Quit picking on Obama……
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Gallup: Obama approval up to 50%, highest since May '13
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama's job approval among Americans has ticked up to its highest point since almost three years ago, according Gallup's weekly tracking poll.
Obama is closing the weekly average Thursday with a 50% approval rating, up from the 46% job approval he got on average last year. Overall, his average job approval of is 47% since he took office in 2009.
Despite the slight uptick in approval, Obama is no less a polarizing figure than he's been throughout almost his entire term, according to the poll.
Among Democrats, Obama's approval increased from an average of 81% last year to 87% last week, but his approval among Republicans stayed almost the same, inching up from 10% last year to 11% this week.
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so much better than the 22% or so rating traitor Bush got in his final year
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama's job approval among Americans has ticked up to its highest point since almost three years ago, according Gallup's weekly tracking poll.
Obama is closing the weekly average Thursday with a 50% approval rating, up from the 46% job approval he got on average last year. Overall, his average job approval of is 47% since he took office in 2009.
Despite the slight uptick in approval, Obama is no less a polarizing figure than he's been throughout almost his entire term, according to the poll.
Among Democrats, Obama's approval increased from an average of 81% last year to 87% last week, but his approval among Republicans stayed almost the same, inching up from 10% last year to 11% this week.
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Read more: Gallup: Obama approval up to 50%, highest since May '13 - CNNPolitics.com
so much better than the 22% or so rating traitor Bush got in his final year
Michelle Malkin Verified account @michellemalkin Michelle Malkin Retweeted Noah Pollak
Ladies and gentleman, America's genius Nobel Peace Prize winner...
Noah Pollak @NoahPollak Obama now arguing the patriotic thing to do is simply not respond to terrorist attacks because by not responding we show our strength (???)
Yep, that's how you stop a bully. You do nothing about it. That's real strength all right.
Obama now arguing the patriotic thing to do is simply not respond to terrorist attacks because by not responding we show our strength (???)
I guess that's why Libya, Syria and northern Iraq have all been bombed while under Obama's watch. We need to stop Islamic terrorism against other Muslims but the Europeans can go f*ck themselves apparently.
Maybe the US should just bomb itself and it get it over with. Your country's worst enemy is its own foreign policy.
I'd rather bomb Montreal. What a pit.
And bombing TO would help relieve the 24/7 traffic jam.
Actually I was going to suggest starting with Metro Detroit but, what would be the point.
Thank you. I've been saying that for years. Don't get me wrong. I like America (the country and the band), I like Americans, I'm just not a real big fan of America the institution for the most part.
Flashback: Reagan Stayed On Vacation When Soviets Killed 62 Americans, Including Congressman
But as usual, Republican critics are ignoring the long precedence of GOP Presidents not responding instantly to every tragedy – with some even finishing out their vacations. President Ronald Reagan, the darling of conservatives, remained at his ranch while Hurricane Alicia pounded the state of Texas, killing 21.
Reagan also continued his vacation at his ranch in Santa Barbara when a Soviet Su-15 shot down Korean Airlines Flight 007 in 1983, killing all 289 aboard – including sixty-two American citizens and Representative Larry McDonald (D-GA). The Soviet Union claimed that the plane was spying in restricted airspace and was a provocation by the West. The incident could have potentially caused an international conflict – but FOX’s Chris Wallace recounts that “quite frankly he [Reagan] didn’t want to leave. And his advisers realized how terrible this looked, and eventually persuaded him he had to fly back to Washington and had to give this speech to the nation, but it did take him four days.” Only after CBS released photos of Reagan on horseback did the President return to Washington.
Such an aggressive move by the United States’ principal enemy and the killing of over sixty Americans wasn’t enough to convince Reagan to cut his vacation short – only the threat of public backlash did. President Obama, on the other hand, was not on vacation – he was on a historic diplomatic trip to renew relations between a neighbor for the first time in decades. While the terrorist attacks in Brussels are certainly an extremely disturbing event, the President was not in a position to suddenly drop everything and risk offending the nation we’ve been trying to re-establish relations with. Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds, and their memories are particularly selective – which is why it’s up to us to remind them when they’re being unnecessarily petulant with their partisanship.
Flashback: Reagan Stayed On Vacation When Soviets Killed 62 Americans, Including Congressman
Conservatives will use any excuse at all to try to bash President Obama – even if there’s a long precedent of their favorite Republican presidents making the exact same, or even worse, choices. Most recently, Republicans slammed President Obama for remaining at a baseball game in Cuba on a state trip while the terrorist attacks in Brussels were underway. For example, NBC correspondent Tom Brokaw complained that “the symbolism is that the president stayed at the baseball game all day long where you would have thought he would have said, ‘Look, we’ve got more business that I have to deal with, I wish you well,’ get on the phone.”
For his part, the president responded saying that if we drop everything to respond to every attack, then the terrorists have achieved their goal of reaction and disruption: “It’s always a challenge when you have a terrorist attack anywhere in the world, particularly in this age of 24/7 news coverage. You want to be respectful and understand the gravity of the situation, but the whole premise of terrorism is to try to disrupt people’s ordinary lives.”But as usual, Republican critics are ignoring the long precedence of GOP Presidents not responding instantly to every tragedy – with some even finishing out their vacations. President Ronald Reagan, the darling of conservatives, remained at his ranch while Hurricane Alicia pounded the state of Texas, killing 21.
