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My summary (and the reasons for my discontent) of Obama's Presidency
greekboi wrote
at 7:45 PM, Wednesday May 18, 2011 EDT
Can someone PLEASE tell me what good Obama has done for this country since the start of his Presidency? You can write an essay or list bullets, either way is fine. I'm not sure you will be needing more than a sentence though.

Without further ado, here's my summary of Obama's Presidency (in no particular order of importance or chronology) :
-he's shown a lack of convictions/decisiveness (very diplomatically stated) that has been displayed through his failure to implement any of the changes he advocated in his campaign that made him such an attractive candidate
-->his health care reform is good in theory, but it is constitutionally offensive, and it won't work without tort reform (did i mention the bill was over 2000 pages long and didn't even begin to explain how the program would be implemented?)
-->he did not close Guantanamo Bay, nor did he investigate if any human rights abuses occurred during GWB's term
-->he did NOT end American involvement in the ongoing wars in the Middle East
-->he bombed Gaddafi's personal dwelling (where his family lives)
-->he dropped immigration reform
-->he dumped his energy policy
-->he is now caving in to the demands for increased oil drilling and less regulations, which is not only something that Liberals have historically been opposed to, but also can potentially endanger Americans while NOT dropping gasoline prices at all
-->he announced a new national policy this week in which he promises to reduce drug use by focusing on prevention and treatment YET the $10 BILLION of spending on interdiction and law enforcement out of his $15.5 BILLION dollar drug-control budget is a record high in terms of dollars and percentage
-->he showed an inability to react quickly to a major crisis - the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico - yet the media coverage left him relatively unscathed (which is very interesting considering the amount of blame placed on Bush for the lack of cohesiveness surrounding Katrina)
-->he used the aforementioned major crisis to promote green energy (instead of cleaning it up, lol)
-->he created an "economic stimulus" plan (not to be confused with President Bush's "bailout") that he said would not allow unemployment to exceed 8%, although last month it reached 9% (A HISTORIC HIGH)

The only thing clear about Obama's agenda is his vision of increasing entitlement program benefits and paying for it through increased taxation of those providing the most value to society (the high income earners) and over-taxing corporations. This is a great policy, if you support socialism.

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Boner Oiler wrote
at 11:00 PM, Saturday July 16, 2011 EDT
lets be honest though, you really think mccain/palin would've been better? mccain is like senile and palin is an idiot. i dont even know who the 'real' president would be.
Gauntlet15 wrote
at 11:18 PM, Saturday July 16, 2011 EDT
I agree with BO
deadcode wrote
at 11:52 PM, Saturday July 16, 2011 EDT
Both choices last election would have sucked.

Let's vote for someone different this time.
Boner Oiler wrote
at 11:56 PM, Saturday July 16, 2011 EDT
yeah but voting third party is statistically throwing away your vote. and since you agree with our sentiment i take it you voted obama too?
Gauntlet15 wrote
at 12:05 AM, Sunday July 17, 2011 EDT
I was too young to vote... I'm saying for this election, if the Republicans can get a good candidate, I might be willing to vote for the Republican ticket.
Boner Oiler wrote
at 12:35 AM, Sunday July 17, 2011 EDT
i'd vote republican too if they got a good ticket. i sincerely doubt it though :/
TheBetterYodel wrote
at 2:25 AM, Sunday July 17, 2011 EDT
^wait ur actually saying you wouldn't vote for Obama for a 2nd term?

That's a stunning admission after all ur pro Obama trolling.
Boner Oiler wrote
at 3:17 AM, Sunday July 17, 2011 EDT
i'm a progressive, I've never said I vote for democrats by virtue of the Ds by their name. Obama holds more of my values so I generally side with him on issues. Where he does not adhere to progressive values I do not support him.

I make no bones about this and I've made it perfectly clear dozens of times on the forums.
Teo_bucuresti wrote
at 5:22 AM, Sunday July 17, 2011 EDT
Dear people of USA, why don't you want to understand that Obama and other presidents are NO ONE! They doesnt control anything. There are a small group of people that are in charge of everything that happens. They are enemies of the whole world and also your enemies. Because they just dont care of anyone. Even americans
deadcode wrote
at 12:31 PM, Sunday July 17, 2011 EDT
The USA is on the road to serfdom. Hayek predicted it.

No I didn't vote for Obama; I had no hope for his presidency from the beginning. I voted libertarian because McCain would have been worse (long term wise).
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