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Is Obama a good president?[W:577]

Is Obama a good president?

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As my Amish Friends say

HE SUCKETH
 
It has been asked that if you were intentionally trying to hurt America, what would you be doing differently than what Obama is doing?

Answer: Nothing.
 
Nixon is reviled by the 21st century schizoid men of the rightists/GOPees..
apdst said:
Policy-wise, Nixon wasn't a bad president.
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Haven't you read these guys railing on Trickie Dickie for all of his domestic accomplishments, like EPA ?
 
apdst said:
Policy-wise, Nixon wasn't a bad president.
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Nixon's minion started Handgun control inc. He also started the EPA. He might have created another cabinet position as well that spit on the 10th amendment. However, recognizing Red China was a brilliant move. Maybe the smartest Foreign Policy Decision in 50 years and made up for some really boneheaded decisions like Nam and backing the French rather than HCM
 
Helix said:
yeah, i forgot to add gay civil rights in there.

there were points in the 2012 race where i thought he could lose. phoning in that first debate really hurt him, but the 47 percent thing was just too much for Romney to get past.
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...and for me, it was his proposal to reduce or eliminate the capital gains tax and to lower the top bracket. Since that was 100% beneficial to Romney who paid little enough as it was, I really couldn't respect him for that.

As a Mormon, I thought that was in his favor. I';ve seen te Mormon MO up close and they really are loyal to their group and caring of the less fortunate. Had Romney won, I would not have been horrified but I could see that he had trouble gaining traction because he's been too rich for too long and the ultra-wealthy really are not like ordinary people. That doesn't mean they are bad people, just alien in many respects.

Obama has been a let-down, maybe just because we expected more. What was I expecting? Not the lying and spying, blaming and power grabs, that's for sure.
 
humbolt said:
I'm guessing at least four pages. Probably more like eight by tomorrow. I can't bet yet. None of the mean people have shown up yet.
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True. Gotta wait till after people get home before they start showing up.
 
Jredbaron96 said:
True. Gotta wait till after people get home before they start showing up.
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Hope they have a good dinner. Nothing like a bad day at work and a sucky dinner to put someone in a bad mood. Mind you, I'm not hoping for that. I'm hoping for congenial discussion. However, if someone has a litany of fractured references of Obama lying outright, and they would want to post them, I'm certainly not averse to something like that. I could also entertain someone from the GOP putting his or her foot and ankle and whatnot into a mouth, and something like that being pointed out. It could happen. So we have to wait, I guess.
 
humbolt said:
Hope they have a good dinner. Nothing like a bad day at work and a sucky dinner to put someone in a bad mood. Mind you, I'm not hoping for that. I'm hoping for congenial discussion. However, if someone has a litany of fractured references of Obama lying outright, and they would want to post them, I'm certainly not averse to something like that. I could also entertain someone from the GOP putting his or her foot and ankle and whatnot into a mouth, and something like that being pointed out. It could happen. So we have to wait, I guess.
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Only time will tell.
 
He's a horrible president, but then again, all we've had in recent memory have been horrible presidents.
 
humbolt said:
Hope they have a good dinner. Nothing like a bad day at work and a sucky dinner to put someone in a bad mood. Mind you, I'm not hoping for that. I'm hoping for congenial discussion. However, if someone has a litany of fractured references of Obama lying outright, and they would want to post them, I'm certainly not averse to something like that. I could also entertain someone from the GOP putting his or her foot and ankle and whatnot into a mouth, and something like that being pointed out. It could happen. So we have to wait, I guess.
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You do realize that a topic like this could go on for days, don't you? With so much potential material at hand to cover, neither side will let us down....:mrgreen:

Greetings, humbolt. :2wave: Haven't talked to you lately...hope all is well...
 
polgara said:
You do realize that a topic like this could go on for days, don't you? With so much potential material at hand to cover, neither side will let us down....:mrgreen:

Greetings, humbolt. :2wave: Haven't talked to you lately...hope all is well...
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All is well here. I do hope people devote some time to this topic. I'm sure it'll go on for a while. It'll be a long time before the history is written on the president, but these times seem so pivotal, it's hard to avoid making some judgement. Bush was certainly labeled relatively early, and as we've seen in the past what appears to be one thing on it's face is sometimes reconsidered later. We'll see.
 
Yet another opportunity for me to be flagged and fined. I'll pass.
 
Jredbaron96 said:
I'm sure this will end in a proper and dignified manner.
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I voted "No", but will qualify that a little. He is, what we knew he would be. He did not have the experience required for the job and was selling a dream. If that is what you nominate and vote into office? Well, you should not be surprised that you get it.
 
Jredbaron96 said:
I'm sure this will end in a proper and dignified manner.
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Oh, undoubtedly.

Anyway, no. I'll go with Bill Clinton's own words and say that he's been an amateur.
 
Obama is exactly the same as every other president we have in my lifetime. He has worked to give the federal government more power over the general public, to make politicians more powerful, and he is making his friends a **** load of money.
 
Only 5 pages? I am sad.
 
Cephus said:
He's a horrible president,
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That's fine if he only won one term. The problem is that he was re-elected. If he is a horrible president, does that by default make Americans horrible voters? :confused:
 
Jredbaron96 said:
I'm sure this will end in a proper and dignified manner.
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Absolutely, because the demographics of this forum closely match the demographics of America.
 
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