Aside from "He's not Romney" What do you seriously believe that he has brought to the Office of the President. Name what he has done that has actually helped America.
Specifics would be greatly appreciated....
I will be voting to re-elect the President in November in part because of his stellar foreign policy cred.
I find myself surprised to even be writing that as a former George W. Bush supporter from 2000.
President Obama said he'd withdraw from Iraq, and he did what he said.
On Afghanistan, I would personally like to see a faster withdrawal, but Obama is exercising prudence and caution. I disagree with him on that one, but oddly, I trust him.
In the presidential debate, he said that if he had Bin Laden in his sights, he would get the guy even if he was in Pakistan.
Well, we got him in our sights, he was in Pakistan, and Obama could have chosen to outsource the job to them or he could have chosen to bomb the compound into smithereens, leaving us with no evidence.
Instead, he risked his entire presidency by doing things the hard way. The killing of Osama Bin Laden was a total success on every level, from the President to the SEALS.
It took the previous administration $1 trillion, 10 years and 4,500 dead Americans to kill one American killing dictator.
In Libya, it took this President 6 months, $1 billion, and no dead Americans to kill the American killing Gaddafi. Obama got everybody else to pay for that one, and the job was done well. Kudos to him on that one.
I support Ronald Reagan's legacy of reducing the world's nuke supply. President Obama has continued this legacy, re-signing the ABM treaty with Russia.
The cyber attacks on Iran. Awesome.
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On the domestic front, President Obama is the first to sign major health care reforms into law in more than 40 years.
After the dust has settled and folks learn what is in it, we see that it is imperfect, but that it contains common sense measures like forcing the industry to cover folks with pre-existing conditions.
Small businesses are already taking advantage of many of the things in it for them, contrary to the beliefs of some that they will simply drop coverage for everyone in the country. If they could drop people and pay a fine instead, than why aren't they dropping everyone now when there is no fine? The answer? Because the fearmongering by some of us is unfounded.
The Affordable Care Act is a moderate to conservative bill that keeps health care in private hands, while it demands a little sacrifice from all ends. Republicans of the past would have been happy to pass this legislation.
Mitt Romney said "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt", while this President came to the rescue of America's auto industry. It was not an easy thing to do, but he did it. And he did it at the urging of the auto industry.
I support tougher Wall St. regulations, like Glass-Steagall. I wish it had been put back into law. The Volcker Rule is something we can all support. That's the pesky regulation that says we the public are no longer on the hook to bailout too-big-to-fail banks.
A conservative, prudent person is one who wishes to see the free market preserved for generations to come, therefore we must drive with one hand on the steering wheel in order so that some folks can't abuse our capitalist system. Not all regulations are bad.
President Obama's administration has passed fewer regulations that the previous administration.
Under President Obama, deportations are up 10% over the previous administration.
President Obama has lowered taxes for 95% of us.
The Stimulus worked to bring us back from being in the ditch. The jobs bill he wishes to pass is stuff that conservatives used to pass in their sleep.
So, even though he is imperfect, I support President Obama because he is a fellow moderate like myself who places common sense and compromise over dogmatic ideologies of the past.
But he gets a huge thumbs up from me on his foreign policy credentials, which are stellar.
This country can really get moving again with him at the wheel, and I am tired of his legitimacy coming into question from blowhards, Birchers, birthers, flat-earthers and racists.
I want the jobs bill passed, not another abortion bill or another motion to cut taxes on the Mitt Romneys of the world while raising taxes on the working poor, which is un-Christian like in my humble opinion.