Generally speaking - he's no better and no worse than any previous president over the last few decades.
That's not a compliment or praise no matter how it's sliced.
The ACA will be the final nail in the coffin for pushing him off the fence one way or the other.
It's too early to tell how that's going to pan out, but the road has sure looked ominous so far.
(I did not vote for Obama in either election)
Too soon to tell, to be honest, but I chose average. Obama is neither so far the best nor likely to be the worst. He is a good speaker, is well educated and intelligent, but he does not seem to be able to control even his own party in congress or manage to select very good help to run the executive functions of the federal govt. I would grade him a D so far.
Those polls and studies mean nothing as long as he is in the white house. Hell, they won't mean anything for at least a decade after to be honest. Things like Obamacare and Iran Deal will determine where he ranks in the scheme of things.
I'm sure this will end in a proper and dignified manner.
Absolutely the worst President in my lifetime and that includes Jimmy Carter and Nixon.
That's fine if he only won one term. The problem is that he was re-elected. If he is a horrible president, does that by default make Americans horrible voters?
D is below average just to be clear.
Obama is a great President, Father and Husband. A hero to this nation who bleeds red white and blue and follows the constitution to the letter because he believes in limited power, accountability and transparency. We can only be so lucky to have this legendary man as our President, who loves this nation, our traditions and ideals...
I believe Obama's legacy will not be viewed favorably by the majority.
Someone should write a sequel to his book "Audacity of Hope" and call it "Audacity of Ignorance". I have never seen a president in my lifetime nor the history of presidents past that claimed ignorance to so many things that occurred during his time in office. He did not know anything about Fast and Furious, or Benghazi, or the IRS targeting conservative groups, or his so called key legislation, Obamacare, was not ready for prime time.
He will be remembered for his desire to use drones on American citizens, fire first, ask questions later. His foreign policy starting from 2009 going to foreign countries apologizing for the United States and shafting our few friends in the region in favor of groups our country lists as terrorists. He will be remembered for wanting to attack Syria with missles killing even more people than Assad had accomplished instead of reaching out to all the refugees that had fled to countries like Jordan, Turkey with an all out humanitarian effort extending a helping hand and building relationships with people that could change the thinking of many who have been taught to hate the United States.
He will be remembered for his feckless spending, the 800 billion stimulus that did not go to shovel ready jobs. He will be remembered not willing to cut spending and produce a balanced budget year after year significantly adding to our national debt. He will be remembered for expanding government involvement in our economy attacking capitalism by replacing it with more corporatism. Whether it be corporate or entitlement programs, he will be remembered as the Welfare President.
He will be remembered for his cronyism for all the special favors to unions, environmentalists, and his Cabinet that was stacked with appointees awarded for political service.
He will be remembered by those who believe in the rule of law as excessively violating his oath to uphold the Constitution.
Used Executive Privilege in regards to Fast & Furious gun running scandal. When Government misconduct is the concern Executive privilege is negated.
23 Executive Orders on gun control – infringement of the 2nd Amendment
Executive Order bypassing Congress on immigration – Article 1 Section 1, ALL Legislative power held by Congress
NDAA – Section 1021. Due process Rights negated. Violation of 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Amendments.
Executive Order 13603 NDRP – Government can seize anything
Executive Order 13524 – Gives INTERPOL jurisdiction on American soil beyond law enforcement agencies, including the FBI.
Executive Order 13636 Infrastructure Cybersecurity – Bypassing Congress Article 1 Section 1, ALL Legislative power held by Congress
Signed into law the establishment of NO Free Speech zones – noncompliance is a felony. Violation of 1st Amendment.
Attempt to tax political contributions – 1st Amendment
DOMA Law – Obama directed DOJ to ignore the Constitution and separation of powers and not enforce the law.
Dodd-Frank – Due process and separation of powers. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau writing and interpreting law. Article. I. Section. 1
Drone strikes on American Citizens – 5th Amendment Due process Rights negated
Bypassed Congress and gave EPA power to advance Cap-n-Trade
Attempt for Graphic tobacco warnings (under appeal) – 1st Amendment
Four Exec. appointments – Senate was NOT in recess (Court has ruled unconstitutional yet the appointees still remain)
Appointing agency czars without the “advice and consent of the Senate.” Violation of Article II, Section 2
Obama took Chairmanship of UN Security Council – Violation of Section 9.
