I have seen some stupid crap, but this takes the gold medal

Tripace · Nov 20, 2013

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-lynch-edd/12-reasons-why-obama-is-o_b_4280675.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

12 Reasons Why Obama Is One of the Best Presidents Ever
I have yet to find the words to describe the overwhelming sense of satisfaction I felt on Nov. 4, 2008 when Obama won the popular vote by 53 percent. With tears in my eyes, and joy in my heart, I stood alongside people of color across the nation as we celebrated America's first inauguration of a black president. As a young black man, I felt a true sense of patriotism as I witnessed our country rally together to show, finally, that we are more concerned about who is the most qualified man for the job, regardless of race or age. As Obama so simply, yet eloquently, stated during his celebration speech -change had come to America -a change we so desperately needed after eight painful years of George W. Bush's colossal failure as our nation's leader.
A lot has happened since then. I am loyal to the Democratic Party and to my president, but I am not blind, deaf or dumb. I recognize that Obama has made more than one controversial decision and rocked the boat a time or two during his presidency. Sure, he has committed his share of blunders and tripped over his own words from time to time. But, there isn't a president in American history who didn't flub up big time at some point during his administration. While I acknowledge he has made a number of mistakes in recent years, I stand firm in my conviction that Barack Obama is one of the greatest presidents America has ever seen. I believe history will prove this, and with time, he will be remembered in the annals of history as a revered revolutionary.
Here are 12 reasons why Obama is one of the best presidents ever:

He is for The People. Say what you will about Barack Obama, but unlike the many presidents who preceded him, he cares about what is best for the greater good. He truly does represent The People. His actions have always been motivated by a sincere desire to do what is best for the majority, even if it meant losing ground with the wealthy, influential or powerful minority.\t

<li>He is for civil rights. He has consistently spoken on behalf of the disenfranchised, the underdog and the most controversial members of society -despite the fact that it was politically unpopular to do so at the time. His outspoken support of gay marriage is an excellent example. Gay marriage is, and has always been, a legal and civil rights issue -not a moral one as conservatives would have you believe. Obama's open support of gay marriage speaks to his core values and his inherent belief that there truly should be justice for all.\t

He is for one race -the human race. In just a few short years, Obama's professional achievements and continued demonstration of equality and integrity have done wonders for race relations. America has never been more unified as a people than it has been under the direct leadership of Barack Obama. Finally, the racial lines that have divided blacks and whites for decades seem to be narrowing.\t

He is for a healthcare system that brings hope and healing to the hurting. Obama's healthcare plan has allowed uninsured Americans to reap the benefits of a universal healthcare system. A suffering child should never be turned away because his or her mother doesn't have health insurance. To deny medical assistance to people who desperately need it is barbaric. Obama's health care plan has placed America among the world's greatest superpowers who demonstrate care and compassion toward its constituents with healthcare that serves all.\t

He is for the middle class. Here are just a few of the comments made by President Barack Obama in recent months: "Rebuilding our economy starts with strengthening the middle class. Extending tax breaks on 98 percent of families now would give hardworking Americans the security and confidence they need." In July 2012, during a visit to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he said, "The vision of a strong middle class is what we're fighting for. What we need is somebody who's going to fight every single day to grow the middle class because that's how our economy grows, from the middle out, from the bottom up, where everybody has got a shot. That's how the economy grows." Enough said.\t

He is for women's rights. Obama's very first executive action as President was to sign the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, a bill specifically designed to annihilate wage discrimination barriers for women. He also fully funded the Violence Against Women Act, which addresses the criminality of sexual assault and domestic violence and provides women with the services needed to overcome such atrocities. President Obama nominated two women to the Supreme Court, including the first Latina justice in American history. Furthermore, Obama has taken exceptional measures to secure grant money for women business owners and get them a fair shake from the Small Business Association.\t

He is for doing away with pomp and circumstance. Let's be real -Obama is one cool cat. As the 44th president of the United States, he has changed the face of the Oval Office forever. Many suggest Obama's casual demeanor and informal interaction with the American people is inappropriate, and even downright offensive. Millions of people, however -me included -perceive his relaxed deportment, humorous candor and outright honesty as a breath of fresh air. In spite of the fact that he is a politician, and the president, there is something about him that makes him real and relatable. Even though he is the most powerful man in the world, he is, at heart, just a man. In almost four years under perhaps the most intense public scrutiny ever placed upon an American president, he has never lost sight of the fact that he bleeds red, just like everyone else.\t

