Enough Polarizing Political Speak, Barack Obama Has Affected A Better Economic Recovery Than Anyone Else Could Have, And Here's The Facts, Plain And Simple

"A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it." ~Frank Lloyd Wright

As we approach, yet, another major election cycle (well, that cycle has already left the station months ago, such is politics in this very polarized, but still great nonetheless, nation) in America, the pundits are out in droves, polarized speak is the only discussion in most circles, and people are gearing up, on both sides of the political spectrum, to say whatever they need to win whether or not what's being said is the truth. Welcome to politics in America, the great circus on Earth.

I am not going to make this too long, but my only intention, in this forum today, is to present a question that, hopefully, will spur some real debate and force proponents and opponents of Barack Obama alike to do some real soul searching when it comes to question of whether or not another 4 years of Mr. Obama is better for the nation than any of the alternatives currently in the pool.

I posed this same question to people in the comments section of another recent article, posted here by Jim Davis from Veterans For Change, but not one person could refute my argument and provide a solid response.

The problem I see happening at the moment, with a momentum that will surely continue to grow unless logic and reason is injected into the conversation, is that the GOP rank and file is centering a lot of their collective message, leading up to the pivotal election next year, on their view that Barack Obama has not performed adequately and almost anyone could have done a better job.  My response to that notion is that it is complete nonsense, utter hogwash. The GOP is banking on their ability to twist the message, throw folks off with respect to the actual record, and brainwash as many people as possible into believing their off-message, unsupported, unqualified rhetoric.  I believe that the America public is smarter than the Republican's give credit and, as such, putting the facts into perspective is more important than ever considering the critical times in which we all live. America is at another cross roads and the national cannot afford to make a mistake in 2012 by not giving this President another term.

Here it is in a nutshell. In my opinion, to do any better than Mr. Obama has (with respect to the economy among other things) in Washington and, more broadly, America today, it would have taken a magician and an army of wizards or, more realistically, an outright act of God in favor of another candidate.

Sadly but surely, Mr. Bush decimated the economy, among other things, and, believe it or not, we are doing as well as the realm of possibility could provide (at this time, so soon after Bush's devastation) considering how the state the economy was left after the last GOP administration. Categorically in my view, under no other leadership, on either side of the aisle, could we have been in better shape presently with respect to not only the economy, but on several fronts.

There's no question that the Republicans would have continued down the path Mr. Bush blazed and, accordingly, things would have gotten far worse post-election and over the ensuring three years. We would undoubtedly have the same old tax breaks for the wealthy elite, inadequate health care for millions (that now have it) would still exist (GOP would rather cull the population than give people better health care services), we'd not yet be winding down our military missions in the Middle East, and, most importantly to be considered, banks and corporations would still be coming before the people.

In my view, the Republican vision and agenda hasn't changed in centuries proverbially being that the rich should get richer, and the poor should get poorer.

Conversely, any other Democratic candidate would have taken a similar approach and path [to the economy] as Mr. Obama (and his advisers who would likely, at least in some significant cases, be part of any potential Democratic administration that might have unfolded in 2008) and, accordingly, we'd be in a similar position to the present - on the road to recovery.

Elect a Republican, Tea Partier, or Independent candidate for President and the nation will indeed reach new lows with diminishing levels of prosperity and prominence. If Mr. Obama is elected again (or a Democrat with similar policies and views), I wholeheartedly believe that the economy, at the very least and among other things, will fully recover by the end of his second term.

One of the central reasons that none of the GOP candidates are resonating with the voters at large (and why Mr. Obama will indeed win a second term and validation of his policies) is because all any of them have managed to succeed at (with their collectively weak message) is bashing the president's policies without ever offering solutions or expressly qualifying their criticisms with how they would have handled matters differently.

To be clear, not only do I believe that no other candidate that presently exists, Republican, Democrat or Independent alike, would have stewarded a better economic recovery (or made more positive all around change for that matter), but I will take my assertion one big step further and challenge anyone here (on Newsvine), or from any politically active person, group or committee, or, wishfully thinking on my part, that is actively a candidate presently running against the policies of Mr. Obama in 2012 (on any government level) to credibly refute these views.

Does anyone here really think things would have been better under Mr. McCain or Mr. Romney? How about Mrs. Clinton (she would have fostered similar policies to what we see presently)?

Let's have a discussion, folks, about this topic without the rhetoric, one-liners, and polarizing speak that never leads to a resolution of concept and ideology. I want to learn more and, if I'm wrong about my opinions, please let me know.

Any intelligent, thoughtful rebuttal should include not only what needs to be done now and going forward (differently from Mr. Obama's policies), but also explain what strikingly different direction should have been taken in 2008, with respect to the economy, that would have seen us in a far better position than at present, with a robust, economy that would have seen more people back to work (than what's been accomplished under Mr. Obama). If anyone can come up with a credible rebuttal, then please convey your ideas in this forum and consider offering your services to a Republican candidate because we all know and it's quite evident that they're struggling with their convoluted message and need the fresh input.