Ernie S.
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{Jack}
Me thinks OP may be a {Queen}
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{Jack}
Since {KING} is so inept in this thread, I will take it over for him
Rank of Presidents in my Lifetime
1. Eisenhower: National Highway System, strong economy
2. Obama: Prevented a depression, Obamacare
3. Reagan: Negotiated peaceful collapse of the Soviet Union
4. JFK: NASA, Peace Corps
5. Clinton: Booming economy, balanced budgets
6. Nixon: EPA, China, Watergate
7. Bush Sr: Kuwait
8. LBJ: Medicare, Civil Rights, Viet Nam
9. Ford: not much one way or the other
10. Carter: Iran fiasco, economic collapse
11. Bush Jr: Iraq, massive economic collapse, 9/11
Here's my list.
1. Reagan: Peaceful collapse of the Soviet union. Restored hope and confidence in the US, a "shining city on a hill."
2. Eisenhower: Interstate system and strong economy. Began the work to correct civil rights.
3. JFK: Continued the work on civil rights. Stared down Kruschev's 'adventures.'
4. Clinton: Strong economy and work for welfare reforms. If only he could have kept it zipped.
5. Nixon: China, EPA. If only he would have not tried to cover for his buddies.
6. Bush Sr: Kuwait.
7. Ford: Pardoned Nixon and cut short any drawn out pain from that mess. Otherwise, yawn. But a good man.
8. LBJ: Voting rights act of 1964. If you're going to fight a war, let the generals fight it.
9. Bush Jr: 9/11 response and the way he treats veterans was/is wonderful. Someone should have hid the 'checkbook' from this guy. 'Compassionate conservatism' is another way to say 'we give you free things.'
10. Obama: Benghazi, IRS, 17+ TRILLION in debt, appologist, roll back of work for welfare, everything about Holder, executive orders, no budgets for 6 years now, Obamacare, divisiveness, and the list continues to grow and grow. An unadulterated amateur who really should have run something, anything before being President.
10.5: Carter: Iran fiasco, Nicaragua, dismantling of US military at the height of the cold war. Good heart I believe, incredibly stupid and uninformed policies.
The 'gotcha' about Obamacare is still a year away. Employers are exempt from the mandates until just before the 2014 November elections. When 50 million Americans lose their employer health insurance, how deafening will be the wails and knashing of teeth become?
Since {KING} is so inept in this thread, I will take it over for him
Rank of Presidents in my Lifetime
1. Eisenhower: National Highway System, strong economy
2. Obama: Prevented a depression, Obamacare
3. Reagan: Negotiated peaceful collapse of the Soviet Union
4. JFK: NASA, Peace Corps
5. Clinton: Booming economy, balanced budgets
6. Nixon: EPA, China, Watergate
7. Bush Sr: Kuwait
8. LBJ: Medicare, Civil Rights, Viet Nam
9. Ford: not much one way or the other
10. Carter: Iran fiasco, economic collapse
11. Bush Jr: Iraq, massive economic collapse, 9/11
Here's my list.
1. Reagan: Peaceful collapse of the Soviet union. Restored hope and confidence in the US, a "shining city on a hill."
2. Eisenhower: Interstate system and strong economy. Began the work to correct civil rights.
3. JFK: Continued the work on civil rights. Stared down Kruschev's 'adventures.'
4. Clinton: Strong economy and work for welfare reforms. If only he could have kept it zipped.
5. Nixon: China, EPA. If only he would have not tried to cover for his buddies.
6. Bush Sr: Kuwait.
7. Ford: Pardoned Nixon and cut short any drawn out pain from that mess. Otherwise, yawn. But a good man.
8. LBJ: Voting rights act of 1964. If you're going to fight a war, let the generals fight it.
9. Bush Jr: 9/11 response and the way he treats veterans was/is wonderful. Someone should have hid the 'checkbook' from this guy. 'Compassionate conservatism' is another way to say 'we give you free things.'
10. Obama: Benghazi, IRS, 17+ TRILLION in debt, appologist, roll back of work for welfare, everything about Holder, executive orders, no budgets for 6 years now, Obamacare, divisiveness, and the list continues to grow and grow. An unadulterated amateur who really should have run something, anything before being President.
10.5: Carter: Iran fiasco, Nicaragua, dismantling of US military at the height of the cold war. Good heart I believe, incredibly stupid and uninformed policies.
The 'gotcha' about Obamacare is still a year away. Employers are exempt from the mandates until just before the 2014 November elections. When 50 million Americans lose their employer health insurance, how deafening will be the wails and knashing of teeth become?
You forgot a couple of things:
Bush, Sr: Fall of the Berlin Wall.
Carter: Peace Accord between Egypt and Israel, which still holds today.
