Newsweek Cover: Why Are Obama’s Critics So Dumb?
Newsweek, no stranger to controversy, is releasing a cover this week featuring a story titled Why Are Obama’s Critics so Dumb?. As can be expected this has drawn the anger of conservatives, republicans, leftists, liberals and everyone in between. Author Andrew Sullivan, himself a huge Obama supporter, said basically that is exacxtly what he expected when he wrote the article.
Sullivan claims that he is not a loony liberal out to make Obama look good. He claims to have supported Reagan in the 80′s for the same reason he supports Obama now. The reason is because he is a transformative president, a trait he said America badly needs right now.
Stepping out of the realm of personal opinion right now, it is important for one to look at what Obama accomplished as opposed to what he promised.
- He promised to tackle Healthcare. He passed ObamaCare
- He promised to appoint liberal justices to the Supreme Court, make it two of them
- He promised to engage the Islamic world, check
- He promised to go after the oil companies…done
- He promised to bring the troops home fro Iraq…mission accomplished
This is just a slight list of the man and his accomplishments, and the point that Newsweek and Sullivan are trying to make is that no one is going to get everything they want in a president. Liberals criticize Obama because the Healthcare bill did not have a public option, Conservatives criticize the individual mandate. It is all a lot of bull. Everyone is their own special interest group and everyone has an agenda, and thinking that the way to make the US great again is to do nothing and let the country die are just ridiculous.
I am no liberal and have no intention of voting for Obama in 2012, Sullivan has every intention of voting for him to change the country as he sees fit. The question is which direction will the country go in?
Do you agree with Newsweek running this cover?
Tags : andrew sullivan, newsweek cover, newsweek cover obama, obama's critics so dumb, sarah palin slams sullivan
Posted: January 17, 2012
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Jan 18, 2012
Every American should understand the way President Obama was hand the leadership of our country We were in the mist of a horrible economic period. He has been working very hard to turn things around but our congress has not given him the support that is needed. Every President in my lifetime has been given the opportunity to apply his agenda for the country not Mr. Obama. Couple with the fact that the minority leader of the senate told all that his ,"number one job this term is to make President Obama a won term President" we must give him (Obama) a second term.
Jan 18, 2012
Lets be real President Obama should be running unopposed this year for two reasons. First the people running against him will take us backwards not forwards. And h deserves a chance to complete his agenda.
Jan 18, 2012
Very Interesting,Zay,didn't know you had gone back to school until Robyn told me,miss u already,Be safe and work hard it was a joy having you home doing your break.
Jan 18, 2012
Gud stuff kid. you people cannot say that you haven't done what you said you were going to do if you do not get a chance to finish it. Plus the people running against him are treating the election like its a 8th grade school election telling the people what they want to hear instead of what they need to here to get America back on the map.
Jan 18, 2012
Hitler and Stalin were transformative also. That should not be your criteria. It should be whether you agree with his policies or not. And I can give you learned reasons why I do not so I obviously heartedly disagree.
Jan 19, 2012
Well said Linda.
Jan 19, 2012
I completely agree with the title and story. Kudos x10.
Jan 19, 2012
The people named Hitler and Stalin were transformative for evil reasons. Our president has done a lot more good than you obviously are aware of. Anyone can be considered transformative including a great mayor, city council, movement, teacher or professor.
Jan 19, 2012
Please Quinton, enlighten us as to what Obama has done that is good for the country. Make something up if need be.
Jan 19, 2012
There are several places you can find the information. I will list three simple and obvious ones: 1.) whitehouse.gov, search: accomplishments of President Obama 2009-today, the article written by a Republican in the Newsweek magazine we are commenting under, and several more.
Jan 19, 2012
If people just want to be a hater, that is your personal choice. I say have fun with that!
Jan 19, 2012
Not a fan of clicking. Name one. Just one GOOD accomplishment, and raising the national debt $5 Trillion doesn't count.
