President Barack Hussein Obama’s record will be available for scrutiny during the presidential election of 2012, unlike 2008 when the citizenry based its selection of a man devoid of any professional accomplishment, a not so transparent past, and troubling associations, only to be beguiled by his rhetoric of ‘Hope and Change’.

However, Obama’s hope and change did not turn out to be the hope and change Americans were looking for.

His leadership devalued homes, 401 k’s, savings, investments, loss of jobs and put the nation into further debt — $15 trillion and counting.

He promised to be a uniter, but turned out to be a divider.

Was absent without leave during the debt crisis for the most part and likewise failed to show leadership and was again out of the country while the Supercommittee tried to trim-down the budget and spending. 

Tonight the Supercommittee admitted Superfailure; Obama came on national TV and blamed the GOP, all part of his strategy making the issue the fabric of his capaign, another diversionary tactic to blur his poor performance.

He purposefully distanced himself from leadership in these issues for political expediency and a game plan for reelection.

Obama is a classic politician and orator, but only with a TelePrompTer; he has failed in improving his professional accomplishments, other than to blame others for the lack of them.

His record for the past 32 month period he has been in office looks something like this:

       A gallon of regular gasoline the day Obama was inaugurated was $1.79 on average in the US. Today that price is $3.59, a 100.6 percent increase.

       The number of food stamp recipients has risen since Obama took office from 31,983,718 to 43,200,878, a 35.1 percent jump.

       Long term unemployment soared 146.2 percent during the same 32 month period from 2,600,000 to 6,400,000.

       American citizens living in poverty have risen 9.5 percent from 39,800,000 to 43,600,000, the number of unemployed has jumped almost 25 percent from 11,616,000 to 14,485,000 as of August 31, 2011.

       The number of unemployed blacks has risen from 12.6 percent at the end of George Bush’s term to 15.8 percent today, a 25.4 percent increase, and finally, our national debt is up more than 34 percent to $15 trillion*

This pathetic record of hope and change is defended by Obama, by saying he didn’t say when the hope and change would come.

Furthermore he said that if he didn’t take the actions he did such as the stimulus program to produce jobs, the bailout of banks, financial institutions, the auto industry and failed loans to green energy industries such as Solyndra, things would be worse.

Buy into this defense and Obama will have another bridge to sell you for his reelection.

It is time for hope and change, but in 2012 when the nation replaces the current president with anybody but Obama.

*Sources: Writer Rich Carroll, US Energy Information Administration, Wall Street Journal, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Dept of Labor, Standard & Poors/Case-Shiller, Federal Reserve, US Treasury, Heritage Foundation.