Reagan also continued his vacation at his ranch in Santa Barbara when a Soviet Su-15 shot down Korean Airlines Flight 007 in 1983, killing all 289 aboard – including sixty-two American citizens and Representative Larry McDonald (D-GA). The Soviet Union claimed that the plane was spying in restricted airspace and was a provocation by the West. The incident could have potentially caused an international conflict – but FOX’s Chris Wallace recounts that “quite frankly he [Reagan] didn’t want to leave. And his advisers realized how terrible this looked, and eventually persuaded him he had to fly back to Washington and had to give this speech to the nation, but it did take him four days.” Only after CBS released photos of Reagan on horseback did the President return to Washington.
Such an aggressive move by the United States’ principal enemy and the killing of over sixty Americans wasn’t enough to convince Reagan to cut his vacation short – only the threat of public backlash did. President Obama, on the other hand, was not on vacation – he was on a historic diplomatic trip to renew relations between a neighbor for the first time in decades. While the terrorist attacks in Brussels are certainly an extremely disturbing event, the President was not in a position to suddenly drop everything and risk offending the nation we’ve been trying to re-establish relations with. Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds, and their memories are particularly selective – which is why it’s up to us to remind them when they’re being unnecessarily petulant with their partisanship.
Flashback: Reagan Stayed On Vacation When Soviets Killed 62 Americans, Including Congressman
So it must be a ok that Obama went golfing every day for the last eight years while America was imploding ? Right ?Flashback: Reagan Stayed On Vacation When Soviets Killed 62 Americans, Including Congressman
Conservatives will use any excuse at all to try to bash President Obama – even if there’s a long precedent of their favorite Republican presidents making the exact same, or even worse, choices. Most recently, Republicans slammed President Obama for remaining at a baseball game in Cuba on a state trip while the terrorist attacks in Brussels were underway. For example, NBC correspondent Tom Brokaw complained that “the symbolism is that the president stayed at the baseball game all day long where you would have thought he would have said, ‘Look, we’ve got more business that I have to deal with, I wish you well,’ get on the phone.”For his part, the president responded saying that if we drop everything to respond to every attack, then the terrorists have achieved their goal of reaction and disruption: “It’s always a challenge when you have a terrorist attack anywhere in the world, particularly in this age of 24/7 news coverage. You want to be respectful and understand the gravity of the situation, but the whole premise of terrorism is to try to disrupt people’s ordinary lives.”
But as usual, Republican critics are ignoring the long precedence of GOP Presidents not responding instantly to every tragedy – with some even finishing out their vacations. President Ronald Reagan, the darling of conservatives, remained at his ranch while Hurricane Alicia pounded the state of Texas, killing 21.
Reagan also continued his vacation at his ranch in Santa Barbara when a Soviet Su-15 shot down Korean Airlines Flight 007 in 1983, killing all 289 aboard – including sixty-two American citizens and Representative Larry McDonald (D-GA). The Soviet Union claimed that the plane was spying in restricted airspace and was a provocation by the West. The incident could have potentially caused an international conflict – but FOX’s Chris Wallace recounts that “quite frankly he [Reagan] didn’t want to leave. And his advisers realized how terrible this looked, and eventually persuaded him he had to fly back to Washington and had to give this speech to the nation, but it did take him four days.” Only after CBS released photos of Reagan on horseback did the President return to Washington.
Such an aggressive move by the United States’ principal enemy and the killing of over sixty Americans wasn’t enough to convince Reagan to cut his vacation short – only the threat of public backlash did. President Obama, on the other hand, was not on vacation – he was on a historic diplomatic trip to renew relations between a neighbor for the first time in decades. While the terrorist attacks in Brussels are certainly an extremely disturbing event, the President was not in a position to suddenly drop everything and risk offending the nation we’ve been trying to re-establish relations with. Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds, and their memories are particularly selective – which is why it’s up to us to remind them when they’re being unnecessarily petulant with their partisanship.
Flashback: Reagan Stayed On Vacation When Soviets Killed 62 Americans, Including Congressman
pgs; said:
Obama created MILLIONS of jobs unlike your hero traitor Bush and his approval ratings are vastly superior to the traitor and to the Republicans in Congress
The trend started before his administration but I do agree that with you that it needs to be corrected.
Well the only jobs a president can create are in the government so therefore if Obama
Obama created MILLIONS of jobs unlike your hero traitor Bush and his approval ratings are vastly superior to the traitor and to the Republicans in Congress
created millions of jobs they must all be in government .
Great .
Obama is nearing the end of his second term. He can't run again,
and is about to fade into history. Fifty years from now when the
passions surrounding the here & now of his presidency have
faded, your grandchildren may be able to read an unbiased
review of his accomplishments & failures, where history
can dictate what kind of president he really was in light
of the domino's falling in the decades that follow his
terms in office.
Tell me of the passionate opinions surrounding Lyndon
Johnson's term in office. That's what fifty years does...
and is about to fade into history. Fifty years from now when the
passions surrounding the here & now of his presidency have
faded, your grandchildren may be able to read an unbiased
review of his accomplishments & failures, where history
can dictate what kind of president he really was in light
of the domino's falling in the decades that follow his
terms in office.
Tell me of the passionate opinions surrounding Lyndon
Johnson's term in office. That's what fifty years does...