150 Reasons Why Barack Obama Is the Worst President in History (22 page)

302
Michelle Malkin, “Obama’s Politicized, Profligate US Census,”
Michelle Malkin
, 04/07/2009, (http://michellemalkin.com/2010/04/07/obamas-politicized-profligate-u-s-census/)

303
Kenneth R. Bazinet and Michasel McAuliff, “Bill Clinton Made Joe Sestak Job Offer on Behalf of Administration to Leave Race, White House Says,”
The New York Daily News
, 05/28/2010, (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bill-clinton-made-joe-sestak-job-offer-behalf-administration-leave-race-white-house-article-1.178586)

304
Hans von Spakovsky, “Sestak Job Offer Violated Federal Law?”
The Foundry
, 06/01/2010, (http://blog.heritage.org/2010/06/01/sestak-job-offer-violated-federal-law/)

305
18 U.S.C. 211: U.S. Code – Section 211: Acceptance or Solicitation to Obtain Appointive Public Office,
FindLaw
, accessed at, http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/18/I/11/211

306
John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman, “DoJ Nixes Sestak Special Counsel,”
Politico
, 05/24/2010, (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37713.html)

307
Matthew Boyle, “Sebelius Violated Hatch Act and May be Fired, Obama Administration Lawyers Find,”
The Daily Caller
, 09/12/2012, (http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/12/sebelius-violated-hatch-act-and-may-be-fired-obama-administration-lawyers-find/)

308
The White House, Office of the Special Counsel. Report of Prohibited Political Activity Under the Hatch Act OSC File No. HA-12-1989 (Kathleen A. Sebelius). 08/23/2012. Accesssed at http://www.osc.gov/documents/hatchact/Hatch%20Act%20Report%20on%20HHS%20Secretary%20Kathleen%20Sebelius.pdf Accessed November 18, 2012

309
The White House, Office of the Special Counsel. Information on Hatch Act. Accessed at http://www.osc.gov/haFederalPenalties.htm

310
Mary Bruce and Jake Tapper, “At White House Request, Lockheed Martin Drops Plan to Issue Layoff Notices,”
ABC News
, 10/01/2012, (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/at-white-house-request-lockheed-martin-drops-plan-to-issue-layoff-notices/)

311
Mike Flynn, “Obama Urges Companies to Break Law for His Reelection,”
Breitbart
, 10/02/2012, (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/02/obama-urges-companies-to-break-federal-law-for-his-reelection)

312
“2012 Presidential Election, Virginia,”
Politico
, 11/29/2012, (http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012/VA)

313
Lori Handrahan, “Secret Service Scandal Reveals Obama Leadership Deficit,”
Fox News
, 04/24/2012, (http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/04/24/secret-service-scandal-reveals-obama-leadership-deficit/)

314
Huma Khan, “President Obama Fires Controversial Inspector General,” ABC News, June 12, 2009, (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2009/06/president-obama-fires-controversial-inspector-general/)

315
The Cajun Boy, “Will Obama’s Firing of an Inspector General Evolve Into a Major Scandal?,” Gawker, June 16, 2009, (http://gawker.com/5292275/will-obamas-firing-of-an-inspector-general-evolve-into-a-major-scandal)

316
Robert Stacy McCain, “IG-Gate: ‘Hush Money’ Charge in Sacramento Mayor’s Sex Scandal Was Part of Probe,” American Spectator, November, 23 2009, (http://spectator.org/blog/2009/11/23/ig-gate-hush-money-charge-in-s)

317
John Kinsellagh, “Obama fires Inspector General Gerald Walpin without cause,”
Examiner
, 6/18/2009, (http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-fires-inspector-
general-gerald-walpin-without-cause)

318
Paige Winfield Cunningham, “Threats, Deals Got Drug Companies on Board With Obama,”
Washington Times
, 05/31/2012, (
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/31/threats-deals-got-drug-companies-on-board-with-oba
)

319
The White House. Transparency and Open Government. Retrieved from
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOpenGovernment

