At the close of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Dr. James McHenry, a Maryland delegate, followed Benjamin Franklin from Independence Hall. He recorded a question asked by a lady, directed at Dr. Franklin.

The lady asked, "Well Doctor, what have we got? A republic or a monarchy?"

"A republic," replied Dr. Franklin, "if you can keep it."

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"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Obama Accomplishments

Is the United States better off economically because of the Obama presidency?

Is the U. S. and the world safer because of Barack Obama (BHO)?

Is our future brighter and are Americans more optimistic because of the past three Obama years?

ObamaCare, the hallmark of BHO's presidency is not popular in the country and nobody knows what the Supreme Court will say on the matter, but its vote to render part of the bill unconstitutional will likely be split along partisan lines. The lack of severability with the legislation may doom it, but in the meantime we can sit on the sidelines and watch.

In a sense, I give some credit to BHO for saving the conservative movement in the nation and for almost single handedly creating the Tea Party. In that sense, BHO has been a valuable president. And perhaps as a slight antecedent to that, he became responsible for more firearms and ammunition sales than any other president in US history. BHO's radical actions, radical associates and utopian socialist beliefs, that seemed 'cute' while he campaigned for office, somehow soured for many.

BHO's rise to power should have silenced all those black activists who said that a negro/mulatto couldn't get a fair shake in America -- but it didn't. They still rant about the white man's boot on the neck of the black man. So perhaps BHO let his black community down to some respect? Or maybe they simply need to continue to have something to complain about.

BHO supporters still blame President George W. Bush for the nation's woes - even though he had a Democratic majority in Congress during his last four years in office, spending money like drunken sailors. However, the drunken sailor award really belongs to BHO, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, who gave a completely new definition to government opacity, out-of-control spending and hubris in office.

In the end, 'progressive' policies led to disastrous results and many parts of the US are gripped in a depression despite summer after summer of 'recovery' as Democratic Party projections that 'happy days are here again' turn out to be nothing but VP Joe (Slow Joe) Biden's baseless ranting.


7 comments:

Libertarian Advocate said...

As a GREAT President once said, "You could say they are spending like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to sailors because they are spending their own money."

Sandee said...

He believes he's the best thing since hot dogs and apple pie. He doesn't care what we believe. Oh wait...he's running for president again. Sigh.

Have a terrific day. :)

Opus #6 said...

We can keep our Republic if we can wrest it away from free-spending libs.

BB-Idaho said...

Well shucky-darn; things are looking up. Corporate earnings up 31% in 2010,
CEO bonuses averaged $9 million ( new record!)
.....and McDonalds hired
32,000 new workers. Gotta
love trickle down.

dmarks said...

BB: Don't be happy yet. The federal policies of the Obama administration are keeping the jobless rate up.

His NLRB is trying to prevent Boeing from opening a new line to build more planes in the US. They will probably be forced to ship manufacturing to another country. One where the national government actually wants there to be good jobs.

Z-man said...

I'm wondering if Bush had been the one to get bin Laden whether he would have done a victory lap around Manhattan so quickly. With the 10th Anniversary coming up what's the rush?

Bd said...

Well...Obama got Osama where bush let him go and said he didn't care about him.

Obama got stuck with Bush' failing economy and has created more jobs in 2 ears that he created in eight.

What the loons on the right call his 'apology tour' has actually created a more positive view of the US in the world. If you don't think that's important, go dig yourself a moat.

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