150 Reasons Why Barack Obama Is the Worst President in History (23 page)

358
Craig Jennings, “Small Businesses Back Draft Executive Order Combating Pay to Play,”
Center for Effective Government
, 05/12/2011, (http://www.foreffectivegov.org/node/11660)

359
Christopher Bedford, “Obama Steps Up Anti-Koch Campaign With Online Petition,”
The Daily Caller
, 02/29/2012, (http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/29/obama-steps-up-anti-koch-campaign-with-online-petition/)

360
Doug Schoen, “The Obama Campaign’s Nixonian ‘White House Enemies List’,”
Forbes
, 05/14/2012, (
http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougschoen/2012/05/14/the-obama-white-house-enemies-list/)

361
Macon Phillips, “Facts Are Stubborn Things,”
The White House Blog
, 8/4/2009, (http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things)

362
“Big Brother Obama is Watching,”
Washington Times
, 9/14/2011, (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/14/big-brother-obama-is-watching/)

363
Dave Levinthal, “Obama’s 2012 campaign is watching you,”
Politico
, 3/16/2012, (
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74095.html)

364
Ethan Roeder, “I Am Not Big Brother,”
New York Times
, 12/5/2012, (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/opinion/i-am-not-big-brother.html)

365
Ed Lasky, “Big Brother Obama is Watching,”
American Thinker
, 03/17/2012, (http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/03/big_brother_obama_is_watching.html)

366
Charlie Savage, “U.S. Tries to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet,”
New York Times
, 09/27/2012, (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/us/27wiretap.html)

367
Peter Yost, “Federal Surveillance Rises Sharply Under Obama,”
Associated Press
, 10/01/2012, (http://www.washingtonguardian.com/big-brother-listening)

368
David Kravets, “Feds Say Mobile-Phone Location Data Not ‘Constitutionally Protected’,”
Wired
, 9/5/2012, (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/09/feds-say-mobile-phone-location-data-not-constitutionally-protected/)

369
Julia Angwin, “U.S. Terrorism Agency to Tap a Vast Database of Citizens,”
Wall Street Journal
, 12/13/2012, (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324478304578171623040640006.html)

370
“Gallup Sued by DOJ After Unfavorable Obama Polls, Employment Numbers,”
Breitbart
, 09/06/2012, (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/06/gallup-doj-axelrod)

371
Keith Koffler, “Obama’s Orwellian Doublespeak on Immigration,”
White House Dossier
, 6/18/2012, (http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2012/06/18/obama-orwellian-immigration/)

372
Elizabeth White, “Obama Says Gitmo Facility Should Close,”
Washington Post
, 6/24/2007, (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/24/AR2007062401046_pf.html)

373
Michael McAuliff, “Indefinite Detention Ruling Backed by Civil Liberties Groups,”
Huffington
Post
, 9/13/2012, (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/13/indefinite-detention-national-defense-authorization-act-ndaa_n_1880315.html)

374
Michael McAuliff, “Indefinite Detention Ban Stayed by Appeals Judge in NDAA Case,”
Huffington Post
, 09/18/2012, (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/indefinite-detention-ban-_n_1893652.html)

375
Jonathan Karl, “Exclusive: Jobs ‘Saved or Created’ in Congressional Districts That Don’t Exist,”
ABC News
, 11/6/2009, (
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jobs-saved-created-congressional-districts-exist/story?id=9097853)

376
Bill McMorris, “$6.4 Billion Stimulus Goes to Phantom Districts,”
Watchdog.org
, 11/17/2009, (http://watchdog.org/1530/6-4-billion-stimulus-goes-to-phantom-districts/)

377
Conn Carroll, “Morning Bell: The Fake Jobs of Obama’s Failed Stimulus,”
The Foundry
, 11/17/2009, (
http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/17/morning-bell-the-fake-jobs-of-obamas-failed-stimulus/)

378
The White House, The Press Office. Memorandum For The Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies. Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/freedom-information-act

