World's View On Obama

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What was he supposed to do?
To start with, how about not being so incredibly naive in dealing with Russia from the onset of his presidency. He throws Poland under the bus as a unilateral gesture of stupidity and then totally overestimated his ability to magically repair relations with his brilliant diplomacy. He's a narcissistic fool.
 
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soundforbjt

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His approval rating is also @ 50% right now, that's higher than Dubya (30%) at this point in his second term.
 

ivwshane

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What naiive thing did he do while dealing with Russia that hurt our country?

Obama should have talked stronger!!

Short of threatening war, I'm not sure what the fuck doc is talking about. His world view, like most on the right, is black & white and solutions are all so simple! I bet he likes trumps foreign policy, just don't ask him the details.
 

nickqt

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:confused::colbert: Not sure if serious...

Though I don't have a list of his lovely foreign accomplishments at hand, perhaps I should gather one. It starts with his Cairo speech after which the Middle East burned with terror from the Arab Spring. Or the Russian reset... Or trying to legitimize the Iranian nuclear program.

Prehaps through the smoke of the world burning, I missed his accomplishments.
Yes, the world is burning, and it's all Obama's fault.

Because Benghazi.
 

sandorski

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To start with, how about not being so incredibly naive in dealing with Russia from the onset of his presidency. He throws Poland under the bus as a unilateral gesture of stupidity and then totally overestimated his ability to magically repair relations with his brilliant diplomacy. He's a narcissistic fool.

Naive in dealing with Russia? Bush looked into Putin's eyes, remember? Everything was fine man. Obama arranged Sanctions that have hurt Russia. Half the Conservative Talking Pointosphere spent the better part of Obama's Presidency slobbering over Putin.

How the fuck is he "narcisistic"?
 
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Naive in dealing with Russia? Bush looked into Putin's eyes, remember? Everything was fine man. Obama arranged Sanctions that have hurt Russia. Half the Conservative Talking Pointosphere spent the better part of Obama's Presidency slobbering over Putin.

How the fuck is he "narcisistic"?
But but Bush...really, that's where you want to go? Bottom line, Obama's method of diplomacy with Russia failed miserably. Deal with it.
 

nickqt

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But but Bush...really, that's where you want to go? Bottom line, Obama's method of diplomacy with Russia failed miserably. Deal with it.
Diplomacy is used to keep countries out of war with other countries.

We are not at war with Russia.

Nice try!
 

sandorski

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But but Bush...really, that's where you want to go? Bottom line, Obama's method of diplomacy with Russia failed miserably. Deal with it.

Where else does one go to determine if a President of the United States is doing a good job or not?

I don't see any failure in his actions regarding Russia. I do see you making claims of failure that lack any sense of what success would be.
 
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His approval rating is also @ 50% right now, that's higher than Dubya (30%) at this point in his second term.

Really?

SCOTUS just legalized same sex marriage and you're wondering why he has a higher approval rating than GWB did at the end of his presidency?

Facebook and shit is blowing up with people proclaiming that OBAMA LEGALIZED SAME SEX MARRIAGE and you're wondering why his "approval rating" is up?

The man didn't do anything. It was a SCOTUS decision, he had nothing to do with it whatsoever. It's fucking bastardizing and a god damn shame to everyone that did work for it to ever put ANY credit on a flip flopping president of failure.
 

lotus503

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Really?

SCOTUS just legalized same sex marriage and you're wondering why he has a higher approval rating than GWB did at the end of his presidency?

Facebook and shit is blowing up with people proclaiming that OBAMA LEGALIZED SAME SEX MARRIAGE and you're wondering why his "approval rating" is up?

The man didn't do anything. It was a SCOTUS decision, he had nothing to do with it whatsoever. It's fucking bastardizing and a god damn shame to everyone that did work for it to ever put ANY credit on a flip flopping president of failure.


Not sure who your FB friends are but mine understand it was SCOTUS not POTUS.

Get smarter friends?
 

nickqt

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Really?

SCOTUS just legalized same sex marriage and you're wondering why he has a higher approval rating than GWB did at the end of his presidency?

Facebook and shit is blowing up with people proclaiming that OBAMA LEGALIZED SAME SEX MARRIAGE and you're wondering why his "approval rating" is up?

The man didn't do anything. It was a SCOTUS decision, he had nothing to do with it whatsoever. It's fucking bastardizing and a god damn shame to everyone that did work for it to ever put ANY credit on a flip flopping president of failure.
Flip-flopping President of Failure.

Let those emotions out. Cathartic, I know.
 

Blackjack200

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Really?

SCOTUS just legalized same sex marriage and you're wondering why he has a higher approval rating than GWB did at the end of his presidency?

Facebook and shit is blowing up with people proclaiming that OBAMA LEGALIZED SAME SEX MARRIAGE and you're wondering why his "approval rating" is up?

The man didn't do anything. It was a SCOTUS decision, he had nothing to do with it whatsoever. It's fucking bastardizing and a god damn shame to everyone that did work for it to ever put ANY credit on a flip flopping president of failure.

Obama is popular right now because of the Charleston eulogy. I have not even seen someone post a screenshot of a facebook update thanking Obama for gay marriage.

I have seen a bunch of people post that picture of the WH lit up in rainbow colors, which was a very cool thing the administration did, and he should be commended for it.
 

nickqt

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fskimospy

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Jimmy Carter says you did a shitty job.... you know you did one HELL of a shitty job :biggrin:

Jimmy Carter has said basically every president after him has done a shitty job, specifically on foreign affairs.

Very interesting that you think Reagan did one HELL of a shitty job, haha.
 

BurnItDwn

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But but Bush...really, that's where you want to go? Bottom line, Obama's method of diplomacy with Russia failed miserably. Deal with it.

I disagree.

Russia has had almost no impact on Americans. 0 people dead because of Obamas "failed diplomacy".

Russia on the other hand, is under lots of international pressure. We have the world on our side, they are hurting, but tolerating the pain.

Its not an ideal outcome, but, its one of the least worst possible situations for us.