Get his daughters a puppy
"The pledge is (Sasha and Malia) will get their dog, win or lose."
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What the hell??
And where is the promise that he would close down Guantanamo Bay?
Obama - What is your opinion so far on his Presidency
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"The pledge is (Sasha and Malia) will get their dog, win or lose."
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What the hell??
And where is the promise that he would close down Guantanamo Bay?
Of course, but I wouldn't parade too many Presidents around as the poster children for fiscal responsibility. Claiming a Rep would do better is a joke.
Hey Gopher,Good thing Obama didn't hold hands and kiss the Saudi prince on the lips - God only knows how the far right would react to that.
Behind the scenes and off screen good old boy Bush was kissing a lot mare than lips. He was so dull he had trouble tying his shoes without getting a knot. Bush inherited all of his wealth. If he was left to his own means he'd be arguing over which center island on the road way he could beg from. Laura was the brains in that house. Cheney and Rumsfeld ran the show. Both of them belong in prison serving long terms for Crimes Against Humanity.
An therein lies the problem - Obama took the massive vote he received as a Good to Go from the voter - Problem was he was wrong - as I mentioned - The US was tired of the Bush BS, War, Economy problems - But Obama took that as a massive endorsement to proceed.
Obama Approval Rating Hits 60 Percent: Poll
Obama Approval Rating Hits 60 Percent: Poll
President Barack Obama's approval rating has hit its highest point in two years – 60 percent – and more than half of Americans now say he deserves to be re-elected, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll taken after U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. In worrisome signs for Republicans, the president's standing improved not just on foreign policy but also on the economy, and independents – a key voting bloc in the November 2012 presidential election – caused the overall uptick in support by sliding back to Obama after fleeing for much of the past two years.
Comfortable majorities of the public now call Obama a strong leader who will keep America safe. Nearly three-fourths – 73 percent – also now say they are confident that Obama can effectively handle terrorist threats. And he improved his standing on Afghanistan, Iraq and the United States' relationships with other countries.
Despite a sluggish recovery from the Great Recession, 52 percent of Americans now approve of Obama's stewardship of the economy, giving him his best rating on that issue since the early days of his presidency
Evidently, reports of a one term residency in the White House are a trifle premature.
Obama Approval Rating Hits 60 Percent: Poll
President Barack Obama's approval rating has hit its highest point in two years – 60 percent – and more than half of Americans now say he deserves to be re-elected, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll taken after U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. In worrisome signs for Republicans, the president's standing improved not just on foreign policy but also on the economy, and independents – a key voting bloc in the November 2012 presidential election – caused the overall uptick in support by sliding back to Obama after fleeing for much of the past two years.
Comfortable majorities of the public now call Obama a strong leader who will keep America safe. Nearly three-fourths – 73 percent – also now say they are confident that Obama can effectively handle terrorist threats. And he improved his standing on Afghanistan, Iraq and the United States' relationships with other countries.
Despite a sluggish recovery from the Great Recession, 52 percent of Americans now approve of Obama's stewardship of the economy, giving him his best rating on that issue since the early days of his presidency
Evidently, reports of a one term residency in the White House are a trifle premature.
It's one of the 42 promises listed as "broken".
PolitiFact | The Obameter: Campaign Promises that are Promise Broken
Still, 135 promises kept (134 if you subtract the dog thing), is more than 42.
It hasn't even been proven that having a devalued U.S. dollar is a negative thing, so the reasons anyone would choose to use that as an anti-Obama talking point is a little ... let's say, ill-defined.
Obama is the steady hand at the wheel right now, in the midst of right wing rhetoric
that is more stage presence that logic. His rating as of today is now 60% and climbing.
Today I looked at a TV piece on the news, at what the Republicans had to offer and it
is funny and sad at the same time.
The Donald he looks like an idiot and a boastful one at that. Can you imagine him on the
ticket with the likes of Palin? My God. Romney is the only one with a chance and he can't
beat Obama.
When this thing is over Obama will have his second term and the Democrats will be looking
for new blood, Joe Biden is a nice guy but not the makings of a President. I think Obama
has the ability to ride out a storm and bring confidence to chaos and lead people in the most
constructive direction.
that is more stage presence that logic. His rating as of today is now 60% and climbing.
Today I looked at a TV piece on the news, at what the Republicans had to offer and it
is funny and sad at the same time.
The Donald he looks like an idiot and a boastful one at that. Can you imagine him on the
ticket with the likes of Palin? My God. Romney is the only one with a chance and he can't
beat Obama.
When this thing is over Obama will have his second term and the Democrats will be looking
for new blood, Joe Biden is a nice guy but not the makings of a President. I think Obama
has the ability to ride out a storm and bring confidence to chaos and lead people in the most
constructive direction.
Well thank goodness it isn't from all the purse snatching and war on two fronts that the last Republican president started over oil. Maybe America should start a couple more wars and give big loans to people who aren't going to pay them back some more.
Yep, Obama was supposed to fix everything in about two weeks, stuff he has absolutely no control. Governments are for enacting legislation, not controling the purse strings...............or at least they shouldn't be. U.S.A. has had many natural disasters over the past six or seven years, which have contributed greatly to their insolvency. :smile:
I predict he will pull a Clinton and take credit for what a Republican House is doing to give business a stable foothold, win a second term, but with a Republican Senate, and come out in the end smelling like a rose....but no Lewinski for this boy.....Michelle would cut his balls of......
I give Obama's increased popularity about one month, then when the increased gas prices from the floods hit home he will be back where he belongs around 40% or less. All these natural disasters are happening on his watch. As I've said, OBL is dead and his name will fade, another person will try and take his place.
How? The Dems had full control of the Congress and White House for two years. They still have control of the House and the White House.
Sounds like the dog simply caught the bus and didn't know what to do with it.
Nope, can't blame the republicans for that, the democrats were in control for 6+ years, only lost the H.R. last November. The democrats only proved they cannot function even with a majority.
And with their majority The Democrats failed to produce a budget and the only thing they could ram through was Obamacare, which none of them even read, before passing, and most Americans don't want. Which, BTW, may be unconstitutional.
Thanks, petros, in these troubled times your kind words are a solace and balm to my soul!
''can't blame the republicans for that, the democrats were in control''
DINO blue dogs and their Republican cohorts were in control. As for HCR, it was promised in the DNC platform. The vast majority wanted it and that's why they voted for Obama.
DINO blue dogs and their Republican cohorts were in control. As for HCR, it was promised in the DNC platform. The vast majority wanted it and that's why they voted for Obama.
Gopher
Interesting article on Bush - Obama foreign policy
I presume you are a closet Republican. It is OK, come on out.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/opinion/09douthat.html?_r=1&ref=georgewbush
For those with eyes to see, the daylight between the foreign policies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama has been shrinking ever since the current president took the oath of office. But last week made it official: When the story of America’s post-9/11 wars is written, historians will be obliged to assess the two administrations together, and pass judgment on the Bush-Obama era.
The death of Osama bin Laden, in a raid that operationalized Bush’s famous “dead or alive” dictum, offered the most visible proof of this continuity. But the more important evidence of the Bush-Obama convergence lay elsewhere, in developments from last week that didn’t merit screaming headlines, because they seemed routine rather than remarkable