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Subscribe to RSSLast February – on the eve of the passage of a controversial health care bill and amidst increasing skepticism of the 2009 stimulus plan – many voters who had previously supported Barack Obama were beginning to sour on the president.
But one prominent American was still willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
“I really like him. We'll have to see how he does,” Donald Trump told CNN in an interview. “On a personal basis, I like him. … Right now, he's at that tipping point. It's going to go one way or the other.
It was, apparently, a steep slope after that tipping point. In an interview last week, Trump categorically dubbed Obama “the worst president ever.”
But Trump, whose presidential flirtations have been coupled with television omnipresence in recent months, has only taken a tough view of the most recent resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue within the last year.
As late as April 2010, just a year ago, Trump said that “the jury’s still out” on Obama’s job performance, noting just that he’d “like to see” the president get tougher on OPEC and China.
At times, Trump’s disdain for George W. Bush provided the backdrop for the real estate mogul’s optimism about Obama.
In March 2009, after the passage of the stimulus, Trump pointed – as the Obama administration itself has often done – to mistakes made by Obama’s predecessor as the primary origins of the nation’s economic woes.
“I think we have a president who is working very hard and trying very hard. He inherited a mess,” Trump said of Obama, adding that he believed the nation was on track for a quick recovery. “I really believe that it is going to get very good, and I think within two years it will be like the old days, but with some restrictions [on the economy.]”
It’s no secret that Trump has evolved on several GOP plank issues; including abortion (he was once pro-choice but recently explained his pro-life conversion) and health care (he wrote in a 2000 book “we must have universal healthcare.”)
But he has also praised specific plans backed by the Obama administration to jumpstart the economic recovery, some of them particularly reviled by the Tea Party constituency he hopes to court.
In February 2009, for example, Trump embraced Obama’s efforts to cap the salaries of Wall Street executives whose companies were receiving government support, saying “he’s absolutely right” to institute salary limits.
In the same interview, he hailed the young administration’s plans to inject funds into the economy, affirming that “I would certainly vote for a stimulus.”
The Donald has also repeatedly praised the Troubled Asset Relief Program (which passed under President George W. Bush and was backed by both 2008 presidential nominees), saying that the hastily-passed bank bailout bill saved the economy from certain disaster.
"A year ago, the government did the right thing or really I believe we would have been in a depression," he said in the fall of 2009.
And in December of that year, Trump praised the administration for meeting with banking executives but lamented the reluctance of financial organizations to do more to loosen more funds for loans. Their unwillingness to listen to the White House, he added, “show[ed] a great lack of respect for the president.”
By the way, Trump's naming of Obama as "the worst president ever" updates his previous statements about his least-favorite leader of the free world.
“I think Bush is probably the worst president in the history of the United States,” he said in March 2007.
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Hell, no one even comes close. At this rate they may put Jimmy Carters face on Mt Rushmore.
He's not the only one to have come to that conclusion. He'll pin dumbo ears to the wall if he decides to run.
I still say he's a plant. he's just doing all this to distract people, then he'll throw the election and give it back to Obama.
Obama's the winner no matter what, because the place where Republicans want to take the middle class can only be labeled as one thing: The poor house.
If we don't take taxes back to the rate they were under President Bill Clinton, we'll not be able to pay any of the country's bills.
Robbing the American People of our Social Security money is a non-starter, and we still won't be able to pay our bills until we tax the rich. WHY? Because they're the only one who have any money.
I guess you haven't been paying attention to his poll numbers. There's a reason he's already in campaign mode, he's fighting for his political life.
The GOP cast of nominees is like a clown show. Do they have anyone who can beat Obama?
Despite Obama's typical midterm numbers, especially compared to where Regan and Clinton were at this point, Obama still outpolls all the GOP nominees in important swing states.
I still suspect that Donald Trump is doing this as performance art to mock the GOP.
Why would anyone pay a bit of attention to anything The Donald has to say? He was pro-choice before he was pro-life. He advocated single-payer national health care before opposing "Obamacare." He sang praises of Barack Obama and bashed G. W. Bush. He favors a 25% tariff on goods from China, except for the times he likes free trade. The beat goes on. Now is the fair-haired boy (and after all, hair is his thing) of the Republican party which hates flip-flopping more than mortal sin. Enjoy the side show.
dong7524
At least Madame de Pompadour need not worry about his hair... If it gets mussy he just stuffs his head in the toilet and flushes it!