He is for the environment. President Barack Obama has taken a forward thinking approach to creating a red, white, blue and green America. His policies and initiatives for a clean energy economy have had an incredible impact on the future of the nation. For instance, the U.S. reduced oil imports by more than 10 percent from 2010 - 2011. That's more than 1 million barrels a day. The Administration continues to seek ways to reduce America's dependence on oil, promote efficient energy and invest in clean energy practices. Read more about Obama's environmental strategies here.\t

He is for veterans. Obama has consistently promoted the allocation of funds, increased benefits, job opportunities and extended resources for our nation's veterans. Although Obama never served in the U.S. Armed Forces, he has always been a responsible and thoughtful commander-in-chief. Unlike his predecessor -G.W. Bush -he has always been conscious of the fact that troops serving in combat zones are sons, daughters, mothers and fathers. He has never lost sight of the commitment, dedication and sacrifice made by the brave men and women who volunteer for military service and he has been adamant about rewarding them accordingly.\t

He is for peace. Let us never forget that Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 -one of the greatest accomplishments any man or woman could hope to achieve in a lifetime. The award reads, "The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons." During his presidency, Obama successfully ended the war in Iraq and is close to finally putting an end to the conflict in Afghanistan and bring our troops home for good. Speaking of Afghanistan, remember public enemy number one, the King of Terror? It was under Obama's order that Osama Bin Laden was annihilated and put out of the warmongering business for good.\t

He is for education. Obama has always been an advocate for education, making it a top priority during his administration. Believing education is what brings about the strength of a nation, Obama has set a goal for the U.S. to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020. He has increased federal funding and doubled the amount of grant money allocated to students seeking a higher education to cover rising tuition costs. During his presidency, Obama also passed the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African-Americans and the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics to ensure equal education for people of color.\t

He is for entertaining the masses. If we have to listen to a president yakitty-yak about this or that for another four years, we might as well pick one with charisma and charm. If you can't find anything else appealing about Obama, you can't deny the fact that the guy is an amazing speaker with wit, fantastic comedic timing and an incredible intellect. In fact, I will go so far as to say that when the man does finally retire from politics, he has a rewarding and lucrative job as a stand up comic awaiting him if he so chooses. When's the last time you heard a president joke about drinking beer, belt out Al Green with poise and precision at a moment's notice and admit to watching the Kardashians?\t

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If these 12 reasons aren't enough to convince that president Obama is one of the best presidents ever, then you are not thinking objectively!
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Okay, so, what's your favorite part? Mine's the close "...then you are not thinking objectively!"
OMG, really? I'm the one that's not thinking objectively???

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snoopdog6502 · Nov 20, 2013

Hey he ended the war in Afghanistan!

...OOppssss

he is just as shitty as Bush, just a different smell.

Tripace · Nov 20, 2013

And the rebuttal article... http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/12-reasons-obama-greatest-president-ever-rebuttal/#axzz2lANCFZ00

