Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
What are Obama's "accomplishments" pre-2008? He was a back-bench senator. He was not a "leader". There has been no proof that Obama even deserved to attend Harvard. He never led anything.
kevinm, the bottom line is this: We The People had no other option but to vote for him. McCain/Palin? What a joke. The GOP screwed up big time allowing that disaster to take place. I am not happy with everything that Obama has done/hasn't done, but there is no way I would ever vote to put a Republican back in office after all George W. did to our country. What we are now dealing with is mainly due to the screw-ups of the past, mainly from the GOP, ie; Deregulation.
"We've long been aware that the One is not quite the superior intellect he was sold as. Obama, we were told, was the rare possessor of a mind with the profundity of a Socrates, the breadth of a Goethe, and the penetration of a Newton.
An intellect unrivaled on the current American political scene, and possibly without equal in this country's politics since the beginning."........
"What kind of mentality deliberately arranges a brawl over government finances in the midst of a sensitive and fragile recovery? Obama was obviously out to steal an issue from the GOP and wreck their 2012 campaign plans. But at what cost? Wrecking the national economy? This isn't thinking of any description -- it's the mentality of a street punk who spots somebody in another gang and decides to take him down at no matter what happens to passersby or himself."
What are Obama's "accomplishments" pre-2008? He was a back-bench senator. He was not a "leader". There has been no proof that Obama even deserved to attend Harvard. He never led anything.
I don't want to be mean, but i do have to admit, i do not see a leader in Obama, anything but a leader. I feel he is weak, and not a strong enough leader. I honestly do not feel the people he has surrounded himself with, have helped him much. This administration, is by far the worse.
Harvard has long been notorious for "grade inflation". They have had a policy of inflationg the grades of blacks and white war protesters since the Vietnam War.
Looks to me like no matter what this guy does you will just lynch his academic accomplishments with rightwing rationalizations .
So graduating from Harvard Magna C U M Laude is meaningless in your opinion.
How about his 12 years as professor at University of Chicago Law School for 12 years...?
Also if your President is so dumb and stupid it should be a piece of cake for all you armchair politicians to get off your butts and easily run for office to put America right, in your successful run for the Presidency... unless you guys arent even as smart as he is..
Obama is an Empty Suit, many of us have known this to be true. Even the most diehard of liberals are starting to open their eyes and realize this fact-
Obama is an Empty Suit, many of us have known this to be true. Even the most diehard of liberals are starting to open their eyes and realize this fact-
While it might seem fashionable to lay all of today's problems at the feet of the sitting POTUS. Try this exercise; go back to any previous serious deadlock over legislation and how that president handled it then post-mortem that presidents methods and choices to resolve the deadlock.
In the harsh 20/20 of hindsight did that president perform admirably.
Did he punch above his weight, did he enable bi-partisan discussion, was he critical to the deadlock being broken or was it some committee of congressmen who actually effected a solution. Was some compromise of his parties rigid stance displayed by him or did he simply hold the line.
Only when you compare O'bama's performance in an un-biased manner with that of any other previous POTUS in a similar situation can you begin to measure his leadership abilities.
I hesitate to say it but it does need to be said; you also have to bear in mind that as the first non-caucasion president, he comes to the table with an additional degree of difficulty in stimulating consensus.
"We've long been aware that the One is not quite the superior intellect he was sold as. Obama, we were told, was the rare possessor of a mind with the profundity of a Socrates, the breadth of a Goethe, and the penetration of a Newton.
An intellect unrivaled on the current American political scene, and possibly without equal in this country's politics since the beginning."........
"What kind of mentality deliberately arranges a brawl over government finances in the midst of a sensitive and fragile recovery? Obama was obviously out to steal an issue from the GOP and wreck their 2012 campaign plans. But at what cost? Wrecking the national economy? This isn't thinking of any description -- it's the mentality of a street punk who spots somebody in another gang and decides to take him down at no matter what happens to passersby or himself."
He is not stupid. He is just ineffective and generally useless as a leader.
Kinda hard to institute any policies if the opposition filibusters everything.
274 filibusters in Obamas first two years, that number being more filibusters than all previous filibusters combined.
Put any one in a similar position and they will also fit your description..
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
