I was thinking about President Obama this morning. I love the guy, even though there are things he’s done as POTUS that I don’t agree with. After pondering what’s been going on, especially the last few months, I feel bad for him. Dude can’t seem to catch a break. In reverse chronological order (more or less):
- Japan
- Middle East
- Labor
- Gas Prices
- Tuscon Shooting
- START Treaty
- Bush Era Tax Cuts
- Midterm Shellacking
- Terrorism
- Iraq & Afghanistan
- Gulf Oil Spill
- Health Care
- Haiti
- Economy
Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear power plant, devastation
From Egypt to Yemen, the entire region has revolted. A country with an ally-dictator unseated and a country with an enemy-dictator who is hanging on to his until it’s taken from his cold, dead hands.
The working class is starting our own revolt
See Middle East
Memorial and miraculous recovery (Thank God)
It just had to expire during his presidency
They just had to expire during his presidency
Congressmen, Senators, and Governors whose sole purpose in office/life is to make sure he doesn’t win in 2012
Oregon teenager, Fort Hood psychiatrist, Yemeni toner cartridges, Detroit underwear
Insurgents and Insurgents
BP, compensation, regulation, moratorium
Repeal attempt, lawsuits
Earthquake, homelessness, cholera, devastation
He inherited the US’ and the world’s tanked economies
It seems like a larger-than-normal presidential crapload has happened/is happening in his term. I would have been curled up in a ball, in a corner, inconsolably crying by now. No, actually, I would have probably killed myself long before. That’s why I could never be POTUS. And why I wonder why anyone would want to be POTUS.
I don’t see it getting better anytime soon. Good luck Mr. President.
Spinny Liberal 
March 13th, 2011 at 11:53 AM
The world has been tossed upside down, and agree with you, that its not going to get better any time soon. Obama has too much on his plate, thanks to George W. Bush and company.
March 13th, 2011 at 12:40 PM
Way too much on his plate. It’s strange when I see those posters of Bush that say, “miss me yet?” Um, not so much.
March 13th, 2011 at 12:48 PM
Don’t miss Reagan, and the same for Bush, father and son.
March 13th, 2011 at 1:11 PM
Me neither.
Reagan-Bush Debt
March 13th, 2011 at 1:27 PM
I love the man, too and pray that he holds up through the vast complexity of serious problems facing this country. I sure wish people on all sides would give it a rest and have some compassion. Armchair presidents are too numerous in this country. Most of the people criticizing him constantly probably can’t even make toast at the same time they’re frying up scrambled eggs.
March 13th, 2011 at 1:38 PM
Definitely. We have to keep praying for him.
Haha can’t multi task breakfast. You crack me up, girl 🙂
March 13th, 2011 at 3:12 PM
The problem is he is handling most everything in a proper manner but the lunatics do not want to give a black man his props….so NO matter what he does it will be wrong….
March 13th, 2011 at 3:21 PM
There is so much bigotry, name calling, bashing, etc., etc., and of course Fox News makes things worse.
March 13th, 2011 at 3:55 PM
No kidding.
March 13th, 2011 at 3:53 PM
Yes! He had to approach the Middle East situation as delicately as possible instead of just throwing our military might around to “help.”
March 13th, 2011 at 3:21 PM
I agree, and I’m soooo sick of all the whining from the liberal side as well as well as the right wing goons. We are lucky to have this guy in office at a moment when we have a large of set of problems that have been building up for thirty years. Go, Big O!
March 13th, 2011 at 3:49 PM
Definitely. I love that he’s a POTUS that thinks before he speaks or acts. Refreshing really.
Thanks for reading and commenting! 🙂
March 13th, 2011 at 4:59 PM
I shudder to think how McCain/Palin would have dealt with these.
March 13th, 2011 at 5:02 PM
Since we’d be at war with the Bahamas, they would withdraw them and spread them all around the Middle East region. 😉
March 13th, 2011 at 5:10 PM
McCain/Palin Ouch! There would probably be nothing left of the world, if those two ignoramuses were in the White House. Scorched earth for sure.
March 13th, 2011 at 5:02 PM
I wouldn’t worry, Obama never waists a good disaster he can use to advance his ultra liberal agenda. He looks for ways to make it about him.
Bodrie
A Gun Enthusiast
March 13th, 2011 at 5:10 PM
Actually, the guy who said that is now the mayor of Chicago. 😉
And Obama is far from ultra liberal. If he were, the health care law would be single-payer, and the Bush tax cuts wouldn’t have been extended.
Thanks for reading and commenting!! 🙂
March 14th, 2011 at 12:16 PM
If Obama had it his way, ObamaCare would be single-payer. He just couldn’t get it passed. But he does want it. As for the tax cuts, here again it’s about him – he’s looking to 2012 and re-election. That’s why it’s only for two years.
Bodrie
March 14th, 2011 at 2:21 PM
He compromised too much and a bit too fast, I believe, on both of them. And you’re probably right about the elections. Most politicians are thinking ahead to the next one.
I still don’t believe he’s as liberal as people paint him to be. He still “struggles” with gay marriage. He would have been out of both of the wars completely if he were – no contingent forces left, etc.
March 14th, 2011 at 1:28 PM
Before heading out from Austin after attending the rally there to protest balancing the state budget on teachers’ backs, I was flipping the channels on the TV. I paused briefly on the FOX network and heard the commentator ask sarcastically “And where was I our President this weekend while this disaster [in Japan] is going on”? as they showed a film clip of Obama playing some golf.
These assholes were silent on Bush’s absence during the early going of Katrina, the worst natural disaster in our nation’s history and they are going to throw this trifle up about something going on in Japan?
March 14th, 2011 at 1:41 PM
How was the Austin rally? I think I remember read TexasLiberal writing about it.
I think it would surprise me if they didn’t make that comment. Bush took so many vacations himself. He did have that great photo from Air Force One. That whole administration screwed up with Katrina. Brownie’s complete ineptitude and don’t even get me started on Condi’s shoe shopping when it happened. All those people displaced is a tad more important than those Christian Louboutins, however cute those stilettos were.