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Forums - General - Obama's approval rating back in the positive

homer on 15 January 2011
SamuelRSmith said:
homer said:
NotStan said:

I actually really like Obama as a character and what he stands for. I think that Bush has created a mighty mess to clean up, time will tell whether Obama is up to the task of revitilizing the US ecnonomy.


What did Bush do exactly? I am ignorant to this subject, and wish to understand. Wasn't the senate mostly democrats after the election in 2006? Wouldn't it be their fault, or am I wrong?


The economic mess that we are in now was decades in the making, no one administration can be put to blame - it's been a failure at just about every level of society.


So people hating on Bush, just want to blame him because it happened at the end of his term? Did he do actually anything wrong? Did he do anything right?



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Wagram on 15 January 2011

He couldn't possibly be any worse than George Bush.



dtewi on 15 January 2011
homer said:
Areym said:

Nice to hear. I like Obama and his cool and relaxed attitude. Sure, he couldn't keep all of his promises but what president has. To me, he's trying and it shows. I would like to see him re-elected and I would vote for him if I could :D


Polk managed to fulfill all of his campaign promises. Now that was a good president.


Polk was most certainly not a good president.

Then again, I like Andrew Jackson, so who am I to criticize.



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mrstickball on 15 January 2011
Wagram said:

He couldn't possibly be any worse than George Bush.

Yes, Obama could be a lot worse. He's got at least 2 more years to continue to screw up the country. However, with a split house and senate, its unlikely that he'll continue to do things that will hurt America worse than his first 2 years.

Now, if your wondering what I'm talking about, before people start attacking me:

  • Stimulus bill
  • Obamacare
  • Continuing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (in the case of Afghanistan, more soldiers have died under his watch than at any point during Bush's presidency)
  • Increased regulation of the economy

Those things will have long-term effects on the future of America, and they are not good things that Obama has done. Hopefully, he can turn these things around, or America will be in an even more dire mess than when he came into office.



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.

gurglesletch on 15 January 2011

I can't wait until the next election. I want to help kick him out of office very bad.




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homer on 15 January 2011
dtewi said:
homer said:
Areym said:

Nice to hear. I like Obama and his cool and relaxed attitude. Sure, he couldn't keep all of his promises but what president has. To me, he's trying and it shows. I would like to see him re-elected and I would vote for him if I could :D


Polk managed to fulfill all of his campaign promises. Now that was a good president.


Polk was most certainly not a good president.

Then again, I like Andrew Jackson, so who am I to criticize.


At least he did not lie to us. The people knew what they were going to get when they signed him up(and he delivered), so he is great in my eyes.



"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." -My good friend Mark Aurelius

toastboy44562 on 15 January 2011
Areym said:

Nice to hear. I like Obama and his cool and relaxed attitude. Sure, he couldn't keep all of his promises but what president has. To me, he's trying and it shows. I would like to see him re-elected and I would vote for him if I could :D



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HappySqurriel on 15 January 2011

Obama's approval rating was so poor in a large part because people were so unhappy with the balance of power in the government on the whole ... With the Democrats no longer controlling the house, and having less power in the senate, people are much happier.



dtewi on 15 January 2011
homer said:
dtewi said:
homer said:
Areym said:

Nice to hear. I like Obama and his cool and relaxed attitude. Sure, he couldn't keep all of his promises but what president has. To me, he's trying and it shows. I would like to see him re-elected and I would vote for him if I could :D


Polk managed to fulfill all of his campaign promises. Now that was a good president.


Polk was most certainly not a good president.

Then again, I like Andrew Jackson, so who am I to criticize.


At least he did not lie to us. The people knew what they were going to get when they signed him up(and he delivered), so he is great in my eyes.


Well, keeping a promise doesn't make one a good president. Like, keeping the promise of murdering babies wouldn't be good.



Kimi wa ne tashika ni ano toki watashi no soba ni ita

Itsudatte itsudatte itsudatte

Sugu yoko de waratteita

Nakushitemo torimodosu kimi wo

I will never leave you

whatever on 15 January 2011
mrstickball said:
Wagram said:

He couldn't possibly be any worse than George Bush.

Yes, Obama could be a lot worse. He's got at least 2 more years to continue to screw up the country. However, with a split house and senate, its unlikely that he'll continue to do things that will hurt America worse than his first 2 years.

Now, if your wondering what I'm talking about, before people start attacking me:

  • Stimulus bill
  • Obamacare
  • Continuing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (in the case of Afghanistan, more soldiers have died under his watch than at any point during Bush's presidency)
  • Increased regulation of the economy

Those things will have long-term effects on the future of America, and they are not good things that Obama has done. Hopefully, he can turn these things around, or America will be in an even more dire mess than when he came into office.

Hmmm, so the only bad thing on your list is the continuing of the wars.  After what we've been through due to deregulation, you can't be serious that increased regulation is a bad thing.

GW's policies were just the continuation of what started under Reagan and continued under Bush I and Clinton.  They were destined to fail, and they did, fantastically.  Obama hasn't done enough to correct this.  Until we get serious about regulation, we are headed for an even worse situation not too far down the line.