Do You Approve Or Disapprove Of The Job President Obama Is Doing As President

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Poll question: Do You Approve Or Disapprove Of The Job President Obama Is Doing As President

[Aviation Pro]

1. To the greatest page with you....

...temporarily at least.

[readmoreoften]

166. K&R

[leftstreet]

2. What's his job description?

:shrug:

[havocmom]

47. I now fear that would change

depending on which industries CEOs you ask.

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[subterranean]

3. I give him a passing grade so far.

Considering what he's had to work with, I'd give him a C+. But he could do better!

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[Smarmie Doofus]

5. Disapprove. Republican policies on GLBTs and education.....

...plus War Without End. He's Tony Blair.

I'm beginning to think we need three parties.

No, I'll stay a DEM. A third party for the neo-cons and corporationists of the Obama-wing.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. I Wonder What The Deleted Post Said?

I merely asked a question.

[tbyg52]

12. Around here, who knows....? nt

[jonnyblitz]

14. if you call him a warmonger or homophobe it gets deleted. nt

[LakeSamish706]

27. And tossed I might add! n/t

[Ken Burch]

119. What if you call him a warmongophobe?

n/t.

[Smarmie Doofus]

36. I believe the poster said something about Nader. nt

[Dinger]

68. Third Party: Democratic Wing Of The Democratic Party

Dr. Dean fits the bill just fine. Wes Clark too. I'm sure there are others. Actually, that way, President Obama wouldn't be primaried, since it'd be a different party (than the "Democratic" Party I'm seeing now).

[Echo In Light]

6. Thumbs down...although I voted Nader since O had my state locked in

[texastoast]

7. Approve some, disapprove some

But approve him a million percent over Bush.

[Political Heretic]

9. Disapprove. Disapprove of his trickle-down economics, assault on teachers, and capitulation to $$$

Disapprove of war escalation.

Disapprove of covering up of torture of the previous administration.

Dispprove of continuing our black-op detainment practices in places like Bagram.

Disapprove of lack of government transparency that was promised.

Disapprove of the persistence of the Patriot Act.

Disapprove of a trillion dollar insurance company give away euphemistically called health reform.

I could go on.

I disapprove, and I'm not scared to say so.

I voted for him, and am profoundly disappointed.

[MissDeeds]

22. +100

Sadly, I agree. I'm profoundly disappointed too.

[tbyg52]

25. +1000, and thanks for the summary. nt

[readmoreoften]

45. +1

[Raine]

58. Agree, I'm majorly disappointed

and completely disallusioned.

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[Dinger]

69. + Infinity

Spot on my friend, spot on.

[uponit7771]

87. -12314612314x34

[YOY]

94. Grats on your pony.

n.t.

[skyounkin]

96. Yup.

::sips beer::

[Mithreal]

97. +1

[stillwaiting]

118. Agree with everything. nt

[LWolf]

174. + 1,000,000 nt

[damntexdem]

10. Not enough categories.

No 'sorta.' No 'yes and no.' I just can't answer on the poll.

[timeforpeace]

42. Just enough to get the point across and not obfuscate.

[99 Percent Sure]

103. Me either. While he's done an extraordinary job given the extraordinary mess

he stepped into, he's not proven to be the people's president, as he promised he'd be. If he'd meant what he said about working for the people 24/7, the top priority would be jobs, jobs, jobs, rather than a HIR bill that helps little in the short term.

Don't get me started on the lousy Congress critters on both sides of the aisle, and the messed up Supreme Court. Yeah, we need a 3rd party--a people's party--since the 2 we have now are the other side of the same corporatist coin.

The poll is too limited for me to voice the fact that I neither approve nor disapprove of the president's performance, but I have to agree that he's light years better than the Shrub regime. But one doesn't have to be a saint to be better than them.

[pampango]

11. 100 (58%) - 72 (42%) at 7:27. Interesting to see how many non-active poster vote. n/t

[RainDog]

13. most of us don't feel a need to comment except to kick.

nothing strange about that. happens all the time.

