Seems to me that taken a referrred-to article and claiming the referrer was the author is rhetorical device. If you don't know the difference between a pointer and an assertion, get some edification.

Good things? He started reversing the economic collapse handed to him by Bush and Paulson. He started reversing the anti-science policies and the know-nothing policies of the Bush years. He regained the respect of the international community on the climate issue, and began drawing down the Iraq war troop count. That's just a few off the top of my head.

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