Do I think obama has been given a free pass on his term so far - YES.

But Ms. Thomas, I don't think you have to worry about the mid-terms. Most people have already made up their minds.

November will be a bloodbath for the dems.

When job loss in this nation stood at 10%, you don't spend one full year working on a health bill.

You spend a full year getting people back to work.

And did I mention - this president is a one-term kinda guy.

Myreply, like the letter-writer, sure don't get any of their news from credible sources.

Obama has actually accomplished more in just two years than Bush did in eight years.

PLease tell us Myreply, what the accomplishments were during the Bush administration and how they helped the average american family.

guy:

You actually call those obama fiascos "accomplishments"?

All socialists make mistakes. Just look at Castro, Hitler, and the rest of them. Obammy continues to undermine the the American way. The way Obammy and the Democrats are going, we will soon need a wheelbarrow full of money to buy a loaf of bread. Look at it now, almost $3 a loaf of chemical laden "improved" flour.

Obama inherited a mess from an incompetent George W. Bush, and Dick Cheney who was hell bent on changing the world through military domination.

Under Obama, Banks and financial institutions were righted. The auto industry was taken off life support and is actually showing a profit.

Even die hard conservatives admit the some stimulus funding has worked.

Aside from political grandstanding, the leaderless GOP has contributed nothing, no plans, no solutions.

The GOP seemingly is being taken over by the extreme right. Hate, greed and selfishness, the tenets of extreme conservatism will not play well with middle America.

If the GOP should pull off a win in November, it will be short lived.

Bush did it

Do you mean short lived, like the obama presidency?

Yes........even after a massive debt increase under Bush he still left office with only 3 million jobs being created versus the 23 million under Clinton.

That, in and of itself, has made this recession far worse than it needs to be.

Again, BigGuy has to compare Clinton, and his Republican Congress, rather than Obama. Of course, had there only been one job created under Bush, that'd still be better than the millions lost under Obama.

Ohh Craig..do tell about the republican congress that took credit for Clinton job creation, but when they had Bush in White House and control of congress that did what ?

What did they do then ?

Craig also thinks that job losses that started well before Bush left office, combined with his lousy job creation record would magically turn around when Obama too office.

Of course republicans only real belief is the tax cut fairy.

Bush On Jobs: The Worst Track Record On Record

Data by President at the link

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics...on-record/

obama went off his teleprompter and said that people treat him like a dog. sob, sob

Stick to the prompter pres. arf, arf

So funny,another teleprompter joke...gee how original.

Let's hear Myreply describe the accomplishments of the Bush Adm and how they helped the american people ?

Clinton, Clinton, Clinton. You'll not get an argument from me the times were mostly good during Clinton's terms. I simply want to know why you are going back to him rather than praising Obama. Did you not see unemployment go up again to 9.6%? Thought it wasn't going over 8%? Bush with a Republican Congress had unemployment under 6% for YEARS. You will not see that under Obama and the current Congress. You won't even see Jan., 2009 matched.

Yeah, and Bush is stupid jokes were very original in their eighth year. About as original as the Blame Bush whines since noone can defend Obama, since Obama takes responsibility for nothing he screws up. But he does take responsibility for the Iraq pull out. No surprise there.

Still waiting to hear about those Bush "accomplishments">

Earth to Regis: Bush out of office now for almost two years. That obama guy in office.

Anne, you are most probably one of those persons who gave George W. Bush a "free pass" for eight years while his policies were destroying our country. You obviously have a very poor memory. Maybe you should see a doctor about that.

Chris matthews and gang want obama to be more like Reagan. I knew they would see the light.

Since obama thinks we treat him like a dog, I hereby dub him - Junkyard Dawg.

obama said today that he "strongly condemns" the burning of the Korans.

But, I'm sure that obama realizes that it's his "right" to do so. Right?

Throw him a bone. arf, arf

And to those who rammed it down our throats that it is the right of the builders to put there mosque near ground zero:

Guess you can't say that guy can't burn those Korans - his rights and all.

What was it you said: You don't have to like it -
Well, you don't have to like it. It's his right to do so.

Rights don't sound too right now - do they?

Anne,

"Today's world is driven by instant gratification: Why don't politics play along? It takes the average person only seconds to form an opinion on a song."

Your first statement is a rather bold, completely misguided generalization that is made almost humorous by the complete lack of evidence you supply. You not only lack to define the terms or explain the ideas, but you entirely avoid giving any examples or support.

What do you mean "why don't politics play along?" It seems to me that you're insinuating that politics should also be driven by instant gratification. That's a dangerous thing to want from one's country. People like you are responsible for the degradation of civil conversation and careful decision making amongst todays voters. Voting is an enormous responsibility, one that most Americans clearly don't appreciate as evidenced by the current percentage of American adults that vote.

Your implication that political thought should follow the absurd pop-culture mind set of rich teenage girls in the suburbs is absolutely psychotic.

Glennrove:

I wish to address only one part of your post: "Voting is an enormous responsibility".

As yes, "enormous" - "responsibility".

I used to think that way. I took it very seriously - still do.

But - if you listen at all to the 24/7's, and read the biased newspapers - it seems that they don't.

If they did perhaps the news would be reported in an unbiased fashion. Perhaps we could actually see the truth in our political and national world - not one colored to fit one ideology or the other.

So while I see voting as a responsibility of every citizen - I don't see it as "enormous".

Most will pull one lever or the other depending on ideology. In this 24/7 world, it is all we can hope for.

"Voters, time to make up your mind about the president"

They have. See you in November and then in 2012.

Time for "real" change.

Would it be too much to ask, myreply, what you believe will be the "real change" in store for us when the GOP re-takes Congress in the mid-terms? I'm just curious as to whether the new congress will offer anything but more tax cuts for the wealthy or more wars.

