Barack Hussein Obama's election to the presidency was historical for many reasons. Some of the reasons might not be obvious:
- First African-American.
- First to go completely unvetted by the lamestream media.
- First to openly call for fundamental transformation of the greatest country in the history of the world
- First to grow the national debt more in the first half of his first term than his predecessor did in eight years.
- First to bow to a Japanese leader.
- First to grow the deficit more in the first half of his first term than all of his predecessors combined.
- First to prefer being an effective one-term President than an ineffective two-term President.
- First to tour the world and apologize for the country for which he is supposed to be leading.
- First to reside over the downgrade of the nation's debt rating.
- First to have married someone who openly stated that she had never felt any pride toward the country until her husband was elected.
- First to hang out with an unrepentant terrorists.
- First to sit in a pew of an American-hating preacher for 20 years (and never heard any of his hateful, racist comments).
- First to reside over $1,800/ounce gold price.
- First to visit 57 states.
- First to pursue energy policies that will “necessarily skyrocket” our electricity prices.
- First to insist on tax increases during a recession.
- First to openly pursue policies that will push our debt-to-GDP level to 185% within 25 years. (See May, 2010 CBO report)
- First to openly display his economic ignorance virtually on a daily basis.
I don't know about you, but I am so proud.
