Obama Top 50 accomplishments

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by Riot

You can't blame a president for policies and debt that is hanging around, due to the guy before him.

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You are ponderous with the "it's all Bush's fault". again.

He ran on a platform in 2008 that was highlighted by a draw down of military influence globally and a decrease in defense spending. He said that would bring the budgets "back in line".

He has not only not done this, but on top of everything else, ignored the constitution by deciding to go to war in Libya by himself, and increasing defense spending year after year.

5 Trillion in 3 years is on him and there is no way you are going to spin it to your deluded beliefs.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

You are ponderous with the "it's all Bush's fault". again.

I think you don't know what "ponderous" means. Better look that one up.

And I did not even say "it's all Bush's fault".

He ran on a platform in 2008 that was highlighted by a draw down of military influence globally and a decrease in defense spending. He said that would bring the budgets "back in line".

He has not only not done this, but on top of everything else, ignored the constitution by deciding to go to war in Libya by himself, and increasing defense spending year after year.

5 Trillion in 3 years is on him and there is no way you are going to spin it to your deluded beliefs.

The costs of presidential policies, extending into the future after the president's terms, is easily measurable and verifiable fact.

"Beliefs" have zero to do with it.

The statement that Obama's policies alone are responsible for 100% of all USA debt service over the past 3-4 years, that Obama's policies alone are responsible for the debt rising $5.7 trillion in the past 3-4 years, is demonstrably false and simply stupid.

It would be as stupid as saying Bush is responsible for 100% of the debt he inherited and was still paying off 2 years into his presidency from previous administrations.

Yes, Joey - Rush and Hannity and The Blaze and Erick Erickson and lying to you that 100% of the current debt in this country is due to Obama. It doesn't pass your own "simple math test" Stop believing their lie. THINK FOR YOURSELF There is no way you can continue to spin this with your deluded beliefs.

Plus the debt blame is pointless. Both parties share the burden and it is true that most of the debt is beyond Obama's control and the debt he did accumulate is a pittance compared to money wasted by former administrations.

Solyndra is a mere drop in the bucket.

One thing that he is handling extremely well is Iran and he seems to understand the timeline and our intelligence agencies aren't dropping the ball.

What's happening is Netanyahu needs conflict to remain in power. Obama sees it for what it is instead of being a Zionist lapdog.

Quite relieving, actually.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Plus the debt blame is pointless. Both parties share the burden and it is true that most of the debt is beyond Obama's control and the debt he did accumulate is a pittance compared to money wasted by former administrations.

Solyndra is a mere drop in the bucket.

One thing that he is handling extremely well is Iran and he seems to understand the timeline and our intelligence agencies aren't dropping the ball.

What's happening is Netanyahu needs conflict to remain in power. Obama sees it for what it is instead of being a Zionist lapdog.

Quite relieving, actually.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Plus the debt blame is pointless. Both parties share the burden and it is true that most of the debt is beyond Obama's control and the debt he did accumulate is a pittance compared to money wasted by former administrations.

Solyndra is a mere drop in the bucket.

One thing that he is handling extremely well is Iran and he seems to understand the timeline and our intelligence agencies aren't dropping the ball.
What's happening is Netanyahu needs conflict to remain in power. Obama sees it for what it is instead of being a Zionist lapdog.

Quite relieving, actually.

was reading an article earlier about the impact sanctions are having on the economy over there. further sanctions are coming next month. they need time to work, and i think are already have an effect.

This warms my heart...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy5s8GypSKI

sanctions will make the people of Iran revolt.

[Danzig]

factcheck, on obama and his 'deficit dodge'.

http://factcheck.org/2012/09/obamas-deficit-dodge/

some excerpts:

'President Obama is falsely claiming that his administration’s policies are responsible for “about 10 percent” of the deficits “over the last four years.” The cumulative deficit during that time is nearly $5.2 trillion. Obama signed two bills — the 2009 stimulus and the 2010 tax cut — that alone cost $1.6 trillion during that time, or nearly a third of the cumulative four-year deficit

Obama’s response leaves the false impression that President George W. Bush and the 2008 recession are responsible for a whopping 90 percent of the deficits in the last four years.

It’s true that Obama “inherited the biggest deficit in our history,” as he said on CBS. By the time Obama took office in January 2009, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office had already estimated that increased spending and decreased revenues would result in a $1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009, which began Oct. 1, 2008. In a detailed analysis of fiscal year 2009, we found that Obama was responsible for adding at most $203 billion to the deficit, which in the end topped $1.4 trillion that year.

But that was just the first of four years of trillion-plus deficits. The last three budgets fall squarely under Obama. And, during that time, the federal government ran up deficits of $1.3 trillion in 2010, $1.3 trillion in 2011, and about $1.2 trillion in the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30 — for a total of nearly $5.2 trillion in deficit spending.'

---------oh, and the 'unfunded bush war'??:

'The Obama administration was authorized to spend $160 billion in 2010 (Table 1-4, “Defense-war related”) and $159 billion in 2011 (Table 4, “Overseas contingency operations”) on the two wars — each more than the $140 billion that was authorized in 2009, which was Bush’s last budget. Obama significantly increased troop levels in Afghanistan in both years. CBO says budget authority for the Afghanistan war jumped from $38 billion in 2009 to $87 billion in 2010 and $98 billion in 2011. Obama requested $115 billion for both wars in 2012. The cost from 2010 to 2012 is more than $400 billion, excluding interest.



But Obama bears more responsibility than he is willing to accept, and misrepresents the Treasury analysis to minimize his responsibility.'

[Danzig]

and this nugget:


Josh Gordon, policy director of the Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan group that advocates for “responsible fiscal policy,” notes the president wants to exclude spending on continuing Bush-era tax and war policies. “The problem is those pieces of legislation had his signatures,” he added.

CBO and the nonpartisan Pew Fiscal Analysis Initiative each did their own postmortem analyses of what happened from 2002 to 2011. Without apportioning blame, both reports found the accumulation of legislation changes — tax cuts, war spending and stimulus measures under both presidents — was the “main driver,” as Pew put it.

-------obama skewing facts, by lumping bush policies he has continued into bushes area of responsibility! no, he keeps them going, they are his as well. but nice try.