A SMUG BUT UNSUCCESSFUL PRESIDENT GIVES HIMSELF A B+
Washington Times has a different view … “Obama’s failing grades”
President Obama told Oprah Winfrey that he deserves a “solid B-plus” for his accomplishments as president so far, and that if health care reform passes, that would raise his grade to an A-minus. This is bold talk from a man who has made history by achieving the lowest approval rating of any modern president at this point in his presidency. But if you like a government-run economy, astronomical deficits and a weakened America, you may well give Mr. Obama high marks.
Mr. Obama campaigned as a centrist who would bring bipartisanship and responsibility to Washington. Instead, we have seen him lead a year of irresponsible spending and wildly increasing government intrusion in the lives of Americans. Mr. Obama has pushed ahead with his Big Government agenda, heedless of the wishes of the American people, and people with dissenting viewpoints have been told to shut up and rudely shut out of the process. Mr. Obama does not have a bipartisan bone in his boney body.
And furthermore …
- We have witnessed government expanding by every means available.
- The administration has unilaterally imposed drastic government controls on the financial sector
- The president rammed through the so-called stimulus bill…
- Mr. Obama has imposed ruinous debt on our country.
- This president’s foreign policy is an utter travesty but consistent with his worldview.
- The cap-and-trade bill he favors would place large sectors of the economy under de-facto government control, further hamstringing the economy and making the United States less competitive globally.
- Mr. Obama’s crowning achievement may be the wildly unpopular government health bill…
So, for expanding government, increasing debt, diminishing America’s role in international affairs and promoting state involvement in every facet of American life, Mr. Obama can give himself high marks. From our perspective, however, his report card is nothing to brag about. In economics, civics and foreign affairs, Mr. Obama has flunked every test.
That pretty well sums it up.
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