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Barack Obama's first year in office was one long string of gaffes, foreign policy blunders, and domestic disasters strung together in a long, terrible line. Although it's not possible to adequately catalogue every blunder in Obama's first year in something shorter than a book, here are some of the many, many blaring lowlights that really stood out:

1) The stimulus that didn't: The Democrats shoved through a stimulus bill that cost more than the Vietnam and Iraq wars combined. Why? Over and over again, they said "
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- Napolitano: The Secret Kill List
- Ransom: Does Anyone Still Like Obama?
- Elder: Why Jeremiah Wright Matters -- Still, Part II
- Reagan: The Great Obama Blunder
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- Barone: Obama Campaign May Be Fooling Itself
- Thomas: America and Future Wars
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- Hawkins: Twenty Things this Conservative Believes
- Aden: Americans Who Weren't Aborted Increasingly Oppose Abortion
- Malkin: It's Time for Beltway Barnacle Orrin Hatch To Go
- Ransom: Darrell Issa's Discovery Summer
- Bozell: Ed Schultz's Wisconsin Campaign
- Kengor: Cuba Backing Gay Marriage?
- Folkertsma: Remembering the Significance of D-Day
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Seven Lowlights From Obama's First Disastrous Year in Office
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