Will you miss the Obama's?

Cliffy6745

Big time. Will be seen as a great president and a better person when history writes his story

brianlux

It's been a pleasure to have a president that has acted Presidential, has show some dignity, and is well spoken. And the First Family has been wonderful! I'm not saying Obamas's been perfect, but he's been a perfect gentleman, a class act, and a fine person to represent us as a country. I hope we can have that again.

josevolution

Bentleyspop said:

brianlux said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

JimmyV said:

I will. He would get my vote a third time if I could give it. Trump will bring chaos, Clinton scandal, Sanders establishment revolt...all of which the victims will be we the people. The Age of Obama has not been perfect but I do fear we will soon look back on it and realize it to have been far better than what comes next.

i agree.

i think for me i will not miss them so much as lament what could have been had he had even a hint of an agreeable congress. i hope history judges this congress as harshly as it deserves.

i will miss the decorum that the obamas bring to national events and diplomatic events. bush did not have it, trump nor any republican president will not have it.

Exactly.

Double that for me

Triple it for me !!

hedonist

Can't say I'd miss them more than any others who've held those positions.

Still - and, as with the others who've held those positions - was nice to see the pure and human, unfiltered (I hope!) sides. Some I found quite endearing and sweet.

buck502000

No

Godfather.

yeah right.....good riddance, I can't wait to see them both slither out of the white house.
I don't know if Trump (or who ever wins) will be a good president but I'm ready for "real change"
although Hitlery worries me.....

Godfather.

Enkidu

brianlux said:

It's been a pleasure to have a president that has acted Presidential, has show some dignity, and is well spoken. And the First Family has been wonderful! I'm not saying Obamas's been perfect, but he's been a perfect gentleman, a class act, and a fine person to represent us as a country. I hope we can have that again.

Nicely said. I agree. I wish he'd done more, but I'm not sure he could have. The idea that Trump (pardon me while I throw up) or Bernie (who I don't think is electable) or Hillary (who has her own set of baggage) could do more than Obama and bring change is laughable.

mrussel1

Godfather. said:

yeah right.....good riddance, I can't wait to see them both slither out of the white house.
I don't know if Trump (or who ever wins) will be a good president but I'm ready for "real change"
although Hitlery worries me.....

Godfather.

Hitlery? You are saying there are comparisons between Hillary Clinton and the leader of Third Reich? Do you just pull your cool nicknames from fellow Drudge Report devotees? Shall we talk about Libtards and Obummer too?

chadwick

i'd vote for him again if it were possible. he & his wife are going to continue to do great things. good people

EdsonNascimento

brianlux said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

JimmyV said:

I will. He would get my vote a third time if I could give it. Trump will bring chaos, Clinton scandal, Sanders establishment revolt...all of which the victims will be we the people. The Age of Obama has not been perfect but I do fear we will soon look back on it and realize it to have been far better than what comes next.

i agree.

i think for me i will not miss them so much as lament what could have been had he had even a hint of an agreeable congress. i hope history judges this congress as harshly as it deserves.

i will miss the decorum that the obamas bring to national events and diplomatic events. bush did not have it, trump nor any republican president will not have it.

Exactly.

The point of being a leader is finding ways to get what you want done without being a bully. Obama never figured that out. So, you can keep blaming congress which is more than appropriate, but he deserves equal heapings if not more because he is a singular leader who simply could not figure out how to do what he needed to do. In any other walk of life, he would have been fired as a CEO which is what the President is.

gimmesometruth27

EdsonNascimento said:

brianlux said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

JimmyV said:

I will. He would get my vote a third time if I could give it. Trump will bring chaos, Clinton scandal, Sanders establishment revolt...all of which the victims will be we the people. The Age of Obama has not been perfect but I do fear we will soon look back on it and realize it to have been far better than what comes next.

i agree.

i think for me i will not miss them so much as lament what could have been had he had even a hint of an agreeable congress. i hope history judges this congress as harshly as it deserves.

i will miss the decorum that the obamas bring to national events and diplomatic events. bush did not have it, trump nor any republican president will not have it.

