Compared to 4500 dead American soldiers who died because of Bush's lie.

Reexamine your priorities.

PS 8% unemployment was predicted back when the stimulus was enacted. Read Paul Krugman from that time. The stimulus (which was 33% tax cuts) was not enough to cover the crisis. Obama's mistake was thinking that the GOP would consent to another round if it was.

But the GOP, who sided with bin Laden in 1998, had decided in Jan 2009 that they would oppose any efforts to improve the country.