50 Reasons Not To Re-Elect Obama: A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE by Hugh Hewitt
1. Obamacare. Socialist medicine-- Oh, so much less freedom and worse health.
2. The failed $850 billion stimulus.
3. High, persistent unemployment.
4. Gas prices.
5. The 2012 budget's fecklessness.
6. Massive deficits each and every year.
7. The seizure of GM and Chrysler, the transfer of bondholder wealth to unions, and the dumping of the GM stock at a loss.
8. Dodd-Frank.
9. Hostility to Israel, including attack on apartment expansion and icing of Prime Minister Netanyahu in basement of White House.
10. Failure to support Iran's Green Revolution.
11. Failure to support Syrian revolution.
12. The Libyan Fiasco.
13. The incompetent handling of the Gulf Oil disaster.
14. The unnecessary permitorium in the aftermath of the Gulf Oil disaster.
15. The shutdown of Shell's Arctic oil exploration by EPA.
16. The president's push for cap-and-tax in the Congress.
17. The president's attempt to unconstitutionally impose cap-and-tax via EPA when the Congress wouldn't pass cap-and-tax.
18. The president's push for unconstitutional restrictions on free speech on his political enemies while keeping the unions free to spend money on campaigns via The Disclose Act.
19. The president's attempt to unconstitutionally impose The Disclose Act on his political opponents but not unions via Executive Order.
20. The president's use of unaccountable "czars."
21. The president's refusal to accept Congressional direction vis-a-vis his "czars" contained in the last 2011 Continuing Resolution 22. The president's verbal assault on the Supreme Court while the members of the Court sat before him in the state of the Union.
23. The president and Eric Holder's politicization of the Department of Justice, including the black panthers case and the refusal to defend DOMA.
24. The president's use of demonizing rhetoric towards his opponents, such as accusing doctors of performing unnecessary surgery for money.
25. The president's hyper-partisan approach to governing including "I won, you lost" in 2009 and the assault on Paul Ryan with Paul Ryan as an invited guest in the president's April 2011 "deficit speech."
26. Bowing to the Saudi King and the Japanese emperor.
27. Returning the bust of Churchill to Great Britain.
28. Removing the missile shield from Poland and the Czech Republic.
29. Backing the would-be dictator of Hondorus when that nation's Supreme Court rightfully removed him from office.
30. Failure to push for quick ratification of free trade agreements with Columbia, Panama and South Korea.
31. Indecision on Afghanistan surge coupled with announcement of eventual withdrawal.
32. Incoherence on Egypt, most obviously with the dispatch of Frank Wizner and then rejection of Wizner's advice vis-a-vis Mubarak.
33. Appointment Craig Beck to NLRB via recess appointment.
34. Appointment of FCC commissioners who are pursuing "net neutrality" without Congressional authorization.
35. Failure to resume full water deliveries to California's Central Valley because of the Delta Smelt.
36. Attempt to close Guantanamo Bay.
37. Attempt to try terrorists in New York City.
38. Janet "The System Worked" Napolitano.
39. Government takeover of the student loan program.
40. Cancellation of "virtual border fence" project with no replacement or indeed concern for border security.
41. The "Beer Summit" and the attack on the Cambridge Police Department.
42. The Department of Justice's attack on Arizona for that state's exercise of its sovereign legislative authority on the issue of citizen identification rules.
43. The attack on Scott Walker and Wisconsin for the governor's and the state legislature's exercise of their sovereign legislative authority on public employment issues.
44. Dabbling in basketball brackets while the Middle East fell into chaos and gas prices skyrocketed.
45. Arguing that American exceptionalism was the same as any nation's sense of exceptionalism.
46. Implying that Minnesota bridge collapse was the result of lack of infrastructure funding.
47. Inserting himself into campaign for the Olympics.
48. Attack on D.C. voucher program.
49. Communist Van Jones and a long list of other appointees.
50. Teleprompter dependency and the worst run of presidential rhetoric since Millard Fillmore, combined with testiness in the few interviews he grants.
