New Obama ad: Few presidents have faced so many challenges

New Obama ad: Few presidents have faced so many challenges. Don’t waste money on an emetic, just play this video when you need to vomit. Yeah, every president inherits challenges, but no president has been so skilled at exacerbating them and then blaming someone else for it. Say, who’s Obama gonna blame for all the challenges he “inherited” if we unexpectedly re-elect him?

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  • Self-indulgent, whiny, and chock full of over-cooked statements and flat-out falsehoods. I expect nothing less from Barry's cronies.

    Looooove the voice-over. If only Barry's so-called struggles were not self-inflicted, this ad might make him seem as noble as a penguin. I wish Morgan Freeman would just shut up on the political front. Such a great voice and actor... but listening to him spew this garbage makes it really hard to separate the things he's done in his career from his inane world view. Kinda like I can barely even look at Tom Cruise anymore without being mildly sick to my stomach.

    • Don't forget Richard Gere. Remember when he and Hillary got booed onstage after 9/11 and looked at each other in dismay? Only watched one of his things since and that doesn't count, it was daddy duty, my daughter wanted to see " The Mothman Prophecies " in '02.

  • Here is a novel idea. Any person seeking to be president should automatically be disqualified. If you want the job, you must be on an ego trip and feel that you are more superior to the populace. I'm all in favor of just drafting a citizen for it. That way, we are not saddled with career politicians. Once their time in office is up, they can return to the private life from which they came.

    Yes I'm fully aware that its a pipe dream, but it's my pipe dream and its a good one.

    • Ever since I knew the first little bit about politics, many many years ago, I've said that there will never be a decent man in the White House. No decent man would do what it takes to get there. Of course, Ronald Reagan proved me wrong, but that was a different era.

  • Let me see, FDR had the Great Depression, WWII, Truman had to decide to drop an atomic bomb on two Japanese Cities, Eisenhower had to deal with beginning of the Cold War, Korean War Kennedy had the Berlin Wall, Bay of Pigs (Self inflected), Cuban Missile Crises, Johnson had to deal with the Civil Rights issues, Vietnam and the protests that went with it. Nixon had the end of the Vietnam War, again the protest that went with them along with the Arab Oil Embargo, Ford had to clean up the mess from Nixon. Carter, what can I say the precursor of barry. Reagan had the mess from Carter, Bush 1 dealt with Sadum some what, Clinton was busy with the interns. Bush 2 had Sept 11th 2001. What barry has attempted to deal with are all self inflicted and have done nothing more than weaken this nation.

  • He did inherit problems - as do must presidents. He has had 4 years to at least START to try and fix them. He has failed miserably. The only way he can make it look like he is fixing anything is to cheat on the numbers, and even that is so transparent that it is laughable.

    He is an utter failure, and dishonest to boot.

    • Can we please stop with the "he inherited the mess" meme? Obama dedicated years, money, time, and various other resources for the attainment of the presidency. Not pointing my finger at you, Karmaa, I know you know but it gets so tiresome to watch this fraud and his enablers constantly pull out the victim card.

      • It is pretty hard to comprehend how someone can spend so much time and money, working so hard, to get a job he wanted so bad, having worked in the "company" beforehand, so he knew what he was getting into, and yet he has done nothing but complain about how tough a job he "inherited".
        When you try so hard to get something, you don't "inherit" it.

  • Yeah..."fundamentally transforming America" into a third world shithole is a challenge when Americans don't want third world status

  • "Few Presidents have faced so many challenges, and yet failed so miserably when confronting them as Barack Hussein Obama".

    I think they left out a line....

    • "Few Presidents have faced so many challenges and yet failed so miserably when confronting them..."

      Yes indeed, I'm thinking Obama belongs in company with James Buchanan, Herbert Hoover and Jimmy Carter.