â€œ12 Reasons Why Obama Is One of the Best Presidents Everâ€ begins by acknowledging Obama's made a â€œnumber of mistakesâ€, but stands firm his legacy will, â€œbe remembered in the annals of history as a revered revolutionary.â€
6 years into presidency, President Barack Obama seems to compete with George W. Bush in terms of extraordinary power abuse, constitutional crimes, perpetual scandals, and extraordinary corruption. He has earned an impeachment and a 39% approval rating. Judging his legacy prematurely is unwise, but so is glossing over his grave misconduct.
1) â€œHe is for The People. His actions have always been motivated by a sincere desire to do what is best for the majority, even if it meant losing ground with the wealthy, influential or powerful minority.â€
Obama is no populist. He â€œsupports Occupy Wall Street movementâ€ but raised more money from Wall St. than any other candidate in 20 years. The financial criminals partially responsible for 2008's economic disaster remain free. TARP corporate-welfare bailouts transferred $73 billion in taxpayer wealth to corporate cronies. Punishing hard-working taxpayers for playing by the rules while rewarding the fantastically rich criminals makes him a man of the people?
Please note: by Oath, Obama's must preserve constitutional protections for all minorities, not favor special classes. He has eroded those protections against abusive government, granting his successor horrifying executive powers (see #2).
2)    â€œHe is for civil rights. His outspoken support of gay marriage is an excellent example.â€
1)    Obama invalidated the right to trial by signing 2012's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which expanded military detention powers for Americans. He threatened to veto it, lied and then was sued. Government lawyers continue arguing ruthlessly for the power to kidnap Americans.
2)    Obama renewed the Patriot Act, assaults the free press, defends warrantless wiretapping, and the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Guantanamo Bay remains open and he's executed four U.S. citizens without judicial process, an impeachable offense.
3)    Obama brags about hunting and caging whistleblowers reporting crimes and established the Insider Threat Program (ITP) which equates whistleblowing to â€œaiding the enemies of the United Statesâ€.
4)    Though Obama's â€œChoom Gangâ€ smoked massive amounts of marijuana, his administration is the most hostile to medical marijuana in history. Peaceful Americans from Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Washington and California have been assaulted, robbed and caged for following state law. They face millions in fines and decades in in prison.
Oh, and Obama reversed his position on same-sex marriage after alienating his LGBT allies because it was politically expedient. What a freedom fighter!
3) â€He is for one race â€“ the human race. America has never been more unified as a people than it has been under the direct leadership of Barack Obama.â€
The American people themselves have the honor of improving race-relations, not Barack Obama.
He politicizes racial tensions often with highly incendiary (and premature) remarks like, â€œIf I had a son, he'd look like Trayvonâ€. His underlings race-bait, underscoring a divisive internal culture. Kathleen Sebelius compared Obamacare opponents to segregationists fighting for â€œlynchingâ€ and Eric Holder keeps the Trayvon Martin fire burning by threatening a civil rights suit against George Zimmerman.
America is actually more divided than ever before. 59% believe we're moving in the wrong direction, 6 in 10 worry about the economy, 1 in 5 question the UNION. They blame Washington and Obama.
4) â€Healthcare because he's compassionate.â€
50-75% of the 14 million consumers who buy their insurance individually would lose their policies and Obama lied about it. 52 million may still lose their healthcare, rates may increase from 41%-77%. Narrower networks, fewer physician options, minimal personal choice and forced participation will likely result in poor quality.
But White House friends and cronies love ObamaCare. The struggling middle class will pay fines and high costs for healthcare they may not need or want, but the 1% president's pals sit pretty. Compassion.
5)    He is for the middle class.
4 in 5 face near-poverty and unemployment. Small businesses, once America's economic backbone, cannot stay afloat. There are many factors, but if Obama cared for the shrinking middle class, why pass $46 billion in new regulations and $11 billion more in one-time implementation costs? This is 5 times the cost of Bush's administration.
11,327 pages of federal regulations have been added, mostly for small and medium-sized businesses. This array of nanny-state regulations transfers hundreds of billions of dollars from the citizen's ledger to the federal treasury. These result in less innovation, job-creation, fewer development of new products and technologies, which results in fewer jobs, less disposable income and higher costs of living. 46% of employers won't hire for fear of more.
Obama's rich friends thrive while the middle class suffocates under the boot of big government.
6)    He is for women's rights because of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
Obama passed politically-timed legislation, so now he's a civil rights hero. 780,000 more women are unemployed under Obama. Women face healthcare premium increases from 18-37% under ObamaCare. But at least we have taxpayer subsidized birth control!
Question: do the women of Pakistan, Yemen, Libya, and Afghanistan have a right not to be executed by a death robot?
In his first drone strike, Obama killed 36 women and children according to investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill, a former Obama supporter. Watch this devastatingly sad graphic. 98% of those killed are women and children.
Consider Obama's track record (see #2), it's hard to argue he values anyone's rights until it's time to counter the Republican's â€œWar on Womenâ€.
7) â€He is for doing away with pomp and circumstance. Let's be real â€“ Obama is one cool cat.â€
