How do rate Barack Obama's performance?

Thank you astonysh for quick response. I also hope his performance will be good in coming years. And United states will be out of recession very soon.

OMG, Clinton was the best in foreign relations??????? Oh, yes, everyone loved him - because he handed more of our country's wealth and secrets to them than anyone else ever considered doing! Of course he did fit right in with many countries in thinking every woman was his for the grabbing!

"I am not American, so addressing the domestic issues is not my place "
Thats ok, it didn't seem to an issue the for the OP on starting a thread either.

There have been a few hundred thousand complaining. The Tea Parties continue across the country begging this man to stop being so liberal with our money and let us keep at least a little bit to support our families. He has so many taxes coming our way that those keeping their homes during the mortgage debaucle may not be able to pay once all these taxes hit.
About his promise to help the little guy, well so far he and the states,too, have raised cigarette taxes by $1.25-$3.00 per pack. Guess who smokes the most these days - the little guy. They are also raising taxes on sugary drinks, alchohol, vending machine goodies, not to mention the Value Added tax they are working on. The VA tax means everything you buy will go up with every part ordered. That $50 DVD player could double in cost because of that lovely tax. That goes for any item anyone might buy.
I think a whole lot of people are complaining. My request is vote every politician currently in office OUT. Let's clean house with our votes and start by voting in someone who has never attempted to or been an attorney. That's all we have in office right now, which is why every bill is 2000 pages long and cannot be read by anyone...it's all legal speak.

Actually--though the so-called "mainstream media" refuse to report it, that's millions of people who are complaining!

There are many ways to prove this, not the least of which is the "pink slip" movement, which has sent over 4 & a half million slips to Washington, telling those there that certain actions will result in their losing the next round of elections.

The top action which will get them fired is the one nearest & dearest to Obama's...well, I was going to say heart, but he showed he doesn't have one of those with his cheery "shout out" to someone, before he plastered on a look of solemnity to talk about the Ft. Hood massacre.... Anyway, as I was going to say, the health care reform bill is at the top of the list. It is extremely unpopular, for extremely good reasons!

By the way, to put it in perspective, the stack of pink slips is now taller than the Sears Building. And there are other measurements available, if you look for them.

I'm just sayin'....

Maggiepie
IMPEACH THE IMPOSTER!

Mysticothermaggie (), I think the poster is a prime example of the kind of jellobrain who didn't bother to learn what O was about before voting for him. Some people are just a waste of skin, y'know? No complaints or compliments!? What sort of cave does this person inhabit? I just gotta wonder...

Maggiepie
IMPEACH THE IMPOSTER!

Kenny, that's Trillions not Billions. In any given year up until this past one, the US printed mostly money to replace worn out bills. This is the first president to not give a hang how much money he prints. The rest of the world is seriously looking at making the Chinese currency the leading world currency instead of the dollar. At that point we'd better have ENORMOUS purses to carry our shopping money in...oh, I forgot the stores will be empty because the owners won't be able to afford to stock the shelves.

Of course, at that point, Mr. O will decide the government needs to take over all grocery stores, too. But I wouldn't hold my breath for him to give the bread away free!

Obama understands diplomacy very well, with out question his heart of hearts is not with the people of the United States but is with every one that thinks the United Staets is their enemy,Obama would not if he had his choice fly the American flag at half mass today in respect for the dead at Fort Hood, the ratical Muslim who murdered 13 in cold blood yesterday is why all of our American flag's are at half mass today, Obama don't have the heart to fight and kill his own people the ratical Muslims,I don't know why people spin or fluff this fact because it is a dam fact.
Ya so what,no one is going to do a dam thing about it because they all both parties are behind all of this ilegal corruption in our govemnment actually Barack Obama is only the puppet,get over it that is how the hell it is.

I also doubt his diplomacy skills. Because he is always trying to please all the parties in any dispute or issue. That is why I doubt his diplomatic actions. But I might be wrong. The time will tell this.

Before the election I also had a thought that he will totally change United States. But till so far there is no such change in United states. May be he is only a person who believe in speaking but not in doing.

He doesn't need mobsters since he has the ability to sic the IRS, the business auditors on anyone who goes against him. Do you think if this guy had an honest bone in his body, he would let all of these tax cheats run our IRS system? By the way, does he know anyone who isn't a tax cheat or terrorist????

Has he changed the tone in foreign affairs?? He's gone everywhere telling them how awful the United States is and apologizing profusely for our country existing. He talked with Iran and just this week they snubbed anything he thought he got, saying they refused to go along with his wishes or the UN's. Russia is looking and laughing at his weak-kneed approach. They figure they have him where they need him. He figured if he bowed to other leaders and accepted their trash books and cut the country he leads to ribbons, he could ask for help in Afghanistan and get it....NOPE. They told him forget it. Bush did much better at getting assistance from other countries. Misspeaking cowboy he might have been, but every world leader knew he would fight for his country! They have no such thoughts when it comes to Obama. Look at how he's hanging our men and women out to dry without even sending more of OUR troops to help. Can't seem to make up his feeble mind.