[Maru Kitteh]

16. Yes it would be.

[Codeine]

82. Non-active posters?

Because they didn't feel the need to explain themselves in this thread? Don't be silly.

[Maru Kitteh]

15. Yes I do! I haven't forgotten so easily what came before.

[MrSlayer]

17. I voted disapprove.

He has done some good things but I just don't think he's on the side of the People as he claimed he would be. He might want to be but I just don't believe he can be. The people that own this country simply won't allow him to do what is necessary to fix the problems. I don't know that anyone would have the guts to sacrifice him/herself in order to point out the truth and fight, really fight, for the right things. It might be unfair for me to disapprove of the job he's doing because there really isn't anyone who could do it the way it should be done. Such a person would never be allowed near the levers of power and even if they were, the compromised Congress would thwart them at every turn or that person would be killed if he managed to persuade the legislative body to go along with him.

My disapproval is not so much of his job performance but of what this country has become. And like the QB who gets all the blame when the team fails and all the credit when the team wins, President Obama has to take the hit on this.

[Mike 03]

18. I not only approve, I can say from the depth of my heart, this is the best President

I have ever seen in my life, the only one I have voted for who has won, and he has even inspired me to be a better person.

[readmoreoften]

19. You know, Chomsky (your avatar) openly denounces Obama, right?

How does escalating the war in Afghanistan, expanding Bagram (called Obama's Gitmo by the troops), attacking teachers' unions, openly dismissing progressives on Fox News, and doing not a damn thing for LGBT people translate into inspiration? HUH?

[EFerrari]

43. The latest at Bagram is that McChrystal has moved most of those prisoners

to satellite facilities all over Afghanistan and that he's kept a black site open at Bagram. It's harder for the ICRC to monitor him that way.

[readmoreoften]

52. Yes, Bagram is "Obama's Gitmo" because it's the nicest of the sites.

The only real torture is sleep depravation and 24 hour bright lights (NO BIGGEE, RIGHT!!!!) It's for the least important detainees (taxi drivers, street urchins). People don't realize that Gitmo is one of the best sites, not one of the worst.

[grantcart]

131. Who does Chomsky say was better?

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[MissDeeds]

26. Rahm? Is that you?

:eyes:

[Dinger]

70. rahm? Shit, Try

the president.

[emilyg]

33. Dreamland must be nice.

[timeforpeace]

77. It is.

[salguine]

40. I just threw up in my mouth a little.

[timeforpeace]

79. Ich.

[Number23]

57. lol Love how your honest comment in support of the Pres is IMMEDIATELY pounced upon

Not one "I disapprove" comment was jumped on upthread, but you have the nerve to "approve" so you must be admonished. People here are so damn ridiculous.

So far the approves are winning, and this is GD. Interesting indeed.

[readmoreoften]

59. What are you talking about, there are plenty of disapprovers "pounced on" here.

Including people claiming those who disapprove of Obama are "Marxist"--straight outta Glenn Beck's playbook.

Give it a fucking rest, you people.

[Number23]

61. Where are they in this thread since you felt some INEXPLICABLE need to respond to me

And I'm very well-rested, thank you SO much for asking.

[readmoreoften]

62. Sorry, I was mixing this thread up with the fawning "Say Something Good About Obama!" thread.

The red-baiting comments of Obama supporters were largely contained in that thread. And HEY IMAGINE THAT-- I respond to someone who posts on a DISCUSSION forum! I doubt the major Obama apologists on the site want to K&R this particular thread. The fact that he's disgusted so many Democrats is probably pretty embarrassing.

Glad you're well-rested.

[Number23]

63. Yeah, people are so disgusted that he's actually got majority support

even in this particular forum that can't trash him enough.

And if you're going to take the time to bore someone with your responses, which you have done seemingly 20 times in this one damn thread, and argue over absolutely NOTHING, could you at least make sure that your comments are relevant to what the person actually posted?