His administration is the most secretive since Richard Nixon. He's also a habitual liar.
The deficit would be cut by 50%. The NSA isn't abusing its power, every dime spent rescuing Wall Street was repaid and TARP was earmark free. Fast and Furious was Bush's fault, the rich don't pay their fair share, there were no â€œboots on the groundâ€ in Libya, ObamaCare isn't a new tax and it'll pay for itself, so we shouldn't mandate it.
Here's a longer list. But he's â€œcoolâ€, I guess.
8)    He is for the environment.
Obama's new energy regulations cost taxpayers and companies billions and unknown number of jobs, but let's not forget Solyndra? The unprofitable corporate rouse cost taxpayers an obscene $528 million. Despite inevitable bankruptcy, cash infusions continued so White House regular George Kaiser could get rich.
Clean energy has its benefits, but it's also another way to enrich campaign contributors and the government treasury, which surely isn't a factor.
9)    He is for veterans.
Fancy dinners, patriotic speeches, sometimes-effective government programs; veterans have received them all.
Offline, Obama proposed a â€œtiered increaseâ€ in annual TRICARE premium payments to annually raise active duty and veteran rates from 30% to 78%, then 94% to 345%. Benefits would be means-tested benefits and new annual fees introduced, but veteran's groups organized. Note: Defense Department workers (often compensated 50% more) were exempt.
The claims-processing system has collapsed. Veteran's healthcare is a national embarrassment. 800,000 to 1 million pending claims still sit on desks throughout nationwide facilities; veterans wait 219 days on average, nearly twice that long in large cities. Why? Billions of dollars and years later, the VA has no efficient database. Private companies could've solved this issue in a 10<sup>th</sup> of the time.
Obama manipulated disabled veterans over the sequester, expended no political clout to restore death gratuities for soldier's families, and unnecessarily shut down World War II memorials.
But thanks for killing Bin Laden.
10) He is for peace.
The Iraq War was an epic blunder; thanks to Obama for withdrawing. The Afghanistan War is winding down at great cost and military families are grateful. Engaging Iran would be a costly mistake and we should applaud Obama's resistance to severe political pressure from the warhawks and special interests.
But when Obama's not telling aides he's â€œreally good at killing peopleâ€ with drones, he's killing women and children with drones. Again, for every 50 murdered, 1 â€œterroristâ€ is killed. As Jeremy Scahill notes, Obama went from an anti-war candidate to guaranteeing â€œthat many of those policies would become entrenched, bipartisan institutions in U.S. national security policy for many years to come.â€ Here's why.
11) He is for education.
Goals are wonderful, but what are the actual results? We still rank below overseas competitors and the answer Obama says? Build bureaucracy and deliver mediocrity. This Washington Post editorial explains how Obama favors powerful teacher unions over the needs of disadvantaged children.
We haven't seen anything yet. Common Core will more than likely destroy classroom innovation, create another layer of bureaucracy, and standardize a one-sized-fits all approach to education regardless of classroom needs, a tactic with proven poor results.
12) â€œHe is for entertaining the masses. If we have to listen to a president yakitty-yak about this or that for another four years, we might as well pick one with charisma and charmâ€.
Being a witty comedian makes you a fantastic president? The maestro of America's bread-and-circus both sings and dances, smiles and charms and because he's cool! Lynch concludes that if you don't believe president Obama is one of the best presidents ever, then you are not thinking objectively!
Herein lies the crux of blind idealism.
The article's comments section supports Lynch isn't alone, which is frightening. Think what you will of Obama, but soon, a successor will rise to an office with extraordinary powers and new precedents. As we wade into uncharted, murky constitutional waters, we cannot afford starry-eyed sycophantic personality worship. Skepticism, not childlike reverence, is required. We must evaluate actions, not rhetoric. By this test, Obama holds no candle to most of his predecessors.
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NasaJoe · Nov 20, 2013

I like this paragraph,

He is for doing away with pomp and circumstance. Let's be real -Obama is one cool cat.
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Among the lies in that article this one is as superficial and shallow as they come! nice one!

NasaJoe · Nov 20, 2013

Dont get me wrong, i think Obamas a "good guy" i just think he fell off the rails few years ago, id know i voted for the guy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQxNixPQ60Y

AugustWest · Nov 20, 2013

that has to be one of those "the onion" articles or something..

Cereal Killer · Nov 20, 2013

Number 12 really drives the point home. It's pathetic how much of suckers people are for a good speaker. I guess the phrase "wolves in sheep's clothing" is lost on a lot of folks.

Tripace · Nov 23, 2013

ÐugustWest said:

that has to be one of those "the onion" articles or something..
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I'd really like to believe it, but nope... There really isn't much hope for humanity anymore, the signs are all too obvious.

AugustWest · Nov 23, 2013

Tripace said:

I'd really like to believe it, but nope... There really isn't much hope for humanity anymore, the signs are all too obvious.
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just shows that every party has their batshit supporters.

Tripace · Nov 23, 2013

ÐugustWest said:

just shows that every party has their batshit supporters.
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You mean we all didn't vote for The Good Dr.? I thought "batshit" was newspeak for us.

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