I refuse to judge a man who was handed one of the worst **** storms this country has seen in decades. In two more years I will tell you how he is doing.
The fact is that we have a runaway congress. Neither side is effective and they just stare intensely at each other and make rude gestures. Obama flat out told the Democrats to work with the Republicans. Dumb *** twit Nancy Pelosi made that a half hearted farce of an attempt and then the Republicans decided to show their immaturity by walling up and not even presenting decent options in return.
The fact is that until Lobbyist are strung up and told to stay the hell out of washington and politicians are tied with shadow accounts to big corporations we will never get out of this BS. Obama is doing his job, congress is playing politics. Both sides.
And as for McCain, he was an honorable politician until he started lying and selling his soul during that campaign. When he first announced his run I was excited. Then he started the BS hanging out with religious nuts like Falwell. From there it was a downward spiral. He completely lost me once he brought on the bag of scary that is Sarah Palin.
I'm also personally offended at all the BS about being the friend of the military. Just because if his history people take it at face value. The reality is for all his talk he voted against so many bills that were set to raise benefits and medical care standards for veterans it's not funny.
I don't care what the cost, any man or woman who serves this country in the armed forces should never have to worry about health care in their lifetime.
Politics has become a 24/7 reality ratings grab and it's creating a dangerous environment.
The best thing we can do is vote as many new senators and representatives into office the next time around that are as centrist as possible.
We are no longer operating within the rules. Dynasties have taken over and it's scary as hell. Someone mentions reduced terms and it's swept under the rug faster than you can spit. Every year regardless of the economy or what we the people are dealing with they feel they deserve a raise. We are being ruled by a group of people who can vote themselves any perks they want and refuse voting on anything that risks their job security.
If you think Barack Obama is the one running the country into the ground, you need to step back and have another look.
I say give the dude a chance to get beyond this healthcare debacle and see where he goes from here. This really should not have been the first thing that was pushed out on everyone with the economy the way it was.
I put up with GW Bush for 8 years and I'm damn sure gonna give this guy a better chance at the job than 1 year. He's intelligent, which is a damn sight better than where we were. And contrary to what everyone wants to spout, words can change alot of things in this world. The best and worst movements have been led by inspired and powerful idealists and speakers. Had Martin Luther King not been the powerful speaker he was we might still very well have segregated schools.
I think the dude is young, and not as experienced as he could be, but I don't necessarily see that as a bad thing.
I just wish the moderate Republicans and the Moderate Democrats would get together and start a third party that speaks to those of us that apply a bit of logic to our decisions instead of going purely on faith or emotions.