Take a moment to read through this list of events during President Obama’s first 100 days and ask yourself if freedom is important enough to fight back. With the support of a Democrat Congress and liberals in the media, the President is moving quickly to consolidate power. Americans must stop him, and the first step to saving freedom is to strengthen the U.S. Senate with strong conservatives -- SCF editors
Editors note: this 100 day record is the creation of Senate Conservative Fund at this link. Over time, we will be adding to the original text in italics. Thanks to SCF. jds
Follow-up: we will be adding a record of Presidential Degrees, specific legislation and daily appearances. Clandestine meetings, when known, will be documented per date, as well.
You should know that this President has made more televised appearances than any President in history and we are only 152 days into his presidency. Already this morning ( May 25 8:30 a.m. pt) he has made two such appearances with at least one more scheduled for the day. We could be looking at 500 to 600 televised presentations for the first year. This is not about "transparency," by the way, but popularity averages.
His primary political capital is his ability to write and deliver speeches filled with romantic rhetoric bordering on messianic revelation. What sits on his horizon, however, is a gathering storm that threatens not only his political continuation but that of the party (the Dems) that has attached itself to him. No one in the Democrat Party has the same ability to sway crowds and ignite passions for change. If Obama does not meet expectations; if he looses his ability to manipulate and control events after the speech making is done for the day, he will come down hard and take down those who have gathered around him as well. He knows this.
What he doesn't know is this:
There is a fatal flaw in his armour and it is something that he cannot control. It is his arrogance coupled with a political naivety that is increasingly manifest to the point of becoming profoundly problematic. The silliness of the recent Obama inspired GITMO controversy is a typical expression of this flaw. The fact that he proceeds in closing GITMO without a plan demonstrates his naivety. The fact that he refuses to back off, choosing rather to go on the attack is a manifestation of his pronounced arrogance. When all the talk is done, when the glowing assent to principled rhetoric is ended, the Novice still has NO PLAN and that is the 'GITMO problem." Obama ignores the fact that Bush's Administration stopped the practice of "waterboarding" more than four years ago and only used the controversial technique 3 times, all under the watchful eyes of those in the medical profession. In light of this, Obama's that he is correcting the serious moral mistakes of the past in view of the fact that no such problem exists at this time. Such is the increasing character of this political debate and its larger national narrative.
This 100 day feature will include much more information than is now apparent. It will include more than the 100 days featured at this time. Bookmark this paged archive and return often for additional information and important commentary. God bless America - the Editor
Day 1 – Jan. 20 – Obama gives inaugural address, says size of government does not matter
Day 2 – Jan. 21 – Obama bans lobbyists from working in his administration – then selects Raytheon lobbyist for his administration As we amend this commentary (May 25, ' 09), news services tell us that "green" lobbyists have more than tripled their numbers from 160 before inauguration to over 500 today.
Day 3 – Jan. 22 – Obama signs order to close Guantanamo by the end of the year – offers no plan to deal with 240 detained terrorists. 5/25/09 update: the GITMO debate has blown up in Obama's face. Congress voted down his request for GITMO money to be used for its closing. In the Senate, the vote was 90-6 and the unanimous complaint remains the same: there is no plan from the Administration.
Day 4 – Jan. 23 – Obama reverses Mexico City policy; allows taxpayer money to be used for abortions overseas. In other words, American taxpayers are funding abortions done in foreign countries. It is commonly accepted that Obama is the most radicalized abortionist in Presidential history.
Day 5 – Jan. 24 – Obama uses weekly radio address to call on Congress to pass massive stimulus bill — continues Bush’s failed economic policies.
Day 6 – Jan. 25 – Biden says Obama may ask Congress for more Wall Street bailout money – continues Bush’s failed economic policies
Day 7 – Jan. 26 – Obama directs EPA to set stricter emissions standards that raise costs for U.S. automakers facing bankruptcy. Unit cost estimates are estimated to be $1,300 to $7,000 per vehicle depending on size of unit.
Senate confirms Obama nominee, Timothy Geithner, as Treasury Secretary despite his failure to pay taxes and authorship of Bush’s failed bailout policies
Day 8 – Jan. 27 – Obama meets with Republicans on stimulus bill, but ignores their ideas In fact, House Republicans were completely locked out of conference and GOP contributions were not allowed a vote on the House floor.
Day 9 - Jan. 28 – House passes Obama’s $819 billion stimulus plan with no Republican votes. The first TARP bill, passed in Sept of '08, received 3 GOP Senate votes and no House Republicans votes.
Day 10 – Jan. 29 – Obama signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in giveaway to trial lawyers. There will be no serious tort reform under Obama.
