Will the Democrats lose the 2012 Presidential Election like they did in 1980?

Frank Osekowsky

February 22, 2012

“Are you better off now than you were four years ago,” Ronald Reagan asked back in 1980, while running for President.  The voters said No and elected him as President.

In 1980, Ronald Reagan saw a nation in trouble and offered a clear alternative to Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter was in trouble with the voters because of economic conditions, and the capture of the American Embassy in Iran.

The Carter administration had an unemployment rate of 7.5%.  President Obama has an unemployment rate of 9%.

Jimmy Carter came to be perceived like Obama has as a weak, vacillating leader under whose presidency the economy deteriorated badly.  Jimmy Carter allowed Iran to fall to Islam.  Just like several middle eastern nations are now falling that way under Obama.

In 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed into Law, the Community Reinvestment Act which for decades forced banks to make loans to poor people.

President Obama is still promoting Community Reinvestment Act, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mae today even after they directly caused our collapse our economic collapse.

President Ronald Reagan is the only post depression president to win reelection with an unemployment rate over 6%.  Reagan had gotten unemployment down to 7% from 10%.

Obama aides said they planned to point to the bad economy the president inherited, how he made it better, and warn that going back to the other party’s control would be an economic U-turn. Just like Jimmy Carter did in 1980.

Who every the Republican candidate is they will be asking the voters the same question come November.  “Are you better off now , then you were four years ago.”

In the end, people will look at the state of the economy. They will not care whether Mr. Obama has been “lucky” or “unlucky.” They will look at the results.. The polling may show a tight race for a while, but in the end, Obama will lose, badly.

Reasons why President Obama has failed as a Leader

July 2, 2011

Frank Osekowsky

Here are just a few example of Obama’ leadership failures:

President Obama has spent the first two year of his presidency on such issues as ObamaCare and has pushed through a government centric solution that the majority of Americans do not want.

Since taking office, Obama has added $5 trillion dollars to the national debt.

Obama’s stimulus program has failed, instead of the stimulus program lowering the unemployment rate it has done nothing but raised it.

Obama follows right behind France and the Arab League into the United Nations-approved military intervention in Libya.  Obama is unable or unwilling to clearly define the mission and criteria for success that will allow the United States to cease its active military involvement.

United States Foreign policy is an embarrassing mess under Obama-Since Obama has become President America’s global power has weakened.  The United States has surrender to Moscow on Missile site defenses, has failed to aggressively stand up to Iran’s nuclear program. And he has decided to side with the ousted Marxists leader in Honduras.

America has lost its greatness under Obama- Since taking office Obama has traveled the world to apologize to world leaders for the actions of the United States in the past for invading other nations. 

So what has Obama done for the past two years.  He has done nothing but bring this county down.  President Obama has been busy taking over the Banking industry, the Insurance industry, the Automobile industry and is busy trying to get illegal immigrants amnesty.

President Obama has always stated that he is for the middle class.  If we look at his record this is far from the truth.  He wants to tax the middle class to death so that we can pay more for his socialist programs.

He wants to control everything.  He wants the citizens of the United States to be dependent on the government for all of their needs.

President Obama has no idea what he is doing.

President Obama was right when he promised changed if he was elected President of the United States.  He has changed the United States of America from a democracy nation to a socialist nation.

In 2012, our voices will be heard loud and clear in Washington and throughout the nation.

REAGAN V. OBAMA

 Ronald Reagan was a president. Obama is not and will never be. Reagan loved the United States of America. And Obama does not. Reagan believed in the Constitution and Obama is looking to destroy it. Reagan loved and supported the military Obama does not. Obama is looking for ways to tax the military and the cut there pay. Reagan governed for the people. And Obama governs against the will of the people. Reagan had knowledge of foreign policy and Obama has not idea what the hell he is doing.

Ronald Reagan stood by his allies. Obama turns his back on his allies. Ronald Reagan did not bow down to his enemies. Obama bow downs and accepts gifts from his enemies.

Reagan hated communism, and did not want to transfer America into a Marxist nation. But Obama wants to do the opposite. He wants to transfer America into a marxist nation.

