Barack Obama's Complete List of Historic Firsts [Updated]
Courtesy: http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2011/06/president-barack-obamas-complete-list.html
Yes, he's historic, alright.
• First President to Preside Over a Cut to the Credit Rating of the United States Government
• First President to
Violate the War Powers Act
• First President to Orchestrate the Sale of Murder Weapons to Mexican Drug Cartels
• First President to issue
an unlawful "recess-appointment" while the U.S. Senate remained in session (against the advice of his own Justice Department).
• First President to
be Held in Contempt of Court for Illegally Obstructing Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
• First President to
Defy a Federal Judge's Court Order to Cease Implementing the 'Health Care Reform' Law
• First President to
halt deportations of illegal aliens and grant them work permits, a form of stealth amnesty roughly equivalent to "The DREAM Act", which could not pass Congress
• First President to
Require All Americans to Purchase a Product From a Third Party
• First President to
Spend a Trillion Dollars on 'Shovel-Ready' Jobs -- and Later Admit There Was No Such Thing as Shovel-Ready Jobs
• First President to
sue states for requiring valid IDs to vote, even though the same administration requires valid IDs to travel by air
• First President to
Abrogate Bankruptcy Law to Turn Over Control of Companies to His Union Supporters
• First President to
Bypass Congress and Implement the DREAM Act Through Executive Fiat
• First President to
Threaten Insurance Companies After They Publicly Spoke out on How Obamacare Helped Cause their Rate Increases
• First President to
Threaten an Auto Company (Ford) After It Publicly Mocked Bailouts of GM and Chrysler
• First President to "
Order a Secret Amnesty Program that Stopped the Deportations of Illegal Immigrants Across the U.S., Including Those With Criminal Convictions"
• First President to
Demand a Company Hand Over $20 Billion to One of His Political Appointees
• First President to
Terminate America's Ability to Put a Man into Space.
• First President to
Encourage Racial Discrimination and Intimidation at Polling Places
• First President to
Have a Law Signed By an 'Auto-pen' Without Being "Present"
• First President to
Arbitrarily Declare an Existing Law Unconstitutional and Refuse to Enforce It
• First President to
Tell a Major Manufacturing Company In Which State They Are Allowed to Locate a Factory
• First President to
refuse to comply with a House Oversight Committee subpoena.
• First President to
File Lawsuits Against the States He Swore an Oath to Protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN, etc.)
• First President to
Withdraw an Existing Coal Permit That Had Been Properly Issued Years Ago
• First President to
Fire an Inspector General of Americorps for Catching One of His Friends in a Corruption Case
• First President to
Propose an Executive Order Demanding Companies Disclose Their Political Contributions to Bid on Government Contracts
• First President to allow
Mexican police to conduct law enforcement activities on American soil
• First President to
Golf 90 or More Times in His First Three Years in Office
But remember: he
will not rest until all Americans have jobs, affordable homes, green-energy vehicles, and the environment is repaired, etc., etc., etc.