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200 accomplishments of the Obama administration.
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The reddit link only has 50 accomplishments in the highlighted link.
ReplyDeleteHere is the link that the redditor cut and pasted from
http://pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com/main/what-has-obama-done-since-january-20-2009.html
Yes, he cut them into four comments -but thanks for the original list! It has links, too! I'll swap that out.
ReplyDeleteNice read. 200 is an impressive number.
ReplyDeleteEvery president has a similar list of accomplishments the argument is if the accomplishments are positive or negative.
ReplyDeleteI scanned it all. I read about 20 random links. I looked for, and didn't find a summation. I came to the conclusion that this person has their tongue firmly planted in their cheek.
ReplyDeleteYep, the world is on fire and the economy is in the toilet but none of that matters when compared to his creating the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
ReplyDeleteI'll be so happy to send this boob packing in November.