Sounds like someone else could use a bit of rest.

[LWolf]

173. No, he doesn't. nt

[Number23]

181. Yes he does.

:)

[LWolf]

183. Nope.

331-326. :D

[Number23]

185. It's yo-yo'ing considerably which is interesting for this forum. I would have thought that given

the constant screaming in GD, it would be 70-30 against.

The fact that you seem pleased as punch that so many disapprove gives me all of the reason I need to bid you a (not too terribly fond) adieu.

[LWolf]

186. "not too terribly fond"

I'm crushed, I tell ya.

:rofl:

Pleased? Yes. It means that approximately 50% of DU still has some shreds of integrity.

[Number23]

187. I feel EXACTLY the same way.

Edit: And the fact that with every kick another vote goes into the Approve category makes me feel that much better about the perceived "integrity" of DUers. This weekend has been simply maaaarvelous all the way around. :)

[Lorien]

111. based on exactly what?

Give us five examples of his current actions that make him 'the best" .

[Mike K]

130. If Obama is the best President you've seen -

- in your lifetime, am I correct in guessing you were born in 1980? In which case I agree with you. There is no question that Obama is a better President than Reagan, Bush-1, Clinton and Bush-2, but he still leaves a hell of a lot to be desired.

Obama is not a bad President but he could be much, much better if he had the kind of salt it takes. But he is sorely lacking in that department. He wants much too much to be liked.

[readmoreoften]

20. Take a poll of DUers who've been here longer than 5 years.

And those who have left.

[LakeSamish706]

28. And what do you expect would change? n/t

[readmoreoften]

60. I expect that all Obama's campaign people who joined in 2007/8 wouldn't count

and the disapproval rating would be far higher. But then again, so many people have left in the past 2 years or been TS'd, it's hardly the same site.

[Mithreal]

99. I was an Organizer for the Obama campaign and joined DU in 2007.

Disapproval. Political Heretic posted a short list upthread that I agree with.

Just saying.

[Dinger]

73. Could You Post One Please?

I'd like to vote in it. Good idea.

[Lorien]

148. I've been here nine years

your point is?

[depakid]

23. Columbia University history professor Simon Schama barely gives him a pass

Presumably, that would be somewhere in the range of a C.

He also notes: the President has to stop being so bloody nice - or he's a goner.

div class="excerpt"]He ''lost control of the narrative'' and failed to explain to voters the importance of his stimulus package. ''Without it, so many hundreds of thousands of more jobs would have been lost, and the economy would be over - not just on the edge of - a cliff.''

Obama's instinct for consensus has not served him well, Schama says. He needs to be tough, combative, as Franklin Roosevelt was when, in 1936, he defied the captains of industry by saying: ''They are unanimous in their hate for me and I welcome their hatred.''

And Obama needs to do this with the Democrats who will not pass his health reforms without a prohibition on public money for abortions. ''If I was Obama, I'd get those people in and bang their heads together until they bled copiously,'' Schama says.

He expands on this theme at the ABC, while interviewed by Leigh Sales for Lateline. ''Ronald Reagan was a brilliant polemicist but he'd do it with an easy smile. He could deliver a knuckle sandwich with a smile on his face. Jack Kennedy came from a family of political thugs. Lyndon Johnson was a master of the dirtiest political tactics when he had to use them. That's sort of not been Barak Obama's political education. But he better master it quickly, or he's a goner.''

More: http://www.smh.com.au/national/schama-on-obama-off-the-cuff-20100315-q9ov.html

[EFerrari]

38. I love Schama but he's to the right of Obama.

lol

[LakeSamish706]

24. Nope, I am not impressed with how he is doing his job. n/t

[Rosa Luxemburg]

29. so 109 people really wanted McCain!

