Page-ist Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 What is your opinion on President Obama's performance in his first year? I'll give him a C-. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbreaker Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 I'm going to wait until 2012 to decide how good or bad of a job President Obama is doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page-ist Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 What is your opinion on President Obama's performance in his first year? I'm not quite sure. I'm going to wait until 2013 to make any kind of a judgement of how good/bad of a job he has done as President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 He's in way over his head and running out of friends fast. Grade: D- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagemccartney95 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 I disapprove of Obama. He has yet to kepp any of the promises during his campaign. Where's the transparency he promised? And furthermore, as far as the healthcare bill is concerned, he is not listening to the people, but is doing what he wants. Meh, D-. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 I said approve. I would have preferred him to hold off on health care until after the midterm elections and focus more on the economy, but he felt strongly about doing it as soon as possible. I thought he put a little too much on his plate, but I'd rather a President try to do too much than not try to do enough. It's one of those things where he's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't -- I'd rather him be damned if he does. I was however, greatly boosted by his desire to have Don't Ask, Don't Tell repealed. It's about damn time, as far as that goes. One of the few things about the Clinton administration I do NOT like. I certainly don't regret voting for him, in any event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danelectro59 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 ...because as an unemployed college student living with Mom and Dad she had nothing to lose anyway. Poll the small business owners, the auto dealers, middle class families attempting to get financing for a mortage, etc. so all of the losers voted for Obama right? For all of your wisdom, you keep forgetting to mention what a shitty mess the economy was in before he took over. So, it's been a whole year and he hasn't fixed it. Did you happen to poll small business owners, auto dealers, and middle class families before the 08 election? Were they happier then? I bet an overwhelming majority would say no way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danelectro59 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 I disapprove of Obama. He has yet to kepp any of the promises during his campaign. Where's the transparency he promised? And furthermore, as far as the healthcare bill is concerned, he is not listening to the people, but is doing what he wants. Meh, D-. He has listened to(some of) the people and shelved the healthcare bill for now. In return, he's lost a bit of respect in those who voted him in office. Personally, i would have liked to have seen him tackle the jobs situation first. So for that I would give him a grade C+. No matter what, he's light years better than Dubya who never listened to anyone outside of his circle. That's why we're mired in two wars now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 If Obama was REALLY doing what he wanted re: health care, something would have been passed and signed into law by now. The fact it hasn't shows two things. One, the GOP is absolutely incapable of reaching any compromise with the Dems on this subject and two, the Democrats in Congress are spineless twunts being led by two jackasses, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. Obama can only sign bills into law, he can't make them. It's up to Congress to give him something.....they haven't. That's not on him. That's on them. Also, it's been ONE YEAR. What the hell did you expect him to get done in one year? I certainly didn't think anything earth-shattering would be finished in 12 months. Anyone who did is absolutely nuts, and that goes for people on all sides of the fence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page-ist Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 Something about Obama that really pissed me off was that he tried to hold the trial for the 9/11 terrorist in New York City instead of a military tribunal. Spending millions of dollars bringing this guy back to NY was going to provide an international stage for him to spread his propoganda and anti-American crap all over the middle-east, instead of holding it in the cheap, convenient, and private of the military. The main argument justifying this was that the trial in NY was supposed to provide as a "symbol of the US dominance". I believe that stopping tremendous amounts of information about our military and torture techniques (many of it exaggerated and made up by the terrorist) is more important than trying to show the world that the US is still top dog even after Obama's countless acts of weakness toward terrorist, North Korea, ect.. Fortunately two senators from California and NY asked the president to move the event somewhere else and he agreed to do so( However I have yet to hear anything about the new location). Both of the senators were democrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Hello fellow Zepp fans! At least we have the music in common I respect everyone's opinion as we all feel differently due to things that have happened in our life. But, I will be patient and give him another year because he did walk into a freakin nightmare, thanks Bush! Like it or not he is the President. And no I do not agree with everything he has done, but I am not so sure if John McCain would have fixed everything in a year. Congress and the Senate need to get their act together! These people are afforded a lot of priveledge and need to remember who put them in office....Oh yea, that would be people who are Republican and Democrat..God forbid we as Americans step up and start a new party...what a concept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danelectro59 Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 All I said was it's easy for people who had nothing to lose then to have no regrets now. I don't mention what he walked into because at some point you have to stop blaming George Bush for Barack Obama's failures. C'mon already, he's a quarter of the way thru his term and despite having a majority in the house and senate, what has he accomplished?! NOTHING. Do you think his odds for success increase after the Dem's get their butts handed to them in the mid-term elections? Hell no. Massachusetts was his Waterloo. Two words: lame duck. No, i don't think so. First, it took nearly 10 years to fully recover from the Great Depression of the 1930's, and this is about as close as we've come to that. Second, this is not just a national recession, but a global one which makes it even more difficult. But the signs are starting to appear that the worst has past and the economy should start recovering. I'm thinking this is a rerun of 94 when the Cons did the same thing and won back control of Congress, but the American people saw through it and re-elected Clinton with an even bigger percentage than his first election win. The Democratic Party can blame themselves for the current situation and deserve to get beat if they can't get their act together. And how can one not continue to blame GWB for the problems now facing