379
The White House, The Press Office (2009). Executive Order 13489 -- Presidential Records. Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ExecutiveOrderPresidentialRecords

380
Jim Snyder & Danielle Ivory, “Obama Cabinet Flunks Disclosure Test With 19 in 20 Ignoring Law,”
Bloomberg
, 9/27/2012 (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-28/obama-cabinet-flunks-disclosure-test-with-19-in-20-ignoring-law.html)

381
Tom Schoenberg, “Obama Visitor Logs Must be Made Public, Lawyer Tells Court,”
Bloomberg
, 09/18/2012, (
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-18/obama-visitor-logs-must-be-public-lawyer-tells-court.html)

382
C. J. Ciaramella, “Justice Dept. Proposes Lying, Hiding Existence of Records Under New FOIA Rule,”
The Daily Caller
, 10/24/2011, (
http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/24/justice-dept-proposes-lying-hiding-existence-of-records-under-new-foia-rule)

383
Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval, (http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx)

384
Chris Cillizza, “Obama: the Most Polarizing President. Ever,”
The Washington Post
, 01/30/012, (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/obama-the-most-polarizing-president-ever/2012/01/29/gIQAmmkBbQ_blog.html)

385
Ibid

386
Ibid

387
“Carney: “Not Appropriate” For Obama To Comment On Ongoing Secret Service Investigation,”
Real Clear Politics
, 4/14/2012, (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/04/14/carney_not_appropriate_for_obama_to_comment_on_ongoing_secret_service_investigation.html)

388
Stephanie Condon, “Obama: ‘If I Had a Son, He’d Look Like Trayvon’,”
CBS News
, 03/23/2012, (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57403200-503544/obama-if-i-had-a-son-hed-look-like-trayvon/)

389
“Obama: Police who arrested professor ‘acted stupidly’,”
CNN
, 7/23/2009, (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/22/harvard.gates.interview/)

390
Brian MacQuarrie, “Racial Divide Expected to Persist in U.S.,”
The Boston Globe
, 11/20/2012, (http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/11/20/despite-obama-presidency-racial-divide-expected-persist-united-states/ONPO9LRIasUfGrLYWM3m7H/story.html)

391
Manu Raju,”Sonia Sotomayor Explains Her “Wise Latina” Remark,”
Politico
, 6/2/2009, (http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/06/02/us-politico-sotomayor-idUSTRE55163820090602)

392
Dana Bash and Emily Sherman, “Sotomayor ‘Wise Latina’ Quote Used on Multiple Occasions,”
CNN Politics
, 06/05/2009, (
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/05/sotomayor-wise-latina-quote-used-on-multiple-occasions/)

393
Ed Whelan, “Former Puerto Rican Nationalist Nominated to North American Supreme Court,”
National Review Online – Bench Memos,
(
http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/49993/former-puerto-rican-nationalist-nominated-north-american-supreme-court/ed-whelan)

394
Ed Morrissey, “New DHS Folly: the Domestic Extremism Lexicon.”
Hot Air,
05/01/2009, (
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/01/new-dhs-folly-the-domestic-extremism-lexicon/)

395
Robert Engstrom, “”Sotomayor’s La Raza Uses Taxpayer Money for Radical Agenda,”
Human Events
, 06/15/2009, (
http://www.humanevents.com/2009/06/15/sotomayors-la-raza-uses-taxpayer-money-for-radical-agenda/)

396
Kate Hicks, “Awkward: Obama Blames Bush for Economy While Standing Next to Him,”
Townhall
, 05/31/2012, (http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katehicks/2012/05/31/awkward_obama_blames_bush_for_economy_while_standing_next_to_him)

397
Matthew Mosk and Brian Ross. “Solyndra Hearing: Blame It On Bush, Say Obama Officials”
ABC News
. 12/26/2012. (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/solyndra-blame-bush-obama-officials/story?id=14513389#.UNsIa2_AcsI)

