# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29828
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29828 "2016-06-30T18:03:52Z")
I’m sorry. I know this thread is supposed to be about the stupidities of the GOP intelligentsia — statesmen and scholars like Sean Hannity, Rick Santorum, and Marco Rubio — and not about ordinary dolts and sheeple like Bricker and Shodan. But this one has me laughing so much I can’t stop. I want to share. Recall that Obama inherited the worst financial disaster since the 1929 Crash and for more than two years the world economy was on the verge of utter collapse. The U.S. recovered, with _ **the S&P 500 index more than tripling from its low** _. (To quote Omar Little, “That’s something you don’t see every day.”) The last 73 months have seen uninterrupted job growth — that’s another one for the record books. Now, one can attempt the sensical claim that Obama was not responsible for that unprecedented recovery. But that’s not what Shodan did. He apparently thinks the stock market _ **tripling** _ was some sort of cherry-pick or spin. :eek: > [@If given carte blanche on the national debt, is a recession easy to "fix?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-given-carte-blanche-on-the-national-debt-is-a-recession-easy-to-fix/758754/13): > > Actually it is [cherry-picking and spin](http://www.factcheck.org/2012/06/obamas-economic-sleight-of-hand/). > Regards, > Shodan I wonder if Mr. Shodan even noticed the date on his own cherry: > [@](#): > > Posted on June 15, 2012 LOL. 😛 I think even junior high school graduates would know not to judge a 6-year trend by ignoring the final 4 years, no? Unbelievable that someone this stupid could imagine his “thoughts” have any value at all. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897)._