[Mari333]

32. that argument is older than Robert Byrd's behind.

give it up.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

35. I love it!

[Odin2005]

171. DUZY! (and nice alliteration!)

:hi:

[salguine]

41. That tired old excuse really needs to be taken out behind the barn and shot. Y'know,

I don't put people on the Ignore list frivolously...usually they have to show a long pattern of hostility to basic democratic (small d) principles—"Party Before Principle" and so on—or they have to say something so asinine that it pretty much renders valueless anything else that might follow it. Ignore for you.

[Forkboy]

90. .....

:eyes:

[Lorien]

114. No, we wanted the guy that we voted for

not this corporate sellout and accomplice of the Right.

[muffin1]

127. Is that really the best you can do?

Of course I didn't want McCain. I wanted the Obama I voted for - have you seen him?

[Douglas Carpenter]

30. approve in the sense that he is living up to my expectations and doing pretty much as well

as the current political/economic realities allow. I disapprove of the current political/economic realities.

[99 Percent Sure]

107. Well, there is that. Good comment. n/t

[David Zephyr]

31. The results are not exactly what you were hoping for, huh?

.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

64. My Only Goal Is Greater Understanding

PEACE

[David Zephyr]

85. LOL!

Of course, that was your "only goal". :rofl:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

93. That And Peace And Reconciliation

~

[skyounkin]

100. Hell no.

I am almost shell shocked by how much he has sold-out, back tracked, and just plain stabbed progressives in the back.

[Lorien]

153. Of course, they appear to have another name for us at the WH.

[emilyg]

34. Disapprove.

[ibegurpard]

37. Big disapprove here

next on the agenda: privatizing public education.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

39. kick

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

154. ....

[Biker13]

44. Disapprove.

nt

[Greyhound]

46. ..

[DefenseLawyer]

48. Talks like FDR governs like WJC

Does that make him horrible? No. But certainly not great.

[upi402]

51. I read that as, 'governs like WSJ'

Wall Street Journal?:shrug: But yes, Clinton-Republican would be my definition. And the Rethugs call him a soshulissd???

[YOY]

95. Probably the most neutral thing I could say as well.

I'd prefer the other way around.

[mvd]

49. I still give him a C. Which means disapprove here, but..

if asked in a poll by a polling company, I'd say approve. Because he needs the support to have a chance at more reform. He still has a long time to raise his grade, and I'm rooting for him to do so.

[laughingliberal]

53. I would tell a pollster I approve. If nothing else just to piss off Republicans who want to see his

poll numbers go down. We may fight amongst ourselves here but that doesn't mean I want the Republicans to have any reasons to celebrate.

And, I keep hoping an attack of conscience will overtake him and he'll dump the Goldman Sachs team for some progressives.

On the poll, I gave a disapprove but that's a snap shot of today.

[mvd]

54. We are thinking a lot alike, then

:toast:

Have a good night. :hi:

[laughingliberal]

56. Thanks! A good night to you, too!

:hi:

[MadBadger]

55. delete

your names look alike

[quiller4]

50. Strongly approve. n/t

[Smarmie Doofus]

65. Can I vote *again*? If I lived in Afghanistan I could. nt

[old mark]

66. Approve-he is better than the republicans, which is like saying

a head cold is better than cancer.

Given the incredibley idiotic state of the US today, the malicious irresponsible MSM and lack of a real educational system that teaches thinking instead of work prep, I guess he is the best we can do right now.

We have a mass of stupid, poorly educated people who believe in magical nonsense and have the right to vote, same as real people, and the have been manipulated for decades for political and financial gain of a few. I believe this can only get worse, but President Obama is at leasttrying to get things done within this dismal system.

mark

[pecwae]

67. Don't approve.

[Dinger]

71. IBTL

Once this turns into an actual debate.

[Dinger]

72. Rec # 41 From Me : )

[QC]

74. kick

[icee]

75. I think another poll is in order.

Are you surprised at the results of this poll?

I am completely. It is far far worse for Obama than I would have imagined. I would have to guess that he is probably done.

