Day800 Tuesday 11/06/12

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Today is the final day of running against Obama. In 800 days I have run an average of 3.02 miles every single day against this president and what his vision of America is. My goal was to run the distance from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back, which is 2,080 miles. Instead I surpassed 2,080 miles and ran an extra 339.1 miles, which is coincidentally the current circumference of Barack Obama's head and his ever-expanding ego. It swells at the same rate as our national debt.

It's been fun and I thank you for following the blog or just checking it out here and there. It is beyond my comprehension how Barack Hussein Obama was ever elected to begin with, or how he is reasonably eligible to even put up an argument for a second term, but here we are. 

“The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency.  It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. 

The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their President.”

 -anonymous

My final words are for my family. My wonderful wife, Lindsey, I love you so much and thank you for your patience over the last 800 days and for supporting this time-consuming goal I set for myself. You are an incredible woman and, as of recently, a wonderful mom. My five-month-old son, Henry, is the best thing that has ever happened to Lindsey and I. Since he has been here it has made me run further and faster and with even more passion than ever. 

Thanks again for following this blog and hopefully we will all wake up tomorrow to a befuddled mainstream media that won't be able to pick their jaws up off the ground until Romney's inaugurated. 

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 339.1

Here is what happened one year ago on Day435.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day69.

Day799 Monday 11/05/12

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We are on the eve of deciding America's long-term future. We finally made it. The election is tomorrow and the people finally get to collectively speak for the first time in four years regarding the leadership of Barack Hussein Obama. In 2010, we spoke during the midterm elections and overwhelmingly rejected Obama's decisions by plucking like weeds from the unsightly garden of Congress many of those who supported what our president was selling. 

What has changed since 2010? Things have only gotten worse. If America was disappointed two years ago then our nation should be enraged after four years.

Happy voting and, one way or the other, our nation is going to get exactly what it deserves, one of two extremely opposing directions, once the final ballot is cast. 

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 339.1

Here is what happened one year ago on Day434.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day68. 

Day798 Sunday 11/04/12

ran 1.7 miles

Today ends week 114 of running against Obama. I ran 1.7 miles this week, averaging 0.24 miles per day.

Today was my first run in three weeks. We are only two days away from getting Barack Hussein Obama out of the White House and not being able to run as this election reaches its end has been disappointing. I could only muster 1.7 miles today and it might have been my last run against Obama. My injury still needs time to heal but I wanted to make at least one more run.

The Carolina Panthers beat the Washington Redskins today. That's great news if you happen to want Barack Obama to be fired on Tuesday. Out of the last 18 presidential elections, since the Redskins moved to Washington in 1937, they have accurately predicted the outcome of 17 elections by simply winning or losing. 

If the Redskins win the game before the election, the incumbent party wins. If they lose the game before the election, the challenger wins. The Redskins lost 21-13. It sounds like nothing more than superstition but their track record is impeccable. The only time the Redskins were wrong was during the Bush-Gore election. And they were still half-right because Gore won the popular vote.

Looking ominous for Obama. 

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 339.1

Here is what happened one year ago on Day433.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day67.   

Day797 Saturday 11/03/12

ran 0.0 miles

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 337.4

Here is what happened one year ago on Day432.

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Day796 Friday 11/02/12

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Here is a list of 28 papers that obviously endorsed Barack Obama 4 years ago and, as a result of his monumental failures, are now actually endorsing Mitt Romney.

Source: TheBlaze 

 1. 

“ The economy is growing at an unacceptably anemic rate”
–The Des Moines Register

2. 

“It verges on magical thinking to expect Obama to get different results in the next four years.”
–The Orlando Sentinel 

3.

“More pointedly, we are disappointed in the tone of Obama’s relentless insinuations that wealthy Americans refuse to pay their fair share. That tone is divisive and damaging for the nation and for our economy. It creates villains and victims, and unfairly so.”

– The Daily Herald, Chicago

4. 

“ The president has shown little understanding of how his failures are affecting the nation, and he hasn’t offered any tangible proposals to change course.”
–Reno Gazette-Journal

5. 

“Obama’s signature achievement was confusing and ill-timed. The byzantine Affordable Care Act worsened uncertainty for business during a recession and will compound the costs of workplace benefits for four out of five working-age Americans.”
–Florida Today

6. 

“Nationally, the one thing that is needed above anything else is job creation. Yet, the president’s economic proposal is to raise taxes on the job-creating class. Why ever would you raise taxes on anyone when real unemployment is around 15 percent? That defies all economic theories.  Let’s face it: Romney is more of a businessman than a politician. You can resent his wealth all you want, but he has a proven record as a turnaround artist.”
–The Daily Tribune, Royal Oak, MI

7.  

“As Texans, it is a particular vexation that this president’s attitude toward the interests of our state has occasionally bordered on contempt, particularly in decisions relating to the NASA budget and the energy sector.”
–Houston Chronicle

8.  

“President Obama’s steps to get spending under control and reduce the debt are too tentative, and again hark back to his inability to possess the leadership to break the partisan gridlock in Congress.”

–The Tennessean

9. 

“Instead of taking charge in Washington, Obama has shown unwillingness to take even the most basic step in presidential leadership: picking up the Oval Office phone to bring his influence to bear on reluctant representatives and senators.”
–Los Angeles Daily News

10.  

“Romney is an agent of change whose primary campaign thrust has been the economy and his plans and qualifications to improve it.”
–Fort Worth Star-Telegram

11.  

“But today, rather than articulate a compelling vision for growth, the president falls back on the tired talking point of increasing taxes for the wealthy.”
– Sun Sentinel Fort Lauderdale, FL

12. 

“The president laments congressional gridlock that fomented under the inflammatory leadership of Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Harry Reid. The president’s deference to their reckless rhetoric further deepened congressional divide.”
–Quad-City Times

13. 

“Four years ago, the editorial board’s willingness to change horses in the middle of a churning river led us to call for voters to break the Republican hold on the White House and try a Democrat with a fresh spark. Today, it leads the editorial board to urge voters to say “enough” to a Democratic administration whose sincere best has turned out disappointing, and install a seasoned leader with a record of fixing problems.”
–Long Beach Press-Telegram

14. 

“Four years ago, we recommended Barack Obama be elected. He offered himself as someone who could bridge the wide chasm between Democrats and Republicans. However, after four years, the situation has worsened.”
–Pensacola News Journal

15. 

“Mr. Obama may have great ideas, but if he can’t get them through Congress — and there’s no reason to think anything on that account will change after Nov. 6 — they are worthless.”
–The Reporter 

16.  

“Some of the warnings about Obama’s lack of legislative and leadership skills have come true over the past four years. It is not worth risking the state of our economy for the next four years to see whether his learning curve really is behind him.”

–Naples Daily News

17. 

“Class warfare might be a successful strategy for cobbling together 270 electoral votes. But it’s not the way to unite a divided nation. The president comes to town on a Monday, takes our money, shakes our hands and tells us how much he values the CEOs and innovators of New York. And then on Tuesday, he turns around and refers to business leaders as fat cat bankers whose success was created by the sweat of others. That’s not a friend. That’s not a leader. That’s a politician.”
–The New York Observer

18. 

“Voters may well wonder if Obama even knows what it means to get spending under control.”
– Billings Gazette

19.

“Instead of following through on his hope-and-change message, Obama keeps telling us the limits of hope and change.”

–Pasadena Star-News

20. 

“In 2008, an unproven Obama promised things would turn out differently with him in charge. “Change we can believe in” is how he put it. Four years later we realize it was all made up.”
–Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise 

21. 

“It was the vision of hope and change that convinced us four years ago to support then-Sen. Barack Obama over Sen. John McCain.  Today, there is little hope in how another four years of an Obama administration would swiftly and effectively lift our country out of its economic doldrums, and there is little change in how Washington operates.”
–Cape Cod Times

22. 

“Good intentions, repeated promises and lofty rhetoric are no substitute for sound economics and a foreign policy grounded in realism and strength.”
“Obama spent a year to win razor-thin passage of a divisive law that has spawned fights over expensive mandates, new taxes and infringement of religious liberties.”

–Worcester Telegram & Gazette

23.

 “It is true that in 2008 we endorsed the change promised by Obama, but the reality today is – four years later – we have little confidence Obama will be more successful managing the economy and the budget going forward. Indeed, we feel change is needed again. And we believe Romney fills that ticket.”

–The Shreveport Times

24. 

“Sure, funding for public broadcasting is an insignificant part of the budget, but if Obama isn’t even willing to cut one one-hundreth of 1 percent of federal spending for something that is non-vital to America, then the president is not serious about reducing spending at all.
If Obama is not serious about that, he is the wrong person for the job.”

–The Joplin Globe

25.  