Trump and the repubs can not take the middle class to the poor house, Obama's health care mess will do it by the time the election comes around.
Pawlenty for Pres. He will do as he states.
WHO THE HELL CARES WHAT DONALD SKUNK THINKS?? He's so far "out" there, that the "likes" of Karl Rove came to the defense of Pres. Obama's and the idiot "birther conspiracy"
Karl Rove "Donald Trump A Joke Candidate"
I have a BIG problem with Rove coming forth now - that he sees the "low information toothless hillbillies choosing Donald Trump as the next POTUS candidate seriously... so much so that they have him leading in the polls. WHY IS KARL ROVE PUBLICLY DENOUNCING THE "BIRTHERS" NOW???? Because he KNOWS how easily led they are, and how easily they can be fooled into choosing their candidates for the wrong reason. HOW does he knows this? Because he has USED their COMPLETE AND UTTER IGNORANCE before.
Karl Roveis coming out now because he knows that the "wrong" RepubliCON POTUS candidate CAN and WILL syphon off the votes and support of his own hand-picked candidate. WHY did he (nor ANY of the RepubliCONS kill this Obama birther conspiracy LIE 3 YEARS AGO! Because they used it to benefit their own agenda against Pres. Obama.
Now.... Donald Skunk is running around saying that the world is laughing at us because of Pres. Obama??? Get real, and tell the TRUTH for once (and shame the devil). THE WORLD IS LAUGHING AT THE US BECAUSE OF FOOLISH CLOWNS LIKE HIM, and how the RepubliCONS and Tea Party fools have treated Pres. Obama since Nov. 4, 2008.... they've been in shock and acting the fool since they realized that the first black POTUS was elected....
Eyepp, a black man was elected POTUS (the most powerful man on the planet) with the Muslim-sounding name of BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.... AND THEY AIN'T BEEN RIGHT IN THE HEAD EVER SINCE. Just look how HISTORICALLY foolish they've been acting.
It got even worse on January 20, 1009 - POTUS Obama's inauguration day(as they had hoped up until then that there was some mistake, and that they were just having a nightmare, and would wake up any moment). Since then, they haven't even bothered to HIDE their disgust - coming at POTUS Obama with all of this HATE and silly sh*t.
Yep Donald Skunk.... the world is laughing at us alright... they are laughing at folks like YOU.... you (just like the female version of yourself - Sarah Palin) has been thinking all this time that they were laughing WITH you.
Donald Skunk, ALL ya had to do was keep your BIG, GREEDY, EGOTISTICAL, NARCISSISTIC EMPTY TRAP SHUT.... and maybe no one would have ever realized that not only do you have a history of a series of FAILED MARRIAGES AND BUSINESS VENTURES.... but now EVERYONE knows that you're an IDIOT as well.
Donald Skunk, you're an EMBARRASSMENT!! - Ya Jackass ya!!
Fun read Reality101. You hit the nail on the head.
** Correction January 20, 2009 **
You are so right NavyVet65!
Just goes to show you the tea baggers will say anything, especially false statements.
If you say it enough times over and over again, as Trump has been saying, people begin to believe it. That's what's so damaging about his claims.
First, Obama is not the worst president in the history of America. Some would say Hoover and Wilson, even Carter was the worst president.
Second, Trump has supported Democratic candidates in the past. So that's kind of hypocritcal of him.
So now "The Donald" thinks Obama is the 'Worst President Ever"?
Sorry, but that title clearly belongs to Jimmy Carter. For an interesting 'read', I would suggest the following link to the "Misery Index" (combined Unemployment + Inflation Rates). Look at AVERAGES on the chart by President since their OVERALL performance is the best indicator, and you will see that Jimmy Carter clearly had the worst record, and his Index got to almost 22% in the months before he lost his reelection bid to Reagan in a landslide. Obama is still a 'work in progress'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misery_index_(economics)
Interestingly, G W Bush (8.11%) had the second best average in the last 40 years, close to Clinton's 7.80%. It appears that the 'rhetoric' against Bush doesn't match the facts (and no, I didn't vote for Bush).
Trump is a liberal democrat pretending to be a conservative. His mission is to take the spotlight from the viable candidates who seek to speak about the real issues facing our nation. No doubt his masters at NBC told him to get out there do something for Obama or risk getting fired.