[joe black]

78. Brought it on all by himself.

[icee]

80. But, then, that was part of the plan.

[Echo In Light]

98. +1 - GOP was SOL, & our phony system can't work (from Power's perspective) w/everyone supporting ...

... The Good Cop only, b/c sure as shit, the people, as propagandized as they may be, will begin to figure out that there actually isn't a 'good' cop in the equation.

[Codeine]

83. Done because DU doesn't love him?

Come on, we hardly represent the average voter.

[icee]

84. That's the exact reason why.

[Lorien]

110. If you piss on your base you will tend to lose

that's true for any political party. I'm sure Obama knows this, which is why I'm also sure that he won't run again.

[blindpig]

133. We are not the base, that is illusion.

Now this guy, he's part of the real base:

[icee]

76. Dupe

[4_TN_TITANS]

81. Overall approve..

Considering the mountainous steaming pile that Bush left, he's probably doing the best he can. We all knew it was going to be one long, uphill battle to tackle all the wrongs.

[David Zephyr]

86. Kick. Surprising results?

Not to me.

[Mother Of Four]

88. I can't vote in this poll...

Because I both disapprove and approve.

Approve because the alternative would be unthinkable, McCain/Falin

Disapprove, because I voted for a fighter. I voted for someone who would stand up for us. Voted for a person who knew what our country needed, and was willing to sacrifice himself and his career for it as a one term president to get it. I became an independent because the party I was raised in had warped into something horrible and hateful. I disconnected myself politically from my family, and I was pretty much the first one to do so.

I'm saddened and sick, I'm finding myself posting less and less. Reading less and less. Being quiet instead of speaking up.

The only real ray of sunshine I see on the political front is Grayson, and even with him fighting tooth and nail...he's swimming up-creek.

Living in a small town, I drive down center street and see the failing businesses. I have friends who screen all their calls because they can't pay bills. I'm still waiting for approval from our insurance to be seen by a doctor that can figure out what's going on with me. I look at my son who was injured in Boot camp, came home Jan 29th with jacked up knees, who can't be seen until April.

I guess I'm at the point where I'm no longer naive, politicians (99%) don't give a damn about us. From here on out I guess it's going to be a case of picking the "Best of the worst"

Depressed? Sure as sh*t am, aren't the rest of you?


(Edit: K and R....I want people to see this poll)

[uponit7771]

89. Obama is the best president this country has had in 30 years, tree's are buetiful but I like forest

[GreenTea]

91. Completely ignoring Bush/Cheney's admitted crimes - Banks, insurance & war for profit corporations

catering - and still not closing Guantanamo, having Rahm recommending his DLC policies, makes it very hard to support a moderate.

Simply because he's better than a republican.

[Echo In Light]

108. Those are HUGE...although *any* "electable" prez/admin would've likewise "looked ahead."

Hence "electable," among other various criteria

[Stinky The Clown]

92. Amazing, isn't it, that on a left leaning (for the most part) message board, the Dem President .....

..... is essentially at 50%.

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[Sanity Claws]

101. I am shocked that it is this close at DU

Obama is doing a great job under very, very difficult circumstances

[avaistheone1]

102. A hearty disapproval here...Obama deliberately undermining the public option was the last straw.

:thumbsdown:

[pundaint]

104. OK now everybody stand by to judge the DU responders by this poll.

Pay no attention to the fact that this is a site primarily of interest to self-identifying Democrats and we are on the verge of what our president is declaring to be a Historic victory. The President is strong, it's his constituency who is weak or radical! What have half of us noticed after a year, that others accept as passing?

In trying to see the approve side, I compare his approach to governance to his campaign, and to that of previous effective leaders and I see wide disparities on both counts. He has allowed lobbyists to run the legislative show, employed secret back room negotiations and with an overwhelming majority didn't aggressively push the Party Platform he campaigned upon and was elected to implement.

I see a new administration seeking advice from the same war advisors and continuing the war in perpetuity approach of the last one. I see an administration ratifying the war crimes of the last one by failing to discharge it's sworn duty to follow laws which demand action on such crimes.