Day 11 – Jan. 30 – Obama signs order cutting off information to workers in giveaway to union bosses. Just to be clear on this point, under Obama unions do not have to be transparent with regard to the expenditure of union dues. Why? Unions are credited with giving Obama 5 states in the past election and over $33 million dollars of campaign money.
Day 12 - Jan. 31 – Obama stands by HHS nominee Tom Daschle, despite his failure to pay taxes and prior work as a health care lobbyist
Day 13 – Feb. 1 – Obama tells America the stimulus bill won’t include wasteful spending in pre-Super Bowl interview 5/25/09 is is revealed that the auto unions along with GM and Chrysler will not be required to pay back the $19 billion given to them in their failed efforts at avoiding bankruptcy.
Day 14 – Feb. 2 – Senate confirms Obama nominee, Eric Holder, as Attorney General despite his work in pardoning terrorists and opposition to 2nd Amendment rights. Indeed. Holder has made it clear that he believes the 2nd Amendment has not to do with private gun ownership.
Day 15 – Feb. 3 – Tom Daschle withdraws as HHS nominee; Obama admits he “screwed up” nomination. Writing this amendment on 5/25/09, we now know that Daschle is being used as the primary advisor on the health care bill.
Day 16 – Feb. 4 – Obama announces executive pay caps – begins to use bailouts to take control of private companies
Obama signs children’s health bill – expands government control of health care and raises taxes on low-income families
Day 17 – Feb. 5 – Obama signs order directing faith-based office to keep faith out of public square. In fact, Obama believes that Church membership rules disqualify a faith-based entity from receiving government funding. His new civilian volunteer peace force will disallow any expressions of faith or church attendance for those involved with this "volunteer" civilian army.
Day 18 – Feb. 6 – Obama releases first jobs report showing jump in unemployment to 7.8%, loss of 598,000 jobs. As of 5/25/09 this job loss number has jumped to 620,000 as a monthly unemployment average. More than 1.4 million jobs have been lost under Obama. While this is not his "fault," the statement is nonetheless true and you can bet that if and when these numbers begin to show a reversal of the downward trends, Obama will take full credit - so the job loss averages belong to him.
Day 19 – Feb. 7 – Obama uses job losses caused by failed stimulus policies to push Congress to pass more failed stimulus policies in weekly radio address. We do not know why SCF, the authors of the original 100 day commentary used here makes mention of a "weekly address." Obama makes a public address every day of the week, without fail.
Day 20 – Feb. 8 – Obama’s economic advisor, Larry Summers, says stimulus plan will create 3 to 4 million jobs – economists remain skeptical. Obama actually speaks of "creating or saving" 3 to 4 million jobs, wording that is designed to give Obama room to argue success in the face of failure.
Day 21 – Feb. 9 – Obama uses prime time press conference to tell Americans he inherited bad economy, huge deficits – ignores his prior support for Bush’s bailout and spending policies
Day 22 – Feb. 10 – Obama unveils new bailout plan and Senate passes his $838 billion stimulus bill – stock market dives 382 points
Obama moves to cut off domestic energy exploration – delays 5-year plan for offshore energy exploration
Day 23 – Feb. 11 – Obama adds billions in taxpayer money to stimulus for Las Vegas magnetic levitation train just days after attacking executives for using taxpayer money to travel to Las Vegas using corporate jets
Day 24 – Feb. 12 – Obama says stimulus plan will save 20,000 lost jobs at Caterpillar, but company CEO says it won’t
Republican Senator withdraws as Commerce nominee, says the stimulus plan will not work
Day 25 – Feb. 13 – House and Senate pass Obama’s 1000-page, $787 billion stimulus spending plan without reading it
Day 26 – Feb 14 – Obama waits to sign stimulus bill after spending weeks telling Americans it was “urgent”
Obamas celebrate Valentine’s Day at upscale restaurant with Oprah’s personal chef as Americans struggle economically
Day 27 – Feb 15 – Obama’s senior advisor, David Axelrod, refuses to say when the stimulus plan will begin to work
Day 28 – Feb 16 – Obama spends day traveling, fails to sign stimulus bill he said was “urgent”