Reality101
So True. Thanks
@ron wilson
well first of all just looking at the average misery rating isnt necissarily the best way to judge bush, since what he did left the misery rating sky rocketing just after he left office(obamas high hitting 12.72, now his numbers are following a downward trend, as shown by your link)
however miseryindex.us is abetter site , in the last few months of bushes presidency there was negative inflation, greatly reducing his miseryindex rating. if you look at the presidency of bush you will see high inflation towards the end of his presidencey followed by the heavy deflation when the economy crashed(offsetting the increase in unemployement)also if you look at obamas presidency you will see that his misery index was going down until the republicans took controll of the house. if obamas policies hadnt have been blocked then it is likely that it would be a lot better now than it was then(his numbers were dropping until later in 2009 when he started getting so much opposition)
and just a note for people who are asking where are the jobs, have a look at your messiah ronald reagan. for the first couple years of reagons presidency the unemployment rate was soaring.
caradjt says:
"Trump and the repubs can not take the middle class to the poor house, Obama's health care mess will do it by the time the election comes around.
Pawlenty for Pres. He will do as he states." (bold added by me)
From a Minnesotan, you're right, he does as he states...no matter who gets hurt.
I am not associated with dems or reps but I have to say that i hope Trump gets the bid to run against obama. I am not in favor of Obama and i am not in favor of Trump. In fact all the presidential Candidates at this point disgust me. CAN WE DO NO BETTER PEOPLE?!?!?! The fact is the lesser of all those evils on the Republican side and the one who could probably do the least damage is TRUMP!! I will go out on a limb and say he could probably do a better job than that yellow backed coward of a president we have now. HOW MANY PRESIDENTS have taken a vacation in the midsts of a crisis and only showed up at the end to steal the glory from those who really worked from the beggining to resolve the crisis? I CAN NAME 1!! OBAMA!!! At least in the midst of 9/11 attacks what was Bush Jr doing? Reading a storybook in front of an elementary class. Not on vacation, or campaigning, or hiding out anywhere. He was helping children in elemtary school by reading to them. When he got the news of the attacks what did BUSH DO? HE SPRANG TO ACTION TO WORK ON RESOLVING THE CRISIS!!! Point is I didn't like BUSH and i don't like OBAMA and i don't think any of the Candidates running have what it takes to be President but the lesser of all the evils is TRUMP!!!!
ROY WILSON
Most political analysts and almost all economists believe that the president has little control over either the inflation rate or the unemployment rate. Herbert Hoover, however, did make some major decisions, along with Congress, that certainly made the Great Depression much worse than it would otherwise have been.
We will continue to have buffoons like Trump pretend to run for president, for as long as the media treat every turd who runs for office seriously.
And buffoons live Obama who pretend to be president.
Ben. You mean you do not know Obama was elected by the American people to be President? try to keep up.
And Patrick, there are many, many like myself that feel the biggest mistake of my voting life was when I placed my vote for Obama. That mistake will be fixed in just about another year and a half.
That's okay, Ron. You can vote against your own economic interests any time you want, and that's the beauty of America. But did you know Obama can lose 100 electoral votes from 2008 and still win the Presidency? Something for you to think about.
Yes, Trump is a clown. I can't look at him without gagging. What is with the hair? . Lanikai Ron, I don't believe you voted for Obama. You should be proud if you did. I know that Obama is biding his time for the next election when he can do what he wants without worrying about winning the next election. That is so typical. Even Clinton did that. Trump can't hit anybody about the economy. I think he should be fired.
Ron. Your a phony. You did not vote for Obama
My group of Independents did vote for Obama and we will not make that mistake again. No Hope and No Change is an accurate description of Obama's Presidency.
Well you can go back to no hope, no change...lots of options there...pick any Republican running...
When did the independents become your group? Are they aware that you speak for all of them? Do they take orders from you? I am a registered Democrat. I have been known to vote Republican. I don't speak for the Democratic Party and they don't speak for me. I do find it amusing that a large number of Republicans now call themselves Independent or Tea Party. Can't say as I blame them after the fiasco of Bush & company. With friends like that, who needs enemies?
I would like to know if those who aren't voting for Obama next time, will vote for WHOEVER is running against him -- or will they stay home?
