18 Crazy Right-Wing Myths About Obama,
Debunked
By : BRUCE LINDNER in Addicting
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1) Obama takes too many vacations.
FACT: As of August 16th of 2013, Obama had taken 92 days of
vacation vs 367 for George W. Bush.
2) Obama has divided the nation.
FACT: Obama has
done more to unite this nation than any president since Lincoln. But he’s up
against a phalanx of 21st Century separatists, racists and neo-fascists, some
of whom have openly proposed seceding. Here… let me hold that door for you.
Besides; who’s dividing the Republican party into right wing and ultra-far right
wings? Is Obama doing that too? Nope. Look in a mirror Teabigots.
3) Obama’s policies are bankrupting America.
4) Obama’s a socialist.
FACT: Hardly. Obama’s economic and social
policies are to the right of Kennedy’s, Eisenhower’s, Nixon’s, and even some of
Reagan’s. If Obama’s a socialist, then Eisenhower, who had a 91% top tax rate,
was a Republican Marxist.
5) Obama lied about keeping your present healthcare insurance.
FACT: Lying and being wrong are two different things. Obama
turned out to be wrong, but he didn’t lie. He appeared before the cameras 28
times, repeating the exact same words — “If you like your present policy, you
can keep it,” knowing full well he was being recorded each time. If you
believe any president would deliberately set himself up like
that, then Fox News is indeed the place for you.
6) Obama’s weak on foreign policy.
FACT: Osama bin
Laden, the man who murdered 3,000+ Americans on 9/11 is dead. Muammar Khaddafi,
the man who blew 300+ Americans out of the sky is dead. More al Qaeda
terrorists were taken out under just Obama’s first three years than during the
entire 8 years of Bush’s “War on Terrorism,” where we somehow managed to wind
up in Iraq; a country that offered asylum to zero terrorists. ‘Nuff said.
7) Obama has taken sides with the Arabs against Israel.
FACT: “I think
that from my point of view as defense minister they (American/Israeli
relations) are extremely good, extremely deep and profound. I can see long
years, um, administrations of both sides of political aisle deeply supporting
the state of Israel and I believe that reflects a profound feeling among the
American people. But I should tell you honestly that this administration under
President Obama is doing in regard to our security more than anything that I
can remember in the past. In terms of the support for our security, the
cooperation of our intelligence, the sharing of sorts in a very open way even
when there are differences which are not simple sometimes, I’ve found their
support for our defense very stable.” ~ Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister
of Israel
But what would he know?
8) America is less safe under Obama than ever before.FACT:
3,000 Americans killed
by al Qaeda on 9/11, when George W. Bush was president. Zero successful al
Qaeda attacks on America under Obama. Do the math.
9) Benghazi is Obama’s 9/11.
FACT: There
were 13 attacks on American embassies during the Bush years, resulting in some
100 deaths. But Fox News and their reich-wing cohorts has never mentioned them.
Benghazi is something that happened to us, not something the
administration did. I’m sorry you haven’t gotten the memo, but
Benghazi is just another Fox non-story. Same with the IRS “scandal.”
10) ObamaCare is Obama’s 9/11.
See #9.
11) Sandy Hook was Obama’s 9/11.
See a shrink.
12) Solyndra!
FACT: Solyndra
was a $500 million loan that didn’t pay off. How much is $500 million? That’s
how much the Bush administration spent every 18 hours on the
Iraq War for five years – an expense no Republican ever
complains about. And what was our reward? 4,500 Americans killed, at least
100,000 Iraqis killed, another 2 million Iraqis driven from their homes, the
emergence of the Shia awakening, and our reputation in a shambles. Thanks
Republicans. And you’re upset about half a billion spent on Solyndra.
13) Iraq is falling to al Qaeda due to Obama’s policies.
FACT: Had we
not invaded Iraq in the first place, a war Obama opposed 12 years ago, we
wouldn’t be seeing Falluja falling to al Qaeda. And who was it that wrote the
timetable for our Iraq exit two years ago? Oh, yeah; the Bush administration.