Reagan: Stood up to the Soviets

 Obama: Bowed to the Soviets and the Saudis

 Reagan: Made big government a bad word

 Obama: Made big government a bad dream

Reagan: Tear down this wall.

Obama: Tearing down this country.

Reagan: Our adversaries counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.

Obama: Who else can I apologize to

Reagan: We begin bombing in five minutes

 Obama: We begin golfing in five minutes

Reagan: The best minds are not in government

Obama: The best min is in the Oval Office.

Obama wants Israel to pull back and live within its pre-1967 six days war border.

Here’s what Ronald Reagan said about that. “In the pre-1967 borders, Israel was barely ten miles wide at its narrowest point. The bulk of Israel’s population lived within artillery range of hostile armies. I am not about to ask Israel to live that way again.” — President Ronald Reagan, September 1, 1982

From Reagan’s first inaugural address: “We are a nation that has a government—not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the Earth. Our government has no power except that granted it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed.” Until President Obama’s policies begin matching the truths Reagan understood, our nation will never reach its full potential.

FLIP FLOPS MADE BY PRESIDENT OBAMA

 

April 17, 2011

 

1.                  CLOSING GUANTANAMO BAY PRISON

As a presidential candidate in 2008, Obama had condemned President Bush for supposedly “running prisons which lock people away without telling them why they’re there or what they’re charged with”.  President Obama had signed an executive order shutting the facility down immediately upon taking office.  On March 11^th, 2011 President Obama announced that the prison would remain open.

 2.                  BRINGING BACK MILITARY TRIBUNALS FOR TEROR SUSPECTS

As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama was a firm opponent of the Bush administration’s military tribunals, which he said “failed to establish a legitimate legal framework and undermined our capacity to ensure swift and certain injustice.  In March of 2011, President Obama reversed his two-year old order halting new military  charges against detainees atGuantanamo Bay,Cuba, permitting military trials to resume with revamped procedures but implicitly admitting the failure of his pledge to close the prison camp.

 3.                  CONTINUING RENDITIONS OF TERROR SUSPECTS

In a 2007 article then Senator Obama gave a strong indication that he would end the Bush administration practice of rendition of terror suspects:

 “To build a better, freer world, we must first behave in ways that reflect the decency and aspirations of the American people… This means ending the practices of shipping away prisoners in the dead of night to be tortured in far-off countries, of detaining thousands without charge or trial, of maintaining a network of secret prisons to jail people beyond the reach of the law”.

 4.                  ORDERING MILITARY ACTION IN LIBA WITHOUT SEEKING CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION

In 2007, then Senator Obama declared:

 “The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.  In instances of self-defense, the President would be within his constitutional authority to act before advising Congress or seeking its consent.  History has shown us time and again, however, that military action is most successful when it is authorized and supported by the Legislative Branch.  It is always preferable to have the informed consent of Congress prior to any military action.”

However, in August of 2009, the Obama administration’s Interrogration and Transfer Task Force announced that it would retain renditions, but with what The Times referred to as “more oversight”.

5.                  DROPPING MISSILE DEFENSES IN ORDER TO APPEASE THE RUSSIANS

In 2009, President Obama pledged to move forward with the Bush-era plans for Third Site Missiles defenses inPolandand theCzechRepublic:

 President Obama stated: “Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile activity poses  a real threat, not just to theUnited States, but toIran’s neighbors and our allies.  TheCzechRepublicandPolandhave been courageous in agreeing to host a defense against these missiles.  As long as the threat fromIranpersists, we will go forward with a missile defense system that is cost-effective and proven.

Six months later however, the Obama administration gave in the Russians demands , and dramatically dropped plans for the Third Site. 

6.                  KILLING THE NASA MANNED SPACE PROGRAM

In August of 2008, Senator Obama announced a “detailed comprehensive space plan that includes $2 billion in new funding to reinvigorate NASA”.

 He stated: “As president, I’ll make our space program a priority again by devoting the attention and resources needed to not only inspire the world with feats of exploration but also improve life here on Earth.”