Obama: Lily Ledbetter Act, Health Care Reform, expanded Health Coverage for Children, Stimulus, Wall Street Reform, End of Iraq War, drawdown in Afghanistan, got Osbama bin Laden, saved the Auto Industry, recapitalized banks, toppled Ghaddafi, told Mubarak to go, reversed Bush 43's torture policies, revamped the student loan program so that the banks don't make a killing, created race to the top, increased energy efficiency standards, coordinated the international response to the financial crisis through the G20, tightened sanctions on Iran, put more boots on the southern border (TX, NM, AR, CA) than any president in history, credit reforms, improved the food safety system, successfully negotiated the Start II treaty with Russia, expanded the National Service, expanded Wilderness and Watershed protection, gave the FDA power to regulate tobacco, signed the fair sentencing act of 2010 (cocaine possession), expanded stem cell research (which Bush 43 limited), provided payment to wronged minority farmers, killed the F-22 (which was the USAF's request, which Bush was not willing to kill).
Here's my list.
1. Reagan: Peaceful collapse of the Soviet union. Restored hope and confidence in the US, a "shining city on a hill."
2. Eisenhower: Interstate system and strong economy. Began the work to correct civil rights.
3. JFK: Continued the work on civil rights. Stared down Kruschev's 'adventures.'
4. Clinton: Strong economy and work for welfare reforms. If only he could have kept it zipped.
5. Nixon: China, EPA. If only he would have not tried to cover for his buddies.
6. Bush Sr: Kuwait.
7. Ford: Pardoned Nixon and cut short any drawn out pain from that mess. Otherwise, yawn. But a good man.
8. LBJ: Voting rights act of 1964. If you're going to fight a war, let the generals fight it.
9. Bush Jr: 9/11 response and the way he treats veterans was/is wonderful. Someone should have hid the 'checkbook' from this guy. 'Compassionate conservatism' is another way to say 'we give you free things.'
10. Obama: Benghazi, IRS, 17+ TRILLION in debt, appologist, roll back of work for welfare, everything about Holder, executive orders, no budgets for 6 years now, Obamacare, divisiveness, and the list continues to grow and grow. An unadulterated amateur who really should have run something, anything before being President.
10.5: Carter: Iran fiasco, Nicaragua, dismantling of US military at the height of the cold war. Good heart I believe, incredibly stupid and uninformed policies.
The 'gotcha' about Obamacare is still a year away. Employers are exempt from the mandates until just before the 2014 November elections. When 50 million Americans lose their employer health insurance, how deafening will be the wails and knashing of teeth become?
You forgot a couple of things:
Bush, Sr: Fall of the Berlin Wall.
Carter: Peace Accord between Egypt and Israel, which still holds today.
Obama: Lily Ledbetter Act, Health Care Reform, expanded Health Coverage for Children, Stimulus, Wall Street Reform, End of Iraq War, drawdown in Afghanistan, got Osbama bin Laden, saved the Auto Industry, recapitalized banks, toppled Ghaddafi, told Mubarak to go, reversed Bush 43's torture policies, revamped the student loan program so that the banks don't make a killing, created race to the top, increased energy efficiency standards, coordinated the international response to the financial crisis through the G20, tightened sanctions on Iran, put more boots on the southern border (TX, NM, AR, CA) than any president in history, credit reforms, improved the food safety system, successfully negotiated the Start II treaty with Russia, expanded the National Service, expanded Wilderness and Watershed protection, gave the FDA power to regulate tobacco, signed the fair sentencing act of 2010 (cocaine possession), expanded stem cell research (which Bush 43 limited), provided payment to wronged minority farmers, killed the F-22 (which was the USAF's request, which Bush was not willing to kill).
Carter is maligned by the GOP for doing exactly what they are demanding Obama do.......maintain a balanced budget while in an economic recession
Carter insisted on a balanced budget and paid a political price....Reagan opened up the checkbook and was viewed as a rightwing hero.......deficits don't matter
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There is, and has always been, a tremendous amount of opposition to the presidency of Obama. Many in here and throughout America think his administration is a disaster.
How soon we forget!
Let us now take a trip down Memory Lane, and see who exactly Barack Obama is, compared to the presidents I saw before him. Once we can be honest about who we have had to endure, MAYBE we can have a new found respect for our current Commander-In-Chief.
KING!
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There is, and has always been, a tremendous amount of opposition to the presidency of Obama. Many in here and throughout America think his administration is a disaster.
How soon we forget!
Let us now take a trip down Memory Lane, and see who exactly Barack Obama is, compared to the presidents I saw before him. Once we can be honest about who we have had to endure, MAYBE we can have a new found respect for our current Commander-In-Chief.
KING!
*Uncensored2008 - the voice of experience.
Great comeback. Truth is that Obama is a right of center president.
If Obama had Reagan's record on the economy (largest tax increase in history) and foreign policy (Iran/contra and 241 dead marines in Beirut) you'd crucify him.
Obama has no chance with you guys. If he acts like a democrat, you try to impeach him for every statement, act and circumstance. If he gives you what you want - ACA, cap and trade, tax cuts--he's a socialist. If he rolled over completely and changed parties, you'd hang him for being weak.
