President Obama keeps saying that he “didn’t know” how bad the economy was when he first took office, and that is why it is still so bad now. As they always say, ignorance is no excuse. First, he was the incoming president; he had access to all the economic data that existed. If he didn’t know, it’s because he didn’t want to know. There were no secret statistics and trends that the Bush administration was keeping from him; it was all a matter of record. Second, Mr. Obama has done nothing but make the economy worse, so no matter how bad the economy was that he “inherited,” he should be judged on his results, not on his starting place.
About Stan Guthrie
Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers.
Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's Tell Me More, WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio's New Day Florida. A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