The "Birthers" are made up of:
High-School and college drop outs, skinheads, Nazi's, people with IQ's below 85, heavy drinkers, religious fanatic's, people who've lost their jobs, homes or are severely in debt, etc. They have no self respect. They listen and follow anyone with a microphone or that's on Faux News, especially if they're rich.
These people have severe Mental Disorders". And now we've allowed them to infiltrate Congress. They don't care that in 2012, they've handed the Democrats a clean sweep of almost every seat up for re-election.
They have permanently jeopardized the Republican Party.
"They have permanently jeopardized the Republican Party."
I totally agree. What a change we have seen in the Republican Party. Under Reagan in the 80s it was morning in America -- the party of the positive. Today -- those holding the Republican microphones are the haters, the morons, the racist, the religious fanatics - the most ignorant among us.
josephi and Charlie
Yep, and that's the MOST successful among them. The smart ones have been primaried and will continue to be primaried. "They" don't need no stinkin' smart folk.
You mean like BHO?
Wow Charlie you just described the left to a T.
"We'll have to see how he does"...
Hmmm...
I guess Trump saw how he did.
Aren't you just proud of your side's slate of candidates?
Say, did you happen to hear that Paul Ryan grew up on Social Security survivor benefits, which were used to pay for his college education? Isn't that interesting? And now he would like to take those away from everyone else.
http://www.wpri.org/WIInterest/Vol19No2/Schneider19.2.html
What's good for me is good for ... me.
And isn't that just like a conservative?
Mixed Bagger
Trump can't hardly see anything with all that road kill hanging over his chubby kisser!
Anna, when you hate yourself and the world around you, it's okay to use Social Security to survive and make your way and then turn around and deny others the same opportunity.
It turns out to be even better than that, Matt. His grandmother had Alzheimers and was apparently collecting Medicare/Medicaid for her care. I wonder whether Ryan's vouchers will cover Alzheimers treatment. What do you think?
Only idiots who think they can fly refuse to turn the wheel when their car is headed for the edge of the cliff.
We've been hearing for years how entitlement programs are in need of reform. Now they are arguing about how much reform is needed. The conversation is no longer "if" or "maybe". They will be changed.
Vilify the Republicans and Ryan all you wish. You've already lost. There will be reform and the Democrats have become the party of "no".
Doug
Interesting post. The Republicans chastised Obama for purposing to save 500 billion on Medicare expences
and are now trying to get rid of the program all together. So which party has two faces and flip flops
depending which way the wind blows? Every program the Dems or Obama has purposed in the last
2 years has been opposed by the Repub's. And they had to be brought kicking and screaming to the table.
I think the American voters will decide the final outcome and your in for a rude awakening.
TJK
I guess I've missed the programs Obama has proposed cutting. The Dems never even proposed a budget. In 4 short years they added 4 trillion dollars to the debt. He has expanded the size of govt to historic levels. And on and on and on.
Please elaborate.
Obama is the king of flip flop. You just don't pay attention to the lies he tells.
Ok so it took me a week but I got our team meeting moved from the Trump Hotel in Vegas to the Wynn. I won't step foot in any property with Trump's name on it ever again. This guy is a nutjob and a racist and I'm already tired of him. I doubt my $10,000 meeting will impact him much - but then again, he's gone bankrupt AT LEAST three times that I know of so I guess if he has money problems he'll go there again.
Who cares...
Your mama - she was the entertainment for the evening.
Good on you, Claudia Bess!
Chapter 11 corporate bankruptcies were used to negotiate debt deals. After the deals were done, all of his companies went on to survive (and in some cases thrive). He uses what is given to him -- the law -- and there is nothing wrong with that. He can adapt, overcome, negotiate and has a wealth of experience in the international community to draw upon.
Great businessmen like Carl Icahn and Henry Kravis both have filed for corporate bankruptcies.
Ben. Thats what makes him a hypocrite (conservative) doing what he whines about others doing.
Ben
He even brags about ripping people off (Ghaddafi?). He's crooked as a dog's hind leg and uses the law to his advantage. He is totally unbelievable and will never be a respectable candidate for any public office, dog catcher included. If you want him to be your party's nominee, go for it. Might as well have him head the ticket with Palin. Good luck with that.
Good for you Claudia! The Wynn is a much nicer property so you really made out in moving.