320
“Gov’t Says Wood is Illegal if U.S. Workers Produce It,”
Gibson Guitar: Press release
, 08/25/2011, (http://www.gibson.com/absolutenm/templates/FeatureTemplatePressRelease.aspx?articleid=1340&zoneid=6)

321
Ibid
.

322
Becket Adams, “Feds Drop Case After Gibson Guitar Agrees to Pay $300k Penalty,”
The Blaze
, 08/06/2012, (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/08/06/feds-drop-case-after-gibson-guitars-agrees-to-pay-300k-penalty/)

323
Anthony Martin, “Federal Raid on Gibson Guitars – Retaliatory Harassment?,” The Examiner, 08/29/2011, (http://www.examiner.com/article/federal-raid-on-gibson-guitars-retaliatory-harassment)

324
Ibid
.

325
John F. Kennedy, Address, “The President and the Press” Before the American Newspaper Publishers Association, New York City. 04/27/1961,
The American Presidency Project
, (
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=8093
)

326
The White House, Office of the Press Secretary (2012) Remarks by the President at the Associated Press Luncheon [Press release] Retrieved from
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/04/03/remarks-president-associated-press-luncheon

327
Michael Calderone, “Obama Turns to Local Media to Promote Reelection Message,”
The Huffington
Post, 08/05/2012, (
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/05/obama-local-media-reelection_n_1741983.html
)

328
Keith Koffler, “White House Sets Ground Rules for Local Interviews,”
White House Dossier
, 08/21/2012, (
http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2012/08/21/white-house-sets-ground-rules-local-interviews/
)

329
Tyler Durden, “Foodstamps Surge by Most in One Year to New All Time High, in Delayed Release,”
Zero Hedge
, 11/10/2012, (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-10/foodstamps-surge-most-one-year-new-all-time-record-delayed-release)

330
Joel Gehrke, “Emails Show Obama Admin Used DOE Loan Money to Help Harry Reid’s 2010 Campaign,”
The Examiner
, 10/31/2012, (http://washingtonexaminer.com/emails-show-obama-admin-used-doe-loan-money-to-help-harry-reids-2010-campaign/article/2512249)

331
Tom Schoenberg,”Car Companies XP Vehicles, Limnia Sue U.S. Over Loans,”
Bloomberg
, 01/10/2013, (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-10/car-companies-xp-vehicles-limnia-sue-u-s-over-loans.html)

332
Ronnie Green, “Obama Administration Agreed to Solyndra’s Loan Days After Insiders Foresaw Firm’s Failure,”
The Center for Public Integrity
, 09/14/2011, (
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2011/09/14/6465/obama-administration-agreed-solyndra-loan-days-after-insiders-foresaw-firms-failure
)

333
Michael Beckel, “Before Collapse and Government Investigations, Solar Company Solyndra Was a Rising Star,”
OpenSecrets
, 09/14/2011, (http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/09/solar-company-solyndra-rising-star.html)

334
Matthew Mosk and Brian Ross, “Solyndra: Blame it on Bush, Say Obama Officials,”
ABC News
, 09/14/2011, (
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/solyndra-blame-bush-obama-officials/story?id=14513389
)

335
David Axe, “Questions Abound as China Unveils Another Stealth Jet,”
Wired
, 09/16/2012, (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/09/questions-abound-as-china-unveils-another-stealth-jet/)

336
Marc S. Reisch, “China Accused of Stealing DuPont Trade Secrets,”
Chemical and Engineering News
, 02/09/2011, (http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/web/2012/02/China-Accused-Stealing-DuPont-Trade.html)

337
Jeffrey Mervis, “GAO Says White House Broke the Law by Holding Science Meetings With China,”
Science
, 10/12/2011, (http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/10/gao-says-white-house-broke-the-law.html)

338
Matthew Boyle, “Report: Cronyism, Political Donations Likely Behind Obama, Holder Failure to Charge any Bankers After 2008 Financial Meltdown,”
The Daily Caller
, 08/07/2012, (http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/07/report-cronyism-political-donations-likely-behind-obama-holder-failure-to-charge-any-bankers-after-2008-financial-meltdown)

