Is President Obama really Superman?

[Science*Good]

Obama Outperforms Reagan On Jobs Growth And Investing - Forbes

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today issued America’s latest jobs report covering August. And it’s a disappointment. The economy created an additional 142,000 jobs last month. After six consecutive months over 200,000, most pundits expected the string to continue, including ADP which just yesterday said 204,000 jobs were created in August.

One month variation does not change a trend

Even though the plus-200,000 monthly string was broken (unless revised upward at a future date,) unemployment did continue to decline and is now reported at only 6.1%. Jobless claims were just over 300,000; lowest since 2007. Despite the lower than expected August jobs number, America will create about 2.5 million new jobs in 2014.

And that is great news.

Will Obama finally get some credit for the improving economy - The Washington Post

Given the nightmare Obama was left with, after W and company practically destroyed the economy, and the obstruction Obama has faced (unprecedented in American history), I think he might be Superman.

 

[jwoodie]

Obama Outperforms Reagan On Jobs Growth And Investing - Forbes

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today issued America’s latest jobs report covering August. And it’s a disappointment. The economy created an additional 142,000 jobs last month. After six consecutive months over 200,000, most pundits expected the string to continue, including ADP which just yesterday said 204,000 jobs were created in August.

One month variation does not change a trend

Even though the plus-200,000 monthly string was broken (unless revised upward at a future date,) unemployment did continue to decline and is now reported at only 6.1%. Jobless claims were just over 300,000; lowest since 2007. Despite the lower than expected August jobs number, America will create about 2.5 million new jobs in 2014.

And that is great news.

Will Obama finally get some credit for the improving economy - The Washington Post

Given the nightmare Obama was left with, after W and company practically destroyed the economy, and the obstruction Obama has faced (unprecedented in American history), I think he might be Superman.

This says a lot about you. Not so much about Obama.

 

[Science*Good]

Obama Outperforms Reagan On Jobs Growth And Investing - Forbes

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today issued America’s latest jobs report covering August. And it’s a disappointment. The economy created an additional 142,000 jobs last month. After six consecutive months over 200,000, most pundits expected the string to continue, including ADP which just yesterday said 204,000 jobs were created in August.

One month variation does not change a trend

Even though the plus-200,000 monthly string was broken (unless revised upward at a future date,) unemployment did continue to decline and is now reported at only 6.1%. Jobless claims were just over 300,000; lowest since 2007. Despite the lower than expected August jobs number, America will create about 2.5 million new jobs in 2014.

And that is great news.

Will Obama finally get some credit for the improving economy - The Washington Post

Given the nightmare Obama was left with, after W and company practically destroyed the economy, and the obstruction Obama has faced (unprecedented in American history), I think he might be Superman.

This says a lot about you. Not so much about Obama.

compared to what W did to this country and economy, I still think Obama is Superman...

There could be and is a list as long as your arm of improvements in our economy under Obama, but some folks will look for anything to criticize Obama, I think I know why.

 

[Stephanie]

super clown is more like it. but you all can bow and kiss the ground he walks on if you don't care looking like a fool

notice all the threads coming now how Obama is THE MAN, THE ONE sent to us from the heavens above?

HOW PATHETIC

 

[mudwhistle]

Obama Outperforms Reagan On Jobs Growth And Investing - Forbes

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today issued America’s latest jobs report covering August. And it’s a disappointment. The economy created an additional 142,000 jobs last month. After six consecutive months over 200,000, most pundits expected the string to continue, including ADP which just yesterday said 204,000 jobs were created in August.

One month variation does not change a trend

Even though the plus-200,000 monthly string was broken (unless revised upward at a future date,) unemployment did continue to decline and is now reported at only 6.1%. Jobless claims were just over 300,000; lowest since 2007. Despite the lower than expected August jobs number, America will create about 2.5 million new jobs in 2014.

And that is great news.

Will Obama finally get some credit for the improving economy - The Washington Post

Given the nightmare Obama was left with, after W and company practically destroyed the economy, and the obstruction Obama has faced (unprecedented in American history), I think he might be Superman.

Lets assume you're not cherry-picking your statistics, name the program Obama signed into law that made this happen?

 

[thereisnospoon]

Obama Outperforms Reagan On Jobs Growth And Investing - Forbes

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today issued America’s latest jobs report covering August. And it’s a disappointment. The economy created an additional 142,000 jobs last month. After six consecutive months over 200,000, most pundits expected the string to continue, including ADP which just yesterday said 204,000 jobs were created in August.