I'd say it's nearly impossible to beat the Wynn. Palazzo and The Hotel are close, but overall the Wynn is the standard.
But I'll be at the brand new Cosmo this weekend. I figured I try it while it's new.
Vegas baby!
Maybe you'll run into my legal assistant. I'll tell her to look out for you. You'll be the one in the leisure suit, right? ;-)
There are more crazies in the Republican party than sane people so Trump is just looking for votes. And it seems to be working. Isn't he on top now?
I don't know, I think all this TP/Rethug soap opera is just great for us Dems! They are all fighting amongst themselves, looking like the liars and crooks that they really are. I call that a win-win for the good guys. Only problem is the world financial leaders think our crazy country is so divided and far apart, they think the Tea Bags won't let us pay our bills on time. They are hell bent on taking this country down, not just backward.
claudia: good, more room for independents and conservatives!
The Donald is in show business now and he and his liberal buddies like Michael Moore are having fun punking pretty much the whole republican party. Instead of Obama "your fired" I'm hearing Tea Party "you've been punked".
If he is a serious presidential candidate then: I want to see some proof his hair was born in this country. His hair style has too many parts, that go in different directions only Newt could properly explain the socioeconomic and cultural significance, but the bottom line is he is not like us. He must address these questions if he is serious about running for President of the Hair Club for Men.
Trump running for President is a huge joke to boost his ratings and he loves all this free airtime these networks are giving him. He would have to back off all his personal interests such as real estate, golf courses, TV shows, etc. He can not be running all these businesses while sitting in the White House.
But the most amazing thing happened! My daughter lost her birth certificate and I haven't had mine for probably 40 years so I sent for new ones for both of us. And would you just believe it, they said CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH just like Obama's and had the State seal on them , just like Obama's.
Come to think if it, has anyone seen Trump's birth certificate?
I've only seen one for his hairpiece, and I don't think that counts.
Sorry Carol thats not good enough, just what is it that you are hiding. Well ok if Carol says she was born here I will take her at her word.
Matt L-1901963
That birth certificate is FALSE! It is road kill that crossed over from Mexico!
He is an impostor, he has never been conservative about anything, greatest prank played on the most people ever, brought to you by Trump Entertainment INC.
Trump....uses....
This is the problem. The cavalier attitude toward bankruptcy is a problem. And quite frankly it is much worse than any 'welfare queen' because it represents mismanagement wherein SOMEONE else has lost so that Trump gets to continue making asinine decisions with other people's money. Isn't this exactly the type of behavior that true conservatives despise? Why is it when someone puts a suit on,...it's somehow more palatable to the wannabe crowd?
To Donald Trump: First you condemn poverty of the poor, promise improvement, then take the poor man’s eye out to improve his vision. Then you condemn blindness of the poor, promise improvement, then take the poor man’s other eye, to improve his concentration. Then you condemn the distraction of the poor, promising to lead them, they you take them to show others, and claim that you are a Saint.
Trump is a con artist, just what we need for our next president. Cons people (investors) out of their money then files bankruptcy. How else to you think the likes of him become RICH.
President Obama conned many of us into believing he could do the job. At least we know what we're getting with Trump. Give me a businessman any day over a street organizer. President Obama cannot fix our deficit problems while making government bigger.
Lanaki,
Bush Jr., a businessman, was given to you. What happened to our country's economy? Glutton for punishment, aren't ya? At least Obama can speak proper english. The only reason Obama couldn't fix our deficit problem is because the repuglican corporate shrills are bowing to large corporations, especially the Oil industry. Can you tell us which part of government he made bigger and what is the purpose of making it bigger? Please ejumicate me with your grandoise knowledge of parotting what you hear/read from lunatic right wing talking heads. Let's hear it You and your likes are so mindless and just downright stupid. You get your news and facts from right wing blowhards and you don't even bother to check the half-truths and lies they feed you.
I don't know, Ron, government spending got us out of the last depression.
Cutting government spending too soon is what caused a double dip.
Ren, great comments. Quit using the Bush thing already. We all know it's Obama's baby now. When I voted for him, I had hoped he would bring this country together. Instead he split this country down lines of class and race like no other President in recent memory. And I'm sorry, but I watch as much of that guy, Rachel Maddow, as any other news commentator. Always astounded by his smooth shaven face. Aloha.
