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- wannaBdug, on 03/21/2009, -16/+86Forget about popularity, let's get some work done
- drshorty, on 03/22/2009, -29/+82I don't understand why people keep saying his numbers are sliding when they're not. What's the point? It's not even something that takes 2 seconds to look up.
I don't mind people twisting facts, but straight up stating something that isn't true, this is almost like saying the sky isn't blue. Understandably people don't like Obama, but damn don't make yourself seem like a complete idiot because you refuse to accept a reality that isn't going your way. That just makes you look psychotic, which really doesn't help your case.
It's like the psycho stalker that thinks their victim actually has interest in them. What in the ***** is wrong with people? Should Obama really still be that popular? Maybe not, but ***** don't say something that isn't true as if you really believe it, especially when it's so easily refutable. That just makes you seem crazy.
"Obama's numbers are sliding!"
"Umm... no... they're not..."
"Yes they are! Look..."
"Uhh, I am..."
"***** you downvoted." - novenator, on 03/21/2009, -35/+67The latest Gallup poll has Obama's approval ratings at 64%: http://www.pollster.com/polls/us/jobapproval-obama ...
However, staying organized is quite necessary considering how obstructionist the republican party has been to everything that he has done in his 2 months in power. They have bitterly attacked everything he has done and is trying to do, even going so far as to push petty things like his use of a teleprompter and false issues like claiming he is not an American citizen.
As for the article, it was clearly biased, using stark terminology like 'army' as slander to the millions of people who donated and volunteered to help get this country back on track after years of disastrous mismanagement. Also, someone needs to tell the author that it would be impossible for "David Plouffe, the man who managed Mr Obama’s presidential campaign, has sent millions of e-mails". How much time do you think the man has? Maybe he has sent a few dozen emails during the campaign and a few in it's aftermath. - Bhima, on 03/21/2009, -27/+58If you read Scott McClellan' book "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception", he blames the culture of "The Permanent Campaign" as being central to errors and crimes committed by the Bush White House.
Personally I think that Scott is a naive sycophant who shows an astounding lack of true intellectual curiosity. Furthermore I believe that this is a defense mechanism he's created to protect himself from the realities of Bush Administration and still retain some shred of his original ideology.
Having said all of that I do think that this idea of "The Permanent Campaign" is damaging and is further proof that as a culture we need to reevaluate political speech, lobbying, & campaign financing and see if we can't develop something better than what we have now. - twinklyJesus, on 03/22/2009, -34/+63It is even more obvious when you take the endless attacks on Palin and McCain into consideration. The election was over 3 months ago, and they are still campaigning against Palin and McCain.
God, make it stop! - mgraham80, on 03/22/2009, -14/+37Yes, how unprecedented for a president to try to drum up public support for his agenda. /yawn
- orubinstein, on 03/22/2009, -25/+48The thing that made me laugh is during his appearance on Jay Leno, he saying things like "this is what I would like to see happen..." I was thinking:"Aren't you the president? If you'd like to see it happen, why don't you stop doing talk show and get to work!"
- voyetra8, on 03/22/2009, -0/+20Actually, it's their job to serve the citizens of the country.
Not every Liberal idea is bad. Not every Conservative idea is bad.
Blind opposition is ***** retarded. - odigity, on 03/22/2009, -21/+39I don't want government getting some work done. They only make things worse.
- wreckosaurus, on 03/22/2009, -23/+39***** freepers, who's continuing the campaign? He won, get the ***** over it.
- moirende, on 03/22/2009, -9/+23Republicans just spent the last eight years wondering the same thing about Democrats.
- eliot2000, on 03/22/2009, -14/+28He's campaigning because getting elected was only the first in an increasingly difficult series of hurdles. In all likelihood, the issues of affordable health care and restoring Americans' right to form a union will be harder fought fights that even the presidential election.
Any measure that helps regular Americans and scales back our corporate welfare state will be greeted with opposition we haven't seen in decades. So he has to remain popular, and will need to bring his case to the people on a number of occasions. - mgraham80, on 03/22/2009, -9/+23Because our president is a dictator that can pass laws by decree? Wow, get a clue dude.
- moirende, on 03/22/2009, -10/+23What I don't understand it why people get so worked up about all these things. See, there's a party in power and a party in opposition. By definition the opposition *opposes*. It's their *job* to attack the party in power. Why Democrats bristle so much about this stuff is beyond me, given they've spent 20 out of the last 28 years doing it themselves.
- moirende, on 03/22/2009, -3/+15You've obviously never read it, or you'd know they backed Obama for President and wrote plenty of reasoned, detailed and articulate articles explaining how Bush was doing a horrible job. Now that they're doing the same with Obama -- praising AND criticizing where due -- suddenly they're Fox News. Right.
