Okay, let's take Barruh at his word and assume his claim was true, which of course it isn't, but I digress.
So it only took FIVE YEARS TO GET THERE. Why so long, Barruh? Could your policies have had anything to do with it? Now don't go blaming Bush, because he too inherited a recession which was exacerbated by 9/11, and yet the jobless rate, etc., were back at pre-recession levels by the 2002 midterms.
Why couldn't you do the same, Barruh?