Matt, we have a much different situation now than back then. Hard times are coming and I believe the longer you put off facing our out-of-control deficit, the harder it will be on all of us. We owe it to our future citizens to make it right instead of having them born with a debt that they had nothing to do with. Thank you for your input. It's difficult to have a reasonable converstaion in these messages.
Nice troll comment, Ron. You showed yourself to be the homophobic, racist, underclass troglodite that seems to constitute the GOP.
ed-711353
Why, I thought you knew, Ed! Madame de Pompadour hangs out on street corners with his high heels on!
Lanikai, Pres. Obama didn't split this country, all those conservatives did. I've never seen so much non-bipartisianship. Many want to criticize him for not doing things "the right way". If they had the answers, the country wouldn't be in this situation now.
And I'm calling out all those who's ranting about "big government". Where were you went the last administration took away many of our civil liberties? Violations of privacy, search and seizures, and the National ID program for starters? Hypocrites!
Matt, you're starting to see monsters everywhere. Has nothing to do with the reality of this country's problems. I believe in raising taxes on everybody and closing loopholes in our tax laws. If that makes me your enemy, so be it. I have never looked at government as my Daddy. Neither have any of my children or grandchildren and I'd like to keep it that way.
L Goodman, nothing hypocritical about speaking about a government that has grown out of control. I don't think you are an idiot for feeling the way you do. And really, what is the point in calling anybody out from your computer? Is it the fact that I voted for Obama and now I think it was a mistake that bothers you so much? Bush was not my hero either.
Me, either. But you're wrong about raising taxes on everyone. Let's try the rich first, and see how it goes.
I've never met a troglodyte. Nice to meet you. ;-)
Nice to meet you too Anna. Actually, I think we have met in these messages before. Sorry to take so long to respond, but I don't do this as a job. Regarding raising taxes for everyone, if our politicians closed the loopholes in our tax laws and taxed every citizen and corporation at the same rate on any income they receive (whether or not that income comes from welfare or pay checks), our individual tax rates could possibly be lowered from where they are today once our deficit was under control. I just have a problem with those that think if you have more than I do, then you must have gotten it from me and that makes it only right that youshould pay more taxes than I should. If our tax system was changed as I described above, people with higher incomes would pay more than those with lower incomes. They would pay the same rate though and there would be nothing unfair about that. Aloha.
Demogogue. And he didn't even come up with a new idea, just re-cycled birther garbage. The Donald is a fake who just wants your attention.
It's fascinating this guy gets as much attention as he does. He has not said anything he's going to do for the country except make sure the next president was born in the United States. I guess the Donald needs to go back to reading the Constitution because there's something already there.
He has the money to buy all the attention he wants.
That is the way with these right-wingers. They buy elections, judgeships and legislation. And it all keeps getting worse and worse.
I heard him on the radio last week and he has a lot of ideas...some extreme but hey we are at a point now where we have to go big or lose big....President Obama is no different then Bush..I have a total distaste for all politicians. This two party system is bs..both sides are only looking out for themselves not Americans. They continue to turn us against each other to line their own pockets. Corporations, Banks, Unions and Wall Street have been running this Country for decades and Trump knows a thing or two about dealing with all of them.
I'd love to see Trump deal with the Congress which must pass each and every law proposed. What's he going to do if they refuse to follow his orders? Tell those who don't obey that "You're fired!" ?
Mike, you got it! If we could only operate our federal government that way, we might see progress. Fire any bum that can't cut it.
Contrary to what the Donald says or thinks...
The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers
Foreign Policy presents a unique portrait of 2010's global marketplace of ideas and the thinkers who make them.
DECEMBER 2010
3. Barack Obama
for charting a course through criticism.
PRESIDENT | WASHINGTON
Don't count Barack Obama out. Sure, the brainy young American president has had a tough sophomore year, with a stubbornly sluggish economy, worsening conditions in Afghanistan
In GW first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues every month until president Obama changed it.
Also...
President Barack Obama is Americans' Most Admired Man of 2010, substantially ahead of the former presidents, iconic religious leaders, and others who fill out the top 10 list. Obama first became Americans' Most Admired Man in 2008, shortly after his election as the nation's 44thpresident, and has held the title since then.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/145394/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-2010-admired.aspx
Bev in Chi, how much do you get paid to post this same Obama worship crap day in and day out? You sound like a cult member. Obama is no different than any other other corrupt, lying, cheating politician, democrat or republican. They're all the same. You'll never see the truth though. You're still blinded by that glow off Obama's global sized ego. I almost feel sorry for you but then I wonder how much is she gettting paid to post this drivel over and over and over and over.....
