Obama’s 2013: A year to forget
January 16 — In the wake of the Newtown shootings, Obama outlines his gun-control proposals. After a backlash, nothing gets passed. In fact, gun sales skyrocket — up 55% in Texas and 46% in Pennsylvania.
January 20 – Obama is sworn into his second term; his inaugural address is “heavy on broad rhetoric and light on policy specifics†according to the Washington Post. More people talk about Beyonce lip-synching the National Anthem.
January 29 – In Las Vegas, Obama addresses the issue of comprehensive immigration reform. Though the Senate passed a bill in June, Obama again couldn’t get anything passed in the House.
February 12 – President Obama delivers the State of the Union address and announces a drawdown in Afghanistan. While “green on blue†insider attacks on US troops continue, President Karzai of Afghanistan holds out on signing any sort of security agreement. Without the deal, all US troops will be gone from Afghanistan in 2014.
March 1 — Despite saying his sequestration plan “will not happen†during the 2012 presidential campaign, Congress fails to reach a deal and sequestration cuts $85 billion across the board.
March 2 — Open-air parks like the WWII memorial are closed by the parks department. Insiders later tell reporters the reason was political. The administration wanted the public to “feel the pain†of sequester cuts.
May 10 — Lois Lerner, a director in the IRS, responds to a planted question at a speaking engagement, admitting the tax agency targeted conservative groups — delaying and denying their tax-exempt status. It’s later alleged that the IRS leaked tax returns of conservative groups and ordered up audits of political enemies.
May 12 — It’s revealed that the administration, angry that the AP broke a story about a terrorism plot, had the private phone records of reporters secretly subpoenaed. Attorney General Eric Holder denies knowing about the seizure, but defends it because of the “very, very serious leak.â€
May 22 — Lerner claims before Congress she “didn’t break any laws†then invokes the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.
May 23 — At the National Defense University, Obama tries to placate the left about his drone attacks by saying, “To say a military tactic is legal, or even effective, is not to say it is wise or moral in every instance. For the same human progress that gives us the technology to strike half a world away also demands the discipline to constrain that power — or risk abusing it.â€
Apparently that “discipline†is “whatever Obama thinks is right.†Drone attacks continue unabated — including a strike on a Yemen wedding party earlier this month that killed at least 11.
June 6 — The Washington Post and Guardian newspapers both publish information about spying programs by the NSA, courtesy of Edward Snowden, a former NSA employee who stole the material and fled to Hong Kong.
June 23 — Edward Snowden arrives in Moscow, where Vladimir Putin refuses to give him up, and smirks when asked about him.
June 25 — In a speech on climate change, Obama again waffles on the Keystone pipeline, pleasing neither side. As months go on without it being built, Canada has been making plans to ship oil by sea to China instead.
July 2 — After taking off from Russia, the plane of Bolivian President Evo Morales is re-routed to Austria and searched, on reports he could be carrying Snowden. He isn’t — and the heavy-handed stop increases pressure on the US and angers NATO allies.
July 19 — Obama decides to weigh in on one criminal case out of thousands nationwide, saying, “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago†after George Zimmerman is found not guilty of murdering the teen. Obama calls for “soul searching.â€
August 31 — Obama claims Syria has used chemical weapons in the country’s civil war, crossing the “red line†he had laid down. Obama claims he doesn’t need authorization to strike, but will ask Congress anyway. He later says even if Congress even says no, he can still do it.
September 15 — Weeks after his Syria ultimatum, Obama accepts a Russian deal that allows Syria’s Bashar al-Assad to stay in power if he gives up chemical weapons. Putin smirks.
September 23 — Lois Lerner retires suddenly; the investigation into the IRS targeting of conservative groups is ongoing.
October 1 — Depsite passing in 2010, the actual launch of ObamaCare is a complete failure — the website crashes, few if any people can sign up and millions discover that their insurance is cancelled. Obama is forced to admit that his promise that “if you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance†is a lie.
