Hmmm... I'm by no means pro Obama, but I'm not against him either.
For those who are pissed about the bailouts for the auto industry, do you know why he did it?
It has nothing to do with him being pro union that's just far right wing dumbass propaganda. He did it to keep the American Auto Industry alive, since we were the pioneers of a mass production auto industry, it only makes sense that our government keeps it alive. Not only that, but most American car companies are actually putting out decent cars now, seems like that worked to me, and in the long run will be beneficial. Like when Seward bought Alaska... just wait fifty years.
There's not a dramatic increase in revenue in the economy because we put an investment in, it needs time to mature. Saying a president is crappy because of the immediate effects of his plans didn't turn out as well as we hoped they would is very impatient. And for those of you that grow, I think you ought to know that impatience kills a grow. You may want to also consider that the average American consumer has a bigger role in the economy than the President does as well. If people are hoarding their money because Bill O'Reilly and Glen Beck say the economy is shit they are only making the economy worse. It's really a good strategy for the republican party on their parts. To say the economy is bad and not to spend while a democratic president is in office will make the economy worse for him, and when a republican president takes office O'Reilly and Beck will say that the economy is magically fixed and have people start spending again, thus making the economy better. You think Fox would have said that we were in a recession if McCain was in office?
My reasons for disliking Obama is that he's far too concerned with meeting a middle ground, and thus isn't really accomplishing anything. It's not necessarily his fault either. If you were in Obama's position in still racist America to this day (do you really think the rich white man in the white house wants a black or woman president... simply put, no) you would need to meet a common ground in order to get anything done. Unfortunately, these compromising circumstances cause his international policies to be sub par at best. Gaza strip and Libya are perfect examples. I wish Obama would have stepped into Gaza strip, and stayed the hell out of Libya. All we needed to do was just take Gaddafi's money, it's in American banks, put it toward our debts, and tell him to go fuck himself. In essence that's what we are doing, but we are declaring another war too, using Kadafi's money to fund it, but we have been in war in the middle east since 2001. It's time for fucking peace. Our international image is just looking worse and worse, which I had hoped Obama would help improve, I cannot really see how he did, if he did.