398
“Second Presidential Debate Full Transcript, Page 9 of 11,”
ABC News
, 10/17/2012, (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/2012-presidential-debate-full-transcript-oct-16/story?id=17493848&page=9#.UNsLmG_AcsI)

399
Mary Bruce, “Obama Blames GOP for Inability to Pass Immigration Reform,”
ABC News
, 09/20/2012, (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/obama-blames-gop-for-inability-to-pass-immigration-reform/)

400
Darlene Superville, “Obama Appeals for an End to Partisan Politics – With a Jab at GOP,”
Associated Press
, 10/30/2010, (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39922794/ns/politics-decision_2010/t/obama-appeals-end-partisan-politics-jab-gop/)

401
Fred Hiatt, “Next Time, Obama May go Over Congress’ Head,”
The Washington Post
, 09/04/2012, (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/next-time-obama-may-go-over-congresss-head/2012/09/04/9073eb30-f6ba-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_blog.html)

402
Ibid
.

403
Jan Crawford, “New Black Panther Case Spurs Civil Rights Commission to Challenge DOJ,”
CBS News,
07/14/2010, (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504564_162-20010581-504564.html)

404
The White House, The Press Office. (2013) Executive Order -- White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/26/executive-order-white-house-initiative-educational-excellence-african-am

405
Neil Munro, “Obama backs race-based school discipline policies,” Daily Caller, 7/27/2012, (http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/27/obama-backs-race-based-school-discipline-policies/)

406
Michael Meyers, “Obama’s Executive Order Puts Blacks In the Corner At the U.S. Department of Education,” The Huffington Post, August 7, 2012, (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-meyers/obamas-hbcu-executive-order_b_1726291.html)

407
Frank Newport, “Americans Downbeat on State of U.S., Prospects for Future,”
Gallup
, 1/21/2013, (
http://www.gallup.com/poll/160046/americans-downbeat-state-prospects-future.aspx)

408
Ibid
.

409
Ibid.

410
Nicholas Johnston, “Obama May Require Contractors to Disclose Political Donations,”
Bloomberg
, 04/20/2011, (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-20/obama-may-require-government-contractors-to-disclose-political-donations.html)

411
CQ Transcripts, “Sens. Obama and Biden Deliver Remarks in Springfield, IL,”
The Washington Post
, 08/23/2008, (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803216.html)

412
“Bring Democrats and Republicans Together to Pass an Agenda,”
Tampa Bay Time Politifact
, 08/31/2012, (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/522/bring-democrats-and-republicans-together-pass-agen/)

413
Sonya Rose, “’Dictatorship Would be Easier’, Bush Jokes of his Struggles,”
The Associated Press
, 07/26/2001, (http://www.seattlepi.com/national/article/Dictatorship-would-be-easier-Bush-jokes-of-his-1060971.php)

414
“Review of Requirements to Carry Immigration Documents and Report Address Changes,”
Practice Advisory provided by the National Association of Foreign Student Advisors (NAFSA)
, 05/11/2010, PDF document, retrieved from http://www.nafsa.org/uploadedFiles/I94carryadvisory.pdf

415
Josh Gerstein, “Justice Department Sues Arizona Over Immigration Law,”
Politico
, 7/6/2010, (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39413.html

416
Jonathan Weisman, “Appointments Challenge Senate Role, Experts Say,”
The New York Times
, 01/07/2012, (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/us/politics/experts-say-obamas-recess-appointments-could-signify-end-to-a-senate-role.html)

417
Stephen Dinan, “Obama Recess Appointments Unconstitutional,”
The Washington Times
, 1/25/2013, (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/25/federal-court-obama-broke-law-recess-appointments/)

418
Andre Tartar, “David Axelrod Talks with John Heilmann: A Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United?,”
New York Magazine
, 06/12/2012, (http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/06/david-axelrod-on-how-to-overturn-citizens-united.html)