You might just as well blame Obama for Bush’s recession. Oh, wait — you do that
too!
14) Obama’s policies are anti-business.
FACT: The Dow
Jones when Clinton entered office in January 1993 was at 3,300. When he left
office in January 2001: 10,662. Dow Jones when Bush left office in January
2009: 9,034. Dow Jones today: 16,437. The Dow has more than doubled in just the
first five years of the Obama administration. Yes…. Businessmen just hate that.
15) Obama’s policies have resulted in massive unemployment.
FACT: When
George W. Bush stumbled into office in January 2001, he inherited a 4.3%
unemployment rate from Bill Clinton. When he left office 8 years later, the
unemployment rate was 9.7% and rising fast. As of today, that number is 6.7%,
no thanks to the Republicans in Congress who’ve done everything within their
power to sabotage the recovery.
During the eight years
under George W. Bush, his policies created just 1 million jobs (with another 2
million in the military). Since Barack Obama was sworn in five years ago, 7.6
million jobs have been created, and there are still three years left in his
term. So, nice try.
16) Fast & Furious.
FACT: Another poorly conceived program left over from the
Bush administration that the GOP is trying to pin on Obama. Move along.
17) Liberals always try to deflect from Obama’s record by
bringing up Bush.
FACT: Wrong-o,
Bozo. We just like to rub your noses in your hypocrisy. By intentionally
ignoring, or even lying about Bush’s record and focusing instead on the above
Fox News lies, you’ve liberated yourselves once again from those pesky facts.
So it’s become incumbent upon us to set the record straight. To the contrary,
conservatives are always trying to deflect from the failures of the Bush years
by telling the aforementioned lies.
18) The deficit has skyrocketed under Obama.
FACT: The
budget was balanced when Clinton left office in 2001 (in fact, he left Dubbya
with a $300,000,000,000 surplus).
Eight years later, Bush
left Obama with a $1,413,000,000,000 deficit and a 9.8% deficit/GDP ratio. Most
of which was due to Bush’s deficit-spending on the Iraq War, Medicare Part D
and the two tax cuts that largely went to the wealthy.
“Remember what Reagan
taught us. Deficits don’t matter.” ~ Dick Cheney.
Since Obama’s election:
- 2010 — $1,294,000,000,000 8.7% deficit/GDP
- 2011 — $1,300,000,000,000 8.4% deficit/GDP
- 2012 — $1,087,000,000,000 6.8% deficit/GDP
- 2013 — $680,000,000,000 4.1% deficit/GDP
- 2014 — $560,000,000,000 3.3% deficit/GDP
See a pattern
developing? Furthermore, the United States is now producing more oil than we
import. Our overall trade deficit is at a four year low, as imported oil
continues to decline. GM, Ford and Chrysler are all chugging along nicely, no
thanks to a unified Republican/Teabigot party, who were eager to sacrifice 2
million American jobs on their altar of Obama Derangement Syndrome.
The trade gap has
fallen 12.9% to $34.3 billion as Obama’s policies have made American products
and services more available abroad, while Americans are increasingly buying
more domestic products. The trade imbalance is now lower than at any time since
the beginning of the recession, and the offshoring of American jobs has
(finally) slowed to a trickle.
Our trade gap with
China is down 6.7% (largely based on their taste for American cars — see
above), our trade gap with Japan is down 8.4% and our trade gap with the
European Union has dropped a whopping 29.4%.
Are things perfect? No.
There’s still much to be done. But the rumors of Barack Obama’s “failures” have
been greatly exaggerated, and it’s time to call these talking points what they
are… lies. This president
will go down in history as a man who achieved some amazing accomplishments, especially
considering the unified opposition he’s had to endure since Day One.
So there you have it
Fox News “patriots,” all your talking points shot to hell in one FACT-based
document. How do you like them apples, bitches?