Political spin: an illustration

1. A pro-Obama poster showing a smiling president and states:

"Imagine if a Republican President:

• Pulled us out of the worst recession in over 80 years
• Produced over 2 straight years of private sector job growth
• Created over 4 million jobs
• Saved the American auto industry
• Killed Osama Bin Ladin
• Aided in helping kill Gaddafi without a single American casualty
• Ended the war in Iraq
• Championed the lowest taxes in decades

"He'd be considered a conservative legend. Instead it was a mixed-race Democrat. So that means he's a socialist, anti-American foreign born Muslim who hates Christians and wants to destroy capitalism. Funny how that works."

2. A recent appeal by Sen. Rick Santorum notes by contrast:

Since Obama took office, we've had:

• 41 months of unemployment greater than 8 percent. 
• 23 million Americans struggling to find work.
• 1 in 6 Americans in poverty. 
• 1 in 4 children on food stamps.
• Our national debt has grown by over $5.2 trillion to $16 trillion.
• We have had 4 consecutive years of deficits exceeding $1 trillion. 
• Gas prices have increased an average of $1.65 a gallon, at a time when real wages are stagnant.
• On President Obama's watch, 5.7 million residential mortgages are either 30 days delinquent or in foreclosure. 
• President Obama has put us at a disadvantage versus China. In the last year alone, China has increased its manufacturing base by 18 percent and grown its economy by $2 trillion.

Of course, this only scratches the political surface of spin. Draw your conclusions.