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I think most unbiased people would agree that the GW Bush and Obama administrations have been failures. But what do you think the reasons for this are?
1. Have we just been unlucky?
2. Did we have too high of expectations?
3. Is there something about how our system is structured that makes it difficult, if not impossible, to succeed as president?
4. Would we able to have a president in the future that could succeed?
Personally, I think our expectations were way too high with Obama. Enough people bought into "Hope and Change" without really thinking about how it would be accomplished.
I also think that it's very difficult in today's society to have a successful president. A significant percentage of the population is rooting for you to fail and will do anything to accomplish this goal.
It's sad that this is the way things are.
Honestly, I think it's because we, the voting public...have gotten frickin' stupid over the last 30 years or so. The public is so used to mindless talking heads and actors that can pretend to be something they are not...that the entire concept of expecting "substance" from our elected officials is forgotten. THe higher you go in government the more that becomes true. We accept a couple of bad options to chose from in November. And it isn't just one party, both major ones are pretty sad.
Too be fully successful, any President needs to have a Congress that is willing to work for the American people. To be fair, no one can legitimately say Obama has had that. Until people realize the danger of lie machines on cable, radio and print, people will be susceptible to making ill informed decisions.
And case in point of the typical American Electorate!
Thank you Bob, for providing the irrefutable evidence the OP needed.
I think most unbiased people would agree that the GW Bush and Obama administrations have been failures. But what do you think the reasons for this are?
1. Have we just been unlucky?
2. Did we have too high of expectations?
3. Is there something about how our system is structured that makes it difficult, if not impossible, to succeed as president?
4. Would we able to have a president in the future that could succeed?
Personally, I think our expectations were way too high with Obama. Enough people bought into "Hope and Change" without really thinking about how it would be accomplished.
I also think that it's very difficult in today's society to have a successful president. A significant percentage of the population is rooting for you to fail and will do anything to accomplish this goal.
It's sad that this is the way things are.
" Why have the last two presidencies been abject failures?"
"Personally"
That is all your post is, a personal opinion NOT shared by many.
Those were good decisions. Too bad Obama dropped the ball on it.
No, they were bad decisions you support. Probably because they made you feel good after 911wah. Or maybe there's another reason you support them. Nevertheless, when one considers the results of those decisions it's easy to see they weren't just bad, but wrong.
To me, Bush wanted to do well for all people but instead made compounding bad decisions... Obama is like Affirmative Action... A substandard politician put into office that was beyond his abilities, made many idiotic choices and tried to cover them up repeatedly... I guess the bottom line is if you mess up, don't make it worse which is what Obama and Bush did...
Your comment is deplorable racism. just what qualified Bush to become POTUS? He only became Potus by accident and then was re-elected because of his great campaigning skills and his Daddy's name. He was also AA. You make excuses for Bush because he's white and attribute Obam's failure to his race.
Bush was slightly better than Obama, but that's not saying much. Getting involved in the Middle East because you want to bring democracy to a people is an egalitarian fantasy. Obama is a true believer....ideology first, last, and always. Which makes him a very dangerous man. Obama lacks a sense of reality. He sees everything through a filter of his ideology.
^^^I agree
From my check books standpoint, it's a spending contest and each one has to outdo the guy before him. The problem is they are succeeding
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I think it's because the people who would do the best job as POTUS are all too smart to want the job.
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