Posted on 02/08/2009 8:07:38 PM PST by fiscon1
It's not easy to waste a mandate and a honeymoon at the same time, but President Obama seems determined to try. You know he's off to a lousy start when his most favorable reviews came after he said, "I screwed up."
Did he ever, and not just once. If he keeps going this way, America will be saying, "We screwed up."
He's our President, it's a horribly dangerous time at home and abroad and we desperately need him to succeed. But he can't be successful unless he builds a broad swath of public trust in his leadership. So far, he's going backward.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
He cant succeed unless he's competent. That's the real problem.
[”I screwed up.”
Did he ever, and not just once. If he keeps going this way, America will be saying, “We screwed up.” ]
Trust me, I’m way ahead of the curve on this one.
He seemed bent coming out of the shoot to destroy both, then was surprised when the MSM asked obvious questions, like inconsistencies with his bipartisan, ethical, transparent, new way of doing politics claims. It was like he was saying to the MSM, “But I thought you loved me?”
[Obama’s fumbled rollout is surprising, given a smooth and skillful transition. ]
Oh come now. Talking about doing stuff is easy, appointing people who talk about doing stuff is easy. Actually performing the miracles you’ve promised is a lot harder.
I’m only surprised at how quickly he is falling apart. Have you seen the polls on the stimulus bill?
People are now calling him some very nasty names.
Its getting very ugly, vicious, very fast. Deservedly so. This guy is an arrogant smug punk.
Obama is looking more and more like the Affirmative Action President!
Yes, and I remember what the American people thought of the TARP bill too.
Having never worked an honest, non-public funded day in his life, having never authored and passed any legislation, having his only success in life authoring two auto-biographies, what core competence can he possibly possess to succeed at.....breathing.
Wow, the NY Daily News published this??
Uh, that is precisely what he is.
Concise, dead accurate and the world will soon awaken to the fact.
DBC - what polls on the stimulus are you looking at. I have seen numbers from 53 to 68% approve. I personally doubt reality is anywhere that high but the mainstream is
known for slanted polling.
Really like to know what your looking at. Maybe it’ll perk me up.
Ahhhh, lovely! Now, if only this were printed in the New York Times. You know what they say about dead democrats,
“It ain’t ovah ‘til the Gray Lady sings.”
So, here’s the prediction. Tomorrow night’s press conference is going to be a disaster. The press have their first chance to prove they are not his poodles and he is gonna bristle under the weight of the first real questions ever asked of him and all without a teleprompter.
He may win his stimulus but it will be a Phyric victory. He will be so sullied by the time this week is over, the wheels will have begun to come off the bus. Popularity will become the enemy of Performance. Watching this poser self destruct over the next six weeks will be breath taking...and just when he has proven himself not up to the task, the Supreme Court of the United States will grant somebody standing and then hear the eligibility case.
It’s sad to watch a clown self-destruct on an empty stage. But you just can’t take your eyes off of it (besides, it’s probably the most fun we’re gonna have over the next couple of years gang).
This is his first real job. Starting at the top office in the united states might have been mistake.
“He’s our President, it’s a horribly dangerous time at home and abroad and we desperately need him to succeed”
The filthy rat isn’t my president and I’ll do everything I can to ensure that he fails.
Can’t remember who, but it came out Sunday, 47% disapprove and approval slipped into the 30+%.
Latest Rassmussen Poll, 37% approve the Stimulus plan, 43% Oppose it, 20 per cent don’t have an opinion.
Previous polls show a trend in that direction:
CBS 51% approve
Gallup 52% approve
FOX News 45% “will help” 18% will hurt
Diego/Hotline 54% approve
Ipsos/McClatchy 65% approve
CNN 58% approve
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