2010-11-14, 03:55 PM
Ignorance is bliss. It's easy to say "there was no change" as opposed to real research.
Obama actually provided a lot of good changes, from diplomacy to foreign policy to government transparency to helping the Federal Reserve with epic and SWEET legislation as the CARD Act of 2009. He carried the torch Bush left in terms of attempts towards diplomacy in the Middle East.
If he stopped being President and played Maplestory BigBang from now until 2012, he will have still done more for this country than the past 15 years' worth of presidents.
Clearly there are some things he could have done better. The fact he has dropped some campaign promises because they are unrealistic is something everyone hates: don't promise on what you know will likely not deliver. But that's fine, compared to the wealth of positive changes he's made.
The gamble he's made is that if the economy doesn't recover at a decent pace, it will appear to the public as if his support for stimulus plans and deficit spending were all for nothing. These are factors well beyond his (or any president's) control. He has 2 years until that comes. Then he's gotta pull back on the budget and aim for a surplus. This is actually on par with some of his campaign roadmaps when he discussed the economy. But if things turn worse, it will probably be the end for his presidency. I doubt it.
One of the well known economists and Nobel Prize winners Joseph Stiglitz predicted massive deflation, and a new global reserve system. Poppyc0ck. The Federal Reserve has kept inflation low. Keeping Bernanke as chief was among Obama's smartest choices. The man knows what he's doing.
In sum, the Obama hate comes from people who are stupid. When i talk to people about what Obama has done, the facts calm their brains down.
People like to think Bush was a bad president all around too. Not so. Bush supporting Sarbanes-Oxley was among the key moments of his presidency. In terms of foreign policy, the guy was an utter whack job though.
Obama actually provided a lot of good changes, from diplomacy to foreign policy to government transparency to helping the Federal Reserve with epic and SWEET legislation as the CARD Act of 2009. He carried the torch Bush left in terms of attempts towards diplomacy in the Middle East.
If he stopped being President and played Maplestory BigBang from now until 2012, he will have still done more for this country than the past 15 years' worth of presidents.
Clearly there are some things he could have done better. The fact he has dropped some campaign promises because they are unrealistic is something everyone hates: don't promise on what you know will likely not deliver. But that's fine, compared to the wealth of positive changes he's made.
The gamble he's made is that if the economy doesn't recover at a decent pace, it will appear to the public as if his support for stimulus plans and deficit spending were all for nothing. These are factors well beyond his (or any president's) control. He has 2 years until that comes. Then he's gotta pull back on the budget and aim for a surplus. This is actually on par with some of his campaign roadmaps when he discussed the economy. But if things turn worse, it will probably be the end for his presidency. I doubt it.
One of the well known economists and Nobel Prize winners Joseph Stiglitz predicted massive deflation, and a new global reserve system. Poppyc0ck. The Federal Reserve has kept inflation low. Keeping Bernanke as chief was among Obama's smartest choices. The man knows what he's doing.
In sum, the Obama hate comes from people who are stupid. When i talk to people about what Obama has done, the facts calm their brains down.
People like to think Bush was a bad president all around too. Not so. Bush supporting Sarbanes-Oxley was among the key moments of his presidency. In terms of foreign policy, the guy was an utter whack job though.