Yes boffy, it would be too much to ask.

*t just amazes me that those on the right refuse to answer when they are challenged to state specifics as to what Obama has done wrong or how he is a socialist or what Bush did that made him a superior President.

I have received emails making unsupportable claims and I frequently research their factual basis and hit reply all to report to all the recipients that the information is incorrect, if not outright lies. I give people the benefit of the doubt and feel they would prefer to base their opinions on facts, and if they learn certain information was wrong, they may reconsider their views. Usually I present no argument for or against, merely citing facts.

In doing so several times I have had a response from one of those folks, and we don't know each other, that simply labels me one of those stupid liberals and summarily dismisses the evidence I have provided, even though backed up with citations or web links.

A few times I have entered a dialogue with one of these people and have asked them direct questions. One, a retired army officer, was vehement in his opposition to social security and medicare, both of which I am dependent on.I asked him if he still felt that way knowing I could not survive without those programs. I also pointed out that social security and medicare were enacted by a duly elected Congress, not merely imposed on the taxpayers. I also asked how they are different from military retirement plans which are not an inherent right but a program established by a duly elected Congress. (And which I have no objection to, social security or not). His reply was essentially a smug "okay, D, you just keep thinking that way" as if I were an idiot. A similar exchange last week ended in a like manner.

That, my friends, is intellectual cowardice and those here who have been asked to back up their views and have not done so are guilty of it.

UMOC, clearly the stimulus was horrible. One only needs to listen to the administrations own words to see that it was a failure. Remember unemployment wouldn't go over 8%? Since the stimulus, there has been jobs bill after jobs bill? Why, if the stimulus worked? Since the stimulus, we have lost jobs. Now, we are about to get yet another new jobs bill in the name of infrastructure, which was one of the biggest pushed aspects of the stimulus. This follows a teachers bailout a few weeks back, after we were told the stimulus would save all of these teaching jobs. The list goes on and on how it has failed. I know all the Libs will come back with the typical blame Bush and "We'd be even worse off if not for the stimulus", but the fact is that the administration was incredibly wrong about it. And I haven't even touched on all of the ridiculous pork in it. How did money for a study of Syracuse freshmen women's sexuality help the economy? Or remodeling closed buildings?
I think Obamacare will be disastrous. Having said that, I know that I, like most of the general public (and, sadly, I'm sure some of those that voted for AND against it), do not know every detail of the 1,100 pages, 1,200, whatever it ended up as. Time will tell. But the student loan takeover is bad. The special deals are bad. The $500 billion cut to Medicare is bad (which I would have guessed you'd agree with).
The release of some Gitmo detainees is as bad under Obama as it was under Bush.
The stances on interrogation I think are bad. I don't think waterboarding amounts to torture (another subject I know the Libs here will slam me on).
The refusal to see acts of terror for what they are is horrible.
Constitutional rights for NON-CITIZENS is ridiculous. In the case of Fort Hood, that guy has said rights, as he is a citizen. Non-citizens do not.
Executive Order 12425 is TERRIBLE.
The cap and trade push would be extremely costly, as the administration has admitted, and Obama himself said would cause utility costs to "skyrocket".
Appointing people during a recess is very shady (just as it is shady for EVERY president).
The oil spill response was not good, as even some Dems in Congress agree with.
I personally believe letting any Bush tax cuts expire is bad. Revenue increased after Clinton's tax increases; revenue increased after Bush's tax cuts. Obviously tax hikes/cuts are not the be all end all of revenue.
Silence during the civil unrest in Iran after elections was not good. Also, going along with awarding Iran a seat on the UN Commission on the Status of Women is an absolute joke.
The drilling moratorium was a very bad decision.
Fighting the Arizona immigration bill is bad. Of course, I've come to expect nothing good from any president regardless of party on illegal immigrants. Amnesty is as bad an idea coming from Obama as it was from every other president broaching it.
Not giving as many troops as requested for Afghanistan was bad. I do give him credit for giving as many as he did, but think that he should have approved the full amount requested.
The deficit and debt is dwarfing any prior president.
Cambridge, Black Panthers, Shirley Sherrod.
I can go on and on. What I think even the moderate left is getting tired of is the blame Bush game. But now I ask you, what has he done so well?

As for Bush, he absolutely had his screw ups. But his (and just about every other presidents') bad decisions are paling in comparison to this administration and president.

Craig
Don't know if you're still paying attention but I did try to post a responding comment last night but had a computer glitch and could not do so. I thanked you for at least citing the policies or actions that concern you with a brief argument in some cases. I disagree with most of them and believe you don't have your facts straight. Others may be merely a difference of opinion.

As to the effects of the Bush tax cuts, your claim about increased tax revenues as a result is simply not true. The table at this link will show that:

http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=200

And several economists, including some who served under Bush, do not believe the cuts worked as you can see in this article dispelling 5 myths about them.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/30/AR2010073002671.html


Finally, you called Executive Order 12425 horrible. Obviously you believe the bogus internet claims because there is nothing out of the ordinary about it, having originally been issued by Reagan. Obama simply signed an amendment to it that was recommended by the Bush State Department, but too near the end of his term for action. Here is the complete story:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/interpol.asp

My original comment was extremely long but I will spare you at this time.

UMOC, I'm not sure why you are directing me to a table that shows tax revenues increasing while trying to make the point that they did not increase? Your link shows "In current dollars" receipts hit a record high in 2007, that "In constant (FY2005 dollars)" receipts hit a record high in 2007. I'm missing how it is "simply not true" that revenues were up. Even as % of GDP rose after the 2003 cuts.

You originally asked what Obama has done wrong. I ask you, what has he done right? I assume you likely can just tell me to read over what I think he has done wrong, and that is what you think he has done right.