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Obama; what do you think of him?
Topic Started: Feb 25 2009, 11:45 PM (920 Views)
Tom Xmas
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so with obama being America's new president and being America's first african-american president...what do you think of him and his policies?
Edited by Tom Xmas, Feb 26 2009, 12:28 AM.
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Eddie
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I'm not going to make a judgement until at least the end of his first year. Will the stimulus package work? Is he actually going to pull out of Iraq as he promised? Will he actually fix the healthcare program?
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i did vote for him.... he better do a good job!

P.S. you really shouldn't say "our" new president some of the forum members aren't Americans.
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Tom Xmas
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yea didnt think about that..but i edited it

and i did a research paper on the stimulus
i dont think it will permanently fix America's economy, but temporarily for like 5 years or so then Americans will be in same spot as they are now.
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Eddie
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Why so?
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Tom Xmas
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well he wants it to focus on the infrastructure of the U.S
infrastructure is the roadways, bridges, railroads, etc basically maitenence of the necessitys.

this creates jobs, but limited jobs
and its not permenant so (N)
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Eddie
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Indeed, but there are also other parts to it. For example, it prohibits importing of steel and other metals that we manufacture here in the US.

Not to mention, people who work on those projects will be putting the money they earn back into the economy after.
Edited by Eddie, Feb 26 2009, 01:30 AM.
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Tom Xmas
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oh well i didnt get much research when i said i did a paper on it
teacher challenged me >.<
but yea

eddie do you think the government should take pay cuts
or people take even MORE pay cuts?

haha i am pretty sure i know that answer
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Danielle
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Obama is every 1's president.. America has a huge amount of control on the world ( eg, credit crisis )

And i dont like him... then again im kinda racist
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Obama is going to be a good president as far as I can tell. He has good beliefs on what should happen. He is going to do well.
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Danielle
Feb 26 2009, 09:17 AM
And i dont like him... then again im kinda racist
I have to admit, some of the post's you've made today/yesterday have been pure gold.
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lol :P .

I might do my french oral exam (ever since I first heard that word it sounded weird. It still does) about Barack :P .
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Llamakill
Feb 26 2009, 11:00 PM
Danielle
Feb 26 2009, 09:17 AM
And i dont like him... then again im kinda racist
I have to admit, some of the post's you've made today/yesterday have been pure gold.
Its the new medication O.o


And gl doing your French oral on Barack ( that does sound wierd )
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Gill
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LMFAO FRENCH ORAL. Good luck, he IS black afterall.
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Mr Master52
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Now let's first define the word good:

There are multiple meanings of 'good', but I think Obama will be the "good" president, in which he totally focuses on solving America's problems...and not the whole world's. He should try to focus on the damage of the whole world as the crisis came from America but I'm fine with that.
I think he's good.
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Eddie
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Well, who else heard about his Iraq speech? He plans on pulling 50-75% by 2010, all by 2011.
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Yeah, he wanted to leave behind 50,000 soldiers untill august 2011, the rest will be pulled back next year.
It surprises me though. In he campaign speeches, he promised to end the 'Iraq era' as soon as possible. This doesn't seem very fast. It seems some of the republicans are even happy with that decision.
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Tom Xmas
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that war is a very pointless war imo
the troops shouldn't have been sent there in the first place
but thats America, sticking its nose into everything that America's nose doesnt need to be.
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The whole plan about pulling out troops seems okay...but I'm not convinced. Surely, or is it just me, but when America pulls out of Iraq, that's when they are at their weakest?

However, we reach a paradox: Either stay and die, or leave and be weaker and die. They've really got themselves stuck in something now.

Anyway, most of those troops will probably be sent to Afghanistan-where no-one can win, history shows that. :/
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He better be a good president. :P
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