Barack Obama--he's Jimmy Carter, part 2

OK, it’s hard to ignore the fact that we will be voting this November. Do we want another four years of Obama? Let’s consider the big picture--what has he done in general?

On the domestic front, he has halted all efforts to turn back the waves of illegal aliens streaming across the Mexican border. Then there’s Obamacare--he has jammed down America’s throat an unpopular government takeover of health care that runs roughshod over our most cherished religious freedoms.

How about his handling of the economy? His health care boondoggle only promises to hurl us further into quicksand deficits. The hundreds of billions he has spent on “stimulating” the economy has done little more than cause paralysis. Remember Solyndra and how he was going to pick green companies to invest in? Unemployment remains at more than 8 percent despite his administration’s promises to dramatically lower it. And the truth is that with all the people who have quit looking for work, that rate is much higher.

Then there’s his promise to be a new kind of politician. He was going to rise above partisanship and make bold decisions. How has that worked out? In truth, he has led timidly just as he did serving in the legislatures in Washington and Illinois, where his record of “leadership” became a mockery of indecision for all the times he couldn’t take a stand and instead voted “present.” Or maybe he voted that way in a cold, calculating manner to avoid controversies as he ran for President. Either way, that’s not what we want from a good leader. Even on the Keystone Pipeline decision, one that seemed so obvious to help our economy, Obama nixed it only because, he whined, Republicans forced his hand and didn’t give him all the time he wanted to dawdle and stall over the important issue that could provide jobs for thousands of workers.

Has he had any successes? The only area for which he might be commended is in foreign affairs, where he has doubled down on so many of his predecessor’s policies aimed at killing terrorists. He has kept open the prison at Gitmo, oversaw two surges in Afghanistan and expanded drone assaults to new heights. And he deserves credit for ordering Osama bin Laden killed. But this is the same man who spends a lot of time apologizing to the Muslim world for America.

Just when you think it can’t get worse, another item pops up on the news. Just recently his campaign formed a group called “African Americans for Obama.” I thought we were trying to purge racism from politics. Can you imagine the reaction if I started “Whites for Santorum”?

As someone said, it looks like Obama is trying to finish Jimmy Carter’s second term. I’m discouraged that so many people still support him