...sorry for misspelling your name dsnachiever

The Pulitzer is supposed to be for achievement not for possible achievement. So far he has not achieved much except to put us further in debt than Bush ever thought of doing.

I was not happy with Bush throughout his terms, but at least I knew he had guts enough to stand up for his country. This president seems to be too busy kissing foreign rearends as he apologizes for us being alive.

Give him another term and our country will be worse off than the President's brother!

...Hey there mysticmaggie, The Nobel Prize not the Pulitzer, that's another category, is given for potential achievement, although Obama's was a combination, because immediately by virtue of him being elected, he took America from being one of the worst perceived countries in the world to one of the top, by just being elected. Check all the polls, they verify that fact. Another thing, Rubin, Peres, Arafat and Kissinger all received Nobel prizes for what they were trying to do, research it if you want. So this is not unprecedented. If you know anything about economics you would then realize that it takes much more than eight months to have the kind of state that our economy is in. This is from the causal effects of the previous administration's policies and procedures. This man has not been in office long enough to have 10% unemployment. This is the fallout from everything that was going on before he was even a Senator, give me a break. And lastly the policies his administration is employing are starting to effect the economy in a positive way, the 3rd quarter GDP was around 3.5% positive, that means the economy is growing, with the implementation of the things they have done. His administration saved us from the brink of destruction, whether you and others realize it or not. No problem with being in a state of denial, but please just get the facts straight.
You take care and please be a little more diligent. You don't have to like the man or give him and his helpers credit, but he is working daggone hard to stabilize
the country's economic system, improve education, influence climate change, finish two wars and any number of other problems facing the US. The country was bankrupt prior to Mr. Bush leaving office, we are printing money without any gold backing.
We have been bankrupt for a long time, sorry can't lay that little gem at
Obama's doorstep. China has the mortgage on the White House with the debt owed from borrowing by the US, again most of it prior to Obama's oval occupancy. And he wanted to be president and help the country and the people. My, my, my. So party on. Cherrio!

...at least you didn't say anyone disagreeing with Pres. Obama's policies are rascist.. I'm of the strong belief that altho the media reported so differently, the economy was strong until the dems got the majority in both houses.. The war in Iraq perhaps could have been avoided, but many nation's intelligence believed he had those weapons of mass death (even his generals have said Hussein thought he had them! no one would want to tell him otherwise). I think the nations should band together and rid the world of extremist Islamic terrorism before it's too late, but the real war was/is against the conservatives, what's a few terrorists in comparison.
- With the press on his side, I believe Pres. Obama believes he will be able to accomplish all his backers want him to.

...Hi there, You have quite a bit in your comment, where do I start. First, I'm not into "blame it on color", in all cases. Obama is bi-racial,
so you would have to blame it on his white side as well as his black aside. Truth be told. Next, on that subject, racism cannot be practiced by individuals, society uses that word too freely, institutions which have power to deny an individual or a group something can only use racism, such as mortgage companies, banks, etc. People are prejudiced or bigoted. I believe Saddam Hussein had weapons, and moved them to Syria, there was a caravan of trucks spotted by satellite that no one ever reported where they were going, moving out of Iraq or what they were carrying. Even so, Saddam was a toothless tiger, and if we as a country had continued to contain him as we were doing, all these lives and treasure could have been saved. Bin Laden did what he wanted to, he lured the U. S into Iraq and we are bankrupt and no closer to getting him out of Pakistan which is now at war with the Taliban and will need our help in a short while, woe is us. Pakistan as you know has nuclear weapons. The Dems had two years of control, the polices and practices were already in place and shredding the underbelly of the economy which we have in the last 18 months or so seen the full blown results of. These things take time to develop, good or bad, we are coming out slowly and jobs will be the last signs of recovery. The DOW is trying to tell us that, looking at the future of the country. Ups and downs will occur. The Labor Department is not giving us the full unemployment picture, they never do, that is their reporting system. It is a sample of the total rate, we probably are somewhere around 14% unemployment. Those who have stopped looking for obs are not even counted. So you see where we are realistically.

I think I covered most of the things you mentioned. We are going to be in tough place for a while. Hopefully China won't call their loans or we will really be up a creek. I would really want Obama to bring the troops home from Afghanistan, and let them battle it out. The Taliban is in Pakistan now reportedly, let the Afhgans fight them, they want the money from the poppies, the drug lords give them for growing the poppies there. President Karzai's brother is involved with the drugs and who knows Mr. Karzai may have a few poppy fields of his own. I say let them work it out. How is this helping this country? Sorry to be so long. Take it easy.

he has made some questionable decisions...not discussions....lol...mylot on the brain!