Obama approval rises to 54%

cawacko said:
No it doesn't Jarod. Nice racism there. Being the first non white President makes him historical. That has nothing to do with his job performance.
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Being considered "one of the greats" does not necessary have much to do with performance.

As far as it being "racist", I did not say it should be that way, I said it is that way... and yes its racist.
 
Jarod said:
Being considered "one of the greats" does not necessary have much to do with performance.

As far as it being "racist", I did not say it should be that way, I said it is that way... and yes its racist.
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Maybe that's what we're seeing in this thread. People who know he didn't perform particularly well but say he did because he's black.
 
ZappasGuitar said:
A "slow" recovery is better than NO recovery...but you and the others go right on complaining about that 5% unemployment.

You clearly ignored the disastrous effects of heading INTO Iraq, a country that had NOTHING to do with 9/11.

The USA currently produces MORE OIL DOMESTICALLY than at any time in our history.
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In spite of Obama and the dems.
 
cawacko said:
President's always get more credit/blame than they should for the economy.

It doesn't change the fact that this has been an historically bad recovery. And he deserves blame for passing legislation (Dodd-Frank) that has played a major role in handcuffing the private sector.

We all have personal qualities we like in leaders but looking at his record he will not have a high ranking in history.
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No one would have thought he'd be in the 50's at the end of his Presidency.

His legacy might be better than you think. More regulation on Wall Street won't be viewed as negative by everyone.
 
Thing1 said:
No one would have thought he'd be in the 50's at the end of his Presidency.

His legacy might be better than you think. More regulation on Wall Street won't be viewed as negative by everyone.
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Clearly I'm not the ultimate judge so to each his own how they view him but historians don't view on popularity. If regulations hurting small banks which are the main lenders to small businesses which hurts job growth is viewed as a positive by some then so be it.
 
cawacko said:
Clearly I'm not the ultimate judge so to each his own how they view him but historians don't view on popularity. If regulations hurting small banks which are the main lenders to small businesses which hurts job growth is viewed as a positive by some then so be it.
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The profitability gap between small banks & large banks has narrowed. The assertion that Dodd-Frank has only hurt small banks is disputable. There have been some negative effects, but there is definitely debate about the overall impact.
 
Thing1 said:
The profitability gap between small banks & large banks has narrowed. The assertion that Dodd-Frank has only hurt small banks is disputable. There have been some negative effects, but there is definitely debate about the overall impact.
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I'm on my phone and at work so I can't really post anything now but I'd be glad to later showing the negative effects it's had on small banks and small business. There was a reason the big banks ultimately supported the regulation. They knew at the end of the day they could handle the costs while their smaller competitors couldn't
 
cawacko said:
I'm on my phone and at work so I can't really post anything now but I'd be glad to later showing the negative effects it's had on small banks and small business. There was a reason the big banks ultimately supported the regulation. They knew at the end of the day they could handle the costs while their smaller competitors couldn't
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I won't argue that it hurt some; I think that's pretty clear. But there is more profitability, too - much more in some cases. It's a bigger picture than just that slice of it.
 
Thing1 said:
I won't argue that it hurt some; I think that's pretty clear. But there is more profitability, too - much more in some cases. It's a bigger picture than just that slice of it.
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I would personally argue that the hit it put on the economy is much bigger than a small slice however I understand people will have different opinions
 
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