I supported you when it was the cool thing to do, but that's not why I supported you. I supported you because you seemed like a fair and intelligent person who had some good ideas.
At the time, the Republicans had nothing but BAD ideas -
- perpetual war (notably in areas with lots of oil and natural gas)
- secret prisons
- state-sponsored torture
- wiretapping and spying on Americans without warrants
- consolidation of power within the Executive Branch (USA PATRIOT Act)
- record deficit spending
- record national debt
- relaxation of environmental protection regulations
- relaxation of regulations on the financial sector
So, I voted for you. And I voted for you again.
Did you do everything that I wanted you to do? No. But you did a heck of a lot given the fierce (and often senseless) partisan opposition that you faced in Congress.
- You ended the perpetual wars.
- You took a strong stand against torturing prisoners.
- You prosecuted terrorists (effectively) in open court rather than in secret gulags.
- You repealed the tax breaks that raised the deficit but did not help the economy.
- You led us out of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
- Your policies saved the American automobile industry from extinction
- You delivered a health care system that is not permitted to discriminate against sick people.
- You reduced deficit spending by a large margin.
- You reduced unemployment to Year 2000 levels.
- During your presidency, the stock market has reached record highs.
- And you brought a certain Mr. Bin Laden to justice.
Mr. President, I still support you, because you did a good job. Because I hope that you'll continue to do a good job. And because the opposition's policies are still dangerously irresponsible.
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