One of the omnipresent themes coming from president Obama during his term in office has been that everything bad that has happened has been the fault of Republicans. During his first term, Obama spoke ill of George Bush so often that Bush's burning ears must have made him into only the second bush in history that burned on and on but which was not consumed. For Obama, however, the problem is that after five years in office, he really can't blame Bush any longer.
Lately, Obama has been blaming the problems of Obamacare and his other big "accomplishments" on the House Republicans and the Tea Party. This theme is then echoed in the liberal media. Just this morning, I read Dan Balz in the Washington Post who said this:
There are many reasons why such a paltry record of success followed [Obama's election]. The president would cite Republican obstructionism as the principal cause. Certainly that is a significant factor in all his legislative dealings, both in this past year and during his first term.
Really? Do Obama and the media think that we are actually that ignorant and forgetful? Consider this: for the first two years in office, Obama and the Obamacrats had total control of Congress. They could do whatever Obama wanted, and they did just that. Obamacare was passed without any Republican votes, but the Democrats pushed it through nevertheless. In 2010, when the Democrats still had total control, they announced a regulation that projected that Obamacare would result in just under 100 million health insurance policies being cancelled in 2014. Obamacare belongs to the Obamacrats. The disaster of insurance cancellations belongs to the Obamacrats. The roll out of the website belongs to the Obamacrats. The high prices and soaring deductibles belong to the Obamacrats. Republicans did try to delay Obamacare for a year, and Obama and the Obamacrats told them to get lost since Obamacare was "the law of the land" and could not be changed. Now Obama has delayed about half the law himself; so much for "the law of the land".
Then there is Obama's big push for global warming legislation. That one failed when the Democrats had total control in Washington. It was not Republican obstructionism.
And how about the economy? Obama got the biggest stimulus bill in the history of the universe passed in his first months in office. Republicans did not block it; the just did not have the votes. But here we are five years later and that stimulus had the effect of adding another trillion to the national debt, but not much else. The economy is still limping along; it never had the rapid growth that ought to have followed the recession. Obama and his party saw to that.
Then there is foreign affairs. Obama attacked Libya without approval from Congress. Obama completed the pull out of Iraq begun by Bush. Obama had a surge in Afghanistan which did not work and now he is pulling out. In all sorts of foreign matters, Obama got just what he wanted. There was no Republican obstruction.
So, one might properly ask, where is the actual Republican obstructionism? Obama and the press talk about it all the time, but they never actually point it out. Some would say that Republicans blocked immigration reform, but that too would be wrong. The House is supposed to be coming out with its own plan in the next few months. No obstruction there.
For five years, we have watched Obama lie to America over and over again. It is time for the lie of Republican obstructionism as an excuse for Obama's miserable record to be exposed. Let's go with the truth: Obama has a miserable record because he is incompetent, disinterested, unfocused on anything other than politics and fund raising, and an ideologue.
Lately, Obama has been blaming the problems of Obamacare and his other big "accomplishments" on the House Republicans and the Tea Party. This theme is then echoed in the liberal media. Just this morning, I read Dan Balz in the Washington Post who said this:
There are many reasons why such a paltry record of success followed [Obama's election]. The president would cite Republican obstructionism as the principal cause. Certainly that is a significant factor in all his legislative dealings, both in this past year and during his first term.
Really? Do Obama and the media think that we are actually that ignorant and forgetful? Consider this: for the first two years in office, Obama and the Obamacrats had total control of Congress. They could do whatever Obama wanted, and they did just that. Obamacare was passed without any Republican votes, but the Democrats pushed it through nevertheless. In 2010, when the Democrats still had total control, they announced a regulation that projected that Obamacare would result in just under 100 million health insurance policies being cancelled in 2014. Obamacare belongs to the Obamacrats. The disaster of insurance cancellations belongs to the Obamacrats. The roll out of the website belongs to the Obamacrats. The high prices and soaring deductibles belong to the Obamacrats. Republicans did try to delay Obamacare for a year, and Obama and the Obamacrats told them to get lost since Obamacare was "the law of the land" and could not be changed. Now Obama has delayed about half the law himself; so much for "the law of the land".
Then there is Obama's big push for global warming legislation. That one failed when the Democrats had total control in Washington. It was not Republican obstructionism.
And how about the economy? Obama got the biggest stimulus bill in the history of the universe passed in his first months in office. Republicans did not block it; the just did not have the votes. But here we are five years later and that stimulus had the effect of adding another trillion to the national debt, but not much else. The economy is still limping along; it never had the rapid growth that ought to have followed the recession. Obama and his party saw to that.
Then there is foreign affairs. Obama attacked Libya without approval from Congress. Obama completed the pull out of Iraq begun by Bush. Obama had a surge in Afghanistan which did not work and now he is pulling out. In all sorts of foreign matters, Obama got just what he wanted. There was no Republican obstruction.
So, one might properly ask, where is the actual Republican obstructionism? Obama and the press talk about it all the time, but they never actually point it out. Some would say that Republicans blocked immigration reform, but that too would be wrong. The House is supposed to be coming out with its own plan in the next few months. No obstruction there.
For five years, we have watched Obama lie to America over and over again. It is time for the lie of Republican obstructionism as an excuse for Obama's miserable record to be exposed. Let's go with the truth: Obama has a miserable record because he is incompetent, disinterested, unfocused on anything other than politics and fund raising, and an ideologue.
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