Obama is comparatively an excellent president. He could be better, but compared to the others that we have dealt with he's untouchable. Considering our ridiculously defunct democracy it seems pretty amazing to me that such an honest, compassionate man could become president. I definitely never thought I'd see this in my lifetime.

The S&P downgrading us was disgusting partisan bullshit. The thing about our AAA rating was that it was only based on the fact that the US would never default on a loan. It's unfathomable, we have an enormous economy and the capability to pull...