Pheonixops
Proud Liberal
Did the people vote for him because he was a proven commodity with the job skills needed to handle the ensuing position...or did then vote for him because our main stream media bent over backwards in not properly vetting him?
We elected a man based on a narrative about him that was in many ways what a liberally leaning press WANTED him to be...not who he actually was! Hope & Change? That's a platform? Yet the most vague platform in the history of American politics was given a wink and a nod by CNN, NBC, CBS and ABC. The very people who SHOULD have been holding this man's feet to the fire instead gave him a foot massage while they went after Hilary Clinton, Sarah Palin and John McCain.
I'm really not "mad", Closed. I found his entire rise to power and subsequent election to be fascinating to be quite honest with you. The fact that someone with almost no notable accomplishments in any of his chosen adult endeavors would rise out of obscurity to become President of the United States is amazing. I don't think you could sell it as a Hollywood script it so far fetched...yet it happened.
I agree somewhat. Not only was he voted for once but twice. Hope and change is what this nation was built on. If the mailman can get enough signatures to get on the ballet and the public votes for them then they too can be POTUS. Nothing wrong with that if the people want it. Our country was floundering and needed this moment to grow. the biggest problem people have is the lack of vision. They can only see what is in front of them. This is for a better future and present. Besides who can claim to be ready to be the POTUS besides a 1rst term POTUS? I hope you dont think GW Bush was "qualified"?
Compared to Barack Obama? W. was far more qualified, Asc...he was from a political family and grew up immersed in politics. He was a two term governor of one of the country's largest states which means he had to submit and operate a government under a budget. I'm sorry but Barack Obama had nothing even close to what W. had walking in the door.
And how did that turn out? Financial disaster, bail outs, two wars, large expansion of government, nanny state, Medicare part D, etc.