To: puborectalis who wrote (682644 ) 11/3/2012 10:24:51 AM From: joseffy Respond to of 1577987 Obama-- 4 Years Of Deficient Leadership: food stamp rolls have swollen to 47 million,. Created a large pool of unemployed. Vastly expanded the disability rolls. Massively increased regulations. Hammered the middle class. Created business uncertainty. "you didn't build that." Not lived up to the promises of transparency. Increased the debt by 50%. Pushed ObamaCare. the most costly legislation ever Driven up health care premiums. Left minorities worse off. Doubled down on the housing debacle. Deficits have surged Watched college costs surge. Meanwhile, 50% of those who have graduated either can't find a job Dragged his feet on free trade. . Done nothing as crime has spiked. Showed a lack of interest in his job. Blocked badly needed energy development. Killed the Keystone XL pipeline. Wasted billions on "green energy" spent $86 billion on green stimulus, with nothing other than 50 bankrupt green companies to show for it — including Solyndra, First Solar and Ener1. He has also subsidized production of unsafe electric cars like the Chevy Volt, which few can afford or want to buy, and the Fisker Karma, a car built in Finland by Finnish auto workers. Waged a war on coal. His EPA's regulatory bludgeon will kill an estimated 1.4 million jobs by 2020 Limited oil and gas exploration. Doubled gasoline prices Restricted drilling permits. Gutted our defense budget. Scrapped or cut badly needed weapons systems. Given away missile defense to appease Russia. Downsized the military. Mishandled the "Arab Spring." Ignored the rise of China. Weakened ties with Israel. Iran now has enough uranium to make five nuclear bombs, and will soon do so. Shrunk our nuclear arsenal. Surrendered U.S. sovereignty. Fumbled the pullout from Iraq and Afghanistan. Two-thirds of U.S. deaths in Afghanistan have occurred since President Obama's surge. Lessened respect for the U.S. around the world. Iran thumbs its nose at U.S. threats of sanctions. Venezuela, Cuba and Iran have all taken American hostages with little fear of retribution. Bailed out the auto industry and auto unions. Through the bailout, Obama rewarded the United Auto Workers union Singled out companies for politicized attacks. Appointed unaccountable "czars." Done nothing about Fast and Furious gunrunning. Politicized the Justice Department. . Scrapped our space program. Not defending Americans abroad. Rebooted rules that caused the subprime crisis. Mainstreamed the radical Muslim agenda. Bleached "jihad" and other Islamic references from counterterrorism training materials Pushed stimulus and TARP. So much spending, so little result.