Name one positive or good thing Obama has done for this country (gas prices, legal)

[L'Artiste]

Originally Posted by pghquest

Dont you think its pretty sad that this thread is 2 years old, and you still couldnt list a valid accomplishment?

actually because i was posting from my phone but since you must go there here is 25 things

1. Saved the collapse of the American automotive industry by making GM restructure before bailing them out, and putting incentive money to help the industry

2. Shifted the focus of the war from Iraq to Afghanistan, and putting the emphasis on reducing terrorism where it should have been all along

3. Relaxed Anti-American tensions throughout the world

4. Signed order to close the prisoner “torture camp” at Guantanamo Bay

5. Has made the environment a national priority, and a primary source for job creation

6. Has made education a national priority by putting emphasis and money behind new ideas like charter schools, but speaking directly to school children in telling them they have to do their part.

7. Won the Nobel Peace Prize

8. $789 billion economic stimulus plan

9. Appointment of first Latina to the Supreme Court

10. Attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles

11. Authorized construction/opening of additional health centers to care for veterans

12. Renewed dialogue with NATO and other allies and partners on strategic issues.

13. Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military 20 years after the Cold War to a more modern fighting force… this includes new procurement policies, increasing size of military, new technology and cyber units and operations, etc.


14. Better body armor is now being provided to our troops

15. “Cash for clunkers” program offers vouchers to trade in fuel inefficient, polluting old cars for new cars; stimulates auto sales

16. Changed the failing/status quo military command in Afghanistan

17. Closed offshore tax safe havens

18. Deployed additional troops to Afghanistan

19. Ended media “blackout” on war casualties; reporting full information

20. Ended previous policy of awarding no-bid defense contracts

21. . Ended media blackout on war casualties and the return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB.

22. Ended previous policy of cutting the FDA and circumventing FDA rules

23. Ended previous practice of forbidding Medicare from negotiating with drug manufacturers for cheaper drugs; the federal government is now realizing hundreds of millions in savings

24. Ended previous practice of having White House aides rewrite scientific and environmental rules, regulations, and reports

25. Ordered the military operation that killed Osama Bin Laden

there is 100's more but i'm sure we can't post that much on here ..have a nice day

[Wapasha]

Originally Posted by steven_h

How on earth can you post this nonsense with a clear conscience? Now I am convinced you are nothing more than a progressive shill. Even the typical moderate liberal would denounce 1/2 of this list.

Agreed!

BUYING out GM is not saving it. If that is our new standard, then what the hell can't we "save" with $58 billion in free money and allow them to not pay any income taxes for ten years, and...... billions more in free taxpayer subsides and more bailouts.

[joebaldknobber]

He was the first president to not secretly have sex with a black woman in the White House.

[buzzards27]

Did you miss signing the Ledbetter Act???

Kadafi is gone, Lit'l Kim is gone, Usama is gone, Iraq war is over, Bush's Great Recession is behind us.

The DOW has doubled in value.

Low inflation

Price of gas is lower than four years ago, remember the summer of $4.12 gas?

Over 4,000,000 private sector jobs without any help from the GOP.

All of this in spite of the most toxic obstructionism GOP congress ever.

Originally Posted by L'Artiste

actually because i was posting from my phone but since you must go there here is 25 things

1. Saved the collapse of the American automotive industry by making GM restructure before bailing them out, and putting incentive money to help the industry

2. Shifted the focus of the war from Iraq to Afghanistan, and putting the emphasis on reducing terrorism where it should have been all along

3. Relaxed Anti-American tensions throughout the world

4. Signed order to close the prisoner “torture camp” at Guantanamo Bay

5. Has made the environment a national priority, and a primary source for job creation

6. Has made education a national priority by putting emphasis and money behind new ideas like charter schools, but speaking directly to school children in telling them they have to do their part.

7. Won the Nobel Peace Prize

8. $789 billion economic stimulus plan

9. Appointment of first Latina to the Supreme Court

10. Attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles

11. Authorized construction/opening of additional health centers to care for veterans

12. Renewed dialogue with NATO and other allies and partners on strategic issues.

13. Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military 20 years after the Cold War to a more modern fighting force… this includes new procurement policies, increasing size of military, new technology and cyber units and operations, etc.


14. Better body armor is now being provided to our troops

15. “Cash for clunkers” program offers vouchers to trade in fuel inefficient, polluting old cars for new cars; stimulates auto sales

16. Changed the failing/status quo military command in Afghanistan

17. Closed offshore tax safe havens

18. Deployed additional troops to Afghanistan

19. Ended media “blackout” on war casualties; reporting full information

20. Ended previous policy of awarding no-bid defense contracts

21. . Ended media blackout on war casualties and the return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB.

22. Ended previous policy of cutting the FDA and circumventing FDA rules

23. Ended previous practice of forbidding Medicare from negotiating with drug manufacturers for cheaper drugs; the federal government is now realizing hundreds of millions in savings

24. Ended previous practice of having White House aides rewrite scientific and environmental rules, regulations, and reports

25. Ordered the military operation that killed Osama Bin Laden

there is 100's more but i'm sure we can't post that much on here ..have a nice day

[Caligula1]

I'm not sure how old you are...NOR am I defending Obama..

What have you done in the past years that were not about you and only you

[Mac_Muz]

7. Won the Nobel Peace Prize? get real that was a bought and paid for gimmie, and he did exactly nothing for that... At least that one was funny....

The rest all amounts to being nothing more than a common dead beat.

You forgot:

26 best gun salesman of the 21st century...

[Haakon]

Originally Posted by AADAD

He has raised the IQ of the Presidency by 100 points.

Prove it. Are you basing it on his college grades? Oh that's right, we don't know how he did in college. Maybe you're basing it on how well he reads a teleprompter, and how uh, um, er, well, uh, he speaks without one.

One positive thing Obama did was help the country realize how terrible things are when democrats have full control of the government and get them, in his words, "a shellacing" and rout them out of control.

[bnepler]

Can you get back to me after November, then I'll let you know.

[Roadking2003]

Originally Posted by zz4guy

Anyone? Healthcare is inneffective until 2014 and will probably be dismantled by then. He hasn't created any jobs. He hasn't made the country any safer. He hasn't saved us any money. WTF are we paying him for?

OK, I give up. What's the answer to your question?

[bnepler]

Originally Posted by Roadking2003

OK, I give up. What's the answer to your question?

I bet it's a "trick question".