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To: stockman_scott who wrote (143435)	9/7/2008 3:26:06 PM
From: Ron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361715

Funny how they don't note these basic statistics on channels like CNBC: On the contrary, the real return so far under G.W. Bush has been a measly 0.22%, and an even worse minus 2.69% return once inflation is subtracted. This return is the second worst of the postwar period, exceeded only by the negative 7% real return under the Nixon administration. In fact the Nixon and Bush Republican administrations were the only two periods since The Great Depression when shareholders suffered after-inflation losses in the stock market. Know any Republicans who doubt this? Show them this chart. The S&P 500 is now FLAT over the last ten years: