How would you grade Obama?

[pobeda]

With Obama giving himself a B+ on TV I thought why don't we grade him.

[Clockwinder]

I thought B+ was a fair grade.

[Hilbert]

C. An average president.

[gaijinsamurai]

B...............

[FlintHillBilly]

C- No need to explain.

[JBH22]

F he's no messiah

[Chulo]

D he aint done nothing yet except add a Trillion in debt

[Alpheus]

Incomplete.

[Schpetzka]

He's doing alright but his policies have yet had time to run their course.

[budgie]

This poll was done a few months ago anyway

[plato]

How come there are B and B-, but no B +?

[SBL]

C- .

[Breerman]

C as in Carter

[CG51]

Kinda hard to rate when he is in office. The debt that he has added will certainly be a factor. It will be interesting to see what they come up with to pay down this huge burden.

[Fat Lazy American]

Bee Minus.

Economic management: A-
Other domestic initiatives: C
Foreign policy: C-

He is in serious danger of Cartering by the end of his first term, though.

[Polygon]

I would say C- thus far, B+ is just delusional if you ask me.

[UltimateHero]

beda;4627143] How would you grade Obama?
non-objectively

[Chulo]

How come there are B and B-, but no B +?
Obama took that one already, so no one is allowed to use it

[commanding]

D

borderline FAIL

[seraosha]

C. An average president.

/\This. I'm looking forward to the opportunity to give him a higher grade, maybe if he applies himself more and turns in completed Homework.

[Sakop]

D, how's that hopey changey thing working for you?

[3rdMillhouse]

F, what sort of president of a super-power cruises around the world apologizing for his country's actions?

[Dragonscript]

I gave him a C. He hasn't lived up to his hype, but then nobody could. He hasn't screwed the pooch but then he hasn't been brilliant either. Average.

[coltfan111]

I have given him a C-. He is more celebrated then accomplished so far. Could change though. His handling of military matters I would give a D though, after his reluctance to deploy more troops to A-Stan and the whole McCrystal saga.

[Laworkerbee]

I honestly haven't seen anything from the guy yet, I know there are things he wants to do but I've seen nada, zip!

All I see is just more of the same :roll:

[Kit]

D

I won't fail him, yet. But it's not looking good this semester. Failed to stay with his thesis, unorganized, and incomplete thoughts.

[OrangeWolf]

D, he's not right about his policies in the Middle East. He was also wrong to encourage Turkey joining the EU even though most EU citizens and most Turkish people do not want this. USA is still sucking up to Arab regimes, it's horrific.

[Laworkerbee]

D, he's not right about his policies in the Middle East. He was also wrong to encourage Turkey joining the EU even though most EU citizens and most Turkish people do not want this. USA is still sucking up to Arab regimes, it's horrific.

And this is different from other American presidents how?

[OrangeWolf]

And this is different from other American presidents how?

Well, that's not the point, I am grading him because that's the purpose of this thread. We could start a few other threads to grade pervious American presidents and see what I will vote.

[shatto]

This being 'Military....Photos.net' and all, I presume most of the readers are, or were in a branch of the service.

May I remind you of 'The Oath' we took and that it did not become inactive when we mustered out.

Now, pull out the copy of The Constitution you got free from The Heritage Foundation and study it.

Those of you who think Obama is doing a peachy-keen job might look at his performance in light of the rule book, and reassess your thinking.

[Bia]

Considering Obama became Capt of a sinking ship as GW stumbles into the history books as one of the worst presidents ever...

Obama isnt doing too bad. B-

[LineDoggie]

I give him an F

Spent like a Drunken Sailor in 1960's Po city making my Nephews/Nieces Grandchildren the ones with the **** end of the stick to pay it back.

Gave the same rights as a US Citizen to the Terrorists at GITMO

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h222/linedoggie/obama.jpg

Seems to Like Kowtowing and Apologizing to all and Sundry

Was full of **** when he said Bills would have time to be seen and read before being voted on, he Immediately ramrodded the Stimulus down the throat of Americans

Apparently has no Problem threatening to throw 10,000 US Citizins out of work if their Senator doesnt vote his way (Ben Nelson).

Hope and Change, Bitches, enjoy it.....

[Azatavrear]

Let see..............considering the promises that have been Brocken so far I would give him a D.


"Will eliminate all income taxation of seniors making less than $50,000 per year. This will eliminate taxes for 7 million seniors -- saving them an average of $1,400 a year-- and will also mean that 27 million seniors will not need to file an income tax return at all."

"As president, Barack Obama will immediately direct his Secretary of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with agency officials, academic researchers, cancer survivors and advocates for people with cancer, and state public health officials, to comprehensively examine the various cancer-related efforts of federal agencies, and provide recommendations to eliminate barriers to effective coordination across federal agencies and between the federal government and other stakeholders."

To reduce bills rushed through Congress and to the president before the public has the opportunity to review them, Obama "will not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for five days."

"Two years ago, I criticized the Secretary of State for the firing of U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, John Evans, after he properly used the term 'genocide' to describe Turkey's slaughter of thousands of Armenians starting in 1915. … as President I will recognize the Armenian Genocide."

"No political appointees in an Obama-Biden administration will be permitted to work on regulations or contracts directly and substantially related to their prior employer for two years. And no political appointee will be able to lobby the executive branch after leaving government service during the remainder of the administration."
"During 2009 and 2010, existing businesses will receive a $3,000 refundable tax credit for each additional full-time employee hired."

"Obama and Biden are calling for legislation that would allow withdrawals of 15% up to $10,000 from retirement accounts without penalty (although subject to the normal taxes). This would apply to withdrawals in 2008 (including retroactively) and 2009."

To achieve health care reform, "I'm going to have all the negotiations around a big table. We'll have doctors and nurses and hospital administrators. Insurance companies, drug companies -- they'll get a seat at the table, they just won't be able to buy every chair. But what we will do is, we'll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN, so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies. And so, that approach, I think is what is going to allow people to stay involved in this process."

[Will Clark]

Considering Obama became Capt of a sinking ship as GW stumbles into the history books as one of the worst presidents ever...

Obama isnt doing too bad. B-

Note that Bush got onto a sinking ship as well, which has been a trend for the last few decades. The bubbles created to avoid a crisis pop eventually, clinton's popped when bush took office and bush's popped when obama got in. Obama is simply doing what they did on steroids. Keynesian economics is a bitch. Also, Bush is somewhere in the middle of the pack near clinton; to say he's one of the worst presidents ever is ridiculous.

I voted a D, same as the last president.

[Sakop]

To achieve health care reform, "I'm going to have all the negotiations around a big table. We'll have doctors and nurses and hospital administrators. Insurance companies, drug companies -- they'll get a seat at the table, they just won't be able to buy every chair. But what we will do is, we'll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN, so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies. And so, that approach, I think is what is going to allow people to stay involved in this process."
I forgot about that one.

[Red_Fern]

D he aint done nothing yet except add a Trillion in debt

Agreed. Except I gave him an F. His policy sucks and I highly dislike his Socialist leanings.

[shatto]

I think we ought to re-do the poll.


To those who look at the evidence:

Liberals will think he indeed does rate a 'B', or less, because he isn't getting enough of the agenda enacted fast enough.

Conservatives will give him an 'F' because there isn't a worse score to give.
Because he is destroying the America we grew up in so fast.

[BlackFlag]

I will continue to give an F to every sitting President, until The Patriot Act is repealed.

[Euroamerican]

D-

Same reasons as Linedoggie's, but I also up the grade a bit because he thankfully hasn't implemented his SA youth corps (yet).... or sent in UN troops to disarm us, or.....

[Red_Fern]

or sent in UN troops to disarm us

Better not, either...if that happens, you'll hear about me in the news! rofl

[Laworkerbee]

Considering Obama became Capt of a sinking ship as GW stumbles into the history books as one of the worst presidents ever...

Obama isnt doing too bad. B-

Then again how wise is it to sign up to be the Captain of a sinking ship?

Obama knew what he was getting into, suck it up.

[ThatHistoryDude]

Really depends on the issue but in general a D+ to C-. But then again I don't really think we have had a B or better worthy president since Regan.

[Fallap]

I'm not impressed anymore.

[Hilbert]

I'm not impressed anymore.

You say "anymore." Why were you impressed previously, and what caused you to become unimpressed?

[Breakfast in Vegas]

C-.

Verdict is still out on his presidency obviously, but so far I am rather unimpressed.

[Mastermind]

A dismal fking failure

[Laworkerbee]

A dismal fking failure

Come on, it's not like we're talking Jimmy Carter here......

It's just more of the same with a different label, rinse and repeat.

[kinney_bmx]

Considering Obama became Capt of a sinking ship as GW stumbles into the history books as one of the worst presidents ever...

Obama isnt doing too bad. B-
Really?...........Id like to see what Obama would have done with 9/11

Bush did the best that he could under a situation that nobody here could have done much better with

[Laworkerbee]

Really?...........Id like to see what Obama would have done with 9/11

Bush did the best that he could under a situation that nobody here could have done much better with

Compare Bush Jr. to Bush Sr. and tell me he was qualified for the job.

[Soldat_Américain]

B- because there wasn't a C+. Economically not too shabby, however the bail-outs started under his predecessor...if I could I would demand the $120 billion that AIG received back because I want them to fail. Those retards got to keep put putting along whereas the majority of Americans live by this: Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement. They didn't learn a lesson because they got bailed out.

I am annoyed by his Afghanistan policy so far although he has more than doubled our commitment, I was hoping for more troops on the ground.

Domestically...our infrastructure is falling apart, too bad he won't give us a new deal. Healthcare, by not taking the lead on it and letting Congress tweak around with it he'll get something nasty when it is finally passed.

Nobel Peace Prize counts for something, at least foreigners like him. But definitely an incomplete if we're giving an honest answer.