View attachment 118255 BARBIE THE BEAR doesn't like to discuss Obama's real resume. Doesn't fit her agenda.
Listen ***** you voted for a guy you wouldn't let your daughter get within 100 yards of.
And now the country is reaping what you sowed.
You really want to discuss Obama's resume?
the list:
1)
Carried out military interventionism in Libya without Congressional approval
In June 2011, U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio)
said that Obama had violated the Constitution when he launched military operations in Libya without Congressional approval.
In April 2014, Ralph Nader
said that Obama should be impeached for his actions in Libya.
2)
Gave a no-bid contract to Halliburton cronies – just like Bush did
In May 2010, it was
reported that the Obama administration had selected KBR, a former subsidiary of Halliburton, for a no-bid contract worth as much as $568 million through 2011, just hours after the Justice Department had said it would pursue a lawsuit accusing the Houston-based company of using kickbacks to get foreign contracts.
Don’t be fooled by the words “former subsidiary.” These are the same Halliburton cronies that Bush gave a no-bid contract to.
3)
Has an administration full of lobbyists, after promising he wouldn’t have any
On November 15, 2007, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Obama
said that lobbyists
“… will not work in my White House.”
However, by February 2010, he had more than 40 lobbyists working in his administration. A list of them can be seen
here.
4)
Had close ties to Wall St., but pretended to support Occupy Wall St.
Although Obama claimed to support the Occupy Wall St. movement, the truth is that as of 2011, he had raised
more money from Wall St. than any other candidate during the previous 20 years. In early 2012, Obama held a fundraiser where Wall St. investment bankers and hedge fund managers each paid
$35,800 to attend. In October 2011, Obama
hired Broderick Johnson, a longtime Wall Street lobbyist, to be his new senior campaign adviser. Johnson had worked as a lobbyist for JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Fannie Mae, Comcast, Microsoft, and the oil industry.
5)
Broke his promise to close Guantanamo Bay
Obama’s campaign made the
following promise:
“As president, Barack Obama will close the detention facility at Guantanamo.”
PolitiFact
rated this as
“promise broken”
In July 2012, ABC News
reportedthat this
“… might be President Obama’s biggest broken promise”
I have gotten more criticism for this particular item than for any other item on my list. People have said that Obama “tried” to close Guantanamo Bay, but was blocked by Republicans in the House and Senate. However, Obama did not promise that he would “try” to close it. He promised that he would “close” it. Furthermore, there were enough Democrats in the House and Senate to pass Obamacare
without any Republicans voting for it, so if you want to blame someone in the House and Senate for failing to close Guantanamo Bay, then I suggest that you blame the Democrats.
6)
Supported the $700 billion TARP corporate-welfare bailout just like Bush
While Senator, Obama
voted for the $700 billion TARP bank bailout bill. The bailout rewarded irresponsible and illegal behavior. It redirected resources from more productive uses to less productive uses. It punished the hard working taxpayers who had played by the rules and obeyed the law. It created horrible incentives, and sent the wrong message. The bailout was evil because it rewarded the bad people and punished the good people. No society that does this can expect to remain free or prosperous. Instead of bailing out these corrupt corporations, we should have let them cease to exist, like we did with Enron.
7)
Waged the biggest war against medical marijuana of any president, which was the opposite of what he had promised
In May 2008, Obama campaign spokesperson Ben LaBolt
said that Obama would end DEA raids on medical marijuana in states where it’s legal. Also in 2008, Obama
saidthat he supported the “basic concept of using medical marijuana for the same purposes and with the same controls as other drugs” and that he was “not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws.”
However, in February 2010, DEA agents
raided a medical marijuana grower in Highlands Ranch in Colorado, a state where medical marijuana is legal. Also in February 2010, DEA agents
raided a medical marijuana dispensary in Culver City in California, a state where medical marijuana is legal. In July 2010, the DEA
raided at least four medical marijuana growers in San Diego, California. Also in July 2010, the DEA
raided a medical marijuana facility in Covelo, California. Then in September 2010, the DEA conducted
raids on at least five medical marijuana dispensaries in Las Vegas, Nevada, where medical marijuana is legal. In 2011, the DEA conducted
raids on medical marijuana in Seattle, Washington, West Hollywood, California, and Helena, Montana, all places where it is legal. In April 2012, the DEA carried out several
raids on medical marijuana in Oakland, California.
In February 2012, Rolling Stone magazine
wrote that Obama’s war against medical marijuana went “far beyond anything undertaken by George W. Bush.” In April 2012, Mother Jones magazine
wrote: “The president campaigned on the promise that he’d stop federal raids on medical marijuana operations that were in compliance with state laws, a vow that Attorney General Eric Holder repeated after the election. But then the Obama administration raided more than 100 dispensaries in its first three years and is now poised to outpace the Bush administration’s crackdown record.” In May 2012, the Washington Post
wrote: “Obama has become more hostile to medical marijuana patients than any president in U.S. history.” In May 2012, U.S. Congressperson Nancy Pelosi (D-California)
saidshe had “strong concerns” about Obama’s forced closure of five medical marijuana facilities in Pelosi’s congressional district. In April 2012, commenting on Obama’s crackdown on medical marijuana, U.S. Congressman Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts)
said, “I’m very disappointed… They look more like the Bush administration than the Clinton administration.”