One month variation does not change a trend

Even though the plus-200,000 monthly string was broken (unless revised upward at a future date,) unemployment did continue to decline and is now reported at only 6.1%. Jobless claims were just over 300,000; lowest since 2007. Despite the lower than expected August jobs number, America will create about 2.5 million new jobs in 2014.

And that is great news.

Will Obama finally get some credit for the improving economy - The Washington Post

Given the nightmare Obama was left with, after W and company practically destroyed the economy, and the obstruction Obama has faced (unprecedented in American history), I think he might be Superman.

I suppose you have pictures of Obama plastered to the walls in your home.
Jeez.
What I will never understand is the lengths some will go with their partisan politics to the point where they worship their elected officials.
Look, our economy runs in cycles. Now, government policy can and does have an adverse effect on the economy. Or doing nothing can have dramatically positive results.
Let's look back, shall we.
Both Nixon and Carter presided over bad economies. Both made decision which made the economy even worse. Instituting wage and price controls.
Both these people thought rationing fuel was a good idea. Carter told the American people that they should be prepared for a lower standard of living.
Move forward to Clinton. he was a bog government liberal. However he is an intelligent individual who knew he had advisers at his disposal and used them. Our economy did well because the federal government did not meddle in the economy.
As matter of fact, every time the federal govt attempts to manipulate the economy or a sector of the economy, housing for example, invariably disaster will follow.
This administration led by a man with an enormous ego and a high awareness of self worth, has made it abundantly clear he cares more for his legacy than anything else.
Sop, we have had three versions of Quantitative Easing, which does nothing but take fake money and pump it into the financial markets to make them look like everything is just fine.
Meanwhile Wall Street is fat dumb and happy while analysts are quietly saying they are well aware the markets are overpriced. Just two weeks ago we saw what can happen when there is bad news on the geopolitical front( Ebola issues). The markets lost 3% of their value in less than two weeks. The bottom line is QE creates a false sense of security.
Also, the Federal Reserve no doubt at the behest of the White House has kept interest rates artificially low for quite some time. Again, this is done to protect the administration. No president wants to be known as the one that allowed interest rate to be in double digits. Carter has that albatross hanging from his neck.
And who knows what is going to happen after Obama leaves office. The party of the new President may not matter. Something has to give. The economy MUST be allowed to go through its cycles. So 2017 thru 2020 could be a rough ride. If the government stays out of the way, it could be a "soft landing"....Sort of like the post 9/11 recession. or if the administration tries to interfere, the economy could have a parachute failure.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Obama Outperforms Reagan On Jobs Growth And Investing - Forbes

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today issued America’s latest jobs report covering August. And it’s a disappointment. The economy created an additional 142,000 jobs last month. After six consecutive months over 200,000, most pundits expected the string to continue, including ADP which just yesterday said 204,000 jobs were created in August.

One month variation does not change a trend

Even though the plus-200,000 monthly string was broken (unless revised upward at a future date,) unemployment did continue to decline and is now reported at only 6.1%. Jobless claims were just over 300,000; lowest since 2007. Despite the lower than expected August jobs number, America will create about 2.5 million new jobs in 2014.

And that is great news.

Will Obama finally get some credit for the improving economy - The Washington Post

Given the nightmare Obama was left with, after W and company practically destroyed the economy, and the obstruction Obama has faced (unprecedented in American history), I think he might be Superman.

Lets assume you're not cherry-picking your statistics, name the program Obama signed into law that made this happen?

I usually don't bother responding to these Obama sycophants. They worship the guy. It's creepy.

 

[Science*Good]

How sad and pathetic this hate is based solely on skin color and Muslim sounding name...I guess America is really full of ignorant and bigoted people, still...

too bad...

I mean what else can it be? I list statistics showing what a tremendous success Obama has been especially given the horror show he was left with and the obstruction, and all I get is hate based on hate.

This is sick, America may not last long with this happening...

 

[TemplarKormac]

Obama Outperforms Reagan On Jobs Growth And Investing - Forbes

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today issued America’s latest jobs report covering August. And it’s a disappointment. The economy created an additional 142,000 jobs last month. After six consecutive months over 200,000, most pundits expected the string to continue, including ADP which just yesterday said 204,000 jobs were created in August.

