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Has Obama been a good President?

Has Obama been a good President?

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Kobie said:
DADT gone, bin Laden dead, kept the economy from continuing to crater, rescued the U.S. auto industry, advanced nuclear non-proliferation efforts. Off the top of my head.
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Yeah Obama has really turned the economy around. Not even his own cabinet is making that claim anymore.
 
Amadeus said:
Obama is a centrist. Which means that he tries to please everyone, and ends up with half-measure solutions.
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If Obama is a centrist...the south pole is a tropical paradise.
 
Kobie said:
DADT gone, bin Laden dead, kept the economy from continuing to crater, rescued the U.S. auto industry, advanced nuclear non-proliferation efforts. Off the top of my head.
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DADT: That was moronic to begin with, and was long overdue to go. Yes, he deserves credit for that.

bin Laden dead: Virtually any President would have approved that move, so he was in the right place at the right time, but sure, he can have the credit.

Economy: I'm not so sure the recession hadn't topped (bottomed?) out on its own, but just as the sitting President gets the blame for a bad economy, the sitting President should get the credit for anything positive in the economy, so sure.
 
Amadeus said:
It's un-American to stonewall for no other reason than to make the president's job more difficult. Especially since Obama inherited an economic ruin, and people were suffering.
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Ah yes, this old chestnut. According to hillary, we all have the ability to disagree, and that doesn't mean we are un american or unpatriotic-do you disagree with what she said?



And its quite arrogant of you to assume that the opposition (which has been quite consistent) is simply to make POTUS's job more difficult. It suggests that you might have delusions about the politics of washington, and that you dont really understand the policies supported by the opposition.

And finally, after nearly 6 years of Obama and democrat polices the economy is still poor, and people are still suffering.
 
US Conservative said:
Its 2014, and we now see the results of over 5 years of the Obama administration. POTUS is not only the executive in chief, he is also the leader of the nation and arguably the free world. His policies, especially if they are signed into law can have profound effects on citizens, as well as people of the world.


Has Obama been a good president to this point?

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Meh..


Obama is an okay-ish president. He's just another finance-purchased politician who ultimately works for commercial interests in a massive web of competing commercial interests. The idiotic idea that he's even remotely socialist and or economically leftist is just silly.



I'm a Nationalist, but if Obama is an economic socialist and or leftist then I'm a watermelon.
 
Ryan5 said:
Meh..


Obama is an okay-ish president. He's just another finance-purchased politician who ultimately works for commercial interests in a massive web of competing commercial interests. The idiotic idea that he's even remotely socialist and or economically leftist is just silly.



I'm a Nationalist, but if Obama is an economic socialist and or leftist then I'm a watermelon.
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Obama has stated in the past that spreading the wealth around is a good thing. What is that, if not "economically leftist"?

BTW, "watermelon" is a term used to describe eco-marxists...green on the outside, red on the inside. ;)
 
US Conservative said:
Yeah Obama has really turned the economy around. Not even his own cabinet is making that claim anymore.
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The economy is exponentially better than it was in his first few months, which he really can't be blamed for.
 
Kobie said:
advanced nuclear non-proliferation.
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This is where the Liberals always get it wrong; Unilateral disarmament in the face of our enemies. They absolutely cannot understand how vulnerable a weakened America would be, they cannot understand the motives of the other players on the world stage. From this nonsense then flows "Blame America first!
 
US Conservative said:
Its 2014, and we now see the results of over 5 years of the Obama administration. POTUS is not only the executive in chief, he is also the leader of the nation and arguably the free world. His policies, especially if they are signed into law can have profound effects on citizens, as well as people of the world.


Has Obama been a good president to this point?

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I can't vote in this poll because it is only for right or left leaners, and I don't feel comfortable selecting either of those. But I think he has been a disappointment. He made a lot of promises about "hope and change."
 
Ray410 said:
This is where the Liberals always get it wrong; Unilateral disarmament in the face of our enemies. They absolutely cannot understand how vulnerable a weakened America would be, they cannot understand the motives of the other players on the world stage. From this nonsense then flows "Blame America first!
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Far out.
 
US Conservative said:
And its quite arrogant of you to assume that the opposition (which has been quite consistent) is simply to make POTUS's job more difficult. It suggests that you might have delusions about the politics of washington, and that you dont really understand the policies supported by the opposition.
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The 'opposition' essentially said, 'If Obama is for it, we have to be against it.'

That's no way to run a country. It's disgraceful.
 
ChrisL said:
I can't vote in this poll because it is only for right or left leaners, and I don't feel comfortable selecting either of those. But I think he has been a disappointment. He made a lot of promises about "hope and change."
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He did, and it's been mostly business as usual.
 
ChrisL said:
I can't vote in this poll because it is only for right or left leaners, and I don't feel comfortable selecting either of those. But I think he has been a disappointment. He made a lot of promises about "hope and change."
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Hi Chris, yeah he made a lot of promises, but all presidential candidates do that. Most of the promises are of the type they know they can't keep to begin with. If we believe them, who's fault is that? Hope and change, what we got is business as usual, but from the left whereas Bush the second's was from the right. Not much difference in my book.
 
Perotista said:
Hi Chris, yeah he made a lot of promises, but all presidential candidates do that. Most of the promises are of the type they know they can't keep to begin with. If we believe them, who's fault is that? Hope and change, what we got is business as usual, but from the left whereas Bush the second's was from the right. Not much difference in my book.
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Sure, but the question is about Obama. ;) I never claimed he was different from any other president, just that he was a disappointment because he promised that he would be different.
 
"Hope and Change" is a campaign slogan. Big fat hairy deal.

ChrisL said:
Sure, but the question is about Obama. ;) I never claimed he was different from any other president, just that he was a disappointment because he promised that he would be different.
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They all promise they'll be "different."
 
Kobie said:
The economy is exponentially better than it was in his first few months, which he really can't be blamed for.
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Exponentially? Hardly. And this is the reason that the democrat talking points specifically say not to mention we are recovering, and that we have a record number of people not working.

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The fact is, there has been very little progress made under Obama, unless making people dependent on govt handouts is your definition of success.
 
And when Boehner actually negotioated with Obama...

 
Amadeus said:
The 'opposition' essentially said, 'If Obama is for it, we have to be against it.'

That's no way to run a country. It's disgraceful.
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This does not answer the questions you were asked. If every other president has had to deal with the same situation, why can't Obama?

And why can't Obama get cooperation even within his own party?
 
Kobie said:
"Hope and Change" is a campaign slogan. Big fat hairy deal.



They all promise they'll be "different."
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Are you saying that Obama is NOT a disappointment? Just what exactly are you trying to say? Just come out and say it. :roll:
 
ChrisL said:
Are you saying that Obama is NOT a disappointment? Just what exactly are you trying to say? Just come out and say it. :roll:
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Of course he is. That said, I put precisely zero stock in campaign slogans.
 
Perotista said:
Hi Chris, yeah he made a lot of promises, but all presidential candidates do that. Most of the promises are of the type they know they can't keep to begin with. If we believe them, who's fault is that? Hope and change, what we got is business as usual, but from the left whereas Bush the second's was from the right. Not much difference in my book.
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Kobie said:
"Hope and Change" is a campaign slogan. Big fat hairy deal.

They all promise they'll be "different."
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Are either of you saying that, because they all do it, Obama is off the hook?

Maybe that's the problem... citizen apathy and lack of accountability.
 
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