When I compare those shortfalls I have to admit that this president has delivered the absolute minimum we would have expected from any of our choices in the '08 primaries even if they were lying to get our votes too.

But I'm in agreement with the majority of voters in this poll - I don't see why it's close. We can all agree we're polarized.

[h9socialist]

105. I approve . . .

. . . because Obama has had a tiger by the tail, and he seems to be equal to the task. Yes, I wish hias programs were more progressive -- but Congress is hostile ground for progressive ideas. Frankly, I would ask those folks who don't approve of Obama if they'd like to go back to George W. -- if not, cut the President a little more slack.

[hex29a]

117. The absence of awful isn't automatically excellence.

jmo

[quinnox]

106. this is pretty incredible, almost a dead heat

50% to 50%, 2 measly votes separating them at the time of my posting.

Great poll!

[davidthegnome]

109. Until recently

I'd have said I approve, if with misgivings. Now, though I'm trying really hard to see the good in this healthcare bill, I'm more on the side of disapprove. Still, I'm going to wait and see whether it passes and if it does, how/if it helps the American populace, before I make a firm decision. If it turns out to be the disaster many here believe it will be, then I'm going to have to say I'll be voting third party in the future. This is our chance for change, for steady (if slow) improvement. I'm holding on to hope for as long as I can. Give us something to be proud of, Mr. President. Show us that our votes meant something, that our support counts for something - that it is possible to make positive change in this Nation.

I won't sit on the fence forever. Soon I'll make a decision. It's hard to have faith in the democrats right now, but I'm hopeful.

[judesedit]

112. Pretty sad how Obama gets blamed for everything Bushco did for 8 yrs and Congress is not doing.

Compliments of the Party of NO!. You think it's bad now? You guys had better remember what the alternative would have been. And that is hell on earth. Thank you Obama for even wanting to try to help this ungrateful nation of people who sit on their asses watching the boob tube. They do nothing to help things move in a positive direction. They don't want to get involved or do the work, but they sure don't mind giving their opinions, many of which show their total lack of facts. The past few decades are proof "the dumbing down of America" worked. And now Texas is trying to change and obscure the true history of Texas and America, and let our country go even lower in the rankings. Other countries know more about what's going on here than we do. Talk about propaganda and pure bullshit? Keep watching the FAUX news channel.

[Bluebear]

124. 'You guys had better remember what the alternative would have been' is not a positive

[liberation]

125. Pretty sad when you have to use straw men and black mail to justify Obama's performance

Topped with a side order of intellectually dishonest false analogies.

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[Starbucks Anarchist]

115. Approve overall.

I think he's wrong on some issues, right on quite a few, and has limited power to achieve all of his goals.

[theFrankFactor]

120. Biggest Political Disappointment in my Lifetime

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[liberation]

123. I am a progressive and he is a moderate conservative, so I haven't been thrilled with his cabinet's

However, I see his administration as a slight improvement over the nutso reactionary administrations of Bush.

Not that says much, but I guess if I am gonna get f*cked, I appreciate the use of lube this time around. Gotta see the silver lining somewhere. I can't say that my significant ideological differences with Obama, which were patent from the get go, led my rational side to believe any significant change was going to be effected during his administration(s)... but the naive idealist in me held hope. Lesson learned though... I thought I wasn't going to become such a cynic as such early age. Oh, well... c'est la vie.

[Mike K]

126. He's better than McCain would have been -

- but he's not nearly as good as Kucinich would have been. In fact I would describe Obama as better than Bush but a major disappointment in relation to his explicit and implicit promises.

He is a political weakling.

[Union Yes]

128. I disapprove of ALL warmongers. nt

[LWolf]

129. Disapprove. Strongly. nt

[bvar22]

134. How can ANY REAL American disapprove???

Just look at all the accomplishments:

*WARS fully funded and EXPANDING. Bill sent to our children…...Mission Accomplished !

