Originally posted by dragonking76
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It's interesting to me how history repeats itself. I was just a newborn when Jimmy Carter took office. I only know a little about his tenure as president, because no one thought he was a very good president. Iran is in the news again too. Peacebringers have never been seen as good presidents, unless that peace has been gained through war.

Obama has certainly gotten everyone's attention, even Bill Mahr(sp) has shouted out against him. Great men are easy to hate. There are many who still hate Abe Lincoln.

It takes more than the president to take action.. there are checks and balances. The US government has become so desperate, I don't think it matters who the president is.

If you don't see the similarities, then my post will make no sense.

We could use Ross Perot right now. or a really good Sec of Treasury.. or a really good Fed chairman that works for us instead of the Fed. or....a more balanced congress(but then we'd whine about how nothing gets done because of the lack of "reaching across the isle").

He has prevented GM from crashing. Can u imagine what a crash would have done? He has reversed the bans placed on stem cell engineering. Which will no doubt create jobs and for a non-believer-of-God like me, I do not see what the problem is. He has rallied pharmaceutical industries to toss aside profits and consider H1N1 vaccines for the social benefit and not the revenue. He has shut Guantanamo and are now shifting political prisoners away from the torturous, against-ethics nightmare. He has already begun shifting soldiers back home, helped by Eric Shinseki, Sec. of Veteran Affairs. He has stimulated spending, effects of which will pick up soon by mid-2010, according to economists.

Originally posted by bommer09
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When it comes to Obama, I'm not a fan of everything he's done.

Economically, meh I really don't like the bailouts and gov't ownership of GM.

However, when it comes to matters of foreign policy, and how our country acts and treats other countries, and how we behave ourself on the world stage, I am damn proud of Obama.

I watched his speech in Cairo last week, and unless he was lying out of his ass there (which I don't believe he was) he is actually trying to help foster peace in the region. He quoted the Koran numerous times, showing that he actually knows something about the religion of the people whom he is addressing, that's more than I can say about any previous president. He is doing exactly what we tried to do in Iraq, win hearts and minds, except the difference is that Obama uses words instead of guns, and for that, I have the utmost respect.

Obama is not perfect, I don't expect him to be. There is more in this game than just policies and law. Obama is good for this nation's soul. Racial tensions are down all over the country according to polls, and people are generally more optimistic about the future. Obama might be a lot of glitz, but he gives the people something to believe in, the hope of a better tomorrow, which is a lot more than I can say about his predecessors.

Originally posted by bommer09
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I watched his speech in Cairo last week, and unless he was lying out of his ass there (which I don't believe he was) he is actually trying to help foster peace in the region. He quoted the Koran numerous times, showing that he actually knows something about the religion of the people whom he is addressing, that's more than I can say about any previous president. He is doing exactly what we tried to do in Iraq, win hearts and minds, except the difference is that Obama uses words instead of guns, and for that, I have the utmost respect.