Former Chicago Bears head coach and current ESPN NFL analyst, Mike Ditka, recently spoke on The Bernie & Sid Show, and had some unflattering words for President Barack Obama, claiming he's "the worst president we've ever had," adding:
"Barack Obama's a fine man. I mean, he's pleasant. He would be great to play golf with. He's not a leader. This country needs leadership. It needs direction. It needs somebody that steps up front. We need somebody like Ronald Reagan. Every once in a while you're gonna get punched in the chops but you keep going forward. That's all there is to it."
He also said this:
"The people that hate him (Trump), hate him, but people like him because he says things that resonate with what they think. If I were to vote tomorrow, I'd probably vote for Trump."
Yes, apparently Mike Ditka, like many modern-day Republicans, sees the president as a fictional superhero as opposed to an actual person. This mentality appears to be consistent when it comes to his grasp (or lack there of) of history and numbers. It'd be one thing for the former Bears head coach to say President Obama has been a disappointed while in the Oval Office; it's quite another to lay claim he's the worst president in this country's history.
Given Ditka's love of football and analyzing numbers affiliated with the sport, allow me to provide him with a few in relation to the previous two presidents, Barack Obama and George W. Bush:
Unemployment rate
Bush (when he left office): 7.8%
Obama (currently): 4.9%
Uninsured rate
Bush: 14%
Obama: 9.2%
Teen pregnancy rates
Bush: 40.2 p/1,000
Obama: 25.6 p/1,000
GDP growth
Bush: -.03%
Obama: +3.7%
Dow Jones
Bush: $8,281
Obama: $17,000+
Abortions
Bush: 19.6 p/1,000
Obama: 17 /1,000
Troops deployed
Bush: 186,000
Obama: 31,320
Consumer confidence
Bush: 25
Obama: 94.6
Not only that, but as of January 2016, FactCheck.org reported the following numbers:
- "Homicides have dropped 13 percent since Obama took office"
- "The economy has added more than 9 million jobs"
- "The number of long-term unemployed Americans has dropped by 614,000 under Obama"
- "Corporate profits are up 166 percent; real weekly wages are up 3.4 percent"
- "There are 15 million fewer people who lack health insurance"
- "Wind and solar power have nearly tripled, and now account for more than 5 percent of U.S. electricity"
I dare Mike Ditka to look at all of those numbers and to then look me in the eyes and say with a straight face, "Barack Obama is the worst president in our history, even worse than George W. Bush." If he's able to do that, I'll be forced to ask where the closest loony bin is located and immediately take him there...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/03/04/mike-ditka-obama-is-the-worst-president-weve-ever-had/
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/09/23/this-bush-versus-obama-comparison-will-make-everyone-who-voted-blue-proud-they-did/
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/04/us-markets.html
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/01/obamas-numbers-january-2016-update/
"Barack Obama's a fine man. I mean, he's pleasant. He would be great to play golf with. He's not a leader. This country needs leadership. It needs direction. It needs somebody that steps up front. We need somebody like Ronald Reagan. Every once in a while you're gonna get punched in the chops but you keep going forward. That's all there is to it."
He also said this:
"The people that hate him (Trump), hate him, but people like him because he says things that resonate with what they think. If I were to vote tomorrow, I'd probably vote for Trump."
Yes, apparently Mike Ditka, like many modern-day Republicans, sees the president as a fictional superhero as opposed to an actual person. This mentality appears to be consistent when it comes to his grasp (or lack there of) of history and numbers. It'd be one thing for the former Bears head coach to say President Obama has been a disappointed while in the Oval Office; it's quite another to lay claim he's the worst president in this country's history.
Given Ditka's love of football and analyzing numbers affiliated with the sport, allow me to provide him with a few in relation to the previous two presidents, Barack Obama and George W. Bush:
Unemployment rate
Bush (when he left office): 7.8%
Obama (currently): 4.9%
Uninsured rate
Bush: 14%
Obama: 9.2%
Teen pregnancy rates
Bush: 40.2 p/1,000
Obama: 25.6 p/1,000
GDP growth
Bush: -.03%
Obama: +3.7%
Dow Jones
Bush: $8,281
Obama: $17,000+
Abortions
Bush: 19.6 p/1,000
Obama: 17 /1,000
Troops deployed
Bush: 186,000
Obama: 31,320
Consumer confidence
Bush: 25
Obama: 94.6
Not only that, but as of January 2016, FactCheck.org reported the following numbers:
- "Homicides have dropped 13 percent since Obama took office"
- "The economy has added more than 9 million jobs"
- "The number of long-term unemployed Americans has dropped by 614,000 under Obama"
- "Corporate profits are up 166 percent; real weekly wages are up 3.4 percent"
- "There are 15 million fewer people who lack health insurance"
- "Wind and solar power have nearly tripled, and now account for more than 5 percent of U.S. electricity"
I dare Mike Ditka to look at all of those numbers and to then look me in the eyes and say with a straight face, "Barack Obama is the worst president in our history, even worse than George W. Bush." If he's able to do that, I'll be forced to ask where the closest loony bin is located and immediately take him there...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/03/04/mike-ditka-obama-is-the-worst-president-weve-ever-had/
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/09/23/this-bush-versus-obama-comparison-will-make-everyone-who-voted-blue-proud-they-did/
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/04/us-markets.html
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/01/obamas-numbers-january-2016-update/
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