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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.)

*"'''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%.

*"'''The American people have been paying the cost for the Republican culture of corruption...Democrats will restore truth and trust to our government, and put the priorities of the American people first.'''"  In reality, the current Democratic Congress and administration have been rife with scandals, from corruption charges for Congressmen to a never-ending run of Administration nominees who just couldn't seem to remember to pay their taxes.  <ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/On-Washingtons-new-culture-of-impunity39133542.html</ref>  When the nonpartisan [[Judicial Watch]] released its 2009 list of most corrupt politicians, nine out of ten names on the list were Democrats.  <ref>http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2009/dec/judicial-watch-announces-list-washington-s-ten-most-wanted-corrupt-politicians-2009</ref>

*"'''The American people have been paying the cost for the Republican culture of corruption...Democrats will restore truth and trust to our government, and put the priorities of the American people first.'''" ([[Nancy Pelosi]]) In reality, the current Democratic Congress and administration have been rife with scandals, from corruption charges for Congressmen to a never-ending run of Administration nominees who just couldn't seem to remember to pay their taxes.  <ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/On-Washingtons-new-culture-of-impunity39133542.html</ref>  When the nonpartisan [[Judicial Watch]] released its 2009 list of most corrupt politicians, nine out of ten names on the list were Democrats.  <ref>http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2009/dec/judicial-watch-announces-list-washington-s-ten-most-wanted-corrupt-politicians-2009</ref>

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