his radio show, he always seems to find a way to communicate the concept in an auditory way. Biden is an idiot and Hussein is a liar.

I see that the lefties must read every site out there just so they can denigrate it.Keep up the good work. We need to be informed.

Number of people employed in January 2009 – 142,099,000 Number of people employed in April 2012 – 141,865,000

Enough said…

One would wish for a better explanation of the first graph. Why the choice of the graph's origin and a better explanation of the information along the independent axis of the graph? Evidence for how close to winning an argument is the ridiculousness of the opponent's argument. It could not have been more ridiculous if written by "Occupy Wall Street". As for Romney's magic underwear" cute!

Seriously – they are not “Rush’s” figures or charts – think about it. How blind can you be? Take the facts and SEE!

Gerri- you have got to be kidding me you actually believe President Obama’s media and him. You are a moron. If you cannot see what he has done to our once glorious nation you obviously don’t deserver the freedoms and liberties that have been taken away from you. So go on continue believing in a LIE!!!! and when it is all said and done and you realize tht our country is screwed don’t blame anyone but yourself for being an idiot who can’t see what is happening right before your eyes. If nothing changes quick and we dont stop all the regulations and bail outs our country will be a thing of the past and we will be eating out of trash cans or our own home grown foods. Welfare and Warfare countries never succeed. Free market, freedoms, and liberties are the only way that our “REPUBLIC” is suppose to survive, not as a democracy. Read the Constitution and you will see our country was built as a Republic and not a Democracy of Liberals wanting to make everyone happy.

YOU ARE AN IDIOT

I meant Gerri is an IDIOT

Ahhh…Romney did NOT inherit his wealth. He earned it!

These numbers are still the grand result of the disasterous Bush years. Nobody can seriously blame Obama for anything here. From what I can tell, Obama is doing more than anybody ever has concerning the economy and the jobs issue. Give Barack a chance and 4 more years to bring this fine country back from the Bush Brink!

Lies! Lush Limburg, Sean Insanity, and Bill O’Really lies! The economy IS improving!!!! The numbers here are all fabricated and the calculations are faulty. Do not believe ANY of this!

Do you have any proof? Where are the numbers to back you up?

We all know you feel bad given the 42% Obama polling these days – but the sources of the information are rather solid – Obama’s own Gov (Dept of Labor) puts out the employment and earnings data. You want real jobs and a real economy = vote ‘ABO’ Anyone But Obama.

Yeah, it’s so true. You just can’t beat that lying and dishonest U.S. Department of Labor, their horrendously mean-spirited accurate charts, and their manipulative and racist mathematically verifiable statistics. But, maybe it’s a plot…

EVEN OUR OWN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE CONTROLLED BY FOX NEWS AND RUSH LIMBAUGH! THE U.S DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IS RACIST! THEY’RE HOMOPHOBES! THEY’RE WAGING WAR ON WOMEN! THEY WANT TO PUSH GRANDMA OVER THE CLIFF! THEY HATE ELITIST RICH LAW PROFESSORS WHO ARE 2% NATIVE AMERICAN! THEY’RE HATEFUL! STOP THE WEALTHY ONE PERCENT WHO WORK AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR! OCCUPY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR NOW!

^^You forgot “stupid, hick, flat earthers who are intentionally drowning polar bears and dumping oil and poison into the drinking water.” Otherwise, you’re spot on about the vast right wing conspiracy.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. “Flat earthers”. That’s a stunner. It’s just so clever, I feel all squishy and tingly inside. Spare me your pinko finger-pointing. There you go with the typical left-wing personal attacks. People who say such things would clearly do very well back in Salem in 1690, screaming “Witch!” at anyone who doesn’t see things their way, while they cruise the local grog house for off-duty sailors.

I love the “drowning polar bears” thing, by the way. Is it tough being schizoid, or does the thorazine basically control it? Right wing conspiracy…Geez, this is so pathetically disgraceful. How about Chicago Thug Commie consipracy instead? See, I was trying to make a point, but the one on the top of your head beat me to it.

Perhaps you should actually link to data that refutes these claims, then, instead of just screaming that they are lying.

