Why President Obama Deserves a Second Term
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President Obama has done a more than credible job of getting the country out of the worst recession and biggest fiscal mess since the Great Depression and deserves to be re-elected.
Obama took office when the country was losing 750,000 jobs a month, banks were not lending to anyone, the stock market was in turmoil and the international financial system was facing collapse. President Obama understood that we were not only in an economic emergency due to the housing crash, but that we were also facing fundamental long term economic challenges best illustrated by the shrinking of our middle class. He took steps to stop the economic freefall but also to address our long term economic problems.
President Obama showed leadership and political courage in restructuring General Motors and Chrysler Motors; he passed the stimulus package, 30 percent of which were tax cuts that reduced taxes for all Americans, with the remainder of the stimulus used to create more than three million jobs through spending on infrastructure, aid to state and local governments and seeding the growth of the renewable energy industry. Obamacare was passed which will get 30 million people health insurance and reduce the budget deficit by over 100 billion dollars over the next 10 years.
Four years later instead of losing hundreds of thousands of jobs a month, we have seen a small but consistent growth in jobs for over twenty months, housing is coming back, consumer confidence is at a five year high and corporations have seen record profits with the stock market at a four year high. And this was accomplished despite historical obstructionism from Republicans whose only goal from the first day of the Obama Administration was to make Obama a one-term president.
President Obama’s success can be attributed to his core belief in the positive role that government should play in society. This belief is fundamentally different from how Republicans view government and is best illustrated in the parties stand on FEMA. George W. Bush hired a former horse show manager and the result was Katrina – remember “Hell of a job, Brownie.” Romney is on record saying FEMA should be sent to the states or even better privatized. In contrast, Obama hired the most qualified manager with disaster experience he could find – a Republican from Jeb Bush’s administration – because that is what good presidents who are non-ideological and believe in government do.
President Obama has shown leadership and political courage and deserves to be re-elected.
Willie C. Moore
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bob ognar
1:03 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
No
Ann Paul
1:58 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
No
Olddeegee
3:37 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
Yes. The President has been hamstrung by the Republicans and those who want to "take America back" (From whom? The voters?). The best reason to support the President is the fact that the best the GOP could come up with is Mitt Romney. I would think that his reticence on releasing his taxes, his 47% comment, his undeniable U-turns on issues such as FEMA, and his inability too supply a budget plan that holds up to math. The man is a fool and actually stands for nothing that is consistent. A vote for Romney is a vote that you'll regret more than those Bush votes, and soon.
Edward Andrysiak
6:53 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
"Hamstrung"...a person with leadership and management skills knows how to get around being hamstrung. He is a nice kid but simply did not have the experience needed to be President. Second term....NO!
As for Romney being the best the GOP could come up with Olddeegee...anything would be better! I'd take a monkey with a dart board right now. Obama with 45 Czars amounts to about the same thing! (Sorry for the rant Old-d-g I'm burned out and can't wait for Nov 7th when this is over)
Ann Paul
7:26 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
No. Libya.
Ann Paul
7:31 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
Obama turned his back on those 4 Americans who begged for help while under attack for 7 grueling hours but where was POTUS? On his way to Vegas. NO! NO! NO!
Budget? Hmmm. Not one in 4 years passed even when he had control of Congress for the first 2. Not one of his own party voted for his budget. No! NO! NO!
Truth
7:26 am on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Willie you must live in wonderland, please read Bob Woodward's book The Price of Politics. This is an account of Obama's term in office. Bob is the most respected writer from both sides. His information is from interviews from the people inside the White House including the President.
James Smith
5:34 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Another person blindsided by the liberal media.....someone needs a Fox News input !
Ruta Dowiarz
7:55 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
NO! Vote him out!
shengsheng
8:58 pm on Sunday, November 11, 2012
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