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Old 03-15-2009, 10:10 PM   #101
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Originally Posted by Mavdog View Post
very selective timeframe isn't it? the dow reached 13,028 on May 20, 2008, and closed at 6626 today.

the dow declined much more during the bush term than during obama's term (the dow was at 7949 when obama took office...)

but hey! no matter the facts and inaccuracies, blame obama!
The Dow began to plummet more precipitously the week Obama won the Democratic nomination.

Most figured accurately that the real race for the POTUS was the Dem primary race.

So, the slide took off at that point...
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