10 Things Conservatives Got Right About Obama
Kyle Becker January 9, 2013 2:32 pm
During the president’s re-election campaign, conservatives warned Americans about what a Barack Obama second term would look like. Now some Democrats are having buyer’s remorse after Obama’s re-election, it’s time to do a quick “I told you so” from the right’s perspective
1. Tax Increases
It came as quite a shock and surprise when President Obama raised payroll taxes on 77% of taxpayers. Many Democrats exploded on Twitter that they had been “duped.” But the Democrat Party is just warming up — it’s seeking another $1 trillion by the end of the year.
2. Debt & Deficit SpendingAfter the election, the deficit, debts and spending will only go up. The just-inked fiscal cliff deal meant that there would be $41 in new spending for every $1 in cuts. In effect, that means taxes and unemployment will continue to go up. Elections have consequences, and so does bad economic policy.
3. Out-of-Control Spending
Another thing conservatives were pointing out before the election is that Barack Obama has no interest in cutting spending. American taxpayers were warned about this, even as the president harped about his supposed “balanced approach.” The president recently said flat-out that “we don’t have a spending problem.”Kyle Becker January 9, 2013 2:32 pm
4. Unemployment and Jobs
All hail to the chief — we have a 7.8% unemployment rate. But that declining number is due to people dropping out of the labor force — futility and despair helping the Obama unemployment rate. By the way, the stimulus bill’s projections had the unemployment rate at 5.0% right now.
And about those new jobs that were created? As of December, 73% of them were financed by government with taxpayer money.
5. Green Jobs & Environmental Policy
The president promised to commit $15 billion a year to create 5 million green energy jobs over a decade. Obama was unable to get cap-and-trade through first time around, but the clock is still ticking on this promise to create a bunch of green jobs through central planning.
But a word of warning: America is pursuing the same failed green jobs strategy that killed current EU basketcase Spain. But let’s not learn from mistakes — that would be so un-Obamalike.
6. Social Issues & Campaign Distractions
Conservatives warned during the campaign that Obama was hiding his poor record with distractions like social issues. Turns out they were right. Social issues were campaign bait to engage sensitive youth voters and women. The president overwhelmingly favors men in cabinet appointments and women in his administration tend to make less than men.
7. Slashing the Military
The right-wing was abuzz with alarm when the president whispered on hot mic to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he would have more “flexibility” in his second term. It looks like they were right about what that meant. The president’s nomination of Chuck Hagel for Defense Secretary signals that he is going through with his cut of military spending by almost a third by 2019 — from 4.3% to 3%.
8. Civil Rights
The libertarian wing of the Republican Party harped that President Obama continued or even made worse some of the Bush war and terrorism policies. After critics on both right and left blasted the president for signing the NDAA, the president did not learn a single thing: he renewed the legislation after his election.
9. Gun RightsAlthough the president had not initiated legislation to enact or decree sweeping gun laws during his first term, there were suggestions after such massacres as the Gabby Giffords tragedy and the Aurora theater massacre. Conservatives aware of the president’s radical positions against gun ownership in Illinois, however, knew that the president would seize on any crisis to bring back calls for tighter gun control laws. After all, this is the administration that gave us the deadly Fast & Furious scandal
10. Blame Game Continues
The President would continue to blame others for the predictably disastrous results of his policies. This self-evidently become the case as “Blame Bush” turned into “Blame Boehner.”
Maybe we should feel sorry for President Obama. After all, he did inherit another failed administration.
Kyle Becker January 9, 2013 2:32 pm
During the president’s re-election campaign, conservatives warned Americans about what a Barack Obama second term would look like. Now some Democrats are having buyer’s remorse after Obama’s re-election, it’s time to do a quick “I told you so” from the right’s perspective
1. Tax Increases
It came as quite a shock and surprise when President Obama raised payroll taxes on 77% of taxpayers. Many Democrats exploded on Twitter that they had been “duped.” But the Democrat Party is just warming up — it’s seeking another $1 trillion by the end of the year.
2. Debt & Deficit SpendingAfter the election, the deficit, debts and spending will only go up. The just-inked fiscal cliff deal meant that there would be $41 in new spending for every $1 in cuts. In effect, that means taxes and unemployment will continue to go up. Elections have consequences, and so does bad economic policy.
3. Out-of-Control Spending
Another thing conservatives were pointing out before the election is that Barack Obama has no interest in cutting spending. American taxpayers were warned about this, even as the president harped about his supposed “balanced approach.” The president recently said flat-out that “we don’t have a spending problem.”Kyle Becker January 9, 2013 2:32 pm
4. Unemployment and Jobs
All hail to the chief — we have a 7.8% unemployment rate. But that declining number is due to people dropping out of the labor force — futility and despair helping the Obama unemployment rate. By the way, the stimulus bill’s projections had the unemployment rate at 5.0% right now.
And about those new jobs that were created? As of December, 73% of them were financed by government with taxpayer money.
5. Green Jobs & Environmental Policy
The president promised to commit $15 billion a year to create 5 million green energy jobs over a decade. Obama was unable to get cap-and-trade through first time around, but the clock is still ticking on this promise to create a bunch of green jobs through central planning.
But a word of warning: America is pursuing the same failed green jobs strategy that killed current EU basketcase Spain. But let’s not learn from mistakes — that would be so un-Obamalike.
6. Social Issues & Campaign Distractions
Conservatives warned during the campaign that Obama was hiding his poor record with distractions like social issues. Turns out they were right. Social issues were campaign bait to engage sensitive youth voters and women. The president overwhelmingly favors men in cabinet appointments and women in his administration tend to make less than men.
7. Slashing the Military
The right-wing was abuzz with alarm when the president whispered on hot mic to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he would have more “flexibility” in his second term. It looks like they were right about what that meant. The president’s nomination of Chuck Hagel for Defense Secretary signals that he is going through with his cut of military spending by almost a third by 2019 — from 4.3% to 3%.
8. Civil Rights
The libertarian wing of the Republican Party harped that President Obama continued or even made worse some of the Bush war and terrorism policies. After critics on both right and left blasted the president for signing the NDAA, the president did not learn a single thing: he renewed the legislation after his election.
9. Gun RightsAlthough the president had not initiated legislation to enact or decree sweeping gun laws during his first term, there were suggestions after such massacres as the Gabby Giffords tragedy and the Aurora theater massacre. Conservatives aware of the president’s radical positions against gun ownership in Illinois, however, knew that the president would seize on any crisis to bring back calls for tighter gun control laws. After all, this is the administration that gave us the deadly Fast & Furious scandal
10. Blame Game Continues
The President would continue to blame others for the predictably disastrous results of his policies. This self-evidently become the case as “Blame Bush” turned into “Blame Boehner.”
Maybe we should feel sorry for President Obama. After all, he did inherit another failed administration.
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