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What is your opinion of Barack Obama now?

What is your opinion of Barack Obama now?

  • I'm glad I voted for him.

    Votes: 20 39.2%
  • I'm glad I didn't vote for him.

    Votes: 27 52.9%
  • I wish I had voted for him.

    Votes: 2 3.9%
  • I wish I hadn't voted for him.

    Votes: 2 3.9%

  • Total voters
    51

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The question pretty well speaks for itself.
 
The question pretty well speaks for itself.

It was the same as it was before. I thought he was a Chicago politician who couldn't be trusted and wouldn't act terrible different from George Bush. And lo and behold, he did not disappoint.
 
My opinion of Barack Obama is pretty distant from the reason why I voted for him.

He won't seriously challenge special interests from Wall-Street and elsewhere, but he doesn't belong to them as much as a Republican candidate would have. He works for the American people about as much as a pragmatist can, which is more than he could have as the revolutionary reformer he was marketed as.

The American people don't seem to grasp that our politicians respond not to our wishes or our wants, but our will. You can wish or want for things to be better, but unless you have the will to acknowledge problems and solve them, things won't get better.

Wishes and wants can be manipulated with unfulfilled promises, culminating into greater catastrophes later. Only a strong will has a chance of achieving its object.

My point being that if Obama is less than what he should be, it is because the American people don't enable him to be better.
 
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Obama did exactly what I expected him to: Spend too much time fixing things, that aren't broken.
 
I still think he is the lesser of two evils...
 
Obama did exactly what I expected him to: Spend too much time fixing things, that aren't broken.

LOL....then again....you're one of the ones that think that GWB left the country in great shape....not much to fix if you believe that.....
 
LOL....then again....you're one of the ones that think that GWB left the country in great shape....not much to fix if you believe that.....

So, what kind of shape is the country in, since Obama was elected?

Things were going great, until the Dems took over Congress in 2007. Tell about all the awesome **** that the Democrats have fixed, since then. I can't wait to hear this.
 
My opinion of Barack Obama is pretty distant from the reason why I voted for him.

He won't seriously challenge special interests from Wall-Street and elsewhere, but he doesn't belong to them as much as a Republican candidate would have. He works for the American people about as much as a pragmatist can, which is more than he could have as the revolutionary reformer he was marketed as.

The American people don't seem to grasp that our politicians respond not to our wishes or our wants, but our will. You can wish or want for things to be better, but unless you have the will to acknowledge problems and solve them, things won't get better.

Wishes and wants can be manipulated with unfulfilled promises, culminating into greater catastrophes later. Only a strong will has a chance of achieving its object.

My point being that if Obama is less than what he should be, it is because the American people don't enable him to be better.

I don't think anything you said was true. Obama panders to the same group all politicians pander to. They're all indebted to the same group of people. Politicians do not respond to our will as much as they do their pocket book and their buddies. Which is why we see the emerging aristocracy. Obama is no different than any other politician out there.

Though I didn't quite expect him to expand our forever war as much as he did. I figured he'd bomb Pakistan a little, sure; but he's really done above and beyond on that front.
 
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So, what kind of shape is the country in, since Obama was elected?

Things were going great, until the Dems took over Congress in 2007. Tell about all the awesome **** that the Democrats have fixed, since then. I can't wait to hear this.


I do find it interesting that the libs try to tout how great a President they think Obama is, but not one of them can come with one thing Obama has done to fix the economy or describe what that one thing did to fix it.
 
Not enough options

I voted for him in 2008, and depending on who the GOP alternative is in 2012, I'll probably vote for him again.

However, I believe his performance as President thus far has been rather mediocre.
 
Not enough options

I voted for him in 2008, and depending on who the GOP alternative is in 2012, I'll probably vote for him again.

However, I believe his performance as President thus far has been rather mediocre.

So, you're one of the ones that we can blame for flushing the country down the toilet?

There's an old saying to go along with you voting for him a second time.
 
Not enough options

I voted for him in 2008, and depending on who the GOP alternative is in 2012, I'll probably vote for him again.

However, I believe his performance as President thus far has been rather mediocre.

which GOP alternative would you choose over obama?
 
I don't think anything you said was true. Obama panders to the same group all politicians pander to. They're all indebted to the same group of people. Politicians do not respond to our will as much as they do their pocket book and their buddies. Which is why we see the emerging aristocracy. Obama is no different than any other politician out there.

That system exists only because the American people don't punish people who take part in it; they are comfortable with the theatricality and uproar of American politics. Obama could choose to "not play ball", but that street goes both ways, as Carter learned the hard way. If you don't play ball, then people either choose to not comply with your policies or oppose them as vigorously as they can.

The special interests socio-cultural network that dominates American politics exists in the cracks ofAmerican ignorance and lack of will power. If that crack was closed, the only politicians up for office would be ethical and civic minded people prepared for the responsibilities of leadership.

Though I didn't quite expect him to expand our forever war as much as he did. I figured he'd bomb Pakistan a little, sure; but he's really done above and beyond on that front.

The wars are like every other situation Obama has faced. They are processes involving massive numbers of resources, people, and interests, working according to a logic and with a momentum that no individual can effectively control.

Obama could try to radically change the situation, but it would result in a lot of backlash and ultimately not improve anything -- in fact, it would probably make things worse.
 
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I'm glad I didn't vote for him. My opinion of him is that he's an arrogant hypocrite and is unfit to lead.
 
Glad I voted for him. Has gotten a whole lot of his campaign promises fulfilled that I didn't necessarily expect (health care legislation, financial regulatory reform, repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, killing of Osama bin Laden, drawdown in Iraq, escalation in Afghanistan), and I am certainly still convinced that a John McCain presidency would've been much worse.
 
I dont mind him, I think he does good for the context of the situation the country's in. I think if some more people tasted the breadine they'd be speaking differently... as in hating him just as much for other reasons.
 
Obama has already made things worse.
 
Ronald Reagan.

He did some good things. Though the whole Iran/Contra thing was maybe not the best thing (but the government does like to sell drugs and guns...hard to get them to stop). Still given the overall, I kinda like Reagan and he was one of the best modern day Presidents we've had. Still; it's been a downhill slide since him.
 
The question pretty well speaks for itself.
I'm glad I voted for him. I'm disappointed that he didn't go as far with his promises as he said he would, but still happy I voted for him. I never expected any economic miracles from him so my feelings haven't been greatly affected by what others perceive as complete failure.
 
So, you're one of the ones that we can blame for flushing the country down the toilet?

There's an old saying to go along with you voting for him a second time.

Grass is always greener on the other side bro.
 
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