"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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Right-wing, left-wing, no wing, practically every economist and
financial analyst on the planet agreed that the worldwide economy
was headed straight down the toilet.

really?? When? I must have missed that day in Urbana-world, because what I
heard was a lot of folks fretting over the US economy, and the ripple effect
on the world,
but I heard virtually no one suggest that the world economy was headed down
the flusher in 2009. Now, last year, yes, I did hear that sort of
overreaction(I still contend that, worldwide, it would have worked out. Way
better for some than others, but still, I really don't think things in, say,
Congo have really fluctuated much through this whole mess). Obama, in 2009,
has done VERY little to affect global economics, and much of what he has
wanted to do has been rejected by several European nations. Hence, you are
VASTLY overstating Obama's success, which, in many ways is far more
dangerous to the success of his administration than 100 Beancounter types.
Tom