Barack Obama - Greatest President in Modern History !!! (health care, premium, radical)

[Marksman84]

Originally Posted by RD5050

What did President Obama accomplish during his first year in office ...

1. Reversed a massive stock market crash into a 60% gain

2. Slowed skyrocketing unemployment down to 9.7%

3. Passed the biggest healthcare reform bill in our nation's history !!!

Now THAT is change I can believe in !!!

Great! Here are some more factoids about "The Man" and his posse:

Charles Freeman, nominee as chairman of the National Intelligence Council: quit after criticism of his attacks on Israel and support for dealings with Hezbollah and Hamas, as well as of his financial ties to Saudi Arabia.
Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, commerce secretary nominee: quit over Obama’s stimulus package and centralisation of power.
Tom Daschle, Obama’s nominee for Health and Human Services: quit for failing to pay taxes.
Ron Kirk nominated as U.S. Trade Representative: picked despite owing an estimated $10,000 in back taxes.
Timothy Geithner, Treasury Secretary: picked even after failed to pay taxes
Bill Richardson, Obama’s first nominee as Commerce Secretary: quit after being investigated over financial irregularities, campaign contributions and construction contracts.
Nancy Killefer: Obama’s new chief performance officer: quit for failing to pay taxes
And let’s not forget some politicians he didn’t pick but inherited or worked with:
Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Governor: sacked after trying to sell Obama’s Senate seat..and then impeached.
Chris Dodd: given cheap mortgages by Countrywide, one of the lenders he oversaw as chair of the Senate banking committee, and received donations from the now collapsed Fannie Mae.
Charlie Rangel, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee: failed to pay taxes.

[TreedleDee]

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize!

[ssgmun5000]

It maybe to early to call but he is well on his way.

[ssgmun5000]

[denverian]

Originally Posted by Ceece

I wouldn't go that far. This is the type of thing you can say only in retrospect so I'm taking a wait-and-see approach.

As much as I love our president, I'll have to agree with you. The unemployment issue still has to be solved, or at least bring it down a lot, or he won't get a second term. But I believe he has the potential to be one of the greatest.

[El Payaso]

Obama is a Socialist and thats the fact jack!!!!!

[calipoppy]

I am really enjoying the fact that Republicans (and their Tea Party Bigots) are eating a big fat serving of crow right now....choke it down.

[sanrene]

Hilarious!

UE has risen 2+ points since he took office and is expected to hover around 10% this year.

So much for that Failed Stimulus.

HC- a death knell to an already shaky economy - raising taxes, costing jobs, cutting services.

obama=socialist

Proof is in the pudding - government takeover of HC, students loans, banks, auto makers financial institutions.

[calipoppy]

Originally Posted by sanrene

Hilarious!

UE has risen 2+ points since he took office and is expected to hover around 10% this year.

So much for that Failed Stimulus.

HC- a death knell to an already shaky economy - raising taxes, costing jobs, cutting services.

obama=socialist

Proof is in the pudding - government takeover of HC, students loans, banks, auto makers financial institutions.

The smell of defeat is not so very sweet, huh!!

Would you like some crow?

[ovcatto]

I still reserve such acolades for future historians, but one thing is clear, Obama has succeeded where Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton and to some extent Dwight Eisenhower all failed.