us? Anyone knows you can't just pack up and leave a war, and we've got two of them. He started them with the knowledge that he wasn't going to finish either one, and the one in Iraq was started on lies and against the will of the American people. Then he stood around and let the economy of this country fall into a dismal abyss. Yes, he has a lot to be blamed for. When you admit that, i'll stop ranting about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 The point of contention ain't that he hasn't fixed everything, it's that he has accomplished nothing. Moreover, he and his administration have attempted to jam a socialist agenda down the country's throat behind closed doors. Make no mistake, each party is as corrupt as the other, but this guy takes the cake when it comes to pure b.s. Come on ...Behind closed doors has always been the way Washington works. Even though WE pay their salaries, they only tell us what THEY think we should know...this is nothing new. So you think Bush doesn't take the cake when it comes to b.s....really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danelectro59 Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 The point of contention ain't that he hasn't fixed everything, it's that he has accomplished nothing. Moreover, he and his administration have attempted to jam a socialist agenda down the country's throat behind closed doors. Make no mistake, each party is as corrupt as the other, but this guy takes the cake when it comes to pure b.s. yes, we all admit he's a bit of a media darling and manipulates it as good as anyone, but that only goes so far. He's a smart man and knows this and i'm thinking you'll see a different agenda for this year. I'll agree on one point and that is that he has to grab the bull by the nuts and twist or he's going be run roughshod by his own party. He has to have the ability to do that, or he may be, as you say, a lame duck. I don't think that's even close yet. One election in Mass. may have opened some eyes, but it certainly hasn't closed any curtains yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gospel Zone Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Looks like he wants to steal from the poor and the rich and give to the middle class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepps_apprentice Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 not all into politics but i liked Ron Paul soo anyway i give him uhhhhh F+ or a D- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepps_apprentice Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Absolutely correct, but this guy got elected because he said he was going to insist upon transparency. Of course Bush was equally full of shit however, and this is important to note, he is no longer in office. I don't waste time scrutinizing elected officials who are no longer in office. So in three years when Obama loses in a landslide I will take this same approach with the new schmuck. well you pretty much summed it all up for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gospel Zone Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Absolutely correct, but this guy got elected because he said he was going to insist upon transparency. Of course Bush was equally full of shit however, and this is important to note, he is no longer in office. I don't waste time scrutinizing elected officials who are no longer in office. So in three years when Obama loses in a landslide I will take this same approach with the new schmuck. He's got the transparency thing down, I've been able to see through his act all along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Absolutely correct, but this guy got elected because he said he was going to insist upon transparency. Of course Bush was equally full of shit however, and this is important to note, he is no longer in office. I don't waste time scrutinizing elected officials who are no longer in office. So in three years when Obama loses in a landslide I will take this same approach with the new schmuck. Point taken :-) IMHO It is a disgrace what has happened in my life time in the political arena. The death of John F Kennedy (who knows what really happened as those papers are sealed until I am dead..again only what they want us to know), Richard Nixon and illegal wire tapping...and on and on. I will continue to write to the political officials and let them know what a disgrace they are. Selfish, Greedy, Self Serving just to name a few words. If these people do not figure out a way to work together I fear for the generation of my son. At least in the 60's people had the fortitude to try to change things...what the hell happened to people really fighting for what they believe in...oh yea, they think it's in a voting booth which limits your choices and the only effort it takes is to punch a button and that can't even be done correct a lot of times! I watched Obama's State of the Union, so let's see if he really wants to work with both sides and let's see if the GOP is willing to step up as well. I'll give it one more year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Some of you people crack me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page-ist Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 God forbid we as Americans step up and start a new party...what a concept That's what happened during the Revolution. But after many years, the waves of corruption eroded the shores of liberty and justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page-ist Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 The way I see it, if Pres Obama continues on the path he's on for the rest of his term, he is going to have a hard time convincing independents and even some liberals that the promises of his new election will come true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepps_apprentice Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 is it true that Obama has the lowest approval rating ever for a president in office ONE year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 He has a higher approval rating after one year than the vaunted St. Ronald of Reagan, whom all Republicans seem to think crapped rainbows. Also, his "approval rating" varies greatly depending on the pollster used and their leaning. Left-leaning polls have it higher, right-leaning polls have it lower. I think the truth, like in all things, exists somewhere between the two. That said, I would put it closer to the high end than the low end. It's Congress that I'm fairly sure people continue to have a great dislike for, myself included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUCK'EYE' DOC Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 so all of the losers voted for Obama right? For all of your wisdom, you keep forgetting to mention what a shitty mess the economy was in before he took over. So, it's been a whole year and he hasn't fixed it. Did you happen to poll small business owners, auto dealers, and middle class families before the 08 election? Were they happier then? I bet an overwhelming majority would say no way. Wrong! Most business owners that I know were alot happier about the future before the election. And at least people had jobs before the election of 2008! The majority of the job losses occurred after the election. And it was the results of the election of 2008 that caused the stock market to collapse in November 2008, almost immediately after the election. No confidence by business in the new government, causing job losses in the middle class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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