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2016 Postmortem

Tx4obama

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4. Here are the NUMBERS

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 07:40 PM

Jan 2013

Regarding presidential executive orders, by the numbers

Obama: 143
George W. Bush: 291
Clinton: 363
Reagan: 380

ALL presidents here: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/disposition.html

Executive orders are official documents, numbered consecutively.

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Republicans Call Him a Dictator, But Obama Has Issued Fewest Executive Orders in 100 Years [View all] babylonsister Jan 2013 OP

Ah, Those Pesky Facts - Can't Let Them Impede Right Wing Fantasies And Delusions cantbeserious Jan 2013 #1

While getting my haircut yesterday I heard the guy next to Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #2

The non-factual talking point generator eh? n/t Agschmid Jan 2013 #9

k & r surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #3

Here are the NUMBERS Tx4obama Jan 2013 #4

Thanks for adding! nt babylonsister Jan 2013 #7

I think he uses them in a much more impactful way... Agschmid Jan 2013 #10

I didn't Flatpicker Jan 2013 #5

Gee he has less EO's than Ford LiberalFighter Jan 2013 #6

Wow, that's a revelation; someone needs to do a meme! :) nt babylonsister Jan 2013 #8

Well, that just proves he's lazy! alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #11