President Obama is a little over 12 months away from leaving office and it can't happen soon enough! Last night he spoke in front of Congress and could not help but pat himself on the back for all of his great accomplishments. Personally, I am still looking for one good thing he has done for America. I am afraid Obama is speaking about the world inside of his head instead of the real world. In his head, he helped millions of Americans get jobs. In his mind he talks about the great stock market rally of 2015. In his mind he made a more peaceful world by pandering to our enemies and weakening our allies. In his mind race relations in our country have improved. In his mind America is safer, strong and healthy. I am afraid the President is a little more than delusional at this point. In his mind he accomplished much. Let's take a look at the reality that describes the catastrophic Presidency of the last 7 years.
First, Obama took office in 2009 after an economy wrecking collapse of our stock and housing markets. Though he didn't cause the problem he did very little to help our economy recover. Instead of trying to spur investment and rebuild our broken economy, he let the country languish in a deep recession, while he fought for and finally got the Obama Care law passed. His solution for fixing the economy involved increasing governments size and scope and a breathtaking pace. He put in huge banking reforms that stifled credit and caused many more businesses to fail. He spent money we didn't have to fill the coffers of his union construction friends. He crushed the employment market by attacking business in just about every way, from the new Obama care insurance costs, to increasing minimum wage, to the cost of money. In this environment, more and more people lost their jobs. Instead of business and banks loaning money to the private sector immense amounts of cash poured into the government bond selling required to fund all of the growth in the government.
Second, Obama chose to embrace our enemies across the globe. He chose to support the Arab spring. He bowed to Saudi kings. He sought to make a deal with the Iranians who have been responsible for more American deaths in the last 15 years than any other country in the world. He didn't support the Ukraine. The list goes on and on. The result has been the growth of groups who want to destroy us. The result is the world no longer respects us and our standing has been weakened. Part of what keeps us safe in the world is the respect countries used to give us based on our ability to defend ourselves. With Obama at the helm our military has been gutted. Our friends are weakened and the security we used to enjoy is threatened daily as his limp and lame policies bare their poisonous fruit.
Third, Obama has sought to tear down the pillars of our society. America is great because of our families, our faith, the rule of law, our business and the freedom our constitutional democracy has delivered. Under Obama, he and the courts have sought to redefine the family. His lawyers have fought to destroy marriage as we know it. He has personally derided and his administration continually attacks people of faith with his overreaching rules and regulations. Lawsuits attack Catholics and protestants alike. The only group he seems to leave alone is the Muslims. It makes you wonder. Instead of working with congress to pass legislation he sits in his throne and hands down edicts and his administration shoves regulations down our throats, targeting those that don't support him. An example is the unconstitutional regulations by the EPA attempting to the destroy the coal industry. Another are his green house gas policies and its effects on our lives.
Fourth, Obama has taken his power and attacked those that don't support him. This started with attacking tea party groups by the IRS. Next, we have the IRS auditing his enemies. Finally, we have his justice department attempting to put the likes Dinesh D'Sousa in jail (for the crime of making a movie that attacks the president). This should not be happening in America, but Obama is leading his goons as they continue their attacks.
Fifth, The Obama administration has been one of the most corrupt in history. From his gifts to the solar industry that cost the American public billions we don't have, to his unconstitutional appointments to boards without Congress' consent. His secretary of state (Hillary Clinton) sold influence and helped broker deals giving Russia control of vast uranium deposits while her husbands "charity" rated in millions. Perhaps the most amazing of all of Obama's corrupt actions surround the Benghazi slaughter of our ambassador and our men attempting to protect him. Obama's reaction was to blame a movie producer in Los Angeles, even when he knew what happened was a terrorist attack. He didn't want this to spoil his narrative that he had won the war on terror by killing Osama bin Laden. Instead of rushing support to our citizen's Obama and Hillary sat on their hands. They didn't want a defeat right before the election. So out came the liars. To the press. To the United Nations on they went spreading heaping piles of filth instead of taking responsibility for their actions. Obama lied to the families, he lied to the American people then spent months and years trying to cover it up.
Sixth, the rule of law is under attack in America today. Just look at how the Obama administration is dealing with race relations, felons in prison and even terrorists help in Cuba. Obama's justice department has spent more time pursuing police departments, than is has drug dealers and terrorists. He traded 5 hardened terrorists for 1 traitor. We now face those same men in the battlefield while Bo Bergdahl sits in prison waiting for his trial for desertion. Why would he make such a trade? Why would he want to release felons before there terms are up? Why would he target police trying to keep our streets safe?
Finally, lets talk to a second about the Obama economy. You don't have to look very far to see the results of the Obama policies. Just drive around downtown LA. Now most overpasses around the center of town are filled with tents of the homeless devastated by the Obama economy. Instead of the low unemployment rate Obama cites, we have millions of Americans that have given up. They lost everything in the crash and now rely on the government or just live on the street. The labor participation rate is the lowest in modern times. We have to go back to the depression to see this many people out of work and unable to find a job that pays enough. Millions more are underemployed, trapped in part time jobs because Obamacare isn't required if you work less then a certain number of hours a week. He claims he has added all of these jobs, his policies have killed jobs. The stock gains over the last years are anticipating his departure. Now our smothered recovery is dying and the market is crashing. Obama's response, lets shut down the coal industry in the western United States. Wouldn't want any minors working for a living. Obama's passion to save the planet is destroying our country, one industry at a time.
So all in all I would say the Obama legacy is just what he came into to office to do. He wanted to fundamentally change America. He wanted to knock us down a peg so we wouldn't be able to lead the world. He Hates America. You can see it in his eyes. You know it because the man can't give a speech without a teleprompter. His teleprompter is the only tool that has kept America from learning his real intent. Our destruction. I only hope and pray America is smart enough to elect someone who is a patriot, who loves our constitution and the freedoms we once enjoyed. I hope they can turn back the Obama devastation, and right our sinking ship.