One month variation does not change a trend

Even though the plus-200,000 monthly string was broken (unless revised upward at a future date,) unemployment did continue to decline and is now reported at only 6.1%. Jobless claims were just over 300,000; lowest since 2007. Despite the lower than expected August jobs number, America will create about 2.5 million new jobs in 2014.

And that is great news.

Will Obama finally get some credit for the improving economy - The Washington Post

Given the nightmare Obama was left with, after W and company practically destroyed the economy, and the obstruction Obama has faced (unprecedented in American history), I think he might be Superman.

Growth does no good when it isn't reaching those who could benefit from it the most: the middle class, or the poor.

Obama also has done nothing to improve the economy. His policies have had no effect. Left to it's own devices, the economy will naturally correct itself.

 

[TemplarKormac]

How sad and pathetic this hate is based solely on skin color and Muslim sounding name...I guess America is really full of ignorant and bigoted people, still...

too bad...

I mean what else can it be? I list statistics showing what a tremendous success Obama has been especially given the horror show he was left with and the obstruction, and all I get is hate based on hate.

This is sick, America may not last long with this happening...

This is the only statistic that you should be worried about:

Rating Obama s leadership qualities - The Washington Post

 

[Science*Good]

Obama Outperforms Reagan On Jobs Growth And Investing - Forbes

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today issued America’s latest jobs report covering August. And it’s a disappointment. The economy created an additional 142,000 jobs last month. After six consecutive months over 200,000, most pundits expected the string to continue, including ADP which just yesterday said 204,000 jobs were created in August.

One month variation does not change a trend

Even though the plus-200,000 monthly string was broken (unless revised upward at a future date,) unemployment did continue to decline and is now reported at only 6.1%. Jobless claims were just over 300,000; lowest since 2007. Despite the lower than expected August jobs number, America will create about 2.5 million new jobs in 2014.

And that is great news.

Will Obama finally get some credit for the improving economy - The Washington Post

Given the nightmare Obama was left with, after W and company practically destroyed the economy, and the obstruction Obama has faced (unprecedented in American history), I think he might be Superman.

Growth does no good when it isn't reaching those who could benefit from it the most: the middle class, or the poor.

Obama also has done nothing to improve the economy. His policies have had no effect. Left to it's own devices, the economy will naturally correct itself.

Obama has done much, has been very successful even in the face of relentless hate.

1. Passed Health Care Reform: After five presidents over a century failed to create universal health insurance, signed the Affordable Care Act (2010). It will cover 32 million uninsured Americans beginning in 2014 and mandates a suite of experimental measures to cut health care cost growth, the number one cause of America’s long-term fiscal problems.

2. Passed the Stimulus: Signed $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 to spur economic growth amid greatest recession since the Great Depression. Weeks after stimulus went into effect, unemployment claims began to subside. Twelve months later, the private sector began producing more jobs than it was losing, and it has continued to do so for twenty-three straight months, creating a total of nearly 3.7 million new private-sector jobs.

3. Passed Wall Street Reform: Signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010) to re-regulate the financial sector after its practices caused the Great Recession. The new law tightens capital requirements on large banks and other financial institutions, requires derivatives to be sold on clearinghouses and exchanges, mandates that large banks provide “living wills” to avoid chaotic bankruptcies, limits their ability to trade with customers’ money for their own profit, and creates the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (now headed by Richard Cordray) to crack down on abusive lending products and companies.

4. Ended the War in Iraq: Ordered all U.S. military forces out of the country. Last troops left on December 18, 2011.

5. Began Drawdown of War in Afghanistan: From a peak of 101,000 troops in June 2011, U.S. forces are now down to 91,000, with 23,000 slated to leave by the end of summer 2012. According to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, the combat mission there will be over by next year.

6. Eliminated Osama bin laden: In 2011, ordered special forces raid of secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in which the terrorist leader was killed and a trove of al-Qaeda documents was discovered.

7. Turned Around U.S. Auto Industry: In 2009, injected $62 billion in federal money (on top of $13.4 billion in loans from the Bush administration) into ailing GM and Chrysler in return for equity stakes and agreements for massive restructuring. Since bottoming out in 2009, the auto industry has added more than 100,000 jobs. In 2011, the Big Three automakers all gained market share for the first time in two decades. The government expects to lose $16 billion of its investment, less if the price of the GM stock it still owns increases.

