President tenures and jobs

Political arguments about principles and ideas are always part of America's ongoing discussion about the role of  government, the purpose of the Federal Reserve, etc.  I get that.  But the extent to which President Obama's tenure has been a kind of "fact free" zone regarding these debates is disturbing.  The CalculatedRisk blog provides us with some data which is often ignored (see http://www.calculatedriskblog.com).