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  1. amymarie1967 amymarie1967 is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 3:48pm)

    If you voted for Obama do you regret it now?

    If you voted against Obama (for anyone other than him) is he doing a better job than you expected?

    I ask because the polls have his popularity going down rapidly (as pointed out in graphs posted) but I haven't yet heard one person who has changed their opinion of him.

    And FWIW, there are SOME things he's done that I agree with. Others I saw coming. So in reality, he's actually doing better than I had expected, which was zero agreement on my part expected.
  2. Lord Supremo Lord Supremo is offline actually a tuvalu lord (sigh)

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 3:49pm) in reply to amymarie1967

    Voted for Obama and no
  3. norcaljeff norcaljeff is offline 2010 OT Thread Kill Leader

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 3:50pm) in reply to amymarie1967

    didn't vote for him, and am shocked how bad he's been. I truly underestimated the damage he and the dems would do.
  4. tkeat1653 tkeat1653 is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 3:53pm) in reply to amymarie1967

    the words "serious", "political" and "poll" do not mix IMO
  5. swizbeatz swizbeatz is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 3:54pm) in reply to tkeat1653

    voted against, not impressed.
  6. y0y0y0y0y083 y0y0y0y0y083 is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 3:54pm) in reply to amymarie1967

    I voted for <SPAN class=fn>Hu Jintao.

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  7. tommpat2000 tommpat2000 is offline Chief Asshat

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 3:57pm) in reply to amymarie1967

    voted against and doing waaaay worse than I expected

    not sure of anything good he has done, but I dont like the fact he campiagned on not doing things the old politics way, and then went ahead and passed HUUUUUUGE legislation using shady tactics of buying votes
  8. Esarbe Esarbe is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 3:58pm) in reply to y0y0y0y0y083

    did not vote for obama

    not at all surprised at how poorly he's done.
  9. MiamiNole MiamiNole is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 3:58pm) in reply to tkeat1653

    tkeat wins the internet for today:

  10. resilient resilient is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:00pm) in reply to norcaljeff

     
    Originally Posted by norcaljeff View Post

    didn't vote for him, and am shocked how bad he's been. I truly underestimated the damage he and the dems would do.

     
  11. zeppelinzoso16 zeppelinzoso16 is offline world traveler

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:04pm) in reply to resilient

    Voted for and look forward to voting for again

    I <3 Obama
  12. Underdog Underdog is offline MVP of OT (self-proclaimed)

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:05pm) in reply to amymarie1967

    Voted for him.

    Thrilled so far.

    It would make me unhappy is if the likes of norcaljeff, resilient, et al were happy with the job he was doing. Not that I want them to be unhappy. But we voted for different people for actual real reasons. So it's pretty natural to think that they would be unhappy with what he has done.
  13. R_U_Nuts R_U_Nuts is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:06pm) in reply to norcaljeff

     
    Originally Posted by norcaljeff View Post

    didn't vote for him, and am shocked how bad he's been. I truly underestimated the damage he and the dems would do.

    This. I cant believe how stupid he is. He spent his entire first year with the an economy in the dumps and high unemployment raming a health care bill most of the country didn't want down our throats. If he had spent the first year doing anything and everything he could to create jobs and help the economy I for one would have been more likely to budge on this health care deal.
  14. palmerjoe palmerjoe is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:08pm) in reply to amymarie1967

    ...still glad Sarah Palin is no where near the white house <first political post ever...>
  15. norcaljeff norcaljeff is offline 2010 OT Thread Kill Leader

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:08pm) in reply to Underdog

    what about the spending? annual trillion dollar deficits? I mean, I get you like the healthcare and...whatever else he's done, but "thrilled"?
  16. ajedrez ajedrez is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:08pm) in reply to R_U_Nuts

    voted for him, don't regret it considering alternatives.

    not thrilled with the job he's done so far.
  17. Lord Supremo Lord Supremo is offline actually a tuvalu lord (sigh)

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:09pm) in reply to amymarie1967

    Shortcut to how this poll will turn out

    OT Political Roll Call

    According to ^^ 2/3 of this forum are conservative/libertarian/Republican-leaning. I would be truly shocked if any of them voted for Obama in the first place or approve of his policies now. The remaining 1/3 would almost uniformly have voted for Obama and I would be shocked if any of us oppose him from any direction besides the left.
  18. ECUgirl ECUgirl is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:10pm) in reply to amymarie1967

    a. inapplicable
    b. Hell no, probably worse
  19. tkeat1653 tkeat1653 is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:12pm) in reply to Lord Supremo

     
    Originally Posted by Lord Supremo View Post

    Shortcut to how this poll will turn out

    OT Political Roll Call

    According to ^^ 2/3 of this forum are conservative/libertarian/Republican-leaning. I would be truly shocked if any of them voted for Obama in the first place or approve of his policies now. The remaining 1/3 would almost uniformly have voted for Obama and I would be shocked if any of us oppose him from any direction besides the left.

    Pretty much this.

    Politicking is all a game. And that game doesn't end with the candidates. The voters play that game without even knowing.
  20. playwithfire05 playwithfire05 is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:13pm) in reply to norcaljeff

     
    Originally Posted by norcaljeff View Post

    didn't vote for him, and am shocked how bad he's been. I truly underestimated the damage he and the dems would do.

  21. BirdWings BirdWings is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:14pm) in reply to amymarie1967

    Voted for him and will probably vote for him in 2012.
  22. resilient resilient is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:15pm) in reply to Underdog

     
    Originally Posted by Underdog34 View Post

    Thrilled so far.

    fortunately the majority of America doesn't agree with you. And elections will matter.
     
  23. fly44 fly44 is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:20pm) in reply to amymarie1967

    I didn't vote for him, but I he is doing better than I thought he would do. I actually thought he would do much more damage, and be much more extreme (to the left).

    All you saying he is doing far much more damage than you thought he could do, you mad. He is doing exactly what he campaigned on, but he has comprised some on what he campaigned on. I know you arent happy with what is going on and neither am I, but what did you expect after that election?
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  24. skisteve skisteve is offline 2008-2009 Thread Killer Champ

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:21pm) in reply to zeppelinzoso16

     
    Originally Posted by zeppelinzoso16 View Post

    Voted for and look forward to voting for again

    I <3 Obama

    Didnt see that one coming.
    "how to know if you're doing it wrong." chapter 13.
  25. norcaljeff norcaljeff is offline 2010 OT Thread Kill Leader

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:22pm) in reply to fly44

    he campaigned on annual trillion dollar deficits? I could have sworn he said bush spent too much.
  26. Underdog Underdog is offline MVP of OT (self-proclaimed)

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:22pm) in reply to norcaljeff

     
    Originally Posted by norcaljeff View Post

    what about the spending? annual trillion dollar deficits? I mean, I get you like the healthcare and...whatever else he's done, but "thrilled"?

    LOL, have you really bought into this bullshit?

    Q: How much more money than Bush has Obama spent?

    A: Not much. The major piece of "spending" legislation was the Recovery Act and a large portion of that "spending" was actually tax cuts, which only