I have been watching this past year unfold before my eyes in amazement. One year ago President Obama took office with challenges before him like no other President in modern day history. He was not only inheriting a mess at home on the economic front but we were in the midst of two wars and an image abroad that had been severely damaged by the prior administration.
Then along comes a Tea Party that was formed because they "Want Their Country Back" and don’t want their taxes increased. Code for OMG the Black Man actually won the Presidency so let’s organize, scream and shout to put him back into his "place".
This group grows in popularity because the MSM finds them sensational so everything that they do gets major coverage. All predictions are forecasting a tsunami this November when the Republicans reclaim the House and the Senate (heck based on all the wind that our media claims is behind their sails this "formidable group" in association with the Republican Party will figure out a way to win the Presidency this November as well/snark).
Meanwhile back at the White House you have a President that had the highest Presidential Success Rate on Congressional votes where he took a clear position besting LBJ with the highest all time rate of 96.7 percent in his first year.
He got his Recovery Bill signed and implemented (which the hypocrite Republicans who all voted against it touts in their states and districts on a regular basis).
Job loses as awful as it has affected our country are indeed headed in the right direction.
The stock market is rebounding (helping our 401K retirement accounts)
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law allowing people facing discrimination to seek justice in the Courts.
The House of Representatives passes Climate Change Legislation (crickets in the Senate)
President Obama repealed the 8 year ban on Embryonic Stem Cell Research (who knows one day this research could save my life)
Both bodies of Congress passed HCR Bills (regardless of what you think of these bills we have never gotten this close before so there is still hope).
He nominated and had the first Hispanic confirmed to the Supreme Court.
He restored America’s image around the world.
Then although he had to bailout the banks ( I know, I know it’s a sore subject) to keep our economy remain afloat the Federal Reserve made a 52 Billion dollar profit for us taxpayers for their role in this last year(You hear that Tea Party a profit!)
Never mind that the Tea Bagger Party and the Republicans have no plan for Health Care, No Plan for Deficit reduction (they were going to work on this before the President was for it), No plan for Climate Change, will nominate more radicals to the Supreme Court (hence Citizens United decision) if there are any vacancies but the American public (based on all the latest polls and prognosticators) feel that they (Republicans) are the answer to what ails our country.
Can someone please tell me why GW was given 6 full years of his administration to tear this country to shreds and President Obama was given 1 (successful by all normal methods of rating) before the country is ready, willing and able to "throw the bums out" (including the President based on some poll I saw this week).
Well may God help our Country because I have concluded that whoever screams the loudest gets to decide how our country is governed?
And I am at a loss for words....