In July 2012, federal prosecutors
filed civil forfeiture actions against Harborside Health Center, a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, CA, which claims to be the world’s largest, and which claims to serve more than 100,000 medical marijuana patients. In April 2012, federal agents
raided Oaksterdam University, an educational institution in Oakland, CA, which teaches people about medical marijuana. In April 2012, federal agents
raided a medical marijuana facility which had been serving 1,500 patients near Lake Elsinore, CA. In June 2012, the Obama administration
filed asset-forfeiture lawsuits against two landlords who rented their buildings to medical marijuana stores in Santa Fe Springs, CA. The Obama administration also sent warning letters which threatened similar legal action to dozens of other, nearby landlords. During the first seven months of 2012, the DEA
shut down 40 medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado, all of which had been operating in compliance with state and local law.
In April 2013, the DEA
raided four medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles, California. Also in April 2013, the DEA
raided a medical marijuana dispensary in San Diego, California. In July 2013, the DEA conducted multiple medical marijuana
raids in Washington state, including the cities of Olympia, Tacoma, and Seattle. In August 2013, the DEA
raided People’s Choice Alternative Medicine, a medical marijuana facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In October 2013, the DEA
raided 28 medical marijuana facilities in Michigan. In November 2013, the DEA
raided 12 medical marijuana facilities in Denver, Colorado.
In April 2014, the DEA
raided four medical marijuana dispensaries in Denver, Colorado. In June 2014, DEA agents
visited the homes and offices of doctors in Massachusetts who had written prescriptions for medical marijuana, and threatened to confiscate their federal licenses to prescribe certain medications if they did not stop writing prescriptions for medical marijuana. In October 2014, the DEA
raided two medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles, California.
In May 2012, ABC News
reportedthat during Obama’s youth, he often smoked large quantities of recreational marijuana. Obama’s marijuana smoking wasn’t even medical – it was recreational. And yet now, he is taking large scale, widespread action to prevent people with AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, and other illnesses, who have prescriptions from their doctors, from using their prescription medicine – how cold hearted can a person be?
8)
Nominated a six-time tax cheater to head the government agency that enforces the tax laws
Obama nominated Timothy Geithner, a repeat
tax cheater, to head the government agency that enforces the tax laws.
Prior to his nomination, Geithner had:
1) Illegally failed to pay more than
$34,000 in social security and medicare taxes
2) Illegally declared the cost of his children’s
summer camp as a form of day care.
3) Illegally failed to pay the early withdrawal
penalty when he took money out of his retirement plan
4) Illegally declared non-eligible items as a
charitablededuction
5) Illegally declared something which was ineligible as a
small business deduction
6) Illegally declared
utility expenses which had actually been for his personal use
9)
Gave tax dollars to AIG executives, then pretended to be outraged about it
Obama
signed a “stimulus” bill that spent money on bonuses for AIG executives. Prior to signing this bill, Obama had
said, “when I’m president, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.” However, after reading “line by line” and signing the “stimulus” bill that protected the AIG bonuses, Obama
pretendedto be shocked and outraged at the bonuses, and said, “Under these circumstances, it’s hard to understand how derivative traders at A.I.G. warranted any bonuses at all, much less $165 million in extra pay… How do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat?” and also said that he would “pursue every single legal avenue to block these bonuses.”
10)
Expanded Bush’s unconstitutional government faith based programs
Obama
expanded the federal government’s faith based programs which had been started by President George W. Bush.
11)
Supported Bush’s unconstitutional Patriot Act
In May 2011, Obama
signed a renewal of the Patriot Act.
12)
Increased the national debt more in one term than Bush did in two
The national debt
increased more during Obama’s first three years and two months than it did during all eight years of George W. Bush’s presidency.
13)
Agrees with Bush’s support of unconstitutional, indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without filing any charges
In December 2011, ACLU executive director Anthony D. Romero criticized Obama for signing a bill that gave the U.S. government the power to
indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without any charges being filed or any trial taking place.
14)
Agrees with Bush’s support of unconstitutional, warrantless wiretapping
President Obama has
defendedwarrantless wiretapping.
15)
Avoided prosecution of Wall. St criminals
Although Obama had
promised to prosecute Wall St. criminals, during
his entire first term, his administration did not file any criminal charges against any of the top financial executives.
16)
Had four U.S. citizens killed without judicial process
Obama had
four U.S. citizens killed without judicial process.
The ACLU
accused Obama of violating the U.S. Constitution for doing this.