Day 29 – Feb 17 – Obama signs stimulus bill at staged event in Denver four days after it was passed
Day 30 – Feb 18 – Obama proposes $75 billion housing plan that bails out bad lenders and borrowers – continues Bush’s failed bailout policies
Day 31 - Feb. 19 – Obama taps lobbyist as urban affairs aide – breaks his own ethics rules
Day 32 – Feb. 20 – Obama meets with mayors – says they will have to depend on Washington to succeed
Day 33 – Feb. 21 – Obama uses weekly radio address to tout stimulus tax relief, which amounts to just $8 a week
Day 34 – Feb. 22 – Obama prepares budget to “cut the deficit in half,” but only after he triples it
Day 35 – Feb. 23 – Obama administration says it is open to nationalizing banks
Day 36 – Feb. 24 – Obama uses address to Congress to push budget that spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much
Senate confirms Obama’s nominee, Hilda Solis, for Labor Secretary despite her work for a group that lobbies for card-check union legislation
Day 37 – Feb. 25 - Obama pushes budget that includes $634 billion to begin socializing medicine
Day 38 – Feb. 26 – Obama pushes budget that includes higher taxes on charitable donations
Day 39 - Feb. 27 – Obama contradicts campaign rhetoric – tells troops the mission in Iraq was a success
Obama moves to force doctors to provide abortions against their conscience
Day 40 – Feb. 28 – Obama uses weekly radio address to pick fight with “special interests” over his budget despite widespread special interest support for it
Day 41 – Mar 1 – Obama selects Kathleen Sebelius, a radical proponent of the abortion industry, to be HHS Secretary
Day 42 – Mar 2 – Obama continues Bush’s failed economic policies by giving AIG another $30 billion in bailout cash; stock market dives almost 300 points
Day 43 – Mar 3 – Obama denies British Prime Minister traditional news conference – gives him DVD set that doesn’t work in the UK
Day 44 – Mar 4 – Obama stimulus money hits the ground for its first project – $8.5 million for bridge near Tuscumbia, Missouri, population 223
Day 45 – Mar 5 - Obama hosts bipartisan forum on health care – says costly new government entitlement should be created to pay costs inflated by government
Day 46 - Mar 6 – Obama releases second jobs report showing jump in unemployment to 8.1%, loss of 651,000 jobs
Day 47 - Mar 7 - Obama uses weekly radio address to tell America he “inherited” a $1.3 trillion deficit – ignores his support for Bush’s spending policies
Obama tells New York Times his policies are not socialist and blames Bush for socialist bailouts and new entitlements
Day 48 – Mar 8 – Obama’s budget director, Peter Orszag, blames Bush for deficits, but insists on passing Bush’s left-over spending bills
Day 49 – Mar 9 – Obama reverses restrictions on stem cell research – allows more taxpayer funding for the destruction of human life
Day 50 – Mar 10 – Obama proposes to expand government-run education so it’s “cradle to career”
Day 51 – Mar 11 – Obama announces new earmark rules, then signs $410 billion pork bill with 8,000 earmarks
Day 52 – Mar 12 – Obama tells CEOs he supports free markets but they should be heavily regulated
Day 53 – Mar 13 – Biden awards Amtrak $1.3 billion stimulus earmark
Day 54 – Mar 14 – Obama uses weekly radio address to tell Americans that only government can ensure the safety of food and medicine
Day 55 – Mar 15 – Obama’s economic advisor, Larry Summers, calls AIG bonuses “outrageous,” but defends Obama’s bailouts for AIG Also, three weeks later, larger bonuses were paid to CEOs at Fannie and Freddie without a single word of protest from the Administration.
Day 56 – Mar 16 – Obama proposes more government loans for small businesses, but continues to support tax hike on two-thirds of all small business profits
Day 57 – Mar 17 – Obama blames Bush for deficits, but pushes budget that doubles the debt in 5 years, triples it in 10 years What is interesting here is this, Obama believes and has stated that "all government spending is stilumus."
Day 58 - Mar 18 – Obama works on NCAA Final Four bracket while economy suffers and Americans lose their jobs
Day 59 – Mar 19 - Obama appears on Leno while economy suffers and Americans lose their jobs. Our observation is this: Obama's primary political capital is himself and his popularity. His daily appearances on government run television makes it clear that is in permanent campaign mood.