-- by Hugh Hewitt
(Note: 102 reasons not to re-elect Obama, part two of this post, is here: http://dalarhastinmywindowsill.blogspot.com/2012/03/102-reasons-not-to-re-elect-obama.html )
Team Obama hopes that side-issues (of zero credibility) will dominate election coverage, keeping the public from focusing on the president's record. Here is a quick reference guide to the disaster that has been the Obama Presidency:1. Obamacare. Socialist medicine-- Oh, so much less freedom and worse health.
2. The failed $850 billion stimulus.
3. High, persistent unemployment.
4. Gas prices.
5. The 2012 budget's fecklessness.
6. Massive deficits each and every year.
7. The seizure of GM and Chrysler, the transfer of bondholder wealth to unions, and the dumping of the GM stock at a loss.
8. Dodd-Frank.
9. Hostility to Israel, including attack on apartment expansion and icing of Prime Minister Netanyahu in basement of White House.
10. Failure to support Iran's Green Revolution.
11. Failure to support Syrian revolution.
12. The Libyan Fiasco.
13. The incompetent handling of the Gulf Oil disaster.
14. The unnecessary permitorium in the aftermath of the Gulf Oil disaster.
15. The shutdown of Shell's Arctic oil exploration by EPA.
16. The president's push for cap-and-tax in the Congress.
17. The president's attempt to unconstitutionally impose cap-and-tax via EPA when the Congress wouldn't pass cap-and-tax.
18. The president's push for unconstitutional restrictions on free speech on his political enemies while keeping the unions free to spend money on campaigns via The Disclose Act.
19. The president's attempt to unconstitutionally impose The Disclose Act on his political opponents but not unions via Executive Order.
20. The president's use of unaccountable "czars."
21. The president's refusal to accept Congressional direction vis-a-vis his "czars" contained in the last 2011 Continuing Resolution 22. The president's verbal assault on the Supreme Court while the members of the Court sat before him in the state of the Union.
23. The president and Eric Holder's politicization of the Department of Justice, including the black panthers case and the refusal to defend DOMA.
24. The president's use of demonizing rhetoric towards his opponents, such as accusing doctors of performing unnecessary surgery for money.
25. The president's hyper-partisan approach to governing including "I won, you lost" in 2009 and the assault on Paul Ryan with Paul Ryan as an invited guest in the president's April 2011 "deficit speech."
26. Bowing to the Saudi King and the Japanese emperor.
27. Returning the bust of Churchill to Great Britain.
28. Removing the missile shield from Poland and the Czech Republic.
29. Backing the would-be dictator of Hondorus when that nation's Supreme Court rightfully removed him from office.
30. Failure to push for quick ratification of free trade agreements with Columbia, Panama and South Korea.
31. Indecision on Afghanistan surge coupled with announcement of eventual withdrawal.
32. Incoherence on Egypt, most obviously with the dispatch of Frank Wizner and then rejection of Wizner's advice vis-a-vis Mubarak.
33. Appointment Craig Beck to NLRB via recess appointment.
34. Appointment of FCC commissioners who are pursuing "net neutrality" without Congressional authorization.
35. Failure to resume full water deliveries to California's Central Valley because of the Delta Smelt.
36. Attempt to close Guantanamo Bay.
37. Attempt to try terrorists in New York City.
38. Janet "The System Worked" Napolitano.
39. Government takeover of the student loan program.
40. Cancellation of "virtual border fence" project with no replacement or indeed concern for border security.
41. The "Beer Summit" and the attack on the Cambridge Police Department.
42. The Department of Justice's attack on Arizona for that state's exercise of its sovereign legislative authority on the issue of citizen identification rules.
43. The attack on Scott Walker and Wisconsin for the governor's and the state legislature's exercise of their sovereign legislative authority on public employment issues.
44. Dabbling in basketball brackets while the Middle East fell into chaos and gas prices skyrocketed.
45. Arguing that American exceptionalism was the same as any nation's sense of exceptionalism.
46. Implying that Minnesota bridge collapse was the result of lack of infrastructure funding.
47. Inserting himself into campaign for the Olympics.
48. Attack on D.C. voucher program.
49. Communist Van Jones and a long list of other appointees.
50. Teleprompter dependency and the worst run of presidential rhetoric since Millard Fillmore, combined with testiness in the few interviews he grants.
-- by Hugh Hewitt
Nice list. I totally agree.
ReplyDeleteMore can probably added almost on a weekly basis!