Yeah... and Obama hasn't done any of that.
In some aspects of his presidency, I have to agree. However, as I see it, Obama has the added burden of being the spokeman for the middle class and the poor. That's something that Bush and Cheney clearly were not champions of and the miserable results of that is what Obama has had to deal with.
If Obama had inherited from Bush what Bush inherited from Clinton, state of the union-wise, it's pretty obvious to me the middle class and the poor would be far better off now under his presidency than the train wreck Bush Corp oversaw and helped cause. As far as the very rich are concerned, they have insulated themselves far beyond the negative effects any president could cause them so the only thing that really concerns them is which president they can squeeze the most profits out of.
Not that I give a shit who is president anymore... I don't think it makes any difference. But I also think that the non-business oriented community organizer has shown us all beyond a reasonable doubt that he's just as completely unqualified to help anyone beyond his circle of friends as his predecessors.
Well, the miserable cards Obama was dealt and the damage control policies he was forced to impliment can only be compared with what would have happened if the Party that actually helped cause the mess Obama inherited was tasked with fixing the very mess they were responsible for creating. They would have applied the very same ideology and principles that created the whole financial debacle they left Obama with.
Doesn't make sense does it?
And I think it somewhat unfair to Obama that not only did he have to to stop the hemmoraging the nation was dying from the moment he took office, he's also being demanded to heal the nation a whole lot faster than it took to damage it as badly as it was, and he's having to do it with an opposition party that has as it's main priority to get rid of him after his first term by refusing anything and everything he's proposing to get the nation back on track to prosperity.
The Repubs are doing their utmost to keep the nation in the dumps to get rid of Obama rather than putting the nation first by cooperating and compromising the way they should.
Yet, with all of this stonewalling and intransigent behavior they've been blatantly bashing Obama with, the Repubs refuse to take any of the blame for the damage their inexcusable behavior is causing and instead point the finger at Obama for all of the ills they themselves are causing.
Given this scenario, I think it's amazing that Obama has gotten anything done at all with the complete and resolute resistance the Repubs have blocked his and the nation's path with.
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