Day 60 – Mar 20 – CBO reports deficit will grow to $1.8 trillion in Obama’s first year in office
Day 61 – Mar 21 – Obama uses weekly radio address to tell Americans his budget will solve the budget deficit; CBO reports it will increase spending by $2.7 trillion over 10 years
Day 62 – Mar 22 – Obama plans to regulate executive pay at all banks, not just those with bailouts
Day 63 – Mar 23 – Obama’s Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, announces more taxpayer bailouts as part complicated scheme to save bad banks
Day 64 - Mar 24 – Obama uses prime time press conference to tell Americans to be patient for economic recovery and to defend tax hike on charitable donations
Day 65 – Mar 25 – Obama ends “war on terror” – begins “overseas contingency operations”
Day 66 – Mar 26 – AP report says Obama’s prediction that the stimulus bill will create 4 million jobs cannot be substantiated
Day 67 - Mar 27 – Obama installs Eric Holder as Attorney General despite his view that America is a “nation of cowards”
Day 68 – Mar 28 – Obama uses weekly radio address to encourage volunteerism despite his politics that crowd out volunteerism with massive growth in government
Day 69 - Mar 29 – Obama says Detroit automakers need to be more “lean, mean,” but continues to bail them out and continue Bush’s failed economic policies
Day 70 – Mar 30 – Obama signs omnibus public lands bill, which includes costly earmarks and reduces supply of domestic energy
Obama forces CEO of General Motors to resign – effectively using bailout loans to take over a private company
Day 71 – Mar 31 – Report says Obama’s TARP program lacks transparency, accountability
Day 72 – Apr 1 – Obama gives Queen of England iPod, but bows to Saudi King
Obama’s tobacco tax goes into effect, breaking campaign promise to not raise taxes on middle class families
Day 73 – Apr 2 – House and Senate pass Obama’s $3.6 trillion budget – include fast-track procedures to pass socialized medicine with limited debate
Day 74 – Apr 3 – Obama releases third jobs report showing jump in unemployment to 8.5%, loss of 663,000 jobs
Day 75 – Apr 4 – Obama apologizes for American “arrogance” in France, but fails to win more NATO troops for Afghanistan. We add that Obama refused to visit the graves of fallen WW II soldiers [9,300] on Normandy Beach. Speculation has it that he did not want to offend the Germans.
Day 76 – Apr 5 – Obama gives anti-nuke speech, but North Korea launches missile
Day 77 – Apr 6 – Obama tells Muslim world U.S. will show them respect, but Muslim world fails to pledge similar respect for Christian and Jewish world
Day 78 – Apr 7 – Obama tells troops in Iraq their mission has been achieved – reverses position he held during the campaign
Day 79 – Apr 8 – Obama expands government bailouts to life insurance companies – continues Bush’s failed bailout policies
Obama plans to engage in group talks with Iran
Day 80 – Apr 9 – Obama announces plans to push amnesty bill for illegal immigrants
Day 81 - Apr 10 – Obama meets with economic team and plans bigger government role in private economy
Day 82 - Apr 11 – Obama uses weekly radio address to equate Christianity and Judaism with religions of the world
Day 83 – Apr 12 – Obama stays silent on pirate crisis; Navy makes decision to rescue American hostage
Day 84 – Apr 13 – Obama takes credit for hostage rescue and calls for action to end “privacy”
Obama eases restrictions on travel, money to Cuba
Day 85 – Apr 14 - Obama releases DHS report calling Iraq war veterans a terrorist threat
Day 86 – Apr 15 – Obama promises fairness for tax code; thousands of Americans protest growth of government at Tax Day tea parties 2,300 protests were conducted in or around 850 cities. Estimates have 1.4 million in attendance. His press secretary tells the media that Obama is unaware of these demonstrations - something both unbelievable and insulting at the same time.
Day 87 – Apr 16 – Obama releases classified interrogation memos helping terrorists who want to kill Americans
Day 88 – Apr 17 – Obama shakes hands with Hugo Chavez That handshake was an interlocking of thumbs, a handshake reserved for the closest of friends. Chavez laughs at such political immaturity. We just shake our heads.
Day 89 – Apr 18 – Obama shakes hands again with Hugo Chavez, accepts anti-America book
Day 90 – Apr 19 – Obama moves to nationalize banks by converting bailout loans into common stock equity
Day 91 – Apr 20 – Obama calls for $100 million cut in spending, which amounts to just 13 minutes of annual federal spending Much of this 'cut in spending' is due to a projected savings as the result of purchasing White House office supplies in bulk. Geeze !! Further, it is a total that is spread over a period of 10 years.
Day 92 – Apr 21 – Obama signs Serve America Act to convert volunteer into paid government employees
Obama says he’s open to prosecution of Bush officials for interrogation memos – panders to Moveon.org
Day 93 - Apr 22 – Fidel Castro says Cuba won’t release political prisoners despite Obama’s policies
Day 94 – Apr 23 – Obama’s DNC launches attack ads against principled Republicans for opposing Obama’s socialist policies
Day 95 – Apr 24 – Obama loans General Motors another $2 billion
Day 96 – Apr 25 – Obama calls for fiscal discipline while ignoring his own budget, which triples national debt. Obama doubles the national debt in the first 5 years and triples the debt within 10 if the economy does not get worse.
Day 97 - Apr 26 – Obama plays golf while swine flu spreads
Day 98 - Apr 27 – Obama White House approves Air Force One photo op over New York City
Day 99 – Apr 28 – Senate confirms Obama nominee, Kathleen Sebelius, as HHS Secretary despite her failure to disclose contributions from radical leader of the abortion industry, Sebelius comes to the Obama Administration Health Secretary as the most radical abortionist among the Nation's governors. No one is even close.
Day 100 – Apr 29 – Obama releases first quarter economic report showing 6.1% drop in GDP