8. Recapitalized Banks: In the midst of financial crisis, approved controversial Treasury Department plan to lure private capital into the country’s largest banks via “stress tests” of their balance sheets and a public-private fund to buy their “toxic” assets. Got banks back on their feet at essentially zero cost to the government.

9. Repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: Ended 1990s-era restriction and formalized new policy allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military for the first time.

10. Toppled Moammar Gaddafi: In March 2011, joined a coalition of European and Arab governments in military action, including air power and naval blockade, against Gaddafi regime to defend Libyan civilians and support rebel troops. Gaddafi’s forty-two-year rule ended when the dictator was overthrown and killed by rebels on October 20, 2011. No American lives were lost.

11. Told Mubarak to Go: On February 1, 2011, publicly called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to accept reform or step down, thus weakening the dictator’s position and putting America on the right side of the Arab Spring. Mubarak ended thirty-year rule when overthrown on February 11.

12. Reversed Bush Torture Policies: Two days after taking office, nullified Bush-era rulings that had allowed detainees in U.S. custody to undergo certain “enhanced” interrogation techniques considered inhumane under the Geneva Conventions. Also released the secret Bush legal rulings supporting the use of these techniques.

13. Improved America’s Image Abroad: With new policies, diplomacy, and rhetoric, reversed a sharp decline in world opinion toward the U.S. (and the corresponding loss of “soft power”) during the Bush years. From 2008 to 2011, favorable opinion toward the United States rose in ten of fifteen countries surveyed by the Pew Global Attitudes Project, with an average increase of 26 percent.

14. Kicked Banks Out of Federal Student Loan Program, Expanded Pell Grant Spending: As part of the 2010 health care reform bill, signed measure ending the wasteful decades-old practice of subsidizing banks to provide college loans. Starting July 2010 all students began getting their federal student loans directly from the federal government. Treasury will save $67 billion over ten years, $36 billion of which will go to expanding Pell Grants to lower-income students.

15. Created Race to the Top: With funds from stimulus, started $4.35 billion program of competitive grants to encourage and reward states for education reform.

16. Boosted Fuel Efficiency Standards: Released new fuel efficiency standards in 2011 that will nearly double the fuel economy for cars and trucks by 2025.

17. Coordinated International Response to Financial Crisis: To keep world economy out of recession in 2009 and 2010, helped secure from G-20 nations more than $500 billion for the IMF to provide lines of credit and other support to emerging market countries, which kept them liquid and avoided crises with their currencies.

18. Passed Mini Stimuli: To help families hurt by the recession and spur the economy as stimulus spending declined, signed series of measures (July 22, 2010; December 17, 2010; December 23, 2011) to extend unemployment insurance and cut payroll taxes.

19. Began Asia “Pivot”: In 2011, reoriented American military and diplomatic priorities and focus from the Middle East and Europe to the Asian-Pacific region. Executed multipronged strategy of positively engaging China while reasserting U.S. leadership in the region by increasing American military presence and crafting new commercial, diplomatic, and military alliances with neighboring countries made uncomfortable by recent Chinese behavior.

20. Increased Support for Veterans: With so many soldiers coming home from Iraq and Iran with serious physical and mental health problems, yet facing long waits for services, increased 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs budget by 16 percent and 2011 budget by 10 percent. Also signed new GI bill offering $78 billion in tuition assistance over a decade, and provided multiple tax credits to encourage businesses to hire veterans.

21. Tightened Sanctions on Iran: In effort to deter Iran’s nuclear program, signed Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (2010) to punish firms and individuals who aid Iran’s petroleum sector. In late 2011 and early 2012, coordinated with other major Western powers to impose sanctions aimed at Iran’s banks and with Japan, South Korea, and China to shift their oil purchases away from Iran.

22. Created Conditions to Begin Closing Dirtiest Power Plants: New EPA restrictions on mercury and toxic pollution, issued in December 2011, likely to lead to the closing of between sixty-eight and 231 of the nation’s oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power plants. Estimated cost to utilities: at least $11 billion by 2016. Estimated health benefits: $59 billion to $140 billion. Will also significantly reduce carbon emissions and, with other regulations, comprises what’s been called Obama’s “stealth climate policy.”

