Category: politics & causes

Republican voters aren’t ready for the truth, because Democrats:

• Increased pay and benefits for military personnel
• Improved housing for military personnel
• Initiated a new policy to promote federal hiring of military spouses
• Improved conditions at Walter Reed Military Hospital and other military hospitals

Obamacare:

• Lowered drug costs for seniors
• Ended the previous practice of forbidding Medicare from negotiating with drug manufacturers for cheaper drugs; the federal government is now realizing hundreds of millions in savings

… you can get out & vote Democrat and keep the US Government busy doing cool stuff like this:

• Closed offshore tax safe havens
• Negotiated deal with Swiss banks to permit US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminals
• Ended the previous policy of offering tax benefits to corporations who outsource American jobs; the new policy is to promote in-sourcing to bring jobs back
• Ended the previous practice of protecting credit card companies; in place of it are new consumer protections from credit card industry’s predatory practices

More stuff Obama needs a Democratic Congress to keep doing:

• Expanded the SCHIP program to cover health care for 4 million more children
• Expanded vaccination programs

Obama also:

• Permitted states to enact federal fuel efficiency standards above federal standards
• Increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants) after years of neglect (including increasing security)

Wow. A US President who is actually speaking out about LGBT youth, against discrimination, & who makes a point of saying that your difference will be a point of pride later in life.

Now try to picture Dubya having made that video, please. Nope, it wouldn’t have happened. So please no criticisms of the Dems for the next two weeks. We don’t have a goddamn chance if any of these wingnut Republicans end up in office, and I *know* I’m not the only one who remembers the Stone Age of the Bush years, where undoing DADT, passing ENDA, or getting Hate Crimes passed was a goddamn pipe dream.

(and yes, I am trying to ignore that it was her husband who got us into this DADT mess.)

Dems have a commitment to energy efficiency and renewability:

• Energy producing plants must begin preparing to produce 15% of their energy from renewable sources
• Reengaged in the treaties/agreements to protect the Antarctic
• Reengaged in the agreements/talks on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions

And then, President Obama:

• The White House and federal government are respecting the Freedom of Information Act
• Instructed all federal agencies to promote openness and transparency as much as possible
• Put limits on lobbyists access to the White House
• Put limits on White House aides working for lobbyists after their tenure in the administration

Obama:

• Ended media blackout on war casualties; reporting full information
• Ended media blackout on covering the return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB; the media is now permitted to do so pending adherence to respectful rules and approval of fallen soldier’s family

Obama implemented:

• attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles
• cash for clunkers program offers vouchers to trade in fuel inefficient, polluting old cars for new cars; stimulated auto sales
• Announced plans to purchase fuel efficient American-made fleet for the federal government