President Truman often said he wished he could find an economist with just one hand. Why? He said that if you ask a question of an economist, you get an answer. Then the economist will always say “on the other hand, Mr. President.”
Things are grim, but I have a feeling that we will dig ourselves out of this before much longer. That includes taking back the House in 2010. If that happens, Mr. Obama’s days are numbered. Hell, I think they’re numbered anyway. The MSM is beginning to get a mite hinky on him, and a lot of Obama voters must be getting buyer’s remorse in a large way.
He is not a likable figure, and he has no sense of humor. He also uses the word “I” frequently. Not good.
I hope you're right, but unfortunately he has at least 3.5 years to do a lot of irreversable damage. I wonder if the people of this country will ever realize the huge disaster they voted for last Nov?
Things are grim, but I have a feeling that we will dig ourselves out of this before much longer. ....in general, I agree, but it depends on what your definition of "much longer" is. :-) I think that The Christmas season is going to be a cold bucket of water to the face, for a lot of people. Unemployment is still high, and more critically - the number of people receiving pay cuts is not being tracked / well publicized. Anecdotally, I can think of several dozen people that I know who have taken pay cuts/mandatory furloughs. That's not including myself, or the hundreds I work with. 10% of my salary is not a fortune, but more-or-less, those are my discretionary funds that I'm a little freer with spending.
I think that if either Cap and Tax or Health Care gets passed, then we're in for a much longer road to recovery. Honest to Goodness, I've no idea if either of them will pass. I'd like to think not, but Dems have managed to muddle the issue so well that it's hard to get a good read on either one of the bills.
He is not a likable figure, and he has no sense of humor. He also uses the word “I” frequently. .......yep. That, and a lot of people wanted to be "Hip" and "Cool" and "A part of history" by voting for him. Now, they've been there and done that. On to the next American Idol in 2012.
After only eight/nine months in office no less.