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Old 08-13-2012, 09:08 AM
 
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Don't know the original source, or if all of it is true, but thought it would be fun to post this.

An impressive list of accomplishments:

First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.
First President to have a social security number from a state he has never lived in.
First President to preside over a cut to the credit-rating of the United States.
First President to violate the War Powers Act..
First President to be held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
First President to defy a Federal Judge's court order to cease implementing the Health Care Reform Law.
First President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third party.
First President to spend a trillion dollars on 'shovel-ready' jobs when there was no such thing as 'shovel-ready' jobs.
First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters.
First President to by-pass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.
First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the U.S., including those with criminal convictions.
First President to demand a company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.
First President to terminate America's ability to put a man in space.
First President to have a law signed by an auto-pen without being present.
First President to arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.
First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly spoke-out on the reasons for their rate increases.
First President to tell a major manufacturing company in which state it is allowed to locate a factory.
First President to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN).
First President to withdraw an existing coal permit that had been properly issued years ago.
First President to fire an inspector general of Ameri-Corps for catching one of his friends in a corruption case.
First President to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office..
First President to golf 73 separate times in his first two and a half years in office, 100 to date.
First President to hide his medical, educational and travel records.
First President to accept a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.
First President to go on multiple global 'apology tours'.
First President to go on 17 lavish vacations, including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his friends paid for by the taxpayer.
First President to have 22 personal servants (taxpayer funded) for his wife.
First President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense.
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Old 08-13-2012, 09:15 AM
 
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He may also be the first president to have never signed a federal budget for his entire presidency.
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Old 08-13-2012, 09:33 AM
 
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First sitting President to spend more time on the road fundraising (and on vacation or the golf course) than actually working/governing. Yesterday marked Obama's 200th fundraiser since officially filing for re-election April 4, 2011.
Working Hard? - GOP
Barack Obama Has, on Average, Attended a Fundraiser Every 5 Days in 2011 | Mother Jones


First President to raise the federal debt by over $5 Trillion in his first 3.5 years in office.

First President to fight a federal court ruling because he wants the right to indefinitely detain American citizens while simultaneously denying them lawful due process.
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Old 08-13-2012, 09:46 AM
 
Location: Littleton, CO
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Don't know the original source, or if all of it is true, but ....
... but never let that get in way of a spirited partisan slur.
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Old 08-13-2012, 09:48 AM
 
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The people of the U.S. take note of these "accomplishments".

We'll recognize him for them in November.





*I realize all is not 100% in the OPs list but most of it is.
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Old 08-13-2012, 09:57 AM
 
Location: Texas
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... but never let that get in way of a spirited partisan slur.
LMAO! This looks like nothing but a chain mail (of the several that have been sent back and forth during President Obama's Presidency).
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Old 08-13-2012, 10:06 AM
 
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Don't know the original source, or if all of it is true...
Most of it is untrue, but as you've already demonstrated what little value you put on truth, I'm not about to extend the effort to debunk.

So next time, why not post some entertaining lies, at least?
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Old 08-13-2012, 10:11 AM
 
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Don't know the original source, or if all of it is true, but thought it would be fun to post this.

An impressive list of accomplishments:

First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.
First President to have a social security number from a state he has never lived in.
First President to preside over a cut to the credit-rating of the United States.
First President to violate the War Powers Act..
First President to be held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
First President to defy a Federal Judge's court order to cease implementing the Health Care Reform Law.
First President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third party.
First President to spend a trillion dollars on 'shovel-ready' jobs when there was no such thing as 'shovel-ready' jobs.
First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters.
First President to by-pass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.
First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the U.S., including those with criminal convictions.
First President to demand a company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.
First President to terminate America's ability to put a man in space.
First President to have a law signed by an auto-pen without being present.
First President to arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.
First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly spoke-out on the reasons for their rate increases.
First President to tell a major manufacturing company in which state it is allowed to locate a factory.
First President to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN).
First President to withdraw an existing coal permit that had been properly issued years ago.
First President to fire an inspector general of Ameri-Corps for catching one of his friends in a corruption case.
First President to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office..
First President to golf 73 separate times in his first two and a half years in office, 100 to date.
First President to hide his medical, educational and travel records.
First President to accept a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.
First President to go on multiple global 'apology tours'.
First President to go on 17 lavish vacations, including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his friends paid for by the taxpayer.
First President to have 22 personal servants (taxpayer funded) for his wife.
First President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense.
One of the first Presidents that saved us from Republicans running our country into the ground.
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Old 08-13-2012, 10:17 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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Most of it is untrue, but as you've already demonstrated what little value you put on truth, I'm not about to extend the effort to debunk.

So next time, why not post some entertaining lies, at least?
Care to itemize that false statement? Off the top of my head, I can see at least eight that I know are true.

-He hasn't passed a budget FACT
-He has authorized the murder of over 5000 people using drones across a firendly nation border FACT
-He has used at least 3 different social security numbers FACT
-The credit rating of the US was dropped to AA for the first time in history FACT
-He has not only defied judges, but also congress FACT
-He did use an autopen to sign law FACT
-He IS in the process of taking states to court over their implementaion of federal laws that his administration has no intention of upholding. FACT
-Quote "those shovel ready jobs weren't as shovel ready as we had hoped", the fact is they never intended to create private sector jobs. They worked on Obamacare instead. FACT


Sadly, this list is pretty much correct. I'd say the lefts constant denial of facts is entertainment enough.

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One of the first Presidents that saved us from Republicans running our country into the ground.
I rest my case!
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Old 08-13-2012, 10:21 AM
 
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Care to itemize that false statement?
The OP has made it clear that he doesn't give a sh.t about truth. You want to cheer on that attitude, have at it.
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