Exactly.

The point of being a leader is finding ways to get what you want done without being a bully. Obama never figured that out. So, you can keep blaming congress which is more than appropriate, but he deserves equal heapings if not more because he is a singular leader who simply could not figure out how to do what he needed to do. In any other walk of life, he would have been fired as a CEO which is what the President is.

oh puhlease.

do you ever think that maybe he became a bully after 3 years of being absolutely stifled at every turn? the night he was sworn in mitch mcconnell said his number one job is to oppose him at every turn. should he have been all "oh shucks, i guess i better not try to accomplish anything", or should he have tried to implement what he could of his agenda?

should he have pulled a trump and said how many times he has "been treated unfairly" and just done nothing?

not only was he not fired, he was elected in two landslides. the second time bigger than the first. name a ceo who has done that.

brianlux

EdsonNascimento said:

brianlux said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

JimmyV said:

I will. He would get my vote a third time if I could give it. Trump will bring chaos, Clinton scandal, Sanders establishment revolt...all of which the victims will be we the people. The Age of Obama has not been perfect but I do fear we will soon look back on it and realize it to have been far better than what comes next.

i agree.

i think for me i will not miss them so much as lament what could have been had he had even a hint of an agreeable congress. i hope history judges this congress as harshly as it deserves.

i will miss the decorum that the obamas bring to national events and diplomatic events. bush did not have it, trump nor any republican president will not have it.

Exactly.

The point of being a leader is finding ways to get what you want done without being a bully. Obama never figured that out. So, you can keep blaming congress which is more than appropriate, but he deserves equal heapings if not more because he is a singular leader who simply could not figure out how to do what he needed to do. In any other walk of life, he would have been fired as a CEO which is what the President is.

My take on that is that congress and others involved in the process (like anyone who does more than just vote or talk about what should be done) is where most of the decisions should come from, not one man. Obama represented us well and with class. When is the last time we had that in a president? You might have to be at least as old as I am to answer that question honestly (although I liked Carter in many ways for some of the same reasons).

gimmesometruth27

he still has a year left in his term. it seems funny to me that we are talking about him in the past tense already.

brianlux

gimmesometruth27 said:

he still has a year left in his term. it seems funny to me that we are talking about him in the past tense already.

Good point. And it's also worth noting that he will remain an important figure after the next election. I'm guessing he still has a lot of great work to do in coming years.

brianlux

...and Mrs. Obama too!

EdsonNascimento

gimmesometruth27 said:

EdsonNascimento said:

brianlux said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

JimmyV said:

I will. He would get my vote a third time if I could give it. Trump will bring chaos, Clinton scandal, Sanders establishment revolt...all of which the victims will be we the people. The Age of Obama has not been perfect but I do fear we will soon look back on it and realize it to have been far better than what comes next.

i agree.

i think for me i will not miss them so much as lament what could have been had he had even a hint of an agreeable congress. i hope history judges this congress as harshly as it deserves.

i will miss the decorum that the obamas bring to national events and diplomatic events. bush did not have it, trump nor any republican president will not have it.

Exactly.

The point of being a leader is finding ways to get what you want done without being a bully. Obama never figured that out. So, you can keep blaming congress which is more than appropriate, but he deserves equal heapings if not more because he is a singular leader who simply could not figure out how to do what he needed to do. In any other walk of life, he would have been fired as a CEO which is what the President is.

oh puhlease.

do you ever think that maybe he became a bully after 3 years of being absolutely stifled at every turn? the night he was sworn in mitch mcconnell said his number one job is to oppose him at every turn. should he have been all "oh shucks, i guess i better not try to accomplish anything", or should he have tried to implement what he could of his agenda?

should he have pulled a trump and said how many times he has "been treated unfairly" and just done nothing?

not only was he not fired, he was elected in two landslides. the second time bigger than the first. name a ceo who has done that.