And if you're not getting paid maybe it's time to see a shrink because your infatuation, idol love for Obama can't be healthy.....or normal.
Awards, admiration, and more media hype. What the hell has this man accomplished??? Where is the ending of the wars, closing gitmo, spending our way into prosperity, etc.....etc...etc.. This man has done nothing but fail miserably on what he promised. Please open your eyes and look what is happening to this country. We can't let this man ruin us anymore.
soaz, um, what exactly did Beverly say that is not true or factual?
Boy, Beverly, you are starting to develop the same groupies that Feisty had. That's what happens when you hit to close to the truth! Keep, writing, I'm always reading!
soazdan--see--the thing about representative democracy is that the populace chooses representatives to conduct the governing of the country. We try to do the best we can to select thoughtful, intelligent people who seem to have their head on straight. If it doesn't work out, there are opportunities to express our approval or disapproval directly to the person. If it is really bad, we vote against him/her the next time and encourage like-minded people to work along with us. "corrupt, lying, cheating politician, democrat or republican. They're all the same" really isn't helping move us forward. You seem to have given up everything except complaining. No one, the President included, will be perfect all the time--he wouldn't be human. Well-educated, concerned about the job, well-spoken, no proven moral turpitude to date--we could be doing a lot worse then this guy. Think about Trump, just not too long. That WILL make you nuts.
Very thoughtful post, opajack, and a timely reminder. Thanks.
newdayDAWNING10
Boy, Beverly, you are starting to develop the same groupies that Feisty had. That's what happens when you hit to close to the truth! Keep, writing, I'm always reading!
Thanks newday
when you can't come up with something else bring up GW. the liberal agenda is predictable. forget Obama is a hypocrite and voted against raising the debt limit when a republican was in the white househ. forget he's raised spending levels so high taxes would have to almost double for all americans to pay off the deficit. forget the size of his administration is ridiculously large. forget the liberal media machine spreads unnecessary fear. what a wonderful world we live in.
Yeah - we haven't had a good depression for 80 years and Obama screwed it up. One more year was all Bush needed and we could have been there.
Beverly in Chicago
Bravo Bev! Way to nail 'em! And you did call out a slew of vile racist hypocrites!
Obama saved our bacon from the real worst President of our lifetime and that was GW Bush. All Trump is doing is repeating the tparty garbage. First Birthers now their garbage about Obama being the worst President ever before his first term is over which is nonsense. On Trump how can he say Obama is the worst when he agreed with almost everything he has done at one time or another. Is he now asking us to vote for him because he is another Obama or what?
When I see this lie about who is the worst President ever I always go right to the polls of historians who before voting alway wait until after the President is finished and sometimes a few years to see how his work sticks. Bush left office with a 19 rating. meaning 81% of the people viewed his work product badly.
Jimmy Carter? Heck no he is rapidly going up as Bush sinks. Rasmussen poll in 2007 had Carter at 17 in the best Presidents list and that is a right wing poller. BTW this poll had GWB at 16 at the time but that was before the world collapsed around him
Only place you see Carter as worst is on right wing blogs the historians and political scientists and the blowhards in here are the only ones who see it that way. In effect Both Clinton and Carter came very close to putting a damper on the middle east conflict which has been the catalyst for terrorism in this world. Only the fact that the Palestinian leader was threatened by terrorists stopped him from signing a peace agreement. Carter suffered from two things one of which was the residue left from Nixon and Kissingers experiment of arming the Shah of Iran so he could step on his people instead of being the police force for the oil fields which in turn started Iran down the path it is on today. Second was another effect when because of the unrest oil prices went sky high which made economy's crash world wide and inflation rampant.
All in all for what he was saddled with when he took office and what he has done to control the beast left him Obama has done a great job and is actually right now near the top as most effective President ever for doing so.
But now we can return to the trolls with their birther worst President so they can keep the right wing loonies happy and in line but in the real world common sense will prevail with those who can think for themselves as they feel sorry for those who cannot.