339
Ibid

340
“Justice Inaction: The Department of Justice’s Unprecedented Failure to Prosecute Big Finance,”
Government Accountability Institute
, 08/2012; Retrieved at
http://g-a-i.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DOJ-Report-8-61.pdf

341
Richard A. Serrano, “Gun Store Owner Had Misgivings About ATF Sting,”
Los Angeles Times
, 09/11/2011, (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-atf-guns -20110912,0,7686272,full.story)

342
Ken Ellingwood, Richard A. Serrano and Tracy Wilkinson, “Mexico Still Waiting for Answers on Fast and Furious Gun Program,”
The Los Angeles Times
, 09/19/2011, (http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/19/world/la-fg-mexico-fast-furious-20110920)

343
David Keene, “Fast and Furious Cover-Up at Holder’s Justice,”
Washington Times
, 07/06/2012, (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/6/fast-and-furious-cover-up-at-holders-justice/)

344
Alan Silverleib, “House Holds Holder in Contempt,”
CNN
, 06/29/2012, (
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/28/politics/holder-contempt/index.html
)

345
William LaJeunesse, Laura Prabucki and Fox News Staff, “Congressional Report Blames Five ATF Employees for Fast and Furious Debacle,”
Fox News
, 07/31/2012, (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/30/republicans-to-issue-report-blaming-five-atf-employees-for-fast-and-furious/)

346
“Issa-Grassley Report Links Fast and Furious to ‘Widespread’ Justice Department Failures,”
Fox News
, 10/29/2012, (
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/29/issa-grassley-report-links-fast-furious-to-widespread-justice-dept-failures/
)

347
Matthew Boyle, “Women: Sen Bob Menendez Paid us for Sex in the Dominican Republic,”
The Daily Caller
, 11/01/2012, (http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/01/women-sen-bob-menendez-paid-us-for-sex-in-the-dominican-re/files/01/45/25/f014525/public/)

348
“AP Exclusive: US Ordered Delay in Intern’s Arrest,”
Associated Press
, 01/15/2013, (http://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-us-ordered-delay-interns-arrest-172424335.html)

349
“Sands Probed in Money Moves”,
Wall Street Journal
, 08/07/2012, (
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444320704577566803521121134.html
)

350
Nicholas Confessore and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Well-Trod Path: Political Donor to Ambassador,”
New York Times
, 01/18/2013, (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/19/us/politics/well-trod-path-political-donor-to-ambassador.html)

351
Mike McIntire and Michael Luo, “White House Opens Door to Big Donors, and Lobbyists Slip In,”
The New York Times
, 04/14/2012, (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/us/politics/white-house-doors-open-for-big-donors.html)

352
Ibid
.

353
Matthew Boyle, “LightSquared CEO Made Curious Max Donation to DNC While Seeking White House Audience,”
The Daily Caller
, 02/24/2012, (http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/24/lightsquared-ceo-made-curious-max-donation-to-dnc-while-seeking-white-house-audience/)

354
Matthew Boyle, “LightSquared CEO Resigns Amid Revelations of Company’s Proximity to Obama White House,”
The Daily Caller
, 02/28/2012, (http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/28/lightsquared-ceo-resigns-amid-revelations-of-companys-proximity-to-obama-white-house/)

355
Matthew Boyle, “Documents: LightSquared Shaping up as FCC’s Solyndra,”
Daily Caller
, 02/21/2012, (http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/21/documents-lightsquared-shaping-up-as-the-fccs-solyndra/)

356
David Willman, “Cost, Need Questioned in $433 Million Smallpox Drug Deal,”
Los Angeles Times
; 11/13/2011, (http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/13/nation/la-na-smallpox-20111113)

357
Chuck Neubauer, “Obama Donors Got Deal; Depositors Get ‘Stiffed Again’,”
Washington Times
, 06/10/2012, (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/10/obama-donors-get-deal-depositors-get-stiffed-again/)