Also, add the death of Bin Laden to the list of "quick distractions" to take attention away from subjects that matter.
1.) 5 dollar gas
2.) 20+% Unemployment
3.) Hyperinflation, Recession, Economic Stagnation, etc.
4.) Unconstitutionally Qualified to hold office
5.) Destruction of the Housing Market
Etc...
Your list (including etc.) is what will be his downfall. He will go down in history as the worst president we have had.
Any “bounce” he got from the death of Usama will fade away fairly quickly in my opinion.
Britain was in very bad shape after WW2, economically-speaking. This is how a country can simultaneously fete a victor in war (Churchill in a very real sense ‘got’ Hitler), while at the same time turn him out of office.
A similar thing happened to GHWB after the Gulf War.
Gitmo = Bin Laden
Hopey Changey =
1.) 5 dollar gas
2.) 20+% Unemployment
3.) Hyperinflation, Recession, Economic Stagnation, etc.
4.) Unconstitutionally Qualified to hold office
5.) Destruction of the Housing Market
2.) 20+% Unemployment
3.) Hyperinflation, Recession, Economic Stagnation, etc.
4.) Unconstitutionally Qualified to hold office
5.) Destruction of the Housing Market
Etc...
Yep, he managed to do in 28 months what George Bush couldn't do in 8 years.