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That was your opening "salvo" in this string, Billy. Read it. It's YOUR take on how Obama has fared in the five years that he's been in office and it's so obviously biased that it's laughable that you're making THAT post while accusing others of "rhetoric".
"Things could be better?" "The unemployment rate may have gone up under Obama...?" "Could he have done more to repair the problem? Maybe..."
And what do you come up with as the REAL reason the economy is not responding? Because of Republicans in Congress? REALLY? One could quite easily make the argument that the reason that things aren't even WORSE than they are now is that Republicans in Congress took away Barry's ability to pass far left legislation so that we didn't have Cap & Trade passed and we didn't have Card Check passed. Those were the next two items up on Barry, Harry and Nancy's progressive "wish list"...something that was halted by the GOP victories in the 2010 mid-terms. I've got news for you, Billy...if you think that the economy is bad NOW? It would be a heck of a lot worse if the Obama White House hadn't had to back off on the EPA's new greenhouse gas standards...Cap & Trade...and Card Check. Those three things would have REALLY knocked the recovery for a loop! Then there is the job creation that took place in Republican led States. THOSE jobs go in the plus column for Barry even though they were the result of local policies that he opposed in most cases! Barry's ObamaCare legislation prompted employers to turn two full time employees into three part timers so they could skirt the new law. That makes Obama's unemployment numbers look better when in fact it's devastating the American worker who lost their hours! But you don't CARE about those people! You care about making a "case" for Obama's "success".
You don't see any of THAT because you're so bound and determined to see Barack Obama's Presidency as "successful". You started this thread because you were SO upset that a poll started by someone else showed how unfavorably this President is now viewed.
You are such an idiot. My "take" was completely balanced. I acknowledged that the unemployment was still high and that Obama could possibly have done more. And no, it is not just republicans in congress that could have done more, it was also Bush. He was president for 8 years yet 2.5 times less jobs were created under his administration than Obama's 5 years.
You are the biased one you dumbshit. You won't give Obama credit for ANYTHING. You keep going on about this cap and trade, EPA standards yet they didn't even go into practice! That makes those points moot. God you are pathetic.
I started this thread because of the alarming amount of people who gave him an F. I made it clear in that thread Obama did not deserve an A. I gave him a B. Call that bias if you want, but ill say it again, you won't give him credit for ANYTHING. That is what makes you bias. You are a partisan hack who is in serious denial.
Your take was completely "balanced"? Really, Billy? You didn't start this thread with the idea of setting the record straight about how you think Barack Obama has done a great job and that it's the Republicans that are to blame for his Administration's shortcomings? You say you started this thread because you were alarmed that so many people gave Obama an F? Do you not understand that people are angry at the President right now with good reason and THAT is why they are giving him an F grade? Why is that "alarming" to you?
As for Cap & Trade, Card Check and more stringent enforcement of greenhouse gas regulations being "moot" because they were never put into practice? You're showing a woeful ignorance of how businesses function, Billy! An ignorance that seems to be epidemic amongst progressives these days. Don't any of you people take business classes in college?
Let's see if I can break it down for you...
Businesses make decisions based on what they perceive to be happening in the
future. If the Administration in power declares that they want stricter enforcement on green house gas emissions and you run a company who will be affected by that, then you WILL change the way you go about doing business to reflect the new regulations. If the Administration declares that they will be seeking passage of new Cap & Trade legislation, something that will increase the energy costs of many factories operating in the US, then if I'm a CEO determining where I'm about to build a new factory I am GOING to factor in the additional energy costs in deciding whether or not a new factory is feasible and indeed whether or not to even build it here IN the United States.
So when Barry comes out and SAYS he wants Cap & Trade legislation...that IN AND OF ITSELF has a major impact on the Private Sector even if he never gets it because companies have to make decisions over their future based on a guess whether this goes through or not. Guesses cause indecision and indecision makes companies conservative in their outlook. The widget factory that you were going to build in the US that would employ 5,000 workers? You may very well decide to postpone that capital outlay until you have a better idea what the energy costs will be IF Cap & Trade were passed. Or you may decide to play it safe and build that widget factory in some other country that doesn't have an EPA nor Cap & Trade surcharges on energy. Can you understand NOW why even proposed legislation that is never adopted can cause job loss?