With President Obama's first year in office coming to a close, the Associated Press has compiled a list of statistics that define what could be the most fail-y year for a leader of a Western power since the AFL-NFL merger (football joke!).
Some lowlights:
13 million—Number of people 16 and older unemployed as of January 2009.
14.7 million—Number of people 16 and older unemployed as of December 2009.
7.7 percent—Unemployment rate January 2009
10.0 percent—Unemployment rate December 2009
$10.6 trillion—Outstanding public debt Jan. 20, 2009.
$12.3 trillion—Outstanding public debt Jan. 14, 2009.
139—Bank failures between Jan. 20, 2009, and Jan. 14, 2010.
274,399—Number of properties that received forclosure-related notices in January 2009.
349,519—Number of properties that received forclosure-related notices in December 2009.
Source: Breitbart via Drudge Report
How about some more statistics, courtesy of Obama Fail Blog - the only fail blog dedicated to documenting Obama's failures:
1- Teleprompter shattered during a speech
1- Handshake with Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez
1- F-bomb dropped by Joe Biden while speaking into a microphone
2- Failures in Copenhagen
3- Bows to foreign leaders
3- White House gate crashers
5- 9/11 co-conspirators that will be granted civilian trials in New York City
5- Pounds of contaminated food from Michelle's garden donated to food kitchens (estimate)
17.2%- Real unemployment rate, as of December 2009
94- Number of days Obama dithered on Afghanistan troop decision
100- Terrorists that will be moved from Guantanamo Bay to Illinois (approximate)
142- Bank failures (Jan 20, '09-Jan. 15, '09) (That's an update to the 138 number in the original AP report. Click here for full FDIC list of failed banks)
