Obama Can't Run on His Accomplishments

By Douglas V. Gibbs

As the election season goes into full swing, the attacks by the Democrats against anyone and everyone that opposes them is also in full swing. Of course the strategy of personal destruction by the liberal left is underway, that is who they are. It's not like they can debate the issues. And it is absolute reality that Obama can't run on his accomplishments. . . because he has none.

The progressive wing of the Democrat Party is upset because they think Obama isn't liberal enough. He never got completely out of Iraq, he stepped up Afghanistan, and he started a new conflict in Libya. Guantanamo Bay was never closed. He uses the same Patriot Act tactics Bush used. Obama defended the Bush tax cuts before finally muttering about raising taxes of late. And the list of not-so-progressive actions goes on and on and on.

The conservatives are upset because despite the progressive wing's complaints, Obama has proven to be the most progressive Democrat to hold office since most of us can remember.

The real tale of the tape, however, is the list of mounting Obama failures. Everything he thought would happen in his favor was wrong. Every one of Barry's policies have proven to be disastrous. There is not a single thing he can hang his hat on in the coming election. Even bin Laden getting caught isn't in his corner, since it was Bush's work, Bush's tactics, and Bush's policies that led to bin Laden's capture.

Just to help you understand how dire Obama's situation truly is, let's just grab a few headlines of late to drive home the point (and mind you, he is trying to blame this stuff on Bush who hasn't been president for two and a half years, a Tea Party he claims has no popularity or strength, a tsunami, an earthquake, the Arab Spring (at first he tried to take credit for the uprisings in the Muslim world, now he's changed his mind about that), and anything else other than himself he can throw the blame on.

In Barry's mind, he does no wrong.

Beaten-down Wall Street slammed by recession fears - Didn't Obama promise us that he'd make it all better with his hope and change?

Slowdown Fears Slams U.S. Stocks - The Dow finished down 419.63. Remember, this idiot also ensured we lost our S&P credit rating, and now blames S&P for it.

Jobless Claims in U.S. Top Forecast - More Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, signaling the labor market is struggling two years into the economic recovery. Hmm, economic recovery? Is it possible we never came out of the recession, and the recovery is only a liberal pipedream? And why would unemployment be going up? Could it be the result of this administration attacking the producers of the private sector? Obama and the Democrats say they've created and saved about 2 million jobs in the private sector - but what good is that claim (which I don't believe) if you've destroyed many more jobs in the private sector?

US Jobless Claims Up, Gasoline Lifts Consumer Prices - Inflation is on the rise, despite how much they try to hide it.

U.S. Stocks Sink as Treasury Yields Fall - Treasury yields fall to record lows.

What went wrong with the global recovery? - Recovery? What recovery?

Federal judge throws out Obama drilling rules: Federal land agencies adopted new rules for interpreting the Energy Policy Act last year in response to an environmentalist lawsuit over the use of categorical exclusions. The Western Energy Alliance sued over the new rules last fall.

OBAMA'S RAMADAN DINNER GUEST LIST HIDES ATTENDANCE OF STEALTH JIHADISTS TIED TO HAMAS AND MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: Okay, so the guy who wanted nothing to do with a National Day of Prayer, and snubbed Easter, hosts a Ramadan Dinner, and then Obama's Iftar guest list omitted attendees with links to Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood. . . But they were there. ISNA has admitted ties to both Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Bonus on the last story: Obama spreads false claim that Thomas Jefferson hosted first Ramadan iftar dinner at White House - What? Obama is a liar? Who'd have ever thought?

FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY CALLS OBAMA INSANE">FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY CALLS OBAMA INSANE - 'Nuff said on that one.

Obama threatens gun owners in border states and Obama Administration's New Proposed Gun Regulation for Border States Met With Bipartisan Dissent- That's right, Obama is anti-gun. He wants nothing more than to take away your right to keep and bear arms. It's not like he respects the Constitution, or anything. More specifically, Obama is working to make it more difficult for citizens living in states such as Texas, Arizona and New Mexico to legally buy firearms.

Government becoming even more predatory because of collapsing budgets - Okay, this one isn't Obama's doing, but Red Light Cameras are definitely along the same line of thinking of Marxist bastards like Obama.

Obama heads to vacation as economic woes deepen - How many vacations is that?

Obama can't run on his record, so the attacks against everyone that opposes him is coming.

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