[High Praise! to jw]

The headline:

It’s Not That He’s Liberal, And It’s Certainly Not That He’s Black. It’s That Obama Just Really Sucks At Being President

The quote (by Andrew Malcolm, from the article):

President Obama’s policy reset with Russia is working out as well as his economic stimulus, Guantanamo closing, spending cutbacks, green energy investments, debt discipline, Benghazi investigation, Egyptian fallout, midterm campaigning, Syrian dictator-ousting, Bush-blaming, Libya-calming, Iran-isolating, job approval, budget-passing, Kim Jong-un-taming, ObamaCare implementation and Muslim-outreaching.

The question:

Which brings up the question: What has President Obama gotten right?

I’m not trying to pick a fight. I’m really looking for an answer. You name a politician from Jimmy Carter (eventually got monetary policy right) to Deval Patrick (partial de-regulation of car insurance) and I can name some significant policy or initiative that worked, that made things better or that they at least didn’t screw up.

My answer:

Although I find Obama an inept President and a contemptible human being, I must – in good conscience – give him credit for not keeping his promise of immediately surrendering in the War on Terror.

Gitmo is open, bin Laden is dead, Pakistani terrorists are being transformed into a fine red mist via drone strike, and Somali pirates were shot instead of negotiated with.

Could Obama be doing more? Like trying to actually win this war?

Of course. And any Republican would have.

But he could also have done less.

And as cynical, hateful, partisan, bitter, and resentful as I am of Obama’s willful undermining of everything that makes America a great nation, I give him the small amount of credit he deserves in this area.