obamasfirstterm

‍‍ **Obama's First Term Page By: Campbell Hooper, Ariel Ortiz, Sidney Dearin, and Bridgette Kelley‍‍ **

** Accomplishments on Obama's part ** media type="youtube" key="uk56mB5GtPw" height="315" width="560" align="center"



__**"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" **__ Don't Ask, Don't tell, or DADT, is basically the policy that Homosexuals can't be in the Armed Forces. Obama wants to repeal this policy. He says " No longer will tens of thousands in uniform have to live a lie, or look over their shoulder in order to serve the country they love. I say to all Americans, gay or straight, who want nothing more than to defend this country in uniform, your country needs you, your country wants you, and we will be honored to welcome you into the ranks of the finest military the world has ever known" (quote found on [|http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40777922/ns/politics-white_house/t/obama-signs-repeal-dont-ask-dont-tell/#.T701c0VYtxU] )

__** Achievements on his Part =) **__
 * Obama has overhauled the food safety system for FDA
 * Advanced women's rights in the work place
 * Ended Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) in our military
 * Stopped defending DOMA in court.
 * Passed the Hate Crimes bill.
 * Appointed two pro-choice women to the Supreme Court.
 * Expanded access to medical care and provided subsidies for people who can't afford it.
 * Expanded the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
 * Fixed the preexisting conditions travesty [and rescissions] in health insurance.
 * Invested in clean energy.
 * Overhauled the credit card industry, making it much more consumer-friendly.
 * He created a Elizabeth Warren's dream agency: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
 * He's done a lot for veterans, like h e made a new VA budget of $112.8 billion, which is a 15.5-percent increase over the previous year.
 * He got help for people whose health was injured during the clean-up after the 9/11 attacks

** ‍__Failures on his part‍ =(__ **
 * Hawaii is in Asia ( in Hawaii he said, "....... or here in Asia")
 * Passing on the keystone pipeline.
 * Touts a Green Energy Company as exemplary that fails a year later.
 * Using the Gulf Oil Spill to promote Green Energy – instead of cleaning it up.
 * Thinking the Tea Party is a passing fad – or that they are racists.
 * Pulling out of Iraq with no clear victory over insurgent forces.
 * Trying to re-write history through speeches – with inaccurate information (i.e. Statue of Liberty)
 * Getting a Nobel Prize for being the most ineffective President in the history of the United States, though some say it was for his pigment.
 * Putting all legislation on the Internet for five days before it comes to a vote.
 * Returning the bust of Churchill to the Brits.
 * Giving a collection of DVDs to the British PM.
 * Denying the notion of American Exceptionalism.
 * Promising to close Gitmo — failing to do so.
 * Securing the Olympics for Chicago in 2016.
 * Naming numerous Communists/Socialists/Progressives to his various Czar positions and then watching them scurry for cover when Beck begins to call them out, forcing them to resign.
 * Government races for NJ, VA and the Senate Seat in Mass.
 * The midterm elections, which Obama himself called a shellacking.
 * Prediction that stimulus would ensure that unemployment doesn’t exceed 8%.
 * Bowing to just about everybody.
 * Proposing amnesty for illegal aliens to increase the population of voters for Democrat elections.
 * He said, "I have visited 57 states. Now there is just 1 left to visit Obama to Medvedev… Give me space I will have more flexibility after my election."

__** Obama's Celebrity Endorsement **__
 * Oprah Winfrey
 * Jay-Z
 * Tina Fey
 * The Jonas Brothers
 * The Counting Crows
 * Tom Hanks
 * Robert Cray
 * Lea Michelle
 * Harvey Weinstein
 * [[image:rockthevotepbms/obamacartoons2[1].jpg align="right"]]Sen. John Kerry
 * Richard Pleper
 * Arcade Fire
 * Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton
 * Warren Buffet

__** President Obama's Ideas for the 2008 Election **__ > removed estate taxes on amounts under $10 million. He also secured the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help provide infrastructue projects and boost job creation across the country. This act helped create many new jobs and limited the effects of the recession.
 * Economy- Obama signed a tax relief program, extending unemployment benefits, continued the tax cuts implemented by President Bush, and
 * Budget Deficits- Obama has called for a two-year freeze on pay for federal workers and proposed budgets for FY11-13 which cap non-defense discretionary government spending at the 2010 level.
 * Health Care- Obama created a national (but not gov't run) system that allows uninsured Americans to buy into already existing plans through a series of subsidies and tax incentives.
 * Iraq/Homeland Security- In Iraq, President Obama has continued to draw down U.S. troops and reduce the level of American force in the country. In Afghanistan, he has commited additional funds and rescources through a surge strategy intended to stablize the country's weak government and root out insurgents hiding the Pakistani/Afghani frontier.
 * Abortion- Obama is a great supporter of womens rights. He issued a presidential order banning the use of federal funds for abortions as part of the Health Care Bill. He voted against banning partial birth abortion as an Illinois Senator.
 * Gay Rights- Obama is a strong supporter of gay marriage. "It is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples to go ahead and get married." says President Obama in an interview with ABC News.
 * Tax Issues- President Obama wants to repeal some of the tax cuts implemented under President Bush and spend the money on infrastructure improvement and health care. He has recieved a 100% rating from Citizens of Tax Justice, a group devoted to "progressive taxes."
 * Immigration- Obama would create a guest worker program and encourage a path for potential citizens while strengthening border security and cracking down on employers who exploit illegal immigrant labor.
 * Gun Control- Obama supports stricter gun control, a ban on semi-automatic weapons, and stricter accountablity on gun show dealers.
 * Free Trade- President Obama wants to keep NAFTA and other free trade agreements intact, but revise by raising enviromental and labor standards to protect American jobs and workers.

__** A Timeline **__
 * Jan. 20, 2009- Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America and the first African-American to assume office.
 * Jan. 22, 2009- President Obama signs orders to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, accompanied by vice president, Joe Biden, and retired military workers.
 * Feb. 27, 2009- Obama announces his plan to withdraw troops from Iraq.
 * Mar. 9, 2009- President Obama signs executive orders to permit federal funding of the human embryonic stem cell research.
 * Mar. 20, 2009- Obama is the first sitting president on the "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in Burbank, California.
 * Mar. 29, 2009- President Obama bails out General Motors and Chrysler. The new cheif executive, Fritz Henderson

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