I wouldn't put all my eggs in one "wishing on a hope" basket.
Predicting doom and gloom for the democrats over just one Florida election.
They also said that Obama could never be re-elected, and guess what....
I can not name just one thing Obama has done. But I can name several.
First and still foremost, Bin Laden. That was HUGE. And it happened under his administration so he does get all the credit, like it or not.
Obama ended and is ending our involvement in the Bush wars.
Americans hate knee jerk war. No denying that.
That is also why McCain lost his run for president. His love for war.
Well, that and concern over his mental stability i.e. picking Sarah Palin.
Obama created the environment for support of same sex marriage i.e. his justice department.
You can chalk that up to civil rights achievement.
You may think Obamacare was not an achievement, but it was and still is.
Simply disallowing insurance companies from dropping pre existing conditions, that alone was worth the battle. Republicans might think they will get a chance to repeal ACA, but after people go nuts realizing that would return insurance back to the same-o same-o days of mass cancelations and mass rejections, and back to absolutely no accountability, well people will go nuts, trust me they will go absolutely nuts.
So Obamacare is an achievement, it just takes a while for people to realize that.
And this was exactly the same process as with medicare as well as social security.
I remember Ronald Reagan and his little doom and gloom television addresses warning about the evils of big government social security.
But just try to suggest an end to social security today.
Grandma would poke you in the eye with her cane. Pop, no more eye.
Just as GW found out the hard way, messing with SS? Bad idea. Very bad idea.
So too would the people react at the hint of actually repealing Obamacare.
People might say they hate Obamacare, but actually repealing it? Bad idea. Very bad idea.
Then we have the economy.
Sometimes, most times people will take a good thing for granted.
Everyone that works and owns an 401K has seen huge gains in their retirement stash.
And it only takes one president, one misguided congress, one economic disaster to nose dive those 401K earnings.
Compared to 2008 when GW left and Obama came onboard, yes I would absolutely chalk up economic recovery as another Obama achievement.
Anyone that disagrees on that simply forgot how things were back in 2008.
GW sweating profusely on camera as he told the nation of impending economic disaster.
Remember?
And GW's treasury secretary Henry Paulson.
Remember his face on tv?
That look of total fear and disbelief as if he were 5 years old and just discovered they was no santa clause?
And the members of congress? Their faces?
Their recounting of that meeting with Henry Paulson?
Oh how soon we forget.
And how so much worse it could be.
And how fast that so much worse could actually happen once again under the wrong leadership.
And how important it is to vote YOUR best interest, and not the Koch brothers best interest.
And how believing democrats are doomed could once again backfire.
But we shall see.
And remember, you get what you vote for...
In the end!
