tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post2757599000931495386..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: Obama's Report CardSteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-23643670166531234712011-04-01T10:38:12.759-07:002011-04-01T10:38:12.759-07:00i understand there is a time when you go to the gu...i understand there is a time when you go to the gun; but the smoke and mirrors aspect -- all this bullshit about it being a NATO operation and the U.S. is just, you know, one little guy among all the others?<br /><br />Bullshit is what it is. Anybody who reads can see it.<br /><br />I know why he did it. But he was absolutely gonna close Gitmo's prison, wasn't he? And the quicksand that is Afghanistan is never going to get better -- the man is a scholar, he knows history -- and yet there we are. <br /><br />I know this was on his plate when he got to dinner. But I'm seeing the politics-as-usual waffle, and I'd hoped for better. <br /><br />But like I said, I'm not surprised by it. I voted for him. Would do the same again if I had known all this was coming. <br /><br />All that said, C+ stands.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-25200565149688283852011-04-01T10:18:54.657-07:002011-04-01T10:18:54.657-07:00He ran on an anti-war platform. He increased troop...<i>He ran on an anti-war platform. He increased troops in a place from which I wanted see them all gone. He's leading the "coalition" attack on Libya.</i><br /><br />There was no way he was going to win in either one of those situations- it's sort of a damned if you do, damned if you don't type of situation, especially in Libya.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-35314942714208745662011-03-30T17:00:18.404-07:002011-03-30T17:00:18.404-07:00The country set its expectations of this president...The country set its expectations of this president too high. No way he could ever meet them. <br /><br />I voted for him, too. And would again. But I'm not arguing against the notion that electing him is anything short of wondrous for our nation to have done; I'm pointing out that his job performance, while way better than Bush's, is not as good as it needs to be to get him reelected.<br /><br />He ran on an anti-war platform. He increased troops in a place from which I wanted see them all gone. He's leading the "coalition" attack on Libya. <br /><br />I don't like and he has to take at least partial responsibility for it.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-56909761262268542932011-03-30T15:59:47.359-07:002011-03-30T15:59:47.359-07:00Take all this with a grain of salt; to the extent ...Take all this with a grain of salt; to the extent that I'm a good person I'm a libertarian, the rest is worsse, okay?<br /><br />Obama gets an A.<br /><br />Yeah, I generally vote libertarian party ticket, but I voted for him. If he runs again I'll vote for him again.<br /><br />7 years after 19 al-Qaeda killed 3000 of us we elected black Barack Hussein (!) Obama president; I have never in my whole life been prouder of my country.<br /><br />Slavery was one of our worst sins; this is a very big deal.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606348439737007635noreply@blogger.com