*Trillion Dollars given to friends and campaign contributors on Wall Street. No Strings Attached...Mission Accomplished!

*Military Spending INCREASED....Mission Accomplished!

*Trillion+ Dollars given to the Health Insurance Industry. Easily Avoidable, symbolic only strings attached....Mission almost Accomplished!

*Force all Americans to buy invisible products from For Profit Corporations who manufacture nothing and create no (Value Added) wealth..."A Uniquely American Solution"..indeed. .....Mission almost Accomplished!

*Kill the possibility for a REAL "Public Option" or REAL Universal Health Care for at least another generation, and begin the “Entitlement Reform” defunding of Medicare (-$500 Billion)....Mission almost Accomplished!

*Block ANY REAL re-regulation of BIG BANKS and Credit Cards....Mission Accomplished!

*Protect the Bush War Criminals and Torturers from JUSTICE....Mission Accomplished.

*Throw the GBLTs under the bus and expand "faith based" initiatives....Mission Accomplished!

*Reinforce the worst Police State provisions of the Patriot Act and strengthen the Unitary Executive....Mission Accomplished!

*Protect the very richest. Tell the Working Class that they CAN WILL compete with 3rd World Slave Labor for their jobs.....Mission Accomplished!

*EFCA (Employee Free Choice Act) killed in the crib....Mission Accomplished!

*More Anti-LABOR "Free Trade"....Mission almost Accomplished!

*Jobless Recovery....Mission Accomplished

*The Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party SHUT OUT of the Obama Administration…...Mission Accomplished!

*Accelerate the destruction of Public Education...Mission Accomplished!

*Bury next generation under such a debt burden that they will never be able to afford any social or economic programs that will benefit their Working Class....Mission Accomplished.

And ALL this in less than a year!!!

The DLC Dream List....Mission Accomplished!
(I wonder if Bush is still using that old banner?)
How can any Red Blooded loyal Centrist (almost Republican) Democrat disapprove of ALL this???

Only a dirty, "fucking Retard", fringe, FDR style pinko "Old Pro-LABOR Democrat" would disapprove.

[Edweird]

137. +1

[Karmadillo]

138. Excellent, excellent post (but pretty damn depressing).

nt

[LWolf]

141. + 1,000,000

[Individualist]

165. +1

[LaydeeBug]

135. can I have "a little of bit of both"? 'Cause that's where I'm at

[David Zephyr]

136. 52% Disapproval to 48% Approval. My, things have changed here.

What's sad is that those of us in the 52% were all such supporters of the President.

I believed him then. Not that much anymore.

That's the consequence of going back on your promises and not keeping your word.

Confidence is something earned.

There's a lesson here in these numbers.

[Geek_Girl]

139. I approve of credit Card reform and the Unemployment Benefit extension, the jobs bill,

the stimulus bill and the bailout of the Auto Industry. But I don't approve of most of his other policies. I choose disapprove because I was hoping that he would better on foreign policy(getting us out of Iraq and Afghanistan) and that is why I voted for him.

[Political Heretic]

144. CC companies are already neatly side stepping the reform law.

:(

[texastoast]

140. Yet again

Approve some and disapprove others. Wish someone would post a poll like that.

[Subdivisions]

142. I was inspired by Obama. I traveled to Washington, by myself, slept in

my truck under wool blankets in a parking garage at National's Stadium in 20 degree cold. I then trudged through that cold, along with thousands and thousands of other people, mostly very proud and excited black people whose buses de-boarded at National, who were inspired and full of hope and happy. I was part of probably the largest inauguration crowd in history as I stood under the Washington Monument and listened to the man who had made history. The world was full of promise.

Today, unfortunately, I am profoundly disappointed and I disapprove of the job he's done so far.

[MissDeeds]

147. Your post is very moving, Subdivisions

And you probably tell the story of thousands of true believers. I am so sorry this presidency has not lived up to the hopes and expectations many held. It is a crushing disappointment.

