Barack Obama is like a ballplayer who has gone O for 4 and made 2 big errors but still thinks he should be in the lineup.
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| Barack Obama at Bat Photo Credit: AP Photo/Steve Helber |
Mitt Romney made the case rather well in the debate but let's look at how it looks if we assessed Barack Obama's performance as if he were a baseball player on your favorite team.
The economy, jobs and energy. Barack Obama took big swings with a gigantic stimulus package, huge amounts of deficit spending and $90 billion on green energy. He struck out. He whiffed on all three pitches. His only response is that he had to hit a nasty slider of an economy that he inherited. Guess what? He is in the big leagues. He is expected to be able to hit the breaking ball.
Deficit reduction. Nothing. He said he would cut the deficit in half. He has added almost $6 trillion in debt. Three dollars of debt for every dollar of growth. He has not been able to get one vote in Congress, Republican or Democrat, for his last two budgets. He struck out again.
Immigration reform. Nothing. He didn’t even take a swing at the issue when he had substantial majorities of Democrats in both Houses for 2 years. He never introduced a bill or even a modest proposal. He said he would do something about immigration when he ran in 2008. He struck out with the bat on his shoulder.
Saving Medicare and Social Security. Nothing. He has totally ignored the issue and the solvency of both programs has worsened over the last four years. He ignored his own deficit reduction commission that advanced some ideas to help save these programs. Again, he didn’t even take a swing. He struck out without ever taking the bat off his shoulder.
The President is O for 4 on the biggest domestic issues he said he was going to do something about four years ago.
To compound matters, he also committed two huge errors in the field that have made things much worse.
President Obama’s Middle East policy is in disarray. His policies have not worked. Iran is four years closer to a nuclear weapon. Egypt, Syria and Libya are all in upheaval. Our relationship with Israel, our strongest ally in the Mideast, has soured. His apologist foreign policy has not worked and has weakened our hand overseas. He clearly tried to mislead the American public on what happened in Benghazi with the assassination of our Ambassador. It all amounts to a huge error. He simply dropped the ball.
President Obama also made a huge error in his approach to healthcare reform. He chose to work in a highly partisan manner. He said he would be open and transparent. He said he would change the tone in Washington. Instead, he chose to cut deals in backrooms and cram Obamacare into law with no bipartisanship. In the process he is taking $716 billion from Medicare to pay for Obamacare. He has also created a huge takeover of individual health care that will put the goverment between doctors and their patients. He has threatened religious organizations with Obamacare mandates. And Obamacare will crush many small businesses and job creators going forward. He could have focused on jobs and the economy in the last four years. He chose Obamacare as his most important domestic priority. It was another huge error.
When you go O for 4 and make 2 huge errors you should not stay in the lineup.
We saw all of this in the debate. President Obama talks a good game most of the time. However, when you look at his actions, his results and the actual facts, his talk does not ring true. We have had four years of talk. We need four years of results. Results are what Mitt Romney has been delivering his entire life. We shouldn’t have to settle for what has happened the last four years. Mitt Romney will make sure we don’t have to settle over the next four years.
One of the great things about sports is that you don't have to guess who is better. It is decided on the field with a scoreboard and scorecard. Performance and results are there for everyone to see. Baseball has always been the most statistic oriented sport. Look at the batting average, the fielding average, on base percentage, slugging percentage, earned run average and number of saves. It is a lot easier than assessing a debate answer or stump speech. That is why you need to look at the record and the results of these candidates.
President Obama has had four years to show that he belongs in the big leagues. There is nothing in the stats to suggest that he should not be sent packing. He hasn't done anything with his bat and he has not shown much in the field either. Was he rushed too soon to the major leagues? Perhaps he just couldn't hit the curve? Maybe he was just one of those young phenoms that the scouts loved that had all the tools but he just never realized his potential? Where is Billy Beane when we need him?
Mitt Romney, on the other hand, has been a success at every stop along the way. He seems to always end up on the winning teams. Even when they were not winning when he joined them. He has been a clutch hitter and put up some impressive numbers in doing it.
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| Mitt Romney Suits Up Photo Credit:AP Photo |
If I am the Manager of the ball club, this is an easy call. "Mitt...grab your mitt. You are also batting clean up today. Barack, pack your bags. We are putting you on waivers. Hopefully you can catch on with someone".
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| Barack Obama Waived |
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