Argument against Obama Debunked

Originally appeared on The American Complaint Department October 15, 2012

     Obama’s the worst President ever!  No, I don’t believe that.  That’s what I hear from everyone who is opposed to him in this election.  When I ask them what makes him the worst President in history, they only have a handful of answers.  Most of the answers center on how much money he has spent.  These people are in a panic about the debt of $16 trillion.  I don’t remember any of these people panicking about the $10 trillion debt that our country had when Bush left office.  Most of the other attacks are nonsense such as he is socialist, communist (because these people don’t know the difference), Muslim, and hasn’t done anything good for our country.  The last argument is the one that really gets me fired up. 
       There are two problems with that argument.  First, these people seem to forget that congressional Republicans have spent the last two years fighting every initiative that President Obama has supported.  This has led to very little progress (which was evidenced by the fact that this congress passed fewer bills into law than any congress in history), but the responsibility lies with congressional Republicans, not with the President.  If he were to issue executive orders to get these measures passed, they would be accusing him of abusing his authority. 
       The other problem I have is that, despite the best efforts of Republicans, President Obama has accomplished quite a bit during his term.  Here’s a short list of some of those accomplishments:
       • His economic policies have pulled us from a recession that was heading towards a depression.  The U.S. GDP has grown from 14.07 trillion when President Obama took office to 15.83 trillion in July of this year.  Unemployment was 8.3 percent when the President took office in 2009.  Shortly after he was inaugurated, this number topped out at 10 percent.  Even though he had initiatives such as the Bringing Jobs Home bill blocked by Republicans, he has brought unemployment down to 7.8 percent.
       • He worked to pass the Affordable Care Act, bringing the health care reform that people have been wanting for years.  Today, millions of Americans are now insured due to this bill.  Studies have indicated that this reform will decrease health care spending in the long run as well.
       • Reformed Wall Street with the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act which
       • After 9 years of war, the United States has finally pulled out of Iraq.
        • Under President Obama’s direction, the United States military found and eliminated Osama Bin Laden.
       •Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was repealed for our military bringing more equality to our armed forces.
       • Benefits were extended to same-sex partners of federal employees.
      • Advocated for and signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
       • Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, furthering equal rights for women.
       • Ended the Bush-era practices of “enhanced interrogation,” which is a nice way to say torture.
       • Signed the Iran Sanctions Act, furthering the sanctions against Iran in an effort to curb Iran’s nuclear program.
       • He began the process of training Afghan troops to replace American troops so that the U.S. could begin withdrawing its troops.
        •Established a “Credit Card Bill of Rights” meant to protect consumers.
       • Increased funding to the Department of Veterans Affairs
       • Increased student financial aid.
       • Reformed the student loan program so that students could refinance their education at a lower rate.
       • Created the Race to the Top program, encouraging school reforms.
       • Furthered the opportunities for higher education by expanding the Federal Pell Grant program.
       • Worked with Michelle Obama to pass the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act to improve nutrition in schools and improve children’s health.
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       There are hundreds more examples that I can give of the accomplishments that President Obama has made during his term in office.  In fact, there are websites out there like whattheheckhasobamadonesofar.com that do just that.
       I don’t mind if someone doesn’t agree with the President’s policies.  The ability to have different perspectives and beliefs is a fundamental right of our nation.  However, ignoring the accomplishments of the President simply because members of the opposing political party have said that he has done nothing of value is pure mindless conformity.  Do not simply allow these people to ignore evidence and misconstrue the facts to gain power.  They are counting on your blind acceptance of their propaganda to put themselves in a position to improve their own lives at the expense of those who President Obama has spent the last four years protecting – the middle class.  We live in the age of information.  Don’t accept the lies and propaganda that Republicans have been using as their platform in this election.  Look at the facts and make an informed decision in November.  I believe that, if you do, you will cast your vote to re-elect President Obama.

Apparently the Ninth Commandment is Optional for Republican Supporters

As I'm sitting here reading through the posts by my liberal friends on Facebook, I see multiple discussions about the flood of lies that has come from the Romney campaign.  It made me think about Republicans and how they are constantly attempting to write Christianity into the law.  It occurred to me that the supporters of Romney, many of whom are supposedly "good Christians," are supporting someone who has broken one of the 10 Commandments countless times. 

Well, maybe not entirely countless.  This article discusses how Romney told 533 lies in 30 weeks.  That's a pretty good count.  This is 533 documented violations of the Ninth Commandment in a 30 week period.  That's impressive.  One of Romney's pollsters, Neil Newhouse, even said that "[the Romney campaign is] not going to let [their] campaign be dictated by fact-checkers."  Translation:  We're not going to let the truth stand in our way. 

I'm not saying Obama and his campaign are perfect.  But, as a group of people who are supposedly so interested in demonstrating their Christian faith (hence the opposition to gay-marriage and the panic about the word God being left out of the Democratic platform), how can these people, in good conscience, vote for a party that has demonstrated a complete lack of regard for one of the 10 Commandments that they hold so dear?  I guess God declared that commandment optional as long as you persecut those horrible gays that aren't even mentioned in the commandments.

Advertisement Clues Us In...Obama is Forcing Gay Marriage on the Country!

I want to congratulate the American Values PAC for winning the most ridiculous advertisement award for this election.  And that’s saying a lot!  This poor woman is just so upset because, “Obama is trying to force gay marriage on this country.”  I guess this is in response to the statement that the President made in an interview with ABC in which he said, “At a certain point I've just concluded that for me, personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.” 

Apparently any statement the President makes is now automatically a bill in Congress.  That must be why I missed the part of the bill that says “every man and woman in American must be married to a person of the same sex.”  I’m pretty sure that is the only way they could “force” gay marriage on the country.  Even if it was legalized, why would have anything to do with anyone other than the gay community who chose to be married?  What a great example of massive exaggeration and fear mongering.   

Here’s my wish for the future.  Please let Obama win the election and on the first day of his term I want him to sign an executive order making homosexuality a completely protected class.  I want to see the panic on Fox News as they report the end of civilization because we are all going to be forced to be homosexual and no one will reproduce. 

I just don’t understand the ignorance that is spewing from the mouths of people like this.  Are these people really so dumb that they can’t understand what they are saying?  Or that what they are saying is in no way true?  Of course, in a country where a moron gets headlines for running his mouth about the President during a concert, what should I expect?  I guess being able to hold a few notes makes one qualified to pass judgment on the leader of the most powerful nation in the world.  (Yes, Hank.  This is directed at you.)  But I’ll get into that in an upcoming post.  In the meantime…make sure you protect your homes and children from that homosexual takeover that President Obama is forcing on us.  Otherwise we may end up with a country full of well dressed, fun-loving, accepting people.  The horror.