So much for HOPE....Here is the CHANGE

A gallon of regular gas on Obama's inauguration was $1.79, now the average is about $3.49.

Number of people on food stamps is up 35%.

Long term unemployment is up 146%.

Americans in poverty is up 9.5%.

Our national debt is up 34.4%.

He's the first president to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.

First president to:
Have a social security number from a state he has never lived in.

Preside over a cut to the credit rating of the United States.

Violate the War Powers Act.

Require all Americans to buy a product from a third party.

Spend a trillion dollars on shovel-ready jobs that did not exist.

Terminate America's ability to put a man in space.

Encourage racial discrimination and intimidation at polling places.

Threaten insurance companies if they publicly speak out on the reasons for rate increases.

Appoint 45 Czars to replace elected officials in his office.

Golf 73 separate times in his first 2 and a half years in office.

Hide his medical, educational and travel records.

Win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.

Coddle American enemies while alienating America's allies.

Go on multiple global apology tours.

Go on 17 lavish vacations, including date nights and White House parties we pay for.

Have 22 personal servants for his wife.

Keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000 per year at taxpayer expense.

Hope and change anyone? We know, blame everything on George W. Bush.

*Sources:
U.S. Energy Information Administration, Wall Street Journal, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Standard & Poors/Case-Shiller, Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury, & Heritage Foundation.