- dave122, on 03/22/2009, -10/+22After reading through this thread...
PLEASE stop using "Well bush did it too!!!111" as an excuse to justify the things obama does. There are easily a dozen comments above me that say essentially that. It's god damned ridiculous - these are the same people that wanted bush executed 6 months ago. - ingodwerefucked, on 03/22/2009, -2/+13mgraham, the bonuses are irrelevant. they're chump change in comparison to the money that was given to AIG in the first place. and it was all of the deregulation from the clinton administration that encouraged bonuses and bad business in the first place. the bonuses are simply a distraction.
m3arvk, biden and emmanuel are to of the biggest patriot act supporters. and obama voted yes on round 2, which was after he knew what it was all about. if you strive to be consistent, you must also be honest with yourself.
and on a broader note, the dems and repubs have been equally misbehaving for some time now. to place the blame on one or the other is as naive as comparing capone to gotti. the problem is the mafia, not the lone mafioso. we are being duped by both sides in favor of corporatism. anyone who can't see that is in serious denial. - JigoroKano, on 03/22/2009, -3/+14http://www.pollster.com/polls/us/jobapproval-obama ...
- faskippy, on 03/22/2009, -6/+16The best way to be popular in the polls? Do a good job. Don't tell me how damn good you are, SHOW ME.
- inactive, on 03/22/2009, -6/+16^^ Yeah, great job making any attempt at refuting the argument. Just attack Bush! And anyone who calls out Obama is stupid because they must have loved Bush.
You have revealed yourself. - moirende, on 03/22/2009, -4/+14You obviously don't actually read the Economist if you think it's a "right wing rag". It was, over a very long period of time, quite critical of Bush, and it backed Obama for President.
The article is a good one and raises a number of questions that anyone except blind, deaf and dumb partisans should be thinking about. - byronm, on 03/22/2009, -7/+17The president can't just make things happen, he has to campaign within the house and senate and if you think he hasn't been doing that then please share some of those drugs you're on!
- perrym, on 03/22/2009, -2/+11instead of running a PR campaign, shouldnt he be trying to run the country (and not run it into the ground either)?
- Bic823, on 03/22/2009, -5/+14"a right-wing rag"?
Please. The Economist is one of the most balanced publications that exists today. They maintain a conservative editorial slant, but one that is focused primarily on economic policy and not on moral issues. True conservatives, if you ask me, and though you may disagree with their opinions, they are always worth reading.
For example: http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id ... - omgwtflawl, on 03/22/2009, -6/+15"The Economist" is a "right-wing rag"? What are you smoking?
- IRPro, on 03/22/2009, -1/+9surely monkey, you cannot in all seriousness, be supportive of the slamming, slandering and attacking anyone (and yes, everyone who has spoken up publically has been visciously attacked by the left) who dears ask a question, voice doubt or *gasp* disagree?
Chump change monkey...chump change. - pookydirt, on 03/22/2009, -29/+37"Barack Obama's Election Campaign Runs On and On"
...and on... and on... and on... - MrHawkins, on 03/22/2009, -1/+9Obstructionist implies that the Republicans CAN obstruct something. The latest bailout bill is an example of how the Republicans are NOT obstructionist by definiton. It was passed without a single Republican vote, hence, the Republicans did not obstruct it because they could not. Right now, they do not have the numbers to obstruct anything.
The only part of my political opinion that I am posting here is for the most precise words possible to be used when dealing with politics. I am well aware that this is a pipe dream. - gernblansted, on 03/22/2009, -2/+10By March of last year, I had heard the 'D' word, as in Depression, a dozen times. The predictions last March from insiders I knew stated the Dow would drop to 2000 during the upcoming downturn. A little research would show there was concern in the economic world over financial turmoil and collapse a year before that. The most serious problem facing the economy now - hundreds of trillions in manufactured dept in the form of CDOs and other derivative based "financial weapons of mass destruction" as Warren Buffet put it 7 years ago - started to infiltrate the economy many years before that. He saw it coming back then, adding that "[derivatives carry] dangers that, while now latent, are potentially lethal." Warren Buffet is one of the most financially astute people on planet earth, and he virtually called it back in 2002.
Remember "little" Orange County in California? They went bankrupt 15 years ago because of unregulated derivatives. Instead of regulating them properly, the Government looked the other way, until Congress at the urging of George Bush made regulation of derivatives illegal. Today, some estimates put the amount of derivative based debt spread throughout world financial institutions at more than a Quadrillion dollars. That's more than the value of everything on earth - by many many times - and only tiny fractions of a penny of profit have been realized for every dollar in debt created. These vehicles can make 'subprime mortgages' seem like childsplay. And it didn't just happen last year.
