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*"'''Our efforts in Iraq are doomed! It'll become a quagmire! The people of Iraq aren't ready for democracy!'''" Since the troop surge (also condemned by liberals as doomed to failure,) steady progress has been made in Iraq. In 2005, millions of Iraqis participated in democratic elections for the first time in decades. | *"'''Our efforts in Iraq are doomed! It'll become a quagmire! The people of Iraq aren't ready for democracy!'''" Since the troop surge (also condemned by liberals as doomed to failure,) steady progress has been made in Iraq. In 2005, millions of Iraqis participated in democratic elections for the first time in decades. | ||
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| + | *"I believe, myself, that this war is lost, and that the surge has not accomplished anything" (Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] on the Iraq War troop surge in April 2007, by December 2008 violence was at a 5-year low.) | ||
*"'''Our [stimulus] plan will save or create 3-4 million new jobs, 90% of these jobs will be created in the private sector, the remaining public sector jobs.'''" [ (President Barack Obama on the economic stimulus package.) When the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed in February of 2009 the nation's Unemployment Rate was 8.1%, by December 2009 it was 10.2%. | *"'''Our [stimulus] plan will save or create 3-4 million new jobs, 90% of these jobs will be created in the private sector, the remaining public sector jobs.'''" [ (President Barack Obama on the economic stimulus package.) When the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed in February of 2009 the nation's Unemployment Rate was 8.1%, by December 2009 it was 10.2%. | ||
Revision as of 17:36, December 29, 2009
The first decade of the twenty-first century was marked by many predictions by liberal experts. Almost invariably, these predictions were spectacularly wrong.
Among the most egregiously-incorrect predictions:
- "Global Warming will increase at an exponential scale!" We now know that not only was this prediction incorrect, but that the evidence that it was incorrect was so clear-cut that the liberal scientists studying it had to falsify the data, resulting in Climategate.
- "George Bush is a dictator! He's trying to create Empire America! He and his cronies will never give up power!" The more extreme versions of this prediction suggested that President Bush would declare martial law or stage another terrorist attack prior to the 2008 elections in order to remain in power. Of course, none of that happened; the election proceeded smoothly, the transition of power was peaceful, and the only fraud committed was on behalf of the eventual winner, Barack Obama. The outgoing President and his staff didn't even remove the "W" keys from the keyboards at the White House, unlike certain other past administrations.
- "Our efforts in Iraq are doomed! It'll become a quagmire! The people of Iraq aren't ready for democracy!" Since the troop surge (also condemned by liberals as doomed to failure,) steady progress has been made in Iraq. In 2005, millions of Iraqis participated in democratic elections for the first time in decades.
- "I believe, myself, that this war is lost, and that the surge has not accomplished anything" (Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on the Iraq War troop surge in April 2007, by December 2008 violence was at a 5-year low.)
- "Our [stimulus] plan will save or create 3-4 million new jobs, 90% of these jobs will be created in the private sector, the remaining public sector jobs." [ (President Barack Obama on the economic stimulus package.) When the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed in February of 2009 the nation's Unemployment Rate was 8.1%, by December 2009 it was 10.2%.