Let's talk about Mr. President

I knew it would come to this.

Sooner or later, I was going to have to write about that guy.

You all know who I'm talking about. 

This guy

                      who grew up to be

this guy

Sigh. I try to avoid thinking about Mr. President on a daily basis but it seems that he always finds a way to share my brain (neuro-socialism, perhaps?)

Before we begin, if you're getting the feeling that I don't approve of this man... You are quite right. I didn't vote for him the first time, and I will remain consistent this election.

But LT, he's so cool and black and smart, and down with the people! Why don't you like him? 

For one, non of the above is adequate criteria for being the leader of the free world. 

But aside from that, let's really look at what this cool guy has done during his presidency thus far.

1. Upon entering the office, he backed his campaign pledge to close Guantanamo Bay. He ordered its closing within a year, even going so far as to ask other countries to accept prisoners. Of course, no one wanted to babysit terrorists. 3 1/2 years later, Gitmo is still open. Why? Oh, yeah. Well back in 2011, he reneged and placed restrictions on prisoner transfers and now states that he opposes terrorist actions so he won't allow Guantanamo to close. 

2. Within the first two years,  he appointed two women to the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. Two years prior to her appointment, Kagan had never argued a case before a court.

3. He repealed Don't Ask, Don't Tell. (This actually relates to number six, because of military benefits.)

4. He instituted a massive (almost 40%) budget cut at NASA.

5. Gave a $527 million government loan to Solyndra, a energy start up that filed bankruptcy in 2011.

6. As a Senator, he claimed to support same-sex marriage. While running for POTUS, he declared that he supported civil unions but not same-sex marriage. A few weeks ago, he evolved at the dinner table, and now supports same-sex marriage. He became the first sitting president to do this.

7. Let's not forget the $800 million stimulus that totally ended the recession. 

8. Cash For Clunkers

9. Raised the debt ceiling to $16.5 trillion, the highest in history, while budgeting for a $1.5 trillion annual deficit. 

10. Highest unemployment rate in America since the Great Depression. 

11. Signed legislation for healthcare reform, that calls for socialization of medicine and demands religious groups, persons and businesses violate their conscience and religious freedom. As of now, the largest religious legal action against the government is in play.

I haven't even touched on his foreign policy and I'd rather not. I'll save that awesomeness for later. But has anyone noticed anything interesting about all of the above. Aside from constantly changing his mind a lot and giving away money even though we obviously don't have money to give away? Oh yeah, his inexperience is glaring! His community organizing skills have not really come in handy like he (and those who voted for him) anticipated. We are no better as a nation after George W. Bush. In fact, we are worse, and yet our current Mr. President wants to hang out in DC for four more amazing years. How can anyone reasonably look at anything this guy has done and feel that he has done better for America as a world leader than his predecessor? (And honestly, not many folks liked Dubya.)

Wait a minute LT! He's a family man. He's not having affairs and illegitimate children like some other notable politicians, including Republicans!

I was unaware that treating your marriage like a legitimate marriage awarded you extra mulligans on your economic blunders as a president. I'll keep that in mind, even though no one seemed to care that George W. Bush respected the sanctity of marriage also. 

So there you have it. I've had my say about Mr. President. Hopefully, now I don't have to think about him tomorrow.

***UPDATE!!! Check out the followup to this post: Should a Christian support Obama?