If you don't like Obama and think he's a loser, that's fine with me. If you are going to re-write history about the current economic meltdown, I'm going to call you on it. - voyetra8, on 03/22/2009, -6/+14It's worth noting that The Economist endorsed Obama over McCain in the general election:
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displa ... - nedzeve, on 03/22/2009, -4/+12Buried as inaccurate.
- Gandalff, on 03/22/2009, -4/+11What exactly are his strengths again? I am being serious. What did he study in school and what did he practice in life. Did he run a company with employees and pay corporate taxes and employee payroll and stick to a budget while maintaining some sort of budget?
I really want to know how or what makes him qualified other than "I am popular and I can speak well not to mention I worked in the community and run great campaigns" that makes him qualified. Lets not get hung up on Bush on this question lets stick to the subject. What qualifies HIM?
What in his past experiences in life does he bring to the table that separates him from the rest to help America get out of this turmoil and more the ball forward other than spending programs and entitlement programs? - Bic823, on 03/22/2009, -11/+18Dugg for The Economist.
They usually have fair and balanced coverage, and this is another great example of that. They're pointing out how the Obama administration might be partially responsible for the observed drop in approval ratings, while not passing any broad moral judgments. - kooredaan, on 03/22/2009, -11/+18I haven't once heard Obama mention Palin and only heard him mention McCain during his address to Congress - in a positive light.
The campaign against McCain is over. The campaign against Palin is in the media and is being fueled by Palin herself. She's still running for VP (now President) even though she has a state she supposedly loves, struggling in all respects. - supercandy, on 03/22/2009, -10/+17the partisan denial is thick here...
Democratic Partisans don't even consider policy anymore, whether it is good or bad, just bash the sound criticism.
Mr. Obama's lack of experience in management, a misguided collectivist addiction, pushing divisive populist class warfare, offering complete incompetence is a real problem for the USA.
sound minds should work to unseat the folly of Pelosi and Reid to check this disastrous partisan in the White House for 2010, before it is too late. - oboshoe, on 03/22/2009, -0/+7Anyone who speaks ill even in the slightest degree against Obama is automatically labeled an enemy.
If Ted Kennedy were to mention a spot on Obama suit, these nutcases would probably flail Kennedy as a right wing extremist. - matts0344, on 03/22/2009, -8/+14The media gave Bush a free pass?
BUHAHAHAHAHAHAH
I hated Bush, but really, come on. - oboshoe, on 03/22/2009, -2/+8Yes. in a nation of millions, no one has changed their minds on Obama.
Nobody. - ingodwerefucked, on 03/22/2009, -3/+9"up until last summer, there wasn't an inkling of an economic meltdown of the proportion the country"
trust me, they knew about this way before we ever did. - ryan83189, on 03/22/2009, -8/+14and onnnnnnnnnn!
Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin'
streetlight people oh oh oh - kooredaan, on 03/22/2009, -5/+11If you are going to digg me down, please point me to where Obama has attacked McCain or Palin personally since he's been inaugurated.
- okitasan, on 03/22/2009, -0/+6Anyone expect anything different?
- WasabiBomb, on 03/22/2009, -12/+18It's only fair. The GOP hasn't stopped campaigning against Obama, either.
- ingodwerefucked, on 03/22/2009, -3/+9oh and we can't forget that dodd and obama received the highest amount of campaign contributions from AIG! hilarious. the only reason they're focusing on the bonuses is to take attention away from the REAL facts. the main fact being they are all in the pocket of AIG.
- inactive, on 03/22/2009, -3/+9Ya forgot "//s//"!
- foofoobee, on 03/22/2009, -1/+7And why exactly can he not put aside popularity for now? You're right - that's how he won the election, but *he won it*. It's over. He has the next 4 yrs to make some tough choices, even if they are initially unpopular. His popularity now will be based on the strength of his actions.
- IRPro, on 03/22/2009, -5/+10Righhhttt..So what you are saying indirectly is..if she dares to critique BO, she will be flayed at the hands of the liberal and burned at the alter of BO?
- trpnblies7, on 03/22/2009, -12/+17Because, unlike Bush, Obama is actually going to go about things the legal way and have the House and Senate vote on his propositions. He can't force them to vote the way that he wants, but he would like to see that happen.
- Blinker1315, on 03/21/2009, -18/+23But Obama CAN'T forget about popularity. It's how he won the election. And remember that when he started running, up until last summer, there wasn't an inkling of an economic meltdown of the proportion the country, and world, is suffering right now. And Obama is not well-versed in economics. I'm betting Geithner is out in a matter of weeks or a month, as the first scapegoat.
- OffensivePrick, on 03/23/2009, -1/+6hey, that was good timing...here to respond...you've brightened my day yet again...reading your comments is just awesome in a way few people's on digg are :D cheers, and all the best to you. :)))
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