3 years? He bullied a misguided health law through without allowing anyone to read it then didn't allow the tough things to go into effect until he's leaving office.

gimmesometruth27

brianlux said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

he still has a year left in his term. it seems funny to me that we are talking about him in the past tense already.

Good point. And it's also worth noting that he will remain an important figure after the next election. I'm guessing he still has a lot of great work to do in coming years.

he has stated that his political career is not going to end. maybe he will go back to community organizing in chicago? since that is such a joke of a position to his detractors... am i right?

EdsonNascimento

brianlux said:

EdsonNascimento said:

brianlux said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

JimmyV said:

I will. He would get my vote a third time if I could give it. Trump will bring chaos, Clinton scandal, Sanders establishment revolt...all of which the victims will be we the people. The Age of Obama has not been perfect but I do fear we will soon look back on it and realize it to have been far better than what comes next.

i agree.

i think for me i will not miss them so much as lament what could have been had he had even a hint of an agreeable congress. i hope history judges this congress as harshly as it deserves.

i will miss the decorum that the obamas bring to national events and diplomatic events. bush did not have it, trump nor any republican president will not have it.

Exactly.

The point of being a leader is finding ways to get what you want done without being a bully. Obama never figured that out. So, you can keep blaming congress which is more than appropriate, but he deserves equal heapings if not more because he is a singular leader who simply could not figure out how to do what he needed to do. In any other walk of life, he would have been fired as a CEO which is what the President is.

My take on that is that congress and others involved in the process (like anyone who does more than just vote or talk about what should be done) is where most of the decisions should come from, not one man. Obama represented us well and with class. When is the last time we had that in a president? You might have to be at least as old as I am to answer that question honestly (although I liked Carter in many ways for some of the same reasons).

Carter was the worst President of my lifetime. Though interestingly, someone pointed out and I agree that while being the worst president he has had the best post Presidentcy (is that a word?).

Maybe, it's just that nice people just don't make effective Presidents.

EdsonNascimento

gimmesometruth27 said:

he still has a year left in his term. it seems funny to me that we are talking about him in the past tense already.

Ha ha. True. Plus, his most important and lasting legacy lies ahead (Supreme Court).

brianlux

EdsonNascimento said:

brianlux said:

EdsonNascimento said:

brianlux said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

JimmyV said:

I will. He would get my vote a third time if I could give it. Trump will bring chaos, Clinton scandal, Sanders establishment revolt...all of which the victims will be we the people. The Age of Obama has not been perfect but I do fear we will soon look back on it and realize it to have been far better than what comes next.

i agree.

i think for me i will not miss them so much as lament what could have been had he had even a hint of an agreeable congress. i hope history judges this congress as harshly as it deserves.

i will miss the decorum that the obamas bring to national events and diplomatic events. bush did not have it, trump nor any republican president will not have it.

Exactly.

The point of being a leader is finding ways to get what you want done without being a bully. Obama never figured that out. So, you can keep blaming congress which is more than appropriate, but he deserves equal heapings if not more because he is a singular leader who simply could not figure out how to do what he needed to do. In any other walk of life, he would have been fired as a CEO which is what the President is.

My take on that is that congress and others involved in the process (like anyone who does more than just vote or talk about what should be done) is where most of the decisions should come from, not one man. Obama represented us well and with class. When is the last time we had that in a president? You might have to be at least as old as I am to answer that question honestly (although I liked Carter in many ways for some of the same reasons).

Carter was the worst President of my lifetime. Though interestingly, someone pointed out and I agree that while being the worst president he has had the best post Presidentcy (is that a word?).

Maybe, it's just that nice people just don't make effective Presidents.

The ever well spoken conservative commentator and author, Andrew Bacevich would strongly disagree. Check out his book, The Limits of Power, an excellent read.