Jan 19, 2012
Quinton Douglass Crawford – What I am is a lover of America. By comparison, this "President" has not demonstrated a love for America. For the record, I don't hate anyone. But his policies are atrocious. Obamacare is unaffordable and will help to bankrupt this once-proud nation. And today, he just voted against putting tens of thousands of people to work on the pipeline that would reduce our dependency on foreign oil. How much longer can we defend Obama? Our kids and grandkids will pay the price!
Jan 19, 2012
Wow, how about these numbers—when Obama took office, 32 million people were on food stamps. That number has grown by 14 million to 46 million in three short years! Staggering!!!!
Jan 19, 2012
And 50% of young African Americans were unable to find jobs this past summer. Troubling stat.
Jan 19, 2012
You know it took Bill Clinton 8 Years to turn it around, we have to give Obama 4 more years to see what he can accomplish. I certainly wouldn't trust government to the Bafoons the Republicans are running. I was kind of dissapointed in Obama that he couldn't turn the economy. But really giving it some thought, I think he saved us from hitting bottom.
Jan 19, 2012
People are afraid of transformation, they should look into their own lives and make the changes that need to be done before they look outwardly.
Jan 20, 2012
First and foremost. Supporting NDAA '12 is a threat to the Constitution.
Next, you say he wasn't given a chance. The first 2 years he had a "supermajority" and things got WORSE. No vote mattered in those years because they had the numbers on the Democrat side. Bill Clinton's signing NAFTA and GATT set us on a road Obama claimed he would change. 4th year and he hasn't even talked about it again. What he has done is push through 3 more "trade agreements" and propose another one for ALL of the Pacific rim. He effectively has promised NOT to create jobs that pay.
Jan 20, 2012
Doug Parks It's easier than anything you've posted so far. One bill, now law, says it all: NDAA '12.
The suspension of habeas corpus should be impeachable if not for 336 legislators helping him pass it. They should ALL lose thier jobs for that one.
Quinton, we lost the majority of the jobs due to bad trade deals started with Clinton(NAFTA, GATT). "W" signed CAFTA, that's one against him. The king of job killers… Obama with 3 so far and the Pacific Rim on his agenda next. On the subject of job killing; no pipeline for Canadian oil. This will cost THOUSANDS of jobs that could have been created.
Jan 20, 2012
I'm sorry Betty. We simply MUST replace this President. He is killing this country with his policies and he has added a mind-boggling $5 Trillion dollars to the national debt in three years. We literally cannot afford to give him four more years to further hamper our ability to recover from his damage. It's that serious.
Jan 20, 2012
Saved us from hitting bottom? News flash. we hit the bottom.
Jan 21, 2012
Thats why unemployment is down sir right. Obama's propositions were filibustered more in his first term than most presidents had in their whole career. Even when he had a democratic majority he had constant stalling and time wasting imparted by congress. Jimmy Carter is the only other president that i could see having a harder time getting bills past congress. As far as jobs go…I guess unemployment actually being down,(contrary to the Rep. GOP candidates foolish banter) means nothing?
Jan 21, 2012
You seem to be pointing out random negative facts about a country that has gone through a recession. If you know anything about economics or how societies work, you would understand that the things you see happening around you are indeed the effects of actions and decisions made in the past. Obama came to office at a time were no person could have possibly helped turn around the terrible economic state we were in. He didn't get the chance to take office after someone like Clinton whom left the country in a better place than its ever been in the modern world.We were already in a state of decline.
Jan 21, 2012
We started to see the effects of the Bush years in 2007 before Obama took office. The way things are playing out I would imagine Newt will be the front runner for the Republicans…that's all we need more Reagan years.
Jan 21, 2012
From your lips to God's ears, let's hope. But I really think if Newt were to be the one to replace Obama it wouldn't take too long for him to be considered right up there with Reagan among the very greatest Presidents in American history. (Though quite frankly any one of the Republicans would be a VAST improvement on the embarrassment we have in the White House now. Or he is on the golf course at Disney World?)
