President Obama is undoubtedly one of the most forward-thinking and successful presidents in US history. His achievements, in the face of vicious right wing opposition, have been nothing short of outstanding. Many items that have been on the progressive agenda for decades such as universal healthcare, have finally been approved by congress and the Supreme Court. And what’s even more miraculous is that while achieving these progressive goals, Obama has managed to completely turn the economy around from one of the worst recessions in US history.
When Obama took over from the republicans in 2009, America was on the verge of collapse, after eight years of unfettered capitalism and deregulation under Bush. When Obama took office, he swiftly took charge of economic policy with a series of fiscal stimulus packages designed to supplement and enhance our Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing measures. The results were nothing short of extraordinary. The S&P 500 steadily rose from a low of around 680 in 2009 to a recent record high of 2190. This will undoubtedly go down as the greatest economic turnaround ever achieved by a US president.
Obama’s single greatest achievement however, has to be the Affordable Care Act, which has been a dream of liberals and progressives for decades. Obama and his team skilfully navigated numerous obstacles in congress and the Supreme Court to finally pass a bill ensuring that every American, regardless of economic status or documentation, has access to healthcare. To this we can add his executive orders restricting the use of dangerous firearms, which were also skilfully navigated past congress. And to top it off, Obama has managed to bring American national defense into the 21st century by reclassifying broadband under telecommunications, allowing the internet to be better controlled and regulated.
It’s sad that Obama was not able to complete all of the items on his agenda, such as a ban on semi-automatics, amnesty for undocumented immigrants, and the TPP, but his achievements have been exceptional nonetheless. It’s now time for us to focus on Hillary’s campaign, and ensure that she overcomes her temporary bout of pneumonia to defeat Trump in November. We must make sure that the tremendous progress America has made over the last eight years is not undone by the republicans. We must also continue to build on our achievements, in order to permanently transform America into a nation that values equality over profit, fairness over greed, safety over risk, and tolerance over bigotry.
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Nice choices. I think white males should be ruled out for the foreseeable future, as we have a lot of balancing out to do. With a string of female Presidents in office, at least we won’t have to worry about endless wars and fiscal irresponsibility. If the world was run by women there would be no war.
Why would anyone war with us when Obama has left us broke and a chaotic third world cesspool. Ps, Obama care is a complete middle class killing failure. Liberalism is parental disorder.
Yes, she deserves a peace prize for her humanitarian intervention in Libya alone, but I suspect the alternative media would kick up too much of a fuss to make it worthwhile for the Committee.
Despite my admiration for the man, I have still some reservations. After the outstanding campaign to bring democracy to Libya, he showed some signs of weakness in 2013 (and still today) when he tried to find a compromise with Russia over Syria. Fortunatelly with Hilary Clinton we can expect to have the best of the best, the best of Obama and the best of senator McCain all in one person.
If you admire Obummer the clown and his sidekick Hildabeast I bet you adored Hitler too.
I sure hope President Obama issues an executive order to repeal the 22nd amendment so he can remain in office!
Spoken like a true communist. You people are totally fuckin' delusional.
Yes, I agree that we need to take a much tougher stance against Russia, who are the primary threat to the US right now. Hillary has what it takes to negotiate a peaceful resolution with Russia, but she's also not afraid to fight if push comes to shove.
I think Putin has a large penis. Statistically, Barry's penis should be larger than Putin's but Barry IS half white so I'm not sure. If Putin is truly sporting a monster, he may have shown it to Barry (by accident of course) in the restroom after a State dinner. This may have caused jealousy to build in Barry's mind causing him to lash out and blame Russia for everything. Of course this is not Barry's fault, it's the white mans for holding down the black man for hundreds of years. This understandably builds rage and hatred over time. Then to have look down at someone's beast of a unit and meet his eye, him knowing he has just defeated you. It's not fair! And it's not Barry's fault.
I think this explains a lot.
WW1 was started over much less than this.
When a president is sworn in, the first thing that happens is he get to look at the "Book of Rules". In this sacred text are all the secrets that have been kept from the public, for fear of spooking the heard. For example: Time travel exists, why do you think GW Bush said:
"One of the things important about history is to remember the true history." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., June 6, 2008
True history is only available after the fact, which is confirmed by history.
As for The title of most progressive, I kinda doubt that any time traveling president would be able to gauge the progress of progressive policy making,
the words don't make any sense at all.
AND I'd only cost 12 TRILLION....WHAT A FUCKING PIMP
"ensure that she overcomes her temporary bout of pneumonia to defeat "
It's proven now, it wan't a pneumonia but an assasination attempt by Trump & Putin::
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/09/12/the-man-who-discovered-cte-thinks-hillary-clinton-may-have-been-poisoned/#comments
Dr Bennet Omalu is a highly qualified man who know what he is talking about. I hope they will soon indict, judge and condamn M. Trump for thiis crime.
HAHAHA!!!! Keep dreaming! What a nutjob.
Who would have thought! This needs to be investigated immediately - Putin and Trump would be the primary suspects, as the article suggests. We have to get to the bottom of this issue now. And what person in their right mind would vote for Trump now that he is likely to be under investigation for murder?
President Obama's economic policies and series of fiscal stimulus packages have led to the most impressive economic recovery ever! The number of billionaires in the US increased dramatically during Obama's Economic Recovery, from 403 billionaires in 2009 up to 540 already in 2016, confirming the President's ability to maintain a healthy economy.
Maybe for the top 1% but the middle class has suffered tremendously. With the debt the idiot in the white house has racked up, our children, grand children and great grand children will be paying for it.
The debt can be rolled over. It need not be paid down.
That is the biggest advantage of having a fiat currency under the professional control of a Central Bank.
You really need to lay off the drugs, it's making you say really stupid shit. If you keep it up you may find yourself in a padded room with the whackjob Hitlery Clitongue.