More Obama

[swat_op506]

I see there are several Obama threads popping up.
I also saw this news item a few minutes ago:
AP - President Barack Obama's approval rating has hit its highest point in two years — 60 percent — and more than half of Americans now say he deserves to be re-elected, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll

I am not an ultra-conservative-attack-everything-Obama does type, but I am sickened and saddened at the thought that the citizens of this nation would elect him again. Am I dreaming?
I feel a rant coming on, but will hold off.

// Damn if the same thing didn't happen with Clinton.

[John0397]

so.... if stagnant employment, out of control fuel prices and debt out of control are prerequisites for re-election..... yeah!!! 4 more years..... 4 more years...... whatever.

It's a bogus poll, and way too early to predict outcomes of an election that won't happen for another 18 months.

[KapsFB]

Temporary swing due to the good news about OBL. BHO will ride the wave for what it's worth but by 2012, reality will set in unless the economy makes a dramatic turn about. Same thing happened to GH Bush after the Gulf War and it didn't do him any good come election time.

[irish21]

Not to mention his plan for border protection involves "no more border patrol agents and no more fences."

The GOP needs to step it up and bring out a REAL contender.

[John0397]

G HW Bush was hurt for not going after Saddam after the Iraqis were pushed from Kuwait and his read my lips line of no new taxes..... This poll for Obama is skewed by 17 points towards democrats so the 60% number is bogus. The economy will not recover anytime soon. The housing price index is currently falling faster than 2008 and the administration is encouraging lenders to do sub prime loans again. It seems like all this administration can do is continue to harm the economy.

[cajunguy]

Of course his approval rating shot up. He "killed" Bin Laden. Before any of that happened, his approval rating was in the $hitter.

"Thanking Obama for killing Bin Laden is like going into McDonald's and thanking Ronald McDonald for the hamburger. It's the guy who COOKED the burger that should get the credit, NOT THE CLOWN!"


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[codemanski]

Cayjunguy...+1 on the analogy!

That's like saying "We Killed Bin Laden"...we didn't kill ANYBODY, it was Seal Team 6 that got the job done!
Just like the idiots coming out of the woodwork claiming they were Navy Seals, some people insist on taking credit for something they didn't (really) do. May God bless our military heros!

[SRT936]

Temporary swing due to the good news about OBL. BHO will ride the wave for what it's worth but by 2012, reality will set in unless the economy makes a dramatic turn about. Same thing happened to GH Bush after the Gulf War and it didn't do him any good come election time.

Yep. HW's approval rating was >90% following the Gulf War and he lost re-election.

Also as mentioned, when you look at the internals on that poll, respondents who identified themselves as democrats significantly outpaced all other categories.

[GangGreen712]

Most polls I've read put his rating at about 51-54% right now.

[mtxpro752]

[OneAdam12]

^^^^^^^ We call that all hat, no cattle. ^^^^^^^^^^

[IAM Rand]

It depends on how they phrase the question. If they survey all Americans and ask how they feel about Bin Laden being killed, the Dominant Liberal Mass Media would say that Bin Laden’s approval rating is at 90%.

They, DLMM, probably phrased the question in a way that even a conservative would have answered, “Yes” and then had to think about the question they just answered.

Bottom line is he, Obama, like Clinton, is riding his predecessor’s coat tails. Hopefully in 2012 America will know what the answer is to the question: “No more hope and change please!”

[Chomp]

Temporary swing due to the good news about OBL. BHO will ride the wave for what it's worth but by 2012, reality will set in unless the economy makes a dramatic turn about. Same thing happened to GH Bush after the Gulf War and it didn't do him any good come election time.

It's interesting that you say that, since the economy went into the ****ter well before Obama was elected. I'm not Obama's biggest fan, but I dunno what kind of mental gymnastics it takes to convince yourself that the economy was awesome when Bush was in the big chair.

[LaPlaca]

It's interesting that you say that, since the economy went into the ****ter well before Obama was elected. I'm not Obama's biggest fan, but I dunno what kind of mental gymnastics it takes to convince yourself that the economy was awesome when Bush was in the big chair.

I wasnt paying over 4 bucks a gallon for gas at ANY point in Bush's time in office.

[Iowa #1603]

I wasnt paying over 4 bucks a gallon for gas at ANY point in Bush's time in office.