What's all the hate on Obama? Sure he didn't follow through with his promises but you have to admit it isn't only his fault. Previous presidents also didn't keep all their promises. So I see no reason to single him out because of that.
Since he came to office, almost every bill he wanted to implement 'to bring change', the opposing party were against it. Regardless if it had good or bad intentions (based on a person's view).
I admit that I was not fond of several bills that Obama wanted to implement and they were not perfect (like practically every new bill). But it was a step to move onward.
Remember all those who said Obama was a non-US born citizen, turns out he is a US born citizen (took a while to show the certificate but it's legit)...
Remember all those saying Obama is trying to turn the US into a Communist Regime, turns out he didn't...
Remember when people said that Obama wants to kill Grandma with his 'Health Care Bill' (among other things), turns out it doesn't...
Remember those saying Obama is a racist, turns out he isn't (he's mostly on the receiving end). Some even said he should be killed...
and many more...
Again, he is not a perfect President and I never expected that from him.
What I find most puzzling is that many who keep attacking Obama, are the same ones who accused people of being Unpatriotic/Anti-USA/Anti-Freedom etc... when someone questioned and criticized former President H. W. Bush. Was even told when I made a bit of criticism on the former President "We elected him, he is our President and he should be respected, regardless of the situation!" Unfortunately the same person did not held the same view when Obama came to office...
WD-40 wrote:Ever see him talk without a teleprompter?...Total Moron.
I think compared to our former President Bush, he is doing a decent job despite making mistakes. By your statement, you would also consider our former President a moron? Am I right?
From what I gather is that our current politics in the USA is to just blame someone if something has gone wrong even when no single person is responsible for it. If everyone just stops to follow their ideologies and are willing to compromise, then I think that many problems can be resolved (not fully but a bit).
For instance (in a generalized way). To resolve the debt crisis:
Dems want to increase taxes (remove the Bush tax breaks for incomes greater than $250,000 i believe) and keep the Government spending the same.
Reps want to keep or lower the taxes and reduce government spending.
Why not implement a compromise where government spending is slightly reduced and taxes are slightly increased to achieve the same effect in reducing the debt without going on either extreme? Wouldn't it be the most logical choice for the time being instead of just bickering at each other?
Just my 2 cents.
Cheers
Yanoda