President Obama's Failures
By redhotpogo
@redhotpogo (4401)
United States
June 4, 2012 10:06am CST
We all had high hopes for the first black president. Well not all of us, but I sure did. Sure he wasn't experienced, but who's really experienced at being the president? Anything you do in life is not going to compare to handling a country and dealing with the rest of the world. But he let me down. And I'm not alone. When I look at the political forums online I see a lot of disapproval over the job he's done in the white house. His ratings are dipping lower and lower. Even his most hardcore supporters are turning away. Change is what we were promised, and that's what we got. But I don't know about you I was kind of hoping the change would be good. Obama has performed so poorly that Mitt Romney just might become the next president. Seriously. That's like Al Gore becoming president. Except one makes love to trees and the other one wears magic underwear. So where do you think Obama went wrong? Is it too late for him to make a come back?
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@lawrence204 (57)
• Spain
4 Jun 12
I'm not 100% Obama supporter, but I do know a president's job is very difficult. Now I'm no politician and I' from England so I don't want to make any comment on US president. But this is sensitive issues. So careful when discussing; others may not be open minded too much.
@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
4 Jun 12
Well since the American President is called the leader of the free world then feel free to add your opinions. I'm sure you've got some. Not everyone is going to agree with you, but that shouldn't keep you from stating your opinions.
@lawrence204 (57)
• Spain
5 Jun 12
A president's job is very difficult. so he has to or had to take some decisions that somebody may not like. Now I don't have US foreign activities but he has not put any special changes on UK based companies doing business in USA as far as I know. So from that point of view he is ok.
But I have read newspaper where he has been criticized for his many economical and political decisions. Like I remember when he was elected as a president and he applied some rules over Indian and Chinese business companies(like Tax) and US companies who do business in these two countries.
But that decisions made different impact on different people. A normal man was happy as amount of outsourcing got reduced so it's a better chance for him as a US citizen to get the job.
Where many business men, company owners were not happy after that decision. Say India where $1=50 INR. Now say a company paying an Indian worker $3000/month which is 150000 INR. Now the value of 150000 INR in India is same as $150000 in US. But a company can't pay a US citizen in US for the same job $3000/month. They has to pay more, say $5000.
For that company that is loss of $2000/month for if they hire only US workers. That's why they didn't supported Obama's Outsourcing policy.
There are many issues like that. Judging all is impossible for both you and me. I am not very good in doing political criticism.
@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
6 Jun 12
That little move was done after he got into trouble for sending thousands of jobs over seas. Our call center industry is non existent thanks to him. That little move is also illegal, and companies are threatening to pull out completely from America because of it.
@karthik111 (660)
• India
4 Jun 12
Hi,
It's not easy to be the president of world's powerful country. He position is too tought too handle and it's not only america affected by economic crisis the whole world got affected. as a leader he take necessary actions to bring his best.
and one more thing all those problems won't be solved by either al gore or romney.during last election also people told that obama will change whole america but nothing happened...
whoever will be president, nothing will change....
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@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
4 Jun 12
It might change if he actually tried. He doesn't do anything but point fingers. It's the houses fault, it's congresses fault, it's the tea party's fault, it's bush's fault, it's that guy over there's fault. I'm tired of hearing the blame game. What happened to the buck stops here?
@stealthy (8181)
• United States
5 Jun 12
I didn't vote him. As a matter of fact I was not for a lot of what he promised when he ran in 2008. Of course I saw through a lot of those promises as being false promises just trying to garner votes. He has made some strides, unfortunately, toward what he really wanted and that is to lead the U. S. toward socialism. Now once again he is making all kinds of false promises and placing blame on anyone but himself in order to get reelected. When it comes to the economy, he has done more harm than good. The U. S. would be a lot farther along in a recovery if it wasn't for some of the things he has done.
@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
5 Jun 12
I don't know if he's really bringing the country towards socialism. I hear him talking about the 1% and all that, but he's still handing out money to greedy companies, and not even looking to see what they're doing with it.
@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
6 Jun 12
That doesn't equal socialism, but does equal corruption.
Greedy company. A company that uses the labor of an employee but does not provide a fair compensation for their efforts.
@mickeyb123 (117)
• United States
5 Jun 12
The vast majority of that 'stimulus' went to his union buddies. The other money that you are saying is going to the banks is coming back to him in campaign donations. The 1% he is talking about is paying close to 10% of the taxes that are being paid and could you define for me
What is a greedy company?
@katie0 (5203)
• Japan
5 Jun 12
He said he was going to end whaling and was going to bring the army back, everyday soldiers get traumatized and the war going on in there is a serious cruel human right's disrespect. People have amnesia because he didn't do the things he did but I hear claping wherever he is being recorded.
@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
5 Jun 12
Yeah. It's called propaganda. Only surround him with people that support him, and have the media make him look great and put out polls that say everyone loves him, while the rest of the country is going "Huh? Wtf? Get out!"
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
4 Jun 12
Is it possible to perform in such a short time? If you have to clean up the mess from others? I think the fact Obama became president was all set up. I also don't see him as a black president. The only difference between him and the others is the colour of his skin. For sure not the way he been raised or his education, the way he is dressed, behaves. Neither he feels closer to the poor people or the black people.
Since the rest of the world esp. Europe mostly get exactly the same kind of president they "vote" for in the USA I do think this is all set up. There are no great leaders in a country anymore. Perhaps one day. After every country is bankrupt. The USA already was but I don't see any difference. Europe will follow and so will many other countries. Let's hope something good will come out of it but I doubt it. December this year the world (as we know it) will come to an end.
@mickeyb123 (117)
• United States
4 Jun 12
redhotpogo
Is is intriguing to find someone who, at this point, is actually proud they voted for this president.
I had absolutely no hope that he was going to do the right thing. His entire upbringing, his entire history of actions or non-actions, his entire family history, his previous occupation, the content of his campaign speeches (2007-2008), his inability to put two sentences together unless they are tele-prompted for him mitigated against anything good coming from this man.
Is Mitt Romney the best person, in the race, for this position? I hope so.
@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
4 Jun 12
I don't pay attention to political campaign propaganda like his personal life or that whole birther issue. People have a way of twisting things to make them sound worse then they really are or better than they really are. I admit he didn't perform so well in his previous occupation, but I took into consideration what he was up against. Maybe I should give that area more thought next time. All I know is the economy is the worst it's ever been, jobs are impossible to find, prices are going through the roof, and we might just end up in another war or wars. I hope Mitt Romney is better, because I will not make the same mistake twice and put my hope in Obama. You know the thing that really upset me was all the lies. Lie after lie after lie. If he would have taken responsibility for his actions I would have said hey at least he's trying. But he just continues to blame everyone else and tell outrageous lies like the economy is doing great. I'm not sure which America he's in, but the America I live in is doing horrible. And then the debt issue. I saw the white house figures report. He spent way way way more than bush's total of 8 years in just 3. But he claims he's reduced spending and he's not spending as much as Bush. Wow. He's not even a good liar.
@mickeyb123 (117)
• United States
4 Jun 12
Yes, he is such a bad liar that the state run media isn't even treating him like they did Clinton. Remember they talked about what an exceptional liar he was? They did this even as they did not address the lies he told.
As for Obama, the occupation had, with Acorn, helped usher in the house crash. I am assuming you remember the Community Reinvestment Housing Act? The one that brought on the sub prime stuff? That was part of what he was involved with.
The mounting debt that is his and the mounting war on women, religion and culture that is his, as well as the war on American Values were all telegraphed during his campaign and apparently there were enough people who did not see it.