Jan 21, 2012
Good point Iziah, recognizing Newt Gingrich's efforts among the Republican-majority Congress that made Clinton appear to be a decent president. Four straight years of budget surpluses, thanks in large part to Mr. Newt. As for Obama, he took a country with under $10 Trillion in national debt and in THREE years added more than 50% more debt, which is the equivalent of a driver of a car heading toward a cliff going 65 miles an hour suddenly pushing the accelerator to the floor causing the car to speed up to 185. And he promised that if we passed his marvelous stimulus that unemployment wouldn't go above 8%. Well, it went far above that, especially when you also count all the people who gave up looking for work because they couldn't find a decent job! Should I go on?
Jan 21, 2012
Iziah Stanley Thompson, as you can read above, the unemployment numbers are ARTIFICIALLY down. That's because once people exhaust their unemployment benefits, they ARE NO LONGER COUNTED as unemployed. Real figures are probably at least 13% I believe.
Jan 21, 2012
From your lips to God's ears, Deanna. If Newt's the one who replaces Obama, I believe he will go down as the greatest President since Reagan.
Jan 21, 2012
Obama is a trainwreck of a President. Almost everything he has done has hurt the country. The situation is becoming dire. If we fail to replace him, the United States of America will no longer be the strong, free-enterprise, God-fearing country we grew up in. Our children and granchildren's lives will suffer. This is no joke, it's very real and we must educate all Americans of the facts or very soon there will be NO TURNING BACK.
Jan 22, 2012
Iziah, You seem to have missed my observation of NDAA '12 and it's provisions allowing for the indefinate detention of American citizens in your reply. Also, there is no mention in this thread about my point involving Mr. Clinton. During the 2000 debates "W" told Gore that the economy was sliding toward a recession(he was correct, BTW). The economic mess should honestly be lain at his feet. I can understand if at this point you've come to the conclussion that I'm some sort of GOP fanatic or something. However, I voted 2 times for Clinton and once for Gore. Then I studied history and finance and woke up. My career is in finance, studying it seemed only right. History was a good subject, fairly fun and always relevant. Besides, I liked to debate FOR liberalism at the time. Haha, seems fairly ironic that MORE information changed my point of view so much!
As far as the filibuster statement goes that would only happen if the majority party(the Dem's in this case) had LESS than 60 votes in the Senate or approximately the same percentage in the House. Neither was the case, however. As to the unemployment rate; Doug is close. The U6 is under reported but far more accurate than the measure of those who still receive benefits(U3 or the reported number). http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm
Jan 27, 2012
Wow – Why are Obama critics so dumb? Hmmmm.. the trillions in debt, the road to socialism and larger government- I'll have to think about that one… What a joke! That's the last time I'll pick up a Newsweek – what a socialist-tabloid.. sheeesh!
Jan 30, 2012
Obama gets criticized from the right and from the left. The liberals say that they have the right of free speech and are only telling the truth and informing the public. Thanks! But my eyes have been opened…finally. The left criticizes Obama for being weak, poor negotiator, etc., etc. They leave out the facts about what Obama has been up against. He has never had a 60 vote majority in the senate. He had to deal with blue dog democrats, like Ben Nelson, Mary Landrie, Blanche Lincoln and of course "independent" Joe Lieberman. So to get health care passed, of course, he had to compromise. Then when it came time to repeal Bush's tax cuts, he didn't even have the votes on the Democratic side, because many were running for reelection in wealthy districts! He also didn't want to loose unemployment benefits or increase taxes on the middle class! There are so many more examples..not to mention all the things he has accomplished! Against a Republican party that's main goal is to make him a one term president. And then there's the tea party! But does the liberal media mention this…barely….and it is not because they don't know the facts! They came to power criticizing the Bush administration.. and now they don't want to loose their power or their money This is more important to them then honestly trying to help this country.
Jan 31, 2012
Doug Parks just read the article dummy. It's all there.
Mar 22, 2012
Doug Parks 1. Got Bin Laden 2. Stock market is up. 3. Passed healthcare NO other president has been able to do. 4. Saved US auto companies and over 1 million jobs. 5. Took out major al Quida leaders and some Somali pirates. 6. Lowered dependence on foreign oil while US production is up. Just because you don't like what he has done don't mean that he hasn't done anything for the country.