Mainecat Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 8 Years of Suffering Under Barack Obama The sentence I hear most from well-meaning, conservative friends since President Trump’s election is this: “We suffered 8 years under Barack Obama.” Fair enough. Let’s take a look. The day Obama took office, the Dow closed at 7,949 points. Eight years later, the Dow had almost tripled, closing at 21,414. General Motors and Chrysler were on the brink of bankruptcy, with Ford not far behind, and their failure, along with their supply chains, would have meant the loss of millions of jobs. Obama pushed through a controversial, $8o billion bailout to save the car industry. The U.S. car industry survived, started making money again, and the entire $80 billion was paid back, with interest. While we remain vulnerable to lone-wolf attacks, no foreign terrorist organization has successfully executed a mass attack here since 9/11. Obama ordered the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. He drew down the number of troops from 180,000 in Iraq and Afghanistan to just 15,000, and increased funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs. He launched a program called Opening Doors which, since 2010, has led to a 47 percent decline in the number of homeless veterans. He set a record 73 straight months of private-sector job growth. Due to Obama’s regulatory policies, greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 12%, production of renewable energy more than doubled, and our dependence on foreign oil was cut in half. He signed The Lilly Ledbetter Act, making it easier for women to sue employers for unequal pay. His Omnibus Public Lands Management Act designated more than 2 million acres as wilderness, creating thousands of miles of trails and protecting over 1,000 miles of rivers. He reduced the federal deficit from 9.8 percent of GDP in 2009 to 3.2 percent in 2016. For all the inadequacies of the Affordable Care Act, we seem to have forgotten that, before the ACA, you could be denied coverage for a pre-existing condition and kids could not stay on their parents’ policies up to age 26. Obama approved a $14.5 billion system to rebuild the levees in New Orleans. All this, even as our own Mitch McConnell famously asserted that his singular mission would be to block anything President Obama tried to do. While Obama failed on his campaign pledge to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, that prison’s population decreased from 242 to around 50. He expanded funding for embryonic stem cell research, supporting groundbreaking advancement in areas like spinal injury treatment and cancer. Credit card companies can no longer charge hidden fees or raise interest rates without advance notice. Most years, Obama threw a 4th of July party for military families. He held babies, played games with children, served barbecue, and led the singing of “Happy Birthday” to his daughter Malia, who was born on July 4. Welfare spending is down: for every 100 poor families, just 24 receive cash assistance, compared with 64 in 1996. Obama comforted families and communities following more than a dozen mass shootings. After Sandy Hook, he said, “The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old.” Yet, he never took away anyone’s guns. He sang Amazing Grace, spontaneously, at the altar. He was the first president since Eisenhower to serve two terms without personal or political scandal. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. President Obama was not perfect, as no man and no president is, and you can certainly disagree with his political ideologies. But to say we suffered? If that’s the argument, if this is how we suffered for 8 years under Barack Obama, I have one wish: may we be so fortunate as to suffer 8 more exactly like it https://tericarter.wordpress.com/2017/07/10/8-years-of-suffering-under-obama/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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racer254 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) Yet, he never took away anyone’s guns. He sang Amazing Grace, spontaneously, at the altar. He was the first president since Eisenhower to serve two terms without personal or political scandal. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. WOW, such amazing stuff for a humble man. LMFAO. BTW did you personally fact check all of this? or just blindly BELIEVE in hope. ************************************* Welfare spending is down: for every 100 poor families, just 24 receive cash assistance, compared with 64 in 1996. Federal welfare spending has grown by 32 percent over the past four years, fattened by President Obama’s stimulus spending and swelled by a growing number of Americans whose recession-depleted incomes now qualify them for public assistance, according to numbers released Thursday. Federal spending on more than 80 low-income assistance programs reached $746 billion in 2011, and state spending on those programs brought the total to $1.03 trillion, according to figures from the Congressional Research Service and the Senate Budget Committee. That makes welfare the single biggest chunk of federal spending — topping Social Security and basic defense spending. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/18/welfare-spending-jumps-32-percent-four-years/ Edited July 12, 2017 by racer254 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 2nd worst president of all time ...easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted July 12, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, racer254 said: Yet, he never took away anyone’s guns. He sang Amazing Grace, spontaneously, at the altar. He was the first president since Eisenhower to serve two terms without personal or political scandal. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He tried to take guns away. No comment on the second ridiculous point. I can name a dozen scandals. I'll give him credit he did a great job of insulating himself. For what? His kill list? Killing American citizens and their families without due process? Massively increasing drone assassinations in order to keep people out of GITMO? http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Barack_Obama_Gun_Control.htm FactCheck: Yes, Obama endorsed Illinois handgun ban Obama was being misleading when he denied that his handwriting had been on a document endorsing a state ban on the sale and possession of handguns in Illinois. Obama responded, “No, my writing wasn’t on that particular questionnaire. As I said, I have never favored an all-out ban on handguns.” Actually, Obama’s writing was on the 1996 document, which was filed when Obama was running for the Illinois state Senate. A Chicago nonprofit, Independent Voters of Illinois, had this question, and Obama took hard line: 35. Do you support state legislation to: a. ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns? Yes. b. ban assault weapons? Yes. c. mandatory waiting periods and background checks? Yes. Ban semi-automatics, and more possession restrictions Principles that Obama supports on gun issues: Ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons. Increase state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms. Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks with firearms. Edited July 12, 2017 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 3 bombs an hour for 8 straight years ..... massive continued support of overreach by the intel community .... countless constitutional rights violations supported by Obama he supported the fucking Patriot Act for fucks sake..... he assaulted whistelblowers every chance he could Obamacare is the worst piece of legislation ever written he paid out the banks with money that should have supported the middle class Massive quantitative easing to keep his economy afloat at all cost which will now need to be unwound weaponized the IRS and other government agencies against his adversaries Just to start , he was a failure on every single level accept being "cool" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlSpackler Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Who is the fucking pollyanna that produced that little fantasy piece? Nobel Peace prize winner. That is funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, CarlSpackler said: Who is the fucking pollyanna that produced that little fantasy piece? Nobel Peace prize winner. That is funny. Whoever it was , their target audience is a pile of MC's so they were guaranteed to wow!!!!!11111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, CarlSpackler said: Who is the fucking pollyanna that produced that little fantasy piece? Nobel Peace prize winner. That is funny. CARL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Voting for fail is was insane. If Obama ran again he would have won by double digits. 8 more years of slow and steady growth would be fine for me. The commies hated Obama and that was good for America. But hey looking at the above imbecilic responses its clear to see many here are dumb as rocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Just now, Mainecat said: Voting for fail is was insane. If Obama ran again he would have won by double digits. 8 more years of slow and steady growth would be fine for me. The commies hated Obama and that was good for America. But hey looking at the above imbecilic responses its clear to see many here are dumb as rocks. Slow and steady growth you are a fucking moron .......I mean an absolute fucking idiot Take out the QE and we were in recession for almost the whole of Obama's 8 years.....without 0% interest rates and QE there would have been negative growth for all 8 years Get your fucking head out of your old crusty shit stained diaper wearing ass and quit trying to pass off pipe dream fantasies of what Obama was as fact ....fucking moron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted July 12, 2017 Gold Member Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Voting for fail is was insane. If Obama ran again he would have won by double digits. 8 more years of slow and steady growth would be fine for me. The commies hated Obama and that was good for America. But hey looking at the above imbecilic responses its clear to see many here are dumb as rocks. Obama did run again and got beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, BOHICA said: Obama did run again and got beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) No President until Obama had GDP growth of under 3.0% for every 1/4 recorded. The Fed drove the growth of the stock market with QE money. Obama had zero to do with the stock market growth just like Bush had nothing to do with it's collapse. Edited July 12, 2017 by jtssrx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, jtssrx said: No President until Obama had GDP growth of under 3.0% for every 1/4 recorded. The Fed drove the growth of the stock market with QE money. Obama had zero to do with the stock market growth just like Bush had nothing to do with it's collapse. Bush had nothing to do with its collapse?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 10 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Voting for fail is was insane. If Obama ran again he would have won by double digits. 8 more years of slow and steady growth would be fine for me. The commies hated Obama and that was good for America. But hey looking at the above imbecilic responses its clear to see many here are dumb as rocks. What was the growth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Just now, f7ben said: Bush had nothing to do with its collapse?????? What did bush have to do with the Collapse? The Glass/Steagal repeal was the cause of the collapse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, jtssrx said: What did bush have to do with the Collapse? The Glass/Steagal repeal was the cause of the collapse many many things were the cause of the collapse and a good portion of it can be laid at Bush's feet.....filling regulatory posts with his cronies who did nothing but look the other way for starters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, f7ben said: You look like a fool agreeing with him you fuckin dolt More caveman responses from the knuckledraggers Edited July 12, 2017 by Mainecat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 23 minutes ago, Mainecat said: You look like a fool agreeing with him you fuckin dolt More caveman responses from the knuckledraggers I posted facts.....a bunch of them that prove you are a fucking idiot for posting what you did. Of course you cant address them because they challenge the idiocy you dare not allow to be challenged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoslinger Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 hours ago, f7ben said: 2nd worst president of all time ...easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Snoslinger said: yes , that is what you make us all do inspector slingrider ......now get back to your idiotic self appointed decider role ....it fits you well COLLUSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoslinger Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Just now, f7ben said: yes , that is what you make us all do inspector slingrider ......now get back to your idiotic self appointed decider role ....it fits you well COLLUSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111 more idiocy from the resident conspiracy idiot. now get back to your fusion gps, kim dot com, how-to-detect-paypal-scammers, hillary was really an alien type research and see what other nonsense you can dig up ya fucking retard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member SnowRider Posted July 12, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 hours ago, f7ben said: 2nd worst president of all time ...easily Because you had to move... Any tangible reasons.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoslinger Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I love reading how tough the Obama years were from people who bought new sleds, new boats, new houses, new motorhomes, new cars etc etc etc during those 8 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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