As far as employment is concerned, I don’t think there’s any question that the economy isn’t recovering. Underemployment is sky-high, the labor force participation rate is unquestionably down, and I’m not sure you’ll find anyone out there that would deny those numbers.

ahaha YOU CLOWN

Gerri — All you have to do is get your head out of the sand and look around you at all of the unemployed and under-employed, higher prices in the food and other essential stores, and gas prices. Granted, gas prices are definitely coming down slowly, but are still over $3 pg, and are only coming down because it’s an election year. Just look to the idle promises that were made during the last campaign in 2008 and compare them to what’s taken place in the last 3-1/2 years: Deficit hasn’t been cut in half, instead it’s gone sky high; healthcare is going to cost more than ever with less benefits than you’ve ever had, to name a few. Please wake up before it’s too late and America becomes worse than Greece … do you really want that for America? If you really do, then I suggest you go over there and see how much of a “paradise” it is. Government has no right to be in our lives, nationalizing industries, using regulatory measures to ensure manufacturing, etc. doesn’t survive here in America and goes overseas. We need jobs NOW for Americans, and HERE in America.

Gerri, Go to http://www.dailyjobcuts.com and see what the true story is companies are cutting jobs towns and cities are cutting jobs. Your MANCHILD Socialist President is killing this country. Take off those rose colored glasses and see what is going on. People are hurting and you say so what if people have to work 3 jobs to support the family. Wake up and smell the stuff your and your liberal minions are Shoveling real Americans see what is going on. Get out of Obamaville you step into realsville.Or as you may know it as Occupy Wall street.

How old are you Gerri that you still resort to name calling. You’re right, these numbers are inaccurate. For the real numbers you should visit http://www.shadowstats.com/

The US DOL have been manipulating how they calculate these numbers for years. Shadow stats have the real numbers. And they are MUCH worse.

Yikes!! I stopped by to read some charts and I see really uninformed people commenting on things they have absolutely no clue about. Gerri sounds like he’s an econ professor, and the OCCUPY GUY, double yikes, he must be a constitutional lecturer. Any IDIOT can see the county has declined in all realms, you don’t need to see a chart to know that, this isn’t rocket science, so get informed and comment THEN, not idiot babble, do us all a favor.

Lies? Here are the facts on a much SIMPLER basis so that even the dumbest among us can understand it! I make LESS money now than I did in 2009 despite the fact that my employer has given me raises! Why? Because the cost of living is increasing FASTER than my pay-rate. The cost of gasoline (which kills the economy) has doubled under Obama. The national debt (which also kills the economy) has increased by almost $6 Trillion under the Bozo-in-Chief. This is a debt my children and grand-children must pay off! Food prices have increased across the board by more than 15 percent. These are not LIES. These are ACTUAL OBSERVATIONS made by me in REAL LIFE! I do not have a clue as to what rock you are living under. But please stay there while the rest of us rid ourselves of the biggest mistake this nation has ever made–the Mistake of Obama/Biden 2008!

Yes Gerri, you’re right! Quick…send messages to Daily Kos, Media Matters and Little Green Footballs (just because I think Chuck over there is funny as hell) and tell them the Dept of Commerce and the St Louis Fed are saying mean, horrible things! Do it now!

Yeah, they’re all lies, that’s why my job is laying off a whole shift of people, me included. Unemployed from a major company. Jobs are dying out, more people are being supported by the government. There’s nothing around here but minimum wage left. So many people out of work, and house prices falling. My friend is in the process of selling his $750,000 house for under $300,000, not because he needs to, but because him and his wife want to move out of this state and retire, and home values are dropping by the day. Wish somebody would tell the truth.

Wow, Gerri Are you a complete drone? Where are the “true” numbers that show the economy improving? Are you hiding them? Share them with us so we can know the truth.

Barack Obama’s Magic Commie Transgender LGBT Pink G-String protects him from clear thought, any sort of honesty, competence, a sound economic plan, understanding of American principles, anything normal and sane, fairness, freedom, and success as a president. His Big Money pinko America-hating douchebag Hollywood pals like George Clooney will try to help him buy his re-election with cynical gay money.

Drop by a do-nothing lazy lefty’s house to learn how to be a condescending, mocky, whining commie bigot, who derides people’s religions, and, after, perhaps stay for a gay marriage rubdown.

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