Unfit For Office

Sitting here reflecting over the past 3 1/2 years I can come to no other conclusion than this current administration is one of the most corrupt, unethical, and idealogical administrations of my lifetime.  Certainly over the past 30 years, and maybe ever.  "How dare you make such claims!" you may be thinking.  Well, let's look at some of the evidence.  I've broken it down into relevant sections:

Debt Reduction
First, let's define what the difference is between the national debt and the national deficit, since people are often confused between the two.  The national debt is the accumulation of money owed by the US Federal government.  Note that the national debt does NOT include Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security.

The national deficit on the other hand is a budget deficit.  So over the course of our governments fiscal year when all expenses outpace all income, we are left with a budget deficit, or what is referred to as the national deficit.  In theory, there could be a national surplus if income outpaced expenses, but that remains highly theoretical at this point.  If you need further clarification of the difference, check with the Business Pundit.

Now that we have that cleared up, let's move on.  On the campaign trail Mr Obama continually railed on George Bush and the huge runup in our national debt.  Remember that anyone?  Or remember when in February 2009 Obama promised to cut our national deficit IN HALF by the end of his first term?!?!  It appears that Obama is also confused on the distinction between debt and deficit.  It makes no sense to cut a deficit by the end of his first term since deficits are done yearly.  I believe he was actually referring to the debt.  Either way, he's failed on both counts.  Not only did he fail to cut the debt in half, he increased it by 50%.  He also hasn't cut the deficit in half, when compared to the inherited deficit, Obama has increased that by almost 300%.  Let's go to the tape.

• Obama Promised to Cut Deficit in Half by End of First Term - YouTube
• Obama Promises Major Surgery for Gov't Spending - National Post
• Obama Pledges to Cut Wasteful Spending - WCBD

Taxes
Where do I even start here.  I suppose we can start with the fact that Obama has long said that the rich, the millionaires and billionaires, need to pay their fair share.  Note, however, his definition of millionaire starts with anyone making $200,000 ($250,000 for couples).  The strange thing is that he has done the impossible, he's ticked off the Liberals and Conservatives.  Hopefully, everyone has heard his goals to redistribute wealth (video 1, video 2, sorry for the shameless campaing videos, but it deals with this issue: video 3) by now which has riled up the Right.  But he's also extended the Bush tax cuts in 2010, making the Left mad.  However, these articles go into specifics of Obama's plans on taxes.  It clearly shows that those making less than $200k will get hit by his tax plans (see also Obamacare).

• Obama Spending Plan Raises Middle Class Taxes - Weekly Standard
• The 2013 Tax Cliff - WSJ
• Democrats and the Tax Cliff - WSJ
• The Obama Street Journal - WSJ
• On Taxes: Obama vs Romney - Smart Money
• Tax Battle: Obama vs Romeny - CNN Money

In somewhat related news:

• Under Obama, Poor, Middle Class Incomes Fall Sharply - Investors.com
• How Obama's Green Energy Policies are Bad for the Poor - Washington Examiner

Fast and Furious
The US Justice Department.  Quite possibly the most ill-named agency since Eric Holder's took over.  Let us not forget all the ways in which Mr Holder has flatout disregarded the law of the land.  Among other things he has: refused to prosecute the Black Panthers who were intimidating voters outside of a Philadelphia polling location in 2008; refused to prosecute the same Black Panthers for putting a bounty on George Zimmerman's head; stopped defending DOMA; and oh yes, that pesky Fast and Furious problem where he put guns in the hands of drug dealers.  I'm not sure what's worse, the program, or the fact that they are trying to blame it on George W Bush.

• Univision Connects Fast and Furious to Mexican Teenager Deaths - Daily Caller
• Univision Finds 57 Unreported Weapons - Breitbart

Libya
It has become glaringly obvious that the attacks on our consolate in Libya were premeditated, not the result of some obscure film that no one has seen.  And yet, the White House continues to peddle this false information.  Why?  Because it also appears that we were given advance warning of the attacks, and yet we did nothing.  I imagine the failure to admit the attacks were premediated is a weak attempt to deflect the blame.

• Consolate Attack Coordinated - WTOP
• US Intel: Benghazi Attack Wasn't Spontaneous - National Review Online
• Lying Is the New Normal - Big Journalism

Topics still to come:

Stimulus
Healthcare
Afghanistan