A Year Of Obama: Top Ten Highs And Lows Of The Last Twelve Months


USA-ELECTION/A year ago tomorrow the nation went to polls and elected Barack Hussein Obama the 44th President of the United States. It was a joyful occasion, celebrated the world over, and variously compared to New Years Eve, the Yankees winning the World Series, the opposite of 9/11, and the proper beginning of the 21st Century.

The national political mood of Election Day 2009 would likely not be recognizable to the Obama-happy nation of 12 months ago. What a difference, etc. And yet, it’s hard to believe it’s only been 12 months! And a mere nine-and-a-half months of actual presidency. And truly it is only a slight exaggeration to say that in the interim it’s been all Obama, all the time. With that in mind let’s take a look back at the Barack Obama highlights (and some lowlights) of the last year.

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6 comments

  • Tacoma Chuck Tacoma Chuck says:

    We need a change to the Constitution that allows for a referendom on the quality of an administration after the first year.
    It would allow a choice. Pick one in each section.
    The President is doing a great job, lets keep him……………….___
    Oh crap, what have we done. We need a do over………………..___

    Congress is doing a great job, Let’s keep them as is…………___
    Who elected those morons? Let’s switch party’s in
    every district, nationwide. Let’s hold a lottery, any adult
    citizen can buy a ticket (max 5 tickets per adult)…………………..___

  • ImNotBlue ImNotBlue says:

    9 Months… and what has been accomplished. A dead fly, beer, and a failed attack on FNC. A few good speeches, an (admittedly) undeserved award, and some legislation that probably won’t make it to law.

    Woo-hoo????

  • gilrex11 gilrex11 says:

    what had Bush accomplished by this time in his rookie year.

  • oneifbyland oneifbyland says:

    Well Bush let a highly classified Navy Aircraft land in China.

  • ImNotBlue ImNotBlue says:

    gilrex11 says:
    November 3, 2009 at 9:50 pm

    what had Bush accomplished by this time in his rookie year.

    Well… Bush didn’t have the same kind of situation when he took office, now did he? No wars, no recession, etc. Additionally, by this time, 9-11 had already happened, and we were in Afghanistan… Bush’s approval numbers were way high.

    But more importantly… does it matter? I thought Obama was elected to be BETTER than Bush… not to be equal to? Why would you want to compare them, to show how parallel they are? What does that prove?

  • Sunnyr Sunnyr says:

    Is it 2012 yet?

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