Benghazi...an impeachable offense? hardly and no one cares about it. Not after living through the hundreds of thousands of people illegally killed in Bush's criminal Iraq war. 4 dead? please.
Fast and furious...another non-issue.
AKA DADDY BUSH, AKA BUSH 41
You forgot a couple of things:
Bush, Sr: Fall of the Berlin Wall.
Carter: Peace Accord between Egypt and Israel, which still holds today.
Obama: Lily Ledbetter Act, Health Care Reform, expanded Health Coverage for Children, Stimulus, Wall Street Reform, End of Iraq War, drawdown in Afghanistan, got Osbama bin Laden, saved the Auto Industry, recapitalized banks, toppled Ghaddafi, told Mubarak to go, reversed Bush 43's torture policies, revamped the student loan program so that the banks don't make a killing, created race to the top, increased energy efficiency standards, coordinated the international response to the financial crisis through the G20, tightened sanctions on Iran, put more boots on the southern border (TX, NM, AR, CA) than any president in history, credit reforms, improved the food safety system, successfully negotiated the Start II treaty with Russia, expanded the National Service, expanded Wilderness and Watershed protection, gave the FDA power to regulate tobacco, signed the fair sentencing act of 2010 (cocaine possession), expanded stem cell research (which Bush 43 limited), provided payment to wronged minority farmers, killed the F-22 (which was the USAF's request, which Bush was not willing to kill).
Carter is maligned by the GOP for doing exactly what they are demanding Obama do.......maintain a balanced budget while in an economic recession
Carter insisted on a balanced budget and paid a political price....Reagan opened up the checkbook and was viewed as a rightwing hero.......deficits don't matter
Carter did not balance the budget.
Carter's Farewell Budget - TIME
He got fired because of his lousy polices.
Gas rationing, High inflation, high interest rates, failed in the Iranian Hostage (this was his biggest downfall) and shut down farms. Many farmers lost their farms because of his polices.
Carter is maligned by the GOP for doing exactly what they are demanding Obama do.......maintain a balanced budget while in an economic recession
Carter insisted on a balanced budget and paid a political price....Reagan opened up the checkbook and was viewed as a rightwing hero.......deficits don't matter
Carter did not balance the budget.
Carter's Farewell Budget - TIME
He got fired because of his lousy polices.
Gas rationing, High inflation, high interest rates, failed in the Iranian Hostage (this was his biggest downfall) and shut down farms. Many farmers lost their farms because of his polices.
Carter's worse budget had a $27 billion deficit......Reagan opened the checkbook and quadrupled the debt to make his economic recovery
Iran cost Carter his reelection. Hs worst error was taking in the Shah. America wanted to see a Rambo response to the hostage crisis and never forgave Carter. But his restraint resulted in all 52 hostages returning safely......Rambo may not have gotten the same result
Drugs, and all the problems that come with them, were were started and flourished under BUSH 41 and Reagan.
FACT
The wars that bankrupted America and kickstarted The War on Terror were started and flourished under BUSH 41 and Dubya.
FACT
Nixon was thrown out of office for being a crook, liar, and criminal.
FACT
Johnson and Carter were bungling idiots throughout their administrations.
FACT
Believe it or not, things are about to get far worse under the last two presidents in my lifetime...
Carter's worse budget had a $27 billion deficit......Reagan opened the checkbook and quadrupled the debt to make his economic recovery
Iran cost Carter his reelection. Hs worst error was taking in the Shah. America wanted to see a Rambo response to the hostage crisis and never forgave Carter. But his restraint resulted in all 52 hostages returning safely......Rambo may not have gotten the same result
Carter did not balance the budget.
Carter's Farewell Budget - TIME
He got fired because of his lousy polices.
Gas rationing, High inflation, high interest rates, failed in the Iranian Hostage (this was his biggest downfall) and shut down farms. Many farmers lost their farms because of his polices.
Carter's worse budget had a $27 billion deficit......Reagan opened the checkbook and quadrupled the debt to make his economic recovery
Iran cost Carter his reelection. Hs worst error was taking in the Shah. America wanted to see a Rambo response to the hostage crisis and never forgave Carter. But his restraint resulted in all 52 hostages returning safely......Rambo may not have gotten the same result
Did you forget he tried the "Rambo" solution and THAT failed badly? That failure was enough to cost him the election. Only the Iranians controlled whether or not they were returned safely.
Carter's worse budget had a $27 billion deficit......Reagan opened the checkbook and quadrupled the debt to make his economic recovery
Iran cost Carter his reelection. Hs worst error was taking in the Shah. America wanted to see a Rambo response to the hostage crisis and never forgave Carter. But his restraint resulted in all 52 hostages returning safely......Rambo may not have gotten the same result
8 years of Reagan deficits = 1 month of Obama deficits...
Heck of a job, Barry...