October 1 — Unable to reach a budget deal, the government shuts down.
October 17 — In a rare Obama victory, the shutdown ends with no concession to Republicans on the budget.
October 23 — Snowden’s leaks reveal the US listened to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone calls. She angrily confronts Obama and latter compares the behavior to the Stasi.
November 1 — Obama signs an executive order saying local governments must prepare for the “impact of global warming†— like making buildings stronger.
December 10 — With the selfie seen round the world, Obama upstages Nelson Mandela’s memorial with a cellphone picture with UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Danish PM Helle Thorning Schmidt.
December 18 — Congress passes a bipartisan budget agreement. Bob Woodward says deal was reached, “because Obama was not part of the negotiations.â€
December 19 — Under pressure, Obama says people who have had their insurance cancelled don’t have to pay the penalty for not having insurance for one year. It’s the 14th change to the law since passage.
December 31 — Estimates indicate more people may find their old health-care policies cancelled than who successfully signed up for new health insurance from ObamaCare.
The good news is that Jimmy Carter will die knowing that he’s no longer the worst president in the history of the United States of America.
Obstructionist congress. Enough said.
Ghost,–Is that all you can focus on here? You need to make an appointment with your Eye doctor. To ignore the other 27 points on the list, suggests you suffer from “Tunnel Vision”.
Ghost, nevermind Chrash. Much like Congress when things do go their way they cry, bang there fist on the floor, and go on personal attacks. LaRue has no clue.
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* do not go their way
December 31st? Have you become a prophet? 🙂
Brent
This list is standard fox news talking points. The pic used is funny but lame in the content it represents. Read behind the lines. Speaking of lines, the line for the flavor aid starts over there —>
Merry Christmas
The Head of the IRS taking the 5th,– you haven’t any opinion on that? Oh, I get it, it’s irreverent to you,–my Bad.
You mean invoking her right?
I suppose she has that right?
Are you against the POTUS so much you want people’s rights taken away……
The tea party should of been singled out and targeted.
Bravo Lois, down with the tea baggers!
I absolutely understand her right,– not to incriminate herself.
I also understand her the Nixon-eske statement, “I didn’t break any laws”, before taking the 5th.
Have you got your Paul Ryan Coloring Book in the mail yet?
barry and liberalism going up in smoke……….
right on right on tommi…..
Time for Little Rhema again tommi:
http://youtu.be/Lz48U8npOgc
tommyromo yous are crazy
Over 1 million hits today on healthcare.gov at 7:30pm CST.
420 magazine can go put that in their pipe and smoke it.
That’s as nice as I can put it.
8 million hits to the website on October 1st according to the white house. 6 sign ups. You can’t believe a damn thing that comes out of this white house. Puff on that one Puff Daddy.
A million hits (not sales) on the last day is a cause to celebrate? Ain’t that abit like being behind 49 – 0 at halftime and the doing an end zone dance during the last minute to close the score to 70 – 7. Save your end zone dance for a real win. This is just another Jay Carney lie of the day.
It’s a shame we can’t forget this entire train wreck of an administration.
In that picture he looks stoned out of his mind, I bet he still gets that way occasionally, whadaya think ? Might be time to require random drug testing of our politicians.
MJ should be legal anyway. Nixon and Reagan lied to you. That being said, I highly doubt he still gets high.
Of course he does. Barry Boy’s drug of choice today is absolute power. Power has corrupted the President more than MJ ever could have. I would gladly pay for the stash if he would just hole up in the basement of the White House and stay effed up for the next three years. It would be good for the country.
I think it was “Choom Gang.”
Make love not war eh, I graduated high school in 1971, been there, done that, wised up.
I don’t know who promised you a poppy and rose garden but THEY lied.
Life is Tough and then you DIE. Period.
You get out of it what YOU put into it. Period.
Wise Up and Merry Christmas !
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