is Barack Obama doing a good job ?

Maybe this isn't a wise idea for a poll ? its aim is to stimulate some discussion, that's all ...  

Edited by Yorkie X - November 26 2009 at 03:24

'No President is either all good or all bad.' - I beg to differ, at least concerning Dubbya.

Well, we've gone past September and haven't had a major terrorist attack.  The Bush administration sat on their butts and let us get attacked at the beginning of their term.  The banks were bailed out (started in the last administration) but the economy still sucks for a lot of us regular folks.  He has not put any political muscle towards meaningful health insurance reform.  It almost seems like he's setting himself up for a one term presidency.  On the other hand Clinton being much less liberal than he was perceived seemed to work in his favor for re-election.

*puts on asbestos longjohns and hip waders*

Padraic wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: Well, we've gone past September and haven't had a major terrorist attack.  The Bush administration sat on their butts and let us get attacked at the beginning of their term.  Plus many consider Ft. Hood to be a terrorist attack.  There were many failures within the Pentagon regarding that lunatic prior to his attack.

That was the action of a sole lunatic as far as we know.  The 911 attacks had much deeper roots and it could have been averted.  What Hasan did could not have been forseen.

 I suppose we could disqualify from service everyone who isn't a white bread American, but white bread Americans have also engaged in terrorist attacks on our own country, IE Timothy McVeigh, Ted Kaczynski, et al.

It was a premeditated attack based on ideology.  That's terrorism Brian.  You don't plan for weeks, choose special cop-killer bullets, give away your possessions, and yell "god is great" just because you suddenly snapped from job pressure.  The signs were there and missed.  People have been nervous about this guy for some time, but failed to take firm action, perhaps for PC reasons.  This will come out in the investigation. 

I don't care about assigning blame.  But it sure as hell *was* terrorism by any logical definition of the word. 

npjnpj wrote: 'No President is either all good or all bad.' - I beg to differ, at least concerning Dubbya.

That's kind of an ignorant statement with all due respect. But I'll forgive it since your profile says you don't even live here, so you've clearly only been hearing the anti-America propaganda overseas.

Bush was pretty idiotic, but no way in hell he was as corrupt as Nixon or as big a prick as Jackson. And yet, neither of those men were 'all bad', either.

Alex lives in Kentucky where they have militias and things.

I see the poll is not going in Obamas favour..?

Edited by mystic fred - November 26 2009 at 11:32

p0mt3 wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: To answer the question in the poll: Hell no. Care to elaborate? How exactly is he so bad that he warrants such a negative response? Just curious.

You know my political views.