Obamacare (ACA) mandate – SCOTUS had to make it a tax because there is no Constitutional authority for Congress to force Americans to engage in commerce.
Contraceptive, abortifacients mandate violation of First Ammendment
Healthcare waivers – No president has dispensing powers
Refuses to acknowledge state’s 10th Amendment rights to nullify Obamacare
Going after states (AZ lawsuit) for upholding Federal law (immigration) -10th Amendment.
Chrysler Bailout -TARP – violated creditors rights and bankruptcy law, as well as Takings and Due Process Clauses – 5th Amendment (G.W. Bush also illegally used TARP funds for bailouts)
The Independent Payment Advisory Board (appointees by the president). Any decisions by IPAB will instantly become law starting in 2014 – Separation of Powers, Article 1 Section 1.
Congress did not approve Obama’s war in Libya. Article I, Section 8, First illegal war U.S. has engaged in. Impeachable under Article II, Section 4.
Obama falsely claims UN can usurp Congressional war powers.
Obama has acted outside the constitutional power given him – this in itself is unconstitutional.
With the approval of Obama, the NSA and the FBI are tapping directly into the servers of 9 internet companies to gain access to emails, video/audio, photos, documents, etc. This program is code named PRISM. NSA also collecting data on all phone calls in U.S. – Violation of 4th Amendment.
Plans to sign U.N. Firearms treaty – 2nd Amendment.
The Senate/Obama immigration bill (approved by both) raises revenue – Section 7. All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives;
Obama refuses to uphold the Business Mandate Law (ACA) for a year. President does not have that authority – Article. I. Section. 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States. The president ”shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed” -Article II, Section 3.
We would have been better off putting Carter back in office.
the debt increased under him faster than any President in our history, deficits means dick when debt still increases. Disability is the highest in our history along with welfare. We can credit this idiot with the downfall of our country.
Another thing that REALLY bothers me is that this healthcare plan could NOT have at a worse time with the economy the way it is, and how companies are ALREADY hurting. It just boggles the mind how he could possibly think this would HELP matters, except for a very SMALL minority of people who are without healthcare for whatever reasons.
I remember watching something on one of the 24-hour news channels where Obama and McCain were having a heated discussion about healthcare, and Obama said something on the idea that McCain wasn't the president, HE was, and I found that to be so disrespectful and foul. I couldn't believe it.
I wonder if Obama's Presidency is in some way similar to Lauren Hill's performance at the Apollo. She's a highly talented performer who was unknown at the time. She took the stage and immediately was greeting by boos and jeers from the audience, so much so it drowned out the audience's ability to hear and affected her ability to perform leaving the audience with no idea on whether she was talented or not. When you start out on day one with stated mission of wanting him to fail in a system where co-operation is required across branches and one of which is controlled by those who want him to fail, its one of those questions we might not ever know the answer to.
To be fair the divisiveness isn't all him. The Reps are playing a significant part in this as well.
I completely agree with your first sentence in the first quote.
Two points...
1) The country was on the edge of recession when Clinton left office, as the dot-com bubble was in the process of bursting,
and
2) Clinton had the luxury of the dot-com bubble to make him look good. An orangutang would have looked good between 1993 and 1999, economy-wise.
Voting against Romney does not equal voting for Obama.
Yes it does unless you voted for a third party, independent candidate or stayed home. There were dozens of other options available.
Yes it does unless you voted for a third party, independent candidate or stayed home. There were dozens of other options available.
We are allowed to have our opinions now though.
Companies?
Individuals will have to come up with thousands more dollars and have huge deductibles, which means more out of pocket expenses.
Where is all this extra money coming from? Straight out of the economy that is where.
What will the economy be like in 2 or 3 years with billions being taken out to pay for health insurance?
I'll bet there are now a lot of Americans who regret staying home and not voting but it's difficult to have any sympathy for them.
Lot of those moronic born again brain dead bible thumpers who didn't like the fact that Romney's version of Christianity didn't meet with theirs who thought they'd face hellfire and damnation if they voted are hopefully the ones losing their insurance
With what was essentially Romney's plan. Something he was never going to change in the first place. :coffeepap
No. Not at all. One of the worst Presidents ever.
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