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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.
What about the top 3 president out of those 11 that you experienced?
being a Perot man and all.
I'm old enough to understand that reference. The 1992 presidential election was the most entertaining election of my lifetime. Ross Perot was buying 1 hour slots in prime time on all the major networks. Some people believe that Perot was the only reason that Clinton won the election. They fail to forget that Bush 1's legacy is "Read my lips. No new taxes." He turned on the Republicans and sided with the Democrats. I'm sure Perot could have stayed home to count his money instead of running for president but he was pretty pissed at Bush 1 for lying to the rich.
I'm sure this will end in a proper and dignified manner.
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...
He's been as bad as about every one in recent memory. I can't see why everyone seems so intent on labeling him as the worst.
ObamaTaxCare like the NEW DEAL can cause lots of problems long after this clown is out of office
Still doesn't make him the worst, or even that much closer to the worst. :shrug:
presidents who impose stuff that continues to cause problems are "worse" than those merely incompetent like Carter or Harding. FDR was very effective in getting his socialist agenda passed but his destruction of the tenth amendment causes many of the problems we have today. Obamataxcare could be a malignancy for decades
I stopped reading at "socialist agenda".
you don't think the NEW DEAL was the biggest step towards socialism this country experienced in its first 160 years
The New Deal was meant to put workers back to work. It did not empower workers. It wasn't socialist.
presidents who impose stuff that continues to cause problems are "worse" than those merely incompetent like Carter or Harding. FDR was very effective in getting his socialist agenda passed but his destruction of the tenth amendment causes many of the problems we have today. Obamataxcare could be a malignancy for decades
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yeah, i forgot to add gay civil rights in there.
there were points in the 2012 race where i thought he could lose. phoning in that first debate really hurt him, but the 47 percent thing was just too much for Romney to get past.
Policy-wise, Nixon wasn't a bad president.
Obama is good, but not great. He, like most of the Democratic party right now, is afraid to stand up for liberal ideals. He had good ideas, but the left is too eager to compromise. But he's been a skilled negotiator and gotten some things done in the face of insane adversity. So yeah, points for trying, but not a great score for not succeeding.
He was if you were black or a woman. He was most notably against racial integration of schools.
I don't know about this string ending proper and dignified, but I would say this current president is about average for the presidents I have known and experienced since Eisenhower.I would rank Bush the second and Obama in 7th and 8th place out of the 11 I experienced. They, both of them would only be ahead of Nixon, Ford and Carter. This is my opinionPHP:You know you're getting old when one can remember 11 presidents and was born under the 12th.
I'm sure this will end in a proper and dignified manner.
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