TockTockTock

This a thread for you to share your thoughts on President Barrack Obama.

I wanted to do a poll similar to those like Gallup, etc. I wanted to see the statistics on his approval rating on this site. We'll be able to see if it is at all similar to that of America's population.

Anyways... I think it'll be interesting to see.

Wayfarer

Seems like a nice guy, but I couldn't agree less with what he's doing. He entered office on a mandate of 'change' and what we've ended up with is more or less the black George W. I suspected this, though, when he appointed more of the same old faces as Secretary Of State, Treasury Secretary, etc. etc. Turns out Mike Gravel was right all along.

Mr November

I don't believe it would be possible for anyone to do much better. He might have pulled a few fast ones on the American people, but honestly the States needs to wake up, smell the roses, and catch up with the rest of the world.

I think he's been too focussed on playing it safe and trying to get people to like him, when he should be doing what he said he was going to, making people work hard and letting people fall for the better of the nations future.

This coming from a Canadian though, so feel free to discount my views.

ThePhanastasio

I really don't see that he could do much better than he is at the moment. Sure, it seems like he's playing it safe, but he's trying to get some manner of unity between the GOP and Dems.

Our previous president all but set him up for failure. There was an unfinished war, another war begging for attention, a piss-poor economy, and one of the strongest divides between the two main parties that there's ever been.

He's been trying to do things, but all of the partisan bull**** is getting in the way.

__________________

• Phish: Studio Discography Reviewed
• 100 Albums I Heartily Recommend
• My last.fm

RVCA

I really don't follow politics nearly closely enough to make any kind of qualified statement about Obama's presidency, but honestly, anything is a step up from Bush.

djchameleon

I didn't even vote for him but he was the lesser of two evils at the time.

He just seems very inexperienced as a politician in general. The crucial time for him to push alot of things forward was wasted. He was too busy trying to cater to both sides with bi-partisan crap.

Who cares about the other side when you have all the strength on your side to push through very important things. He needed to do things Bush style and just force shit through when he had the chance.

He squandered the opportunity and everything that he has passed he had to compromise so much just to get it through.

__________________

Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra

This is pretty much it. Obama invested pretty much 100% of his steam in campaigning, now that he's in office, he seems to have pretty much tamed.

Cheap Heath Care is cool, and all but seeing as it's his only real focus, and he's not even getting most o that through in a timely fashion. Nothing is really getting done.

Honestly, Obama needs to get some balls. He promised radical change up the ass like as if he'd be a president who would stand up to anything, and is doing the EXACT opposite. I couldn't give a flying **** about unity between the political parties. We need to pull our country out of the ****ter...

Essentially, We NEED an FDR, and we ended up with a William Harrison in FDR's skin.

__________________
Al Pacino = God

OccultHawk

I didn't like the old shriveled white Bushes so why would I like the new black Bush?

djchameleon

pfft that's so off base.

I wish he would act more like a black Bush.

He's too wishy washy.

__________________

Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes.

TockTockTock

Actually, Obama campaigned as a moderate democrat. I have to say that four months ago, I would've agree with you about him toughening up, but this country won't get anywhere unless we cooperate with one another. Although, I was pretty angry when I saw his tax compromise... Those Bush tax cuts are just idiotic, and they're feeding the beast that is big corporation and greed.

Not to mention, from what I have heard and seen, the healthcare bill is really watered-down and not nearly as strong as it was intended to be (and needs to be).