“But here’s the rub: Obama has had four years. What improvements he’s overseen are largely incremental. Instead, lectures become excuses. And the excuses wear thin.  Eventually, Obama’s words, meant for Romney, blow back: Where’s the plan? Where does this White House administration see America in four years? In all of that campaigning, that plan didn’t emerge.”
– Journal And Courier, Lafayette,IN

26.  

“This administration from day one has waged a deplorable crusade to kill coal mining jobs, and to close coal-fired power plants, through a politically motivated Environmental Protection Agency.”

–Bluefield Daily Telegraph

27. 

“Obama’s Term In The White House Has Been Quite Possibly The Most Disappointing Presidency In The History Of The United States.”

–Casper Star-Tribune

28.  

“President Obama has strong support among women and ethnic minorities, but his avowed goal of bringing together all Americans remains only a faint dream. After four years, he has run out of time.”

–The Vancouver Columbian

Day795 Thursday 11/01/12

ran 0.0 miles

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 337.4

Here is what happened one year ago on Day430.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day64.  

Day794 Wednesday 10/31/12

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Brilliant. This video has earned a special place as the perfect argument against Barack Obama and his liberal counterparts. As much as we feebly attempt to make sense of national affairs and our economy, and argue about what paths and what futures we should lead America toward---along comes this guy and he distills all of the chaos into a perfect perspective through the lens of children. 

We were once those little kids in the video above. That candy was the currency we now know as money. And, as fun as Halloween is, it is still work through a child's eyes. It is hard work for a reward they feel they earned. They are hustling to get to as many houses as they can to fill their bags up as much as they can, just as we adults hustle to seize as many opportunities as we can to fill our savings as much as possible. It is no different. 

The world through those children's eyes and the candy they earn tonight is no different than the realities before us and the hours you worked today. If you really want to prepare your child for the mature world he is only years from embarking upon, take 30 percent of his candy each Halloween and give it to other kids who have less. If your kid gets 10 Christmas gifts or 20 Easter eggs, take 3 gifts and 6 eggs and explain to him or her that they automatically have to give them to someone else.

To really put things into perspective, from one adult to another, on average, you do not begin earning money for the work you perform until mid-April of every year. Every day you work for the first 3 1/2 months of every year is for federal, state, and local government. We give them more than the first three months of every penny we earn and here they are asking for more after the federal government has plummeted into $16 trillion of debt.

Those kids have every right to be pissed and so do you.

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 337.4

Here is what happened one year ago on Day429.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day63. 

Day793 Tuesday 10/30/12

ran 0.0 miles

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 337.4

Here is what happened one year ago on Day428.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day62.

Day792 Monday 10/29/12

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Obama's looking like a cat on a hot tin roof. And rightly so---he deserves every tight corner he gets backed into for what he's done, or failed to do, over the last four years. Eight more days until we get this guy out!

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 337.4

Here is what happened one year ago on Day427.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day61.

Day 791 Sunday 10/28/12

ran 0.0 miles

Today ends week 113 of running against Obama. I ran 0.0 miles this week, averaging 0.00 miles per day.

 

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 337.4

Here is what happened one year ago on Day426.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day60. 

Day790 Saturday 10/27/12

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This is one of the most strange Obama interviews I've ever seen. The local Colorado news anchor is a master of the passive-aggressive interview technique and he rips into Obama without even raising his voice once. Very entertaining. Barack Obama kept his cool but you can tell he was getting more and more pissed with every lie that was passing through his lips.

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 337.4

Here is what happened one year ago on Day425.

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Day789 Friday 10/26/12

ran 0.0 miles

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 337.4

Here is what happened one year ago on Day424.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day58.

Day788 Thursday 10/25/12

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2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 337.4

Here is what happened one year ago on Day423.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day57.

Day787 Wednesday 10/24/12

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This is a really cool site with an array of graphic depictions showing how wastefully our government spends the tax dollars we work so hard to earn. Check it out!

Less than two weeks to go. Barack Obama has had four years and his record speaks for itself. If it had been George Bush's record, or any Republican's for that matter, they would be out thanks to our ever-noble, responsible, fair and unbiased media---but not Barack Obama. Between "Fast and Furious" and the lies that are mounting regarding Benghazi, alone, George Bush or any other Republican would have been taken apart by now---but not Barack Obama.

The only justice left to wield on this man is in the hands of the voter and his proverbial sentence should be life in Chicago.

2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 337.4

Here is what happened one year ago on Day422.

Here is what happened two years ago on Day56.