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Is Obama viable after a failed 4 years? Your comment is maybe from a European with your own viewpoint.

by jebblue 14y ago

ralfd 14y ago
Outsiders often have a valuable viewpoint on other groups, because they are not emotionally invested. Bush was always ridiculed and seen as stupid in German media. The US should be proud that Obama is seen as intelligent and that his word carries weight. (And Romney had a bad start with his remarks in the UK about the Olympics.) I also remember the doomsday mood 2008 about the economy. It bordered somewhat on the brink of a depression. I think the administration handled that very well! And as practically every other industrialized country has universal health care the struggle in the US about that is baffling. On the other side the Republicans were obstructing so much important stuff! I remember the shenanigans about the debt ceiling. I wish they would be punished with an election loss for their irresponsibility to the world and the American nation.
- jebblue 14y ago
  >> Outsiders often have a valuable viewpoint on other groups, because they are not emotionally invested.\ I wasn't discounting outsider's opinions, I've traveled the world several times, America is great because we are all outsiders. I was addressing the nature of his comment which sounded to me like he was intending to represent all Europeans, rather than a European expressing his view. Bush should have acted sooner to restrict the door Clinton opened which allowed many people to get loans who had not the finances nor shown the responsibility to own a home. If common sense regulation should be required of big banks and "wall street"; then we should require it of ourselves as individuals.
philhippus 14y ago
A 78% stock market rally, US unemployment dropping from 11% to 8.2% and record corporate profits are a failure? Or is there something else you don't like about Obama?
- jebblue 14y ago
  It's possible to rationalize anything. He isn't a leader, he's a facilitator. The job of President of the United States of America requires a leader. Is there something else I don't like? Nope. He's a likable, smart, very charismatic guy with little business experience. Is there something else that you're suggesting you think or want to think that I don't like about him?

Is Obama viable after a failed 4 years? Your comment is maybe from a European with your own viewpoint.

by jebblue 14y ago

Is Obama viable after a failed 4 years? Your comment is maybe from a European with your own viewpoint.

ralfd 14y ago

Outsiders often have a valuable viewpoint on other groups, because they are not emotionally invested. Bush was always ridiculed and seen as stupid in German media. The US should be proud that Obama is seen as intelligent and that his word carries weight. (And Romney had a bad start with his remarks in the UK about the Olympics.) I also remember the doomsday mood 2008 about the economy. It bordered somewhat on the brink of a depression. I think the administration handled that very well! And as practically every other industrialized country has universal health care the struggle in the US about that is baffling. On the other side the Republicans were obstructing so much important stuff! I remember the shenanigans about the debt ceiling. I wish they would be punished with an election loss for their irresponsibility to the world and the American nation.

jebblue 14y ago
>> Outsiders often have a valuable viewpoint on other groups, because they are not emotionally invested.\ I wasn't discounting outsider's opinions, I've traveled the world several times, America is great because we are all outsiders. I was addressing the nature of his comment which sounded to me like he was intending to represent all Europeans, rather than a European expressing his view. Bush should have acted sooner to restrict the door Clinton opened which allowed many people to get loans who had not the finances nor shown the responsibility to own a home. If common sense regulation should be required of big banks and "wall street"; then we should require it of ourselves as individuals.

philhippus 14y ago

A 78% stock market rally, US unemployment dropping from 11% to 8.2% and record corporate profits are a failure? Or is there something else you don't like about Obama?

jebblue 14y ago
It's possible to rationalize anything. He isn't a leader, he's a facilitator. The job of President of the United States of America requires a leader. Is there something else I don't like? Nope. He's a likable, smart, very charismatic guy with little business experience. Is there something else that you're suggesting you think or want to think that I don't like about him?