23. Passed Credit Card Reforms: Signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act (2009), which prohibits credit card companies from raising rates without advance notification, mandates a grace period on interest rate increases, and strictly limits overdraft and other fees.

24. Eliminated Catch-22 in Pay Equality Laws: Signed Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009, giving women who are paid less than men for the same work the right to sue their employers after they find out about the discrimination, even if that discrimination happened years ago. Under previous law, as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the statute of limitations on such suits ran out 180 days after the alleged discrimination occurred, even if the victims never knew about it.

25. Protected Two Liberal Seats on the U.S. Supreme Court: Nominated and obtained confirmation for Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic and third woman to serve, in 2009; and Elena Kagan, the fourth woman to serve, in 2010. They replaced David Souter and John Paul Stevens, respectively.

26. Improved Food Safety System: In 2011, signed FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which boosts the Food and Drug Administration’s budget by $1.4 billion and expands its regulatory responsibilities to include increasing number of food inspections, issuing direct food recalls, and reviewing the current food safety practices of countries importing products into America.

27. Achieved New START Treaty: Signed with Russia (2010) and won ratification in Congress (2011) of treaty that limits each country to 1,550 strategic warheads (down from 2,200) and 700 launchers (down from more than 1,400), and reestablished and strengthened a monitoring and transparency program that had lapsed in 2009, through which each country can monitor the other.

28. Expanded National Service: Signed Serve America Act in 2009, which authorized a tripling of the size of AmeriCorps. Program grew 13 percent to 85,000 members across the country by 2012, when new House GOP majority refused to appropriate more funds for further expansion.

29. Expanded Wilderness and Watershed Protection: Signed Omnibus Public Lands Management Act (2009), which designated more than 2 million acres as wilderness, created thousands of miles of recreational and historic trails, and protected more than 1,000 miles of rivers.

30. Gave the FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco: Signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (2009). Nine years in the making and long resisted by the tobacco industry, the law mandates that tobacco manufacturers disclose all ingredients, obtain FDA approval for new tobacco products, and expand the size and prominence of cigarette warning labels, and bans the sale of misleadingly labeled “light” cigarette brands and tobacco sponsorship of entertainment events.

31. Pushed Federal Agencies to Be Green Leaders: Issued executive order in 2009 requiring all federal agencies to make plans to soften their environmental impacts by 2020. Goals include 30 percent reduction in fleet gasoline use, 26 percent boost in water efficiency, and sustainability requirements for 95 percent of all federal contracts. Because federal government is the country’s single biggest purchaser of goods and services, likely to have ripple effects throughout the economy for years to come.

32. Passed Fair Sentencing Act: Signed 2010 legislation that reduces sentencing disparity between crack versus powder cocaine possessionfrom100 to1 to 18 to1.

33. Trimmed and Reoriented Missile Defense: Cut the Reagan-era “Star Wars” missile defense budget, saving $1.4 billion in 2010, and canceled plans to station antiballistic missile systems in Poland and the Czech Republic in favor of sea-based defense plan focused on Iran and North Korea.

34. Began Post-Post-9/11 Military Builddown: After winning agreement from congressional Republicans and Democrats in summer 2011 budget deal to reduce projected defense spending by $450 billion, proposed new DoD budget this year with cuts of that size and a new national defense strategy that would shrink ground forces from 570,000 to 490,000 over the next ten years while increasing programs in intelligence gathering and cyberwarfare.

35. Let Space Shuttle Die and Killed Planned Moon Mission: Allowed the expensive ($1 billion per launch), badly designed, dangerous shuttle program to make its final launch on July 8, 2011. Cut off funding for even more bloated and problem-plagued Bush-era Constellation program to build moon base in favor of support for private-sector low-earth orbit ventures, research on new rocket technologies for long-distance manned flight missions, and unmanned space exploration, including the largest interplanetary rover ever launched, which will investigate Mars’s potential to support life.

36. Invested Heavily in Renewable Technology: As part of the 2009 stimulus, invested $90 billion, more than any previous administration, in research on smart grids, energy efficiency, electric cars, renewable electricity generation, cleaner coal, and biofuels.

37. Crafting Next-Generation School Tests: Devoted $330 million in stimulus money to pay two consortia of states and universities to create competing versions of new K-12 student performance tests based on latest psychometric research. New tests could transform the learning environment in vast majority of public school classrooms beginning in 2014.