:grouphug:

[Subdivisions]

151. It is a crushing disappointment...

Yes, it is. It was my first inauguration and because it was going to be Barack Obama taking the oath, I had to be there no matter what. I still have some hope of a turnaround but I'm skeptical it will happen.

[Political Heretic]

143. Ouch.

[opihimoimoi]

145. WAAAAY BETTER THAN McNuts coulda done....himand Palins are Zeros when it comes to adequate planning

and solving....not even close

[DemocratSinceBirth]

146. SIGH

~

[readmoreoften]

167. Maybe Rahm and Obama should've thought of that when they signed on with Goldman Sachs.

And frittered away the mandate against war and for social justice.

[warm regards]

149. Approve, but I have no doubt that he is not happy with the progress.

Then again, he had to have known that the job speeds up the graying process.

[Political Heretic]

163. God, I'm glad this asshole is TSed. His sig line was repulsive.

[Lorien]

150. disapprove. I never imagined that he would side with the corporations and wealthy elite

over the needs of the American people the way that he has. I worked for his campaign, I was thrilled when he was elected, but that makes the knife in our back all the more painful.

[liquid diamond]

152. Looks like we are split.

The freepers must be loving this shit.

[saltpoint]

155. Strongly approve.

President Obama is a good man. I can't locate a good man or woman among the Pukes as I browse their list of potential 2012 candidates. Not a one.

I hope Barack Obama wants a second term and I will be voting for him for renomination.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

156. it nearly cracks me up...

that so many people here on DU absolutely SLAM polls that show that people are unhappy with what Obama is doing by claiming they are all by right-wing pollsters and yet right here...on a supposedly left board THIS poll show DEMOCRATS are unhappy...

is this being done by some right-wing pollster on DU??? perhaps those polls that show high dissatisfaction ratings are right...and if they are the Dems are in deep shit in NOV unless something dramatic changes in the next several months.

sP

[gleaner]

157. Make that strongly disapprove in the next poll and I'll ...

share my pizza. That is a big deal. Mostly pizza has to be wrested from me with force by people much bigger than I am. I am Diabetic and it shoots up the blood sugar for some reason. So I eat it sparingly with feral growls and an unspoken refusal to share.

[Karmadillo]

158. Kick

nt

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

159. What you said! nt

[MissDeeds]

161. +1 n/t

[MissDeeds]

162. dupe

delete

[Political Heretic]

164. OMG THIS POLL IS CLEARLY RIGHT WING BS!

[Lorien]

168. Lol!

[Nicole]

177. I think you're right!

:rofl:

[Naturalist111]

178. Yep

there are many many freepers on this site.

[Nicole]

184. It's not nice to call DU members freepers

In fact it's against the rules here.

Welcome & enjoy your stay. :hi:

[Odin2005]

169. I was a loyal Obama supporter until he shoved a knife in my back.

And I discovered that he is a Corporatist TOOL.

[underpants]

170. Being handed a flaming bag of s#!t while the entire town is vested in burning turd default swaps...

is not easy

He could have done things better (and I mean in terms of policy) but then Rome wasn't destroyed in a day... now was it?

[louis c]

172. If the President is drawing even at DU, he's toast.

Get used to saying President Romney or President Palin, and we'll be looking back at these times as the "good old days".

[Chemical Bill]

175. How about...

it's more complex than a simple approve or disapprove.

Bill

[jannyk]

176. Sadly, I'm in the 'Strongly Disapprove' camp....

'hope' is all gone and there ain't any 'change'.

[Blix Krieg]

179. Goddamn Right.

You dam right I support The President. 1 bizillion percent..

The man walked into a total meltdown on all fronts.
And people expect him to solve all of our problems
(which he didn't create) with a pack of corporate
republican whores stalking him at every step.

Get real.

[New Dawn]

180. Disapprove (for all of the same reasons that I opposed Bush).

[Skittles]

182. disapprove

I was really hoping he would not be what I thought he would be