In 2008, Obama promised jobs, to cut the deficit in half, a healthy economy, and to unite Americans. He’s obviously failed miserably either by lying, a lack of knowledge as a national leader, or by simple incompetency. Could be that he’s been too busy campaigning on promises of free federal handouts for those who will vote for him once again. The cruelest thing the president has done, however, was to convince over 23 million unemployed and the 20 million Americans living below the poverty level that the federal government owes them and that it’s patriotic to continue living at the …