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Don't you find it kind of frustrating when you're defending him and then he comes out and undermines what you're defending him for?
I have to say no, I don't find him frustrating at all. Maybe it's because I feel I've known what he's about from the very beginning. Obama, above all else, is a politician, in every sense of the word. His whole personality and pov is about getting by and getting over. So when he does those types of things, all I can think is "I should have predicted that"
For instance, I defended him on staying out of the Syria and Egypt conflict. Then he drew a line in the sand on Syria and the line has been crossed several times until now there is no doubt that Assad is using chemical weapons and yet he is virtually silent and does nothing.....how do you defend him on that?
He doesn't defend Planned Parenthood and now women's rights are being eroded away. I was glad that he appointed women to his inner advisory circle....but he has appointed only men his second term. If he doesn't appoint Janet Yellen, instead of Larry Summers to chair the Federal Reserve, I'm afraid that will be the last straw for me.
He didn't defend ACORN and he should have. Then he comments on Trayvon Martin and gets the black community all excited and then he says nothing about the verdict. Is he now going to wait until black male teens go on a rampage all across America before he finally responds?
I like him....but I dunno.....he makes it very difficult to defend him.
I think he's very likable (see above), but I don't personally care for him.