Beverly in Chicago sounds like she's getting ready to do some campaign advertising for the prez. I don't think she needs to worry too much with the field the GOP has to offer.
Donald Trump is going to need more than money to win the presidency and could benefit from Obama's approach. I got a Birthday Call from Obama (the actual Obama), the site it came from was www.birthdayshout.com , is this some tactic he could be using to soften the coveted independent voters towards his 2012 election campaign? Trump needs more than money and this might do it!
Trump is a player, and he is playing everyone. That's how he got to be where he is. As a presidential candidate he will be a fraud. But no matter, he is getting attention, just as players always do. He has not said anything that would convince me he would be a suitable candidate for president.
Trump is nothing but an egomaniac.
Scott Gore
Beverly in Chicago sounds like she's getting ready to do some campaign advertising for the prez. Dear, I don't think you need to worry too much with the field the GOP has to offer.
I'm in; fired up and ready to go.
Most of us reserve that "worst president ever" title for our 43rd president. The one who took office after a right-wing SCOTUS stopped the vote counting in Florida in 2000, and then stayed in office after the Ohio voting scandal in 2004.
Remember Ohio? Where Democratic precincts got half or less of their allotted voting machines and then voted 115% for 43? Then the machines vanished, or their innards did. Remember that?
How about the lies told to start a war in Iraq? Or the war crimes committed on his watch? Or how about Katrina?
That doesn't even cover 1% of all bad crap that happened under 43.
Still looking for a bad president? Let us also offer up 40 and 41 where the Trumps got trumpier and the rest of us were told to go fork ourselves...
Heck yeah. Lets keep that worst ever for the 43rd. In order to do that we need to get Obama out as quickly as possible. He is making a serious run at the title and he still isn't finished with his first term. Just when we thought things couldn't get worse here comes Obama. A great argument for the worst back to back presidents in our history. I would rather vote Obama out before he can be hands down the worst president ever, but his definitely makes one hell of a good argument at where he stands currently.
The 2000 and 2004 elections were, um, stolen from the Democrats?
Birthers are sane intellectual PhDs compared to this lefty fruitcake.
Actually Bob, it was the supreme court who elected Bush to be president. All the facts were presented and the supreme court refused to see them.
Birthers are idiotic nincompoop that will never believe a fact even if you shove it in their faces. They are a bunch of ignorant ideologues who get their facts from people who doesn't know what facts are, lol
Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton, Palin, Biden etc etc etc....they're all pretty much the same.
They are almost the same, I don't think Palin has one of those "things" if you know what I mean.
Who and what is a Donald Trump. I see and hear another big mouth blowhard obnoxious nobody. His demeanor makes him a candidate to take over hardball, Just keep blabbering and do not give a rational person the opportunity to say anything to show up the host.
Since Trump is not a politictian, I think he would be a good president. After all politicians screw everthing up
Apparently Trump is a little slow, but he does know how to bankrupt companies that could help if he becomes president.
Trump is just a blowhard with bad hair...enough already!
His bad hair is exactly what I like about him. Bring on the blowhard.
Trump's tolley has jumped the tracks, I though Bachmann and Palin sounded like freakin morons until I heard The Donald start to blow his stupidity, he's in a class of his own. I wonder just how many idiots the republican will eventually field? Enough to guarantee an Obama victory I hope.
Trump is all hat - no cattle. I used to work for a jerk like him. They lie and cheat their way through life. He preaches nothing but BS but somehow they manage to impress some people. Go figure!
Anyone who believes that Trump is running for president is a sucker. Trump is simply on another publicity stunt.
I used to like The Donald. But his recent comments make it very clear that he is just an egotistical, impractical person with little understanding of what is really going on around him. I really wish he would just shut up rather than embarass himself any further.
He is right about Obama. 2 stupid wars that weren’t paid for. Tax cuts for the wealthy. Doubled the national debt. The stock market cut in half. Banks failing. Auto makers bankrupt. Wall street on the verge of collapse. 750,000 jobs lost per month. Home values dropping like a rock. Worst recession in history. Wait a minute – maybe that was the guy before Obama. What was his name? Ah yes, Bush the Barbarian. That’s it.
Obama is Bush 2.0
Justone
Are you able to backup your comment intelligently, or are you just spouting off without any facts?
This just goes to show you. Just because you are a rich guy and really good at making money does not mean you've got the common sense God gave a goose.