In your life time have you even experienced having a President of United States experience so many setbacks, trageties, upsets and threats all the while facing an opposing Party that can do nothing but say, "NO", and a media that does nothing but say, "You're not doing enough" to him over just a two and a half year period?
I mean seriously folks. Forget about your party affiliation, foget about your political beliefs, forget about the president's name you may hate or dislike, just simply look at the current President of United States and look at what he walked into when he became our president back on January 20, 2009. Have you seen any other president face so many issues in just two and a half years time? Really?
I'm going to list off a few of the issues this president has faced in just 2.5 years:
A world economy on the brink of collapse.A U.S. Economy on the brink of another Great Depression (Great Recession)
Highest unemployment since the Great Depression.
Wall Street corruption.
Failing housing market.
Keep tax cuts or lose unemployment checks
Gave largest taxcut to individuals in history
Widespread business taxcuts and incentives to hire
Bailing out large corporations to keep unemployment as low as possible.
Finish a war in Iraq that should never have been.
Finish a war in Afghanistan that was never a Mission Accomplished.
A war on terror.
Palestine and Israel conflict.
North Korea threatening South Korea.
Iran continues to threaten the use of nukes.
Numerous spoiled terrorist attacks across the nation/world.
The BP oil spill - largest in history.
The death of Edward Kennedy.
Out of control health care costs - passing first ever Health Care Reform.
All of the above was just in the first few months in office and continues.
The State Department listed 14,971 fatalities from terrorist attacks and the world witnessed 10,999 terrorist attacks in 2009 alone and the trend continued through out 2010.
Check here for a listing of terrorist attacks in 2009:
Check here for a listing of terrorist attacks in 2010:
Check here for a listing of terrorist attacks in 2011:
Read a four-page report, "Evolving Threats to the Homeland," prepared by the Office of Infrastructure Protection, says that "the number and pace of attempted attacks in the U.S. over the past nine months have surpassed the number of attempts during any other previous one-year period."
The shooting in Arizona of a U.S. Representative. More attacks similar to this one.
The attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day in Detroit.
Governors abolishing Union bargaining in their states.
Governors cutting state workers benefits.
Egypt government falls.
Libya government about to fall.
Oil prices increase over Middle East conflicts.
Other nations that have dictatorships having same difficulties.
Unusual snow and rain storms, flooding and earth quakes across the world.
The death of Richard Holbrooke.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell appeal.
Appointed two Supreme Court Justices.
Millions about to lose their unemployment checks.
Fight for and got Start Treaty.
Energy accomps- reduce old clunkers, refrig, furnaces, roofs, siding, air, lightbulbs
Widespread infrastructure reparing bridges, roads, sidewalks, buildings, etc...
Try and finish repairing Louisiana after hurricane Katrina
The killings in Mexico (Ciudad Juarez) that were killed.
Take on media, fellow legislator's and commentators attacks on his nationality and birth
Last but not least ordered the killing of Osama Bin Laden and succeeded.
These are just a few issues this president has faced since January 20, 2009. I'm sure I've missed several but hopefully you get my point.
Let me also remind you that beyond just what any president may have had to face during 2009-2010, he's also taken on issues that no other president has attempted and successfully done (whether liked or not), such as the health care bill, massive infrastructure repairs, stem cell and the DADT bill.
All the above doesn't include just the normal business of running the office of the President.
So, I ask again my fellow Americans, have you ever in your life time seen a president take on so much in so little time; yet he seems ready and willing to take on even more? Come to think about it, have you read about any president undergoing such a wide variety of domestic and foreign problems in just two years time or even four-eight years for that matter? Neither have I.