Your rating of Obama

[Celsius]

Just a general thread to try to see how TWC members view Obama. There is no reason to argue.

[danzig]

Negatively. I have yet to see one thing positive come out of the Obama admin, he has squandered a great opportunity.

[eddy_purpus]

Negatively. I have yet to see one thing positive come out of the Obama admin, he has squandered a great opportunity.

61-70%

[The Good]

Negatively. I have yet to see one thing positive come out of the Obama admin, he has squandered a great opportunity.

Same here Danzig. I would go as far as to rate his performance 1/10. He's just not satisfactory for a social-economic Conservative like me in particular. Obama didn't even live up to many of his own campaign promises, targeted mainly at his fellow Democrats.

[Cougman21]

I disagree, I beleive he acted fairly quickly open entering office. First he took on stem cell research/founding, than he took on Iraq with troop withdraws. As majority dem I also have to say I'm pretty happy with past and recent attempts to pass new energy bills including the new one to have future cars get at least 35mpg or whatever it is by 2016. But I am upset at his admin for not attacking health care and just letting the republicans dominate the debate.

[OneArmedScissor]

The simple fact that he hasn't done anything to help the innocent prisoners in Guantanamo Bay means his term in office so far has been a complete failure. More to the point, he has said verbatim that the people being held in Guantanamo are "too dangerous to prosecute." More to the point, he's basically sold the American people up the river for quick money from the Insurance and Pharmaceutical industries.

All in all, the Obama administration is a huge embarrassing failure.

• They're fine with holding enemy combatants indefinitely.
  
• They're not pushing for true health care reform, they just want to give away free swag to the insurance companies.
  
• They feel that civil liberties are something that can be compromised with legislation and executive orders.
  
• They will fight in court for the ability to use executive overreach.
  
• They refused to implement meaningful oversight of the financial industry to prevent them from screwing us over in the near future.
  
• They love corporate welfare but can't be bothered to help out people truly in need.
  
• They look away from gay rights when it's politically convenient.

edit:
Oh yeah... he also wants to extend the PATRIOT act.

[Fight!]

• They look away from gay rights when it's politically convenient.

This is normal

[jankren]

I love Obama.

But I really wish he had the balls to wipe the Republican Party off the map.

[Kamos]

I have severely mixed feelings.

I love Obama.

But I really wish he had the balls to wipe the Republican Party off the map.

Ah yes so we can move from our clumsy 2 party systems to a nice one party system. What do they call those things anyways? Was it dictatorship or totalitarianism?

[Kanaric]

I have severely mixed feelings.



Ah yes so we can move from our clumsy 2 party systems to a nice one party system. What do they call those things anyways? Was it dictatorship or totalitarianism?

Actually you can remove the republicans and have a new 2nd party form.... its happened multiple times in the past. When the last time you voted for the Whig or the Free Soil party? I hope not recently.

If the republican party were to die it would be a great thing. We need new blood in washington.

[Last Roman]

I love Obama.

But I really wish he had the balls to wipe the Republican Party off the map.

He shouldn't have to. That's not the way American politics work. It's a back and fourth process, not a war.

As per the OP, I'm mixed.

[danzig]

I love Obama.

But I really wish he had the balls to wipe the Republican Party off the map.

Spoken like how we republicans are suppose to be in the eyes of Obama supporters....irony! Besides you *really* dont want a civil war do you?! Obama has showed one thing, he is no Reagan or JFK when dealing with Washington.

[jabarto]

I never thought I'd agree with Danzig but he's right. Obama tries *way* to hard to compromise with the right and he's seriously dropped the ball with the healthcare reform. I give him a C.

[Gauvin]

I never thought I'd agree with Danzig but he's right. Obama tries *way* to hard to compromise with the right and he's seriously dropped the ball with the healthcare reform. I give him a C.

That's not true... if it were true, they'd have found a compromise. Obama like to say he's seeking bipartisan solutions, but that's just to make himself look better, and it worked on you. Since his approval rating is so low, he's trying to reach out to the independents who want to see compromise, but he's just letting them hear compromise while he does something different.

I gave him 20-30%

Also, does anyone ever remember a president who used a logo more often than his presidential seal? http://www.barackobama.com/index.php look at all the O logos! I don't think there's ever been anything like it. He even modified the presidental seal during his campaign that adds the "O":

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/20...obama-seal.jpg

[OneArmedScissor]

He is a terrible president.

[Tiberios]

41-50%

I think he has good intentions, but still I think he has failed on many of his promises and oppertunities.
My approval of him has been steadily declining for the last couple of months.

[Mikelus Trento]

80% B above average

[Pickle_mole]

I never thought I'd agree with Danzig but he's right. Obama tries *way* to hard to compromise with the right and he's seriously dropped the ball with the healthcare reform. I give him a C.

LOL he tries? news to me!

He's cool. Doesn't really have an ideology, though...

this thread is friggen hilarious! keep em coming!

[ranthar]

Besides you *really* dont want a civil war do you?!

I do actually. I think it is just what this country needs. It would stimulate the economy and kill off the extremists on both sides!

[Celsius]

I believe Communism is a good word for it