At this stage of the Obama Presidency, how do you feel about how he's doing?

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How do you feel about the job Obama is doing as President?

  • Exceeded my expectations, good job

    Votes: 2 6.7%

  • Met my expectations so far, doing pretty good

    Votes: 8 26.7%

  • Man, this really isn't going well. Disappointed

    Votes: 12 40.0%

  • GET THIS MOFO OUT OF OFFICE!!!!

    Votes: 8 26.7%
  • Total voters
    30
ColdBlooded

ColdBlooded

Sicc OG
#4
Apr 25, 2002
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#4
He gets a D


This sums it up pretty well . . .

I moved to Washington in 1993, when a young, new Democratic president replaced George Bush and promised to reform politics and be a transformative leader. Backed by huge majorities in Congress and with public opinion squarely in his corner, he had the opportunity to shake things up and change American politics. Instead, he and his party squandered their chance through timidity, weak leadership, a lack of any original ideas and their refusal to confront special interest groups.

Here we are seventeen years later and there’s a young, new Democratic president who replaced George Bush and promised to reform politics and be a transformative leader. Backed by huge majorities in Congress….

Well, by now you can probably guess where this is heading.
I had low expectations for Obama as I always viewed him as a fairly conventional insider. But by any measure, his presidency has been a huge disappointment. It’s true that Obama inherited a terrible economy, but his policies were timid — which is no surprise given that his economic team was composed almost entirely of the same bankers and Wall Street insiders who paved the way for and profited from our bubble economy. There are now 43.6 million Americans living in poverty and more than 15 million out of work; that’s a scandal, and when there’s a Democrat in the White House and the party has ample majorities in Congress, it’s not credible to blame everything on obstructionism by the Republicans.

Then there was the health care reform bill, that took more than a year to pass and whose primary beneficiaries were the lobbyists who got paid billions to water it down. The bill does almost nothing to control costs and left the insurance industry in charge of the system. And for that very reason, the industry will be able to contrive loopholes that minimize the impact of the few good measures left in the bill.
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http://harpers.org/archive/2010/09/hbc-90007662
 
K

kev ski

Sicc OG
#8
May 13, 2002
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#8
although i didnt vote for him id say hes doing good, if you look at what bush left him with,
i dont think anyone can please the american people at this point, they feel broke and want blood, yet the feds cant help at this point , tell me , what can anyone do at this point to fix the mess america is in?

jobs? it aint gonna get better , 9.5% without worK? thats california and florida's population, theres too many people, you cant just create jobs that easy,

foreign aid is the one area i feel we need to fix, billions go over seas and south of the border, we really need to stop it , 25 billion a year on average aint gonna cut it
other countries need to fix there own problems from now on,

after obama is out then most pepople will finally see the fact that america is changed country and theres nothing ant president can do to change it for the better, its up to americans to change it
 
Timm

Timm

Banned
#9
Sep 16, 2008
5,632
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#9
Good call kev ski on the foreign charties, fuck that shit. Fundraisers at my highschool are about sending $$ to africa and I'm like fuck that, there's kids 15 minutes away starving and poor
 
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Artistic

Sicc OG
#13
Dec 29, 2008
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#13
im glad i voted for him. he extended unemployment so that was great.

i think the war in iraq needs to end though.

they could spend all that war money on the ghettos and the education system.

"They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor"
-2pac
 
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kev ski

Sicc OG
#15
May 13, 2002
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#15
CHRISHOGGALYPSE said:
The US has been committed to offering .7% of it's GNP to foreign aid. It consistently fails to meet this donation every year. So if you feel like we're doing too much, rest assured we're doing less than we said we would.
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no matter how you slice it 25 billion is alot of money, the usa is broke now and it will get worse if this doesnt stop
 
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