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How Would You Grade President Obama's First Year in Office?
Fox News ^ | 1/20/2010 | Fox News

Posted on 01/31/2010 1:13:32 AM PST by Paine's Ghost

It’s been a year since Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States, the first African-American to hold the nation’s highest office. It’s been a year of highs and lows, from winning the Nobel Peace Prize to adding trillions of dollars to the national debt by enacting massive government spending programs – while continuing to battle for a nearly $1 trillion overhaul of the nation’s health care system.

His job approval rating also have gone from high to low, down nearly 20 points since taking office. How would you grade President Obama’s first year in office?

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoanniversary; bhojobapproval; epicfail; f; fail; obama; polls
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To: Windflier
I started creating profiles before the Kerry-Bush election. Early on I was thrown off (tomb-stoned) several times until I learned the ropes.

To rack up entries, I hang out in the lounge with is essentially nonpolitical. It is easy to post 100/day by just ack everyone elses posts.

Refining my characters was the challenge along with keeping them consistent. I have two in the GLBT forum that are very popular and influential.

My role is not to troll but to use these characters to draw out conversations. Not easy task.

I have actually had to make some donations to DU to be allowed certain privileges. That feels bad.

BTW - they made a call to flood the poll. After that call, I watched “A” go up 12 points in 10 minutes. That is why I came here.

41 posted on 01/31/2010 4:57:35 PM PST by Paine's Ghost (today's conservative ideals were called socialism in 1960)
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To: Paine's Ghost

While I admire you for having the fortitude to spend so much time and effort in close association with hardened liberals, I have to wonder why you’d go to the trouble of becoming a part of their community, when you could easily just lurk there.

Surely, you’d learn just as much by simply observing them.


42 posted on 02/01/2010 8:33:12 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier
It is much different to interact. For a long time, it was psychologically demanding but not so much now. Lurking is an act of outside in. I want more. I want to be part of and trusted.

I write a blog on the thinking of the contemporary left.

43 posted on 02/02/2010 10:01:39 PM PST by Paine's Ghost (today's conservative ideals were called socialism in 1960)
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To: Paine's Ghost

Well, good luck to you.

My personal observation is that the left is afflicted with a real form of mental illness. Knowing that, I keep my distance as much as possible, due to the real contagion of aberration.

Hang around deranged people long enough, and you’ll become deranged, yourself.

Again, good luck to you.


44 posted on 02/02/2010 10:14:00 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier
Au contraire

I am not a young pup. I have real letters from Ayn Rand from the early ‘70’s.

Many of the posts I start are double entendre. I started to post an example here but realized I would be outed.

Once of the things that fascinate me at DU is their obsession with conservative media. They never miss Rush and are always posting links to FR.

To be honest, I have never seen a full hour of Oberman, Mathews or the like. I now understand why Air America failed and Fox soars. All the liberals are watching conservative media!

45 posted on 02/04/2010 3:47:48 AM PST by Paine's Ghost
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To: Paine's Ghost
One of the things that fascinates me at DU is their obsession with conservative media. They never miss Rush and are always posting links to FR.

Hopefully, one of them will stumble across your posts here about your undercover work at their site. That'll make 'em even more paranoid.

Good luck. Remember to shower and de-louse frequently .. LOL

46 posted on 02/04/2010 8:36:14 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Paine's Ghost

Oh, a solid B plus.


47 posted on 02/04/2010 8:41:49 AM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: ChrisInAR

How can we even grade his first year as president when he hasn’t proven that he is legally the president?


48 posted on 02/04/2010 8:46:15 AM PST by Texas resident (Hunkered Down)
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To: Texas resident

Give him a K for kenya.


49 posted on 02/04/2010 8:54:12 AM PST by Canedawg (Our government has become a travesty.)
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To: Paine's Ghost

F for Fascist.


50 posted on 02/04/2010 9:05:13 AM PST by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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