This was originally posted on May 16, 2012

President Obama recently added his contributions to the biographies of his predecessors.   I’ve taken a look, and I think he missed a few:

• 1802 – President Jefferson requests authorization from Congress to deal with the Barbary Pirates of Libya and Morocco.  President Obama carries on his legacy by waging a war against the Quaddafi regime in Libya without getting authorization from Congress.
• 1863 – President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in territory that has been taken from the Confederacy.  This is a prelude to the eventual emancipation of all slaves in the United States.  President Obama honors this act by continuing and extending policies that keep black Americans on the plantation of poverty.
• 1962 – President Kennedy challenges the nation to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.  President Obama honors this legacy by telling NASA leadership that their biggest task was to reach out to Muslim countries and improve their self-esteem about the contributions to science and mathematics done by Muslims 1000 years ago.
• 1964 – President Johnson calls on the nation to wage a War on Poverty.  President Obama is doing his part by pursuing policies that put almost three million additional people under the federal poverty line, with minorities being hardest hit.
• 1970 – President Nixon signs the Controlled Substances Act, kicking off the war on drugs in the United States.  President Obama continues this fight against personal responsibility by using federal agents to suppress the use of marijuana as a pharmaceutical in the states that have legalized the practice.

Can y’all think of any more?  I’d hate for the President’s glorious record to be uncelebrated.