Obama and
Ike were similar in only two respects
Both served
two terms and golf was their favorite sport to select
There the
similarities come to a complete and utter end
Ike had the
skill set to the Allies forge into a deadly, winning blend
Obama couldn’t
manage his way out of a wet paper bag
When it came
to compromise and foreign policy, he totally lagged
Obama touted
all the shovel ready jobs his Stimulus package would provide
Ike gave us
thousands upon thousands of real shovels and Interstate Highways on which to
ride
Ike went to
Korea and left a force in place and ended the Korean War
Obama turned
tail in Iraq fleeing with all the troops
and the advice of his generals chose to ignore
Ike warned
of the military industrial complex and the dangers to our prosperity and peace
it would pose
Obama cut
the military to its very bones and moved to create an increasing crony
capitalism flow
Ike started us
on the road into space chasing the Russian Sputnik to ultimately catch and surpass
with men on the moon to our great pride
Under Obama
we ceased going to the Moon, grounded the Space Shuttle and to get into
space now have to with the Russians hitch a ride
Ike gave us Atoms
for Peace to nuclear energy around the world create
Obama gave
us a soon to be nuclear armed Iran with a terroristic thirst never to sate
Ike gave us
the Eisenhower Doctrine promising military and economic aid to communist aggression
in the Middle East resist
Obama
burdened us with the doctrine of the red line in the sand which by our foes was
quickly dismissed
Eight years
of peace and prosperity with GDP growing at an increase of three percent per
year
With Obama
the worst recovery in a lifetime at an annual increase of two percent no wonder
a lot of economic fear
Obamacare
has driven a deadly spike into the economy’s barely beating heart
No wonder
confidence is finally recovering as we look forward to Trump in and Obama soon
to depart
Obama’s
legacy will start to collapse like a house of cards on day one
His executive
orders to circumvent Congress will be quickly undone
Cards may be
a graphic image but this one is even better as Trump to make America great
again moves to Obama’s legacy erase
Obama’s
legacy will be like a sand castle built at the ebb tide which will be washed
away on the flood, leaving not one sandy grain trace
© December 12, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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