The 2013 Year In Politics As Explained Through "Toy Story" GIFs

"You are a child's play thing!"

2013 started out really well for President Barack Obama.

Republicans, maintaining control of the House, returned to Washington with this attitude:

And the clashes between Obama and the Republicans began almost immediately.

First, Obama and the Democrats pushed really hard for background checks on gun purchases.

But even with a majority in the Senate, the Democrats couldn't get the votes.

Next on the agenda, the administration made a big push for immigration reform.

But Republicans could not compromise and just danced around the issue.

And that effort fell limp as well.

The administration's agenda was further derailed by a massive NSA spying scandal.

After this one punk kid named Snowden burnt through some major national secrets.

Then another scandal surfaced, after it was revealed the IRS discriminated against Tea Party groups when reviewing applications for tax-exempt status.

The scandal led to bipartisan outrage and heads rolling at the IRS while the Tea Party demanded to be taken seriously.

These scandals hurt the administration's credibility and rallied Republican opposition against him.

Then a dictator in Syria allegedly used chemical weapons against his own people.

But Republicans were not convinced that America needed to intervene even though Obama was demanding it.

Republicans asked Obama to bring his case for war to the Hill.

Then came the battle over the launch of Obamacare.

One new, loud Senator decided to stand as long as he could to stop Obamacare from being implemented.

Republicans decided to grow some wings and shut down the government.

During the entire shutdown, Obama kept screaming at the Republicans:

And no matter how hard the Republicans tried, they could not stop the Obamacare exchanges from launching.

The entire shutdown really just amounted to the Republicans falling with style.

So Republicans were forced to watch the administration rollout Obamacare:

Major problem for Obama: The Obamacare website was a disaster that hurt his approval ratings and further weakened confidence in the administration.

And by the end of the year. Obama and many leaders in Washington feel like this:

But at least Congress did finally decide to pass a budget agreement this week!

And don't worry, the midterm elections are right around the corner!

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