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I've given this a lot of thought. Below are my list of reasons that I think Obama has done well as President over the last 4 years and is the man we all deserve to have as President for the next 4 years.
As a state senator, Presidential candidate, and President, Barack Obama has made numerous statements in support of marijuana policy reform, and vowed "not to waste Justice Department resources" by going after medical marijuana dispensaries. Yet under the Obama administration, the raids continue, and there is no end in sight.
Since taking office Obama has:
To be honest I don't see why the right doesn't just love him. And I don't see why the left does. Oh wait... that's right. It's cause he's better than Romney. Or are they both the same?
As a state senator, Presidential candidate, and President, Barack Obama has made numerous statements in support of marijuana policy reform, and vowed "not to waste Justice Department resources" by going after medical marijuana dispensaries. Yet under the Obama administration, the raids continue, and there is no end in sight.
Since taking office Obama has:
- Opposed gay marriage in 2009 and reaffirmed his position in 2010. When he finally flipped on his position in 2011 he stated that he was still "grappling" with his personal views on gay marriage. When the election year came around, he finally decided to support it (good for him, even though I think it is entirely politically motivated)
- Signed the NDAA - an indefinite detention bill - into law.
- Gave $535,000,000 of our money to a company which he knew (or at least should) have was going to go bankrupt.
- Placed sanctions on Iran that will likely lead to war.
- Increased the TSA’s budget and allowed the scope of their authority to increase.
- Gave Blackwater a quarter of a billion dollars.
- Approved of a more draconian Patriot Act.
- Assassinated three American Citizens 1 2 3.
- Continued the Drug War. Including pushing for a five year mandated sentence for Charles C. Lynch the owner of a licensed medical marijuana dispensary.
- Wins right to deny habeas review from detainees.
- Protected Bush officials from charges relating to torture.
- Waged war on Libya without congressional approval.
- Waives health care coverage for employees of 29 companies including McDonald's.
- Deports record number of immigrants.
- Continued and escalated a covert, drone war in Yemen.
- Takes the hardest stance in American history against government whistle blowers.
- Escalated the proxy war in Somalia.
- Pushes harder for warrantless wire taps than Bush did.
- Escalated the CIA drone war in Pakistan including attacking first responders and funerals.
- Waived laws preventing the recruitment of children into African militaries.
- Promises more transparent government and denies more FOIA request than Bush.
- Gives BP and other big oil companies exemption from EPA laws.
- Will maintain a presence in Iraq even after "ending" war.
- Sharply escalated the war in Afghanistan.
- Secretly made deal to kill health care public option while secretly meeting with health care executives and provided an exemption for abortion.
- Secretly deployed US special forces to 75 countries.
- Sold $30 billion of weapons to the dictatorship in Saudi Arabia.
- Signed an agreement for 7 military bases in Colombia.
- Appoints multiple lobbyists while signing an executive order limiting this practice. This included lobbyist from Goldman Sachs, Raytheon and Monsanto.
- Continued Bush's rendition program.
- More can be found here.
To be honest I don't see why the right doesn't just love him. And I don't see why the left does. Oh wait... that's right. It's cause he's better than Romney. Or are they both the same?
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