Squatter

President Obama opened his campaign for reelection yesterday and my question is this, "What's he running to do?"  How about, "What's his platform?"  Or, "What are his accomplishments?"  Any, and all of these, are valid inquires.  Honestly, besides Obamacare and DADT (Don't Ask, Don't Tell) which neither are even close to being implemented, much less operational, what has he done?  His campaign promises from just two years ago have largely proven to be empty threats.  Guantanamo?  Still there.  Out of Iraq and Afghanistan?  We've added Libya.  End tax cuts for the rich?  What?, and lose ninety-nine weeks of unemployment insurance?  As a matter of fact, a site called Politifact.com lists 510 campaign promises made by candidate Barack Obama.

To be generous, even some of the promises he kept would have been better left at the alter.  His promise to create a $10 billion fund to help homeowners refinance their homes ended with an independent audit which deemed the whole enterprise "a colossal failure."  For those of us lucky enough to live in and around the Great Lakes, he promised a full environmental restoration of the Great Lakes.  Not only has this action died in Congress, his Army Corps of Engineers won't even stop the infiltration of Asian Carp from gaining access to Lake Michigan through the Chicago locks.  Although I would disagree anyway, his promise to enact a windfall profits tax on oil companies has never been proposed in any budget the White House has put forth.  He let Pelosi and Reid run roughshod over the American electorate in passing Obamacare.  He's letting the Republican leadership in the House, namely Rep. Paul Ryan, lead on deficit reduction, in spite of his own commissions' recommendations.

Again, and I think it's a fair question to ask, "What are we paying him to do?"  Shouldn't the person who lives in the White House have a plan?  Wouldn't someone who wishes to be seen as a leader actually be expected to lead something?  Sometime?  It's clear to me that this president is not ready for prime time, much less a second term.  He's no leader, he's a loiterer.  A squatter.  On a website called Howstuffworks.com, I found this paragraph:

The life of a squatter is fraught with pitfalls and confrontations at each turn -- and so is the life of the landlord who has to deal with the unwanted resident. There are concurrent laws that give rights to squatters as well as provide a process for landowners to get rid of them.

In November of 2012, let's answer President Obama's call for his reelection.