Early in the Obama administration, Republicans kept blaming him for the economy. They called the recession that their policies had caused the Obama economy. They called the job losses they had brought about Obama’s unemployment. They promised new ideas to fix the economy, but never came up with anything more that more and bigger tax cuts for and less regulation on millionaires, billionaires and corporate criminals. In short, they offered only more of what caused the mess. Now they are talking less about the economy. When they do mention it, they usually lie and say it’s getting worse. When they cannot escape an improvement, they lie to try to take the credit for themselves. But mostly, they are advancing their extreme social agenda out of desperation. They will do anything keep people from realizing that Obama’s policies are working.
President Obama had barely taken the oath of office when Republicans announced their highest priority was to make sure his presidency would fail. Nearly every day since, they’ve proclaimed his every policy move a failure. Whenever the news was bad, Republicans blame our president. For instance when the stock market fell below 700 points (on the S&P index), my conservative friends called it “Obama’s economy.” But now that his policies are working, and the market is flirting with 1,300 again, they ignore it.
And there are many more improvements documented at that link. The unemployment rate is dropping. Jobs are being created. The auto industry is making a comeback. Manufacturing is improving. The GDP has shown growth in numerous consecutive quarters. President Obama should be getting credit for it.
Instead, even today on the campaign trail, the Republican candidates repeat the same tired refrain. They tell the voters “Obama’s policies failed.” But is that true? The evidence suggests it is not. Despite the Republican party’s best efforts to thwart him, they were only able to slow the recovery down. So sure, the recovery is not as advanced as anyone would like, but the vast majority of economic experts agree, the Recovery Act worked… [emphasis added]
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Sure, there are some things Obama had done that I have not liked, and there have been some things I consider necessary that Obama has not done. However, most fail to realize that he has done far more right than wrong, because only the problems get attention. If it bleeds, it leads.
In January 2013 either Barack Obama or the Republican nominee will be President. Wishing for 3rd party success will not make it happen. No 3rd party candidate will exceed the 2.74% of Ralph Nader in 2000. Nader had better ballot penetration then than any do today, Nader had better name recognition, and Nader was very well funded with Republican money.
But the old saw about this being a choice of the greater vs. the lesser evil is a non sequitur. It is a choice of the greater evil vs. the imperfect but pretty good.
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Two easy-to-read charts documenting our improving economy that you will NOT see on Faux “News”:
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/two-charts-that-terrify-republicans.php?ref=fpa
“President Obama had barely taken the oath of office when Republicans announced their highest priority was to make sure his presidency would fail.”
I will vote for my President again..
I will as well! No one can un-do the harm done over 8 – 12 years in just 4, and especially if he is being fought at every turn.
12 years? Really?
No, these are so “un Faux Noise” Nameless. If they did show ‘them’, they would likely be altered in some fashion, and to be sure the spin would reflect Republican actions. And when you look at the Economic Data Points chart with the above chart, my isn’t there a correlation in the peaks and valleys, and the overall direction. And again, when people look at the unemployment chart, particularly the long-term unemployed, people need to remember that the unemployment began under Bush so of course the lon-term aspect will develop under Mr Obama. That old time factor again. Thanks for the charts.
Even if he was the best President ever, they would find fault with him. We all know that.
Only blind, racist, hateful Republicans could deny that Obama’s policies are working, and the rest of the world knows how very wrong these Republicans are!
Ever since I started on Care2 in June 2011, which was about 2 months before starting here, I have heard so much criticism of Mr Obama — he hasn’t done this, he hasn’t done that. He promised to get out of Gitmo but we are still there so he lied. People are quick to act without facts to back up their statements. Instead they throw the request for facts back at the person requesting they backup their claims — how Republican! It took the US at least 8 years of Baby Bush and Cheney to fully screw things up. No screw up of that magnitude will be fixed overnight. It is a physical impossibility! Add to that a GOP dominated Congress that has from the beginning stated that their goal was to make Mr Obama’s presidency fail, to make him a one term president. I have heard Jabber Jowls McConnell say it, among others. Some, like McConnell are very direct about it, others are more subtle in their pronouncement.
But look at the statistics coming out of the COB and Department of Labour. Think also about the GOP presidential nomination circus. Why is it that they have moved away from economic issues and are on the attack with social issues? The turn around in the recovery despite GOP obstruction! Mr Obama is showing that his policies are working, the economy is going in the correct direction. If he can’t accomplish something through the obstructionist Congress, then he is doing things through executive order as he can.
The adage of “it takes a village to raise a child” could be restated as ” it takes all citizens, not just the leader, to raise a nation”.
Before anyone wrongly denounces Mr Obama, they should read Kit’s excellent article on Care2 “Why Vote for Obama” — Here’s the link: http://www.care2.com/news/member/451276626/3095770
So President Obama is not perfect ? Well big honkin’ deal–He has accomplished a great deal , in spite of constant opposition and noise from the cackling idiots roosting in Congress- blindly following Grover Norquist and that weak chinned McConnel— “weaned on a pickle” he was—
And go to http://obamaachievements.org/ also provided by Kit for more accomplishments. (Sorry about 2 posts but I didn’t want it to get locked in moderation while TC is away from his keyboard.)
Just looking at the bikini graph, with 11 straight mos of job growth tells you that his policies are succeeding.
Yes I agree that Obama has done more good than harm and would have done more good if the Republicans stopped fighting him at every turn. If he had had a majority the US would have had faster recovery but the American people are sometimes too blind to see past parties per se and just vote for the guy who has the intelligence and competence to see it through. We know the president is smart and capable but until he can pursue his policies without obstacles aka Republicans, his hands are pretty tied. I hope the Americans can see that this time round and give the president a real chance of doing what he needs to do for their country and their welfare.