 In March of 2011, President Obama made a decision to kill NASA’s Constellation program, crafted during the Bush administration with an ambitious goal of putting astronauts back on the moon by 2010. 

 7.                  TOPPING A BRUTUAL DICTATOR IS A DUMB WAR

In 2002 then Senator Obama said that using  military force to topple a murderous dictator amounted to a “dumb war” and should be opposed.

 In 2002, while making a speech at a anti-war rally inChicago, he said “while Saddam was a brutal tyrant, that was not enough to justify using military force to remove him from power. Now let me be clear… I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein.  He is a brutal man.  A ruthless man.  A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power.  He has repeatedly defined U.N. resolutions, thwarted U.N. inspections teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted nuclear capacity.  He’s a bad guy.  The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him”.

“Obama argued that deposing Saddam military was not necessary, becauseIraqposed no “direct threat” to theUnited States.

In March of 2011 President Obama made a statement on the need to attackLibya.  He stated: “ Quaddafi declared that he would show ‘no mercy’ to his own people.  “He compared them to rats, and threatened to go door to door to inflict punishment.  In the past, we have seen him hang civilians in the streets, and kill over a thousand people in a single day.  President Obama has come to endorse the use of military power to enforce America’s responsibility as a global leader” arguing that the United States was “different” and therefore had no other choice but to attack Libya.

1. 8.                  Pledging to restore America’s standing in the world.

 

 During the presidential election campaign President Obama and VP Biden stated that they will restore America’s standing in the world by providing a new American leadership to meet the challenge of a new century:.

But as President he has done the complete opposite.  He has insulted key allies such asGreat Britain,IsraelandPoland.    No American president in modern history has invested less effort in maintaining US alliance than Barack Obama.  Whether its siding with Marxists inHondurasagainst pro-American forces, condemningIsrael, throwing the Poles and Czechs under the bus, or trashing the Anglo-American Special Relationship, the Obama administration has gone out of its way to kick its allies in the teeth while kowtowing to American’s enemies.

1. 9.                  LETTING SUDAN OFF THE HOOK FOR THE DARFUR GENOCIDE

 

In 2004, Senator Obama was a prominent support of a “humanitarian intervention” to halt state-sponsored mass killing inDarfur, declaring in a speech that “we cannot, in good conscience, stand by and let the genocide continue.” He advocated tough United Nations sanctions against the brutal regime of Omar Hassan al-Bashire, which “should freeze the assets of the Sudanese government, its leaders and business affiliates: outlaw arms sales and transfers toSudan; and prohibit the purchase of Chinese oil.

1. 10.              DUMPING MUBARK IN EGYPT AFTER CALLING HIM A “ALLY”

 

In an interview with the BBC’s Justin Webb in June of 2009, when asked if he viewed President Mubarak as an authoritarian ruler, President Obama declared:

No, I tend not to use labels for folks.  I haven’t met him; I’ve spoken to him on the phone.  He has been a stalwart ally, in many respects, to theUnited States.  He has sustained peace withIsrael, which is a very difficult  thing to do in that region, but he has never restored to unnecessary demagoguing of the issue and had tried to maintain that relationship.  So I think he has been a force for stability and good in the region.

20 months later, the White House emphatically called for Mubarak to go.

What does President Obama do all day at the White House-Nothing at All

I would like to know what President Obama does all day at the White House.

You hardly every hear about any meetings that the President has had with other officials.  You hardly hear of him having any meetings with leaders of other countries.  Why is this?  Is this President dislike this much throughout our nation and throughout the world?

The only time that you want President Obama is doing is when he is either having a party at the White House or when he is going on vacation. 

It also seems to me that this President has his priorities mix up.  It seems like he is more concerned with the pending NFL lockout then he is concerned with what is happening in the Middle East. 

Every time gas prices went up when President Bush was in office he was blamed for making the prices to go up so that his “Oil Buddies” could get rich.  How come now know one is blaming President Obama for the rising price of gasoline.  Why is he exempt?

Why is the media being so kind to President Obama.  Why are they not blaming him for the problems in the United States like they blamed President Bush?  I thought that the media is suppose to unbiased when reporting issues.