38. Cracked Down on Bad For-Profit Colleges: In effort to fight predatory practices of some for-profit colleges, Department of Education issued “gainful employment” regulations in 2011 cutting off commercially focused schools from federal student aid funding if more than 35 percent of former students aren’t paying off their loans and/or if the average former student spends more than 12 percent of his or her total earnings servicing student loans.

39. Improved School Nutrition: In coordination with Michelle Obama, signed Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act in 2010 mandating $4.5 billion spending boost and higher nutritional and health standards for school lunches. New rules based on the law, released in January, double the amount of fruits and vegetables and require only whole grains in food served to students.

40. Expanded Hate Crimes Protections: Signed Hate Crimes Prevention Act (2009), which expands existing hate crime protections to include crimes based on a victim’s sexual orientation, gender, or disability, in addition to race, color, religion, or national origin.

41. Avoided Scandal: As of November 2011, served longer than any president in decades without a scandal, as measured by the appearance of the word “scandal” (or lack thereof) on the front page of the Washington Post.

42. Brokered Agreement for Speedy Compensation to Victims of Gulf Oil Spill: Though lacking statutory power to compel British Petroleum to act, used moral authority of his office to convince oil company to agree in 2010 to a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; $6.5 billion already paid out without lawsuits. By comparison, it took nearly two decades for plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez Alaska oil spill case to receive $1.3 billion.

43. Created Recovery.gov: Web site run by independent board of inspectors general looking for fraud and abuse in stimulus spending, provides public with detailed information on every contract funded by $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Thanks partly to this transparency, board has uncovered very little fraud, and Web site has become national model: “The stimulus has done more to promote transparency at almost all levels of government than any piece of legislation in recent memory,” reports Governing magazine.

44. Pushed Broadband Coverage: Proposed and obtained in 2011 Federal Communications Commission approval for a shift of $8 billion in subsidies away from landlines and toward broadband Internet for lower-income rural families.

45. Expanded Health Coverage for Children: Signed 2009 Children’s Health Insurance Authorization Act, which allows the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to cover health care for 4 million more children, paid for by a tax increase on tobacco products.

46. Recognized the Dangers of Carbon Dioxide: In 2009, EPA declared carbon dioxide a pollutant, allowing the agency to regulate its production.

47. Expanded Stem Cell Research: In 2009, eliminated the Bush-era restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, which shows promise in treating spinal injuries, among many other areas.

48. Provided Payment to Wronged Minority Farmers: In 2009, signed Claims Resolution Act, which provided $4.6 billion in funding for a legal settlement with black and Native American farmers who the government cheated out of loans and natural resource royalties in years past.

49. Helped South Sudan Declare Independence: Helped South Sudan Declare Independence: Appointed two envoys to Sudan and personally attended a special UN meeting on the area. Through U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice, helped negotiate a peaceful split in 2011.

50. Killed the F-22: In 2009, ended further purchases of Lockheed Martin single-seat, twin-engine, fighter aircraft, which cost $358 million apiece. Though the military had 187 built, the plane has never flown a single combat mission. Eliminating it saved $4 billion.

There are more since this list was compiled

All opposition to Obama from the right (libs have plenty to criticize him for) is based in the loss of white privilege, slowly but surely.

 

[Science*Good]

How sad and pathetic this hate is based solely on skin color and Muslim sounding name...I guess America is really full of ignorant and bigoted people, still...

too bad...

I mean what else can it be? I list statistics showing what a tremendous success Obama has been especially given the horror show he was left with and the obstruction, and all I get is hate based on hate.

This is sick, America may not last long with this happening...

This is the only statistic that you should be worried about:

Rating Obama s leadership qualities - The Washington Post

Polls change, what doesnt change is what Obama has accomplished (bye bye Bin Laden) and what he has accomplished given the state we were in when he took over, well it is simply amazing, also considering the republican party met in secret the night he was elected and conspired to destroy his presidency even if it meant destroying the American economy so as to blame him. This is a fact, that happened. Sounds like treason to me. May not fit the exact definition of treason, but how any human being could vote for that agenda, is beyond me and all good patriots.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Obama has done much, has been very successful even in the face of relentless hate.

Hate? Just what policies did he pass to make all of those things happen?

There is no hate, just a lot of people recognizing that Obama is an abysmal president. Your talking points are so 2009.

 

[Science*Good]

Obama has done much, has been very successful even in the face of relentless hate.

