Whats the deal about the President?

And that's tough being in that position to run the country to begin with. I think they'll forget about it when something he pushes through works. he's finding out the grass is not always as green as it looks until you get to the other side and find out that the grass is dull and brown from neglect.

Well, that's why they are trying to look at this and blame him for it not working. It's not working because they want it to work for a minority of people and that people be the rich people and obviously Bush tried that and it didn't work. So why continue in that cycle.

I think that a lot of people feel just as disenfranchised by President Obama's election as I did for George W. Bush's reelection. I literally couldn't understand why someone would vote for George W. Bush again, given the mess he'd made of both our foreign affairs and our domestic economy -- but they did. It felt like I couldn't even recognise the country I'd grown up in. I suspect people on the other side of the political spectrum are feeling that same sense of surreal disappointment now. They don't understand why we would vote for someone like Obama as our president, any more than I could understand why they would vote for George W. Bush. They are fearful, and the conservative pundits feed that fear. They look for some loophole, some do-over, so that someone else, anyone else, can become president. Obama doesn't look like our previous presidents. He comes from a different background than most of them -- heck, his name is even strange to most of us. And people fear the unknown. So they find any small thing to pick at him for, and invent nightmare scenarios that only feed their fear further. The ironic thing is, Obama's family has more in common with MY family than any president in recent memory. He didn't come from wealth, he made his own way, he succeeded on his own merits. He and his wife are obviously devoted to their kids and take care of them in ways that seem very familiar and comforting. If people could shed their partisan blinders and actually inform themselves about Obama, his family, and his policies, I think they'd realise that he's looking out for the middle class, not the wealthiest few. And it's about time someone did that, isn't it?

Yeah, I'm hoping that alot of jobs will be opened back up as he moves along here and sees that it can be done. It would be nice to get a fast food job for a change but I can't even do that just because that is what everyone else has reverted to. If they could have there old jobs back then others would be able to come up in society and actually start becoming independant. I have been living with my mom for 4 years because I haven't been able to move out on my own. It's not worth it for it to go against my credit if I can't pay my bills.

yeah, my mom goes on about 100 a month, but I went and applied for food stamps and when the stimulus went into affect it moved up 40.00 a month. Which was about what I was needing to make it last til I get my money on the 6th. It's hard because I only get 150 a month from the state and I have to do so much more just to get that each week. I've tried to find work and I stated in a previous comment that it would be nice if the credit only counted for the time a person was working when it come down to the loan companies looking at lending money.

I know the feeling. My credit is DESTROYED. Because of life then losing my job I am further in debt then I would like to remind myself. I keep my bills paid, the ones I need to live on like power, rent and car insurance then I have no money left. I literally have $100 dollars for food ALL MONTH. I make it work, very creatively however, it sucks. I get internet from my neighbor, no I am not stealing his wifi or anything, I bake him cookies and pies and he keeps me on his wireless net work. :)

If I remember right when he went on vacation and went back to hawaii he was actually at home. I think he got one or two days to do things with his family, but there was always press following him around of course and then the regular stuff you do before you become president when you're running. I don't think there was a day that went by before he became president that the news didn't have something to say about him. People think the President is this Super Human and can wave a wand and everything be fixed. Even he himself is finding out that its not as easy as it sounds or looks. The decieveness comes from the outsiders talking all this hype about whatever it is just like Bush's party did when in reality it was complete opposite and I think Obama is slowly but surely seeing that he has to be straight forward with America and that the ways of past administrations are just not going to work in a world where things are totally different than what they were for each president before him. Thanks for your response. It would definately make it easier if he followed a better example. My govenor hasn't had a sallery since he took office like 6 years ago. That's how bad our states shape is in. You would think some others would step up and do the same.

Don't forget that Camp David is also used for meetings with dignitaries from other countries on occasion. The location gives them a little more privacy than they would get at the White House.

I mean look at what all he's having to deal with, plus having to keep other countries from going to war because them going to war means they could come after us. Then having to worry about nuclear war heads being out there in the hands of countries that we know won't use it in the right way for energy purposes and research and stuff. It just makes sense to let the president get a way from the stress of being around the same people day in and day out. Could you just imagine how much his phone rings through out the day. I get aggrivated when I get more than 4 or 5 calls from people. So I could just imagine how much he's having to spill out over the phone to keep people on both sides happy.

Yeah Jonakyl, that's all I'm talking about. I mean look at how much stress we're dealing with just worrying about paying our bills for our family. Look at how many families he has to deal with to try to help or hurt in his sense in being the president. There are always going to be people that don't like because he is half black. There are always going to be people that don't like him because he's half white. There are always going to be people that don't like because he's democrat. There are always going to be people that just don't plain like him. It's one thing to look at the person who is in front of you and say you don't like them because of the way the look, because of the way they dress, because of the way talk or because of the smell. It's another to criticize someone when you don't think they are doing there job. Some people don't think Obama is doing his job as president and too some degree I do agree with them, but atleast he is taking action which is somehting that Bush wouldn't do and that's why we are where we are. You're right I can't imagine the stress that being president would bring and that's why I would never run for office. Thanks for your response.

Crysontherocks: That was a brilliant summation. Really well done. I don't think I have anything to add to that. I hope things get better for all of us.

Why do you assume that everyone that is judgmental against him are that way because he's black? Why can't people be judgmental against him because they disagree with his policies? For example I don't like many aspects of his health care plan. That has nothing to do with the color of his skin. I don't like his plans to bailout the economy and the way he has been handling it. I didn't like the bailout pushed through by Bush either. There is so much more to this president than the color of his skin, it's kind of sad you can't see that.

So to comment on you both. He is a public figure and he does have the right to have some time to himeself.

I'm not saying that it is JUST because he is black, but that it is a contributing factor. I know a LOT of people who a racist and who judge him for no other reason. I work in a restaurant and I remember when he was elected all the terrible things people said about him that had nothing to do with his policies just the color of his skin. It's a sad fact, but a lot of people do just dislike him because of the color of his skin.

Well, if he didn't have any responsibility on his vacations then why would he be talked about every day he's on vacation. There is always something going on. The world doesn't stop moving because he goes on vacation. His load is probably lightened to a minimum but he still has stuff he has to do regardless.

So would i hun, so would I. That's what I was hoping to do with an insentive check that we were supposed to get but never got because they took it out of the stimulus package. Thanks for the response.

when he went home to hawaii last summer they said it was a vacation. That's his home. He's got more to do there than anywhere I think and people don't realize it. Family, sometimes can be the worst place to visit when you're under so much stress already. I heard that he only got like 1 or 2 days from the hussle and bussle to be with his family.

i agree completely they don't think about what there comments can make on someones future as a candidate and think that people are not going to look at what they said. Words are the worst possible thing to use against someone because thats what we remember most of a person is what they said.