Hate? Just what policies did he pass to make all of those things happen?

There is no hate, just a lot of people recognizing that Obama is an abysmal president. Your talking points are so 2009.

you should read this thread, there is a list of 50 things he did...Look. you hate him for the reason I know you hate him, this is no secret, I just wish you guys would admit it.

 

[deltex1]

Obama Outperforms Reagan On Jobs Growth And Investing - Forbes

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today issued America’s latest jobs report covering August. And it’s a disappointment. The economy created an additional 142,000 jobs last month. After six consecutive months over 200,000, most pundits expected the string to continue, including ADP which just yesterday said 204,000 jobs were created in August.

One month variation does not change a trend

Even though the plus-200,000 monthly string was broken (unless revised upward at a future date,) unemployment did continue to decline and is now reported at only 6.1%. Jobless claims were just over 300,000; lowest since 2007. Despite the lower than expected August jobs number, America will create about 2.5 million new jobs in 2014.

And that is great news.

Will Obama finally get some credit for the improving economy - The Washington Post

Given the nightmare Obama was left with, after W and company practically destroyed the economy, and the obstruction Obama has faced (unprecedented in American history), I think he might be Superman.

He's more like Mrs Superman.

 

[deltex1]

if we hate him for the reason you infer, it's because that's the only reason you loved him.

 

[Science*Good]

if we hate him for the reason you infer, it's because that's the only reason you loved him.

Finally, someone admitting the truth behind the entire teaparty and overwhelming majority of republicans.

Actually I was happy to have the first Black elected to head the Harvard Law Review, a brilliant man was such a breath of fresh air after the moron Bush and the extremely corrupt Cheney...

He and his beautiful and smart wife and children are fantastic. Now, he is not the liberal I want, as he is a mainstream Democrat and way too friendly with Wall Street for my tastes, but compared to anyone on the other side, it is a no brainer.

Yes, thank you, you hate him because of his funny sounding name and skin color. The only BLACK politicians the right likes are the ones who know their place.

p.s. when you guys are ready to discuss getting a real liberal in office, let me know...you know someone like Bernie, who will make sure billionaires have to pay at least as much as cab drivers in taxes.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Polls change, what doesnt change is what Obama has accomplished (bye bye Bin Laden)

1. This reminds me of "The Little Red Hen." Just what did Democrats do to help Bush lay the groundwork? Then, how does Obama get any credit for this in the first place? Bush was the hilt, Obama was the blade.

and what he has accomplished given the state we were in when he took over, well it is simply amazing

2. What makes you think our situation has improved?

also considering the republican party met in secret the night he was elected and conspired to destroy his presidency even if it meant destroying the American economy so as to blame him

3. You were the ones playing the "Bush" card for the better part of three years. Not to mention this:

White House Takes Heat From House Dems On Obamacare During Closed-Door Meeting

Video House Dems cancel committee meetings go behind closed doors for ObamaCare Hot Air

And you lecture us for conspiring against Obama? Just what do you think they were doing?

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Obama Outperforms Reagan On Jobs Growth And Investing - Forbes

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today issued America’s latest jobs report covering August. And it’s a disappointment. The economy created an additional 142,000 jobs last month. After six consecutive months over 200,000, most pundits expected the string to continue, including ADP which just yesterday said 204,000 jobs were created in August.

One month variation does not change a trend

Even though the plus-200,000 monthly string was broken (unless revised upward at a future date,) unemployment did continue to decline and is now reported at only 6.1%. Jobless claims were just over 300,000; lowest since 2007. Despite the lower than expected August jobs number, America will create about 2.5 million new jobs in 2014.

And that is great news.

Will Obama finally get some credit for the improving economy - The Washington Post

Given the nightmare Obama was left with, after W and company practically destroyed the economy, and the obstruction Obama has faced (unprecedented in American history), I think he might be Superman.

Growth does no good when it isn't reaching those who could benefit from it the most: the middle class, or the poor.

Obama also has done nothing to improve the economy. His policies have had no effect. Left to it's own devices, the economy will naturally correct itself.

TK always has his hand out but for those who actually earn their own way, Obama's policies have helped quite a lot.

For those who are interested in reading more -

CDZ - FACTS about the Obama presidency US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum

 

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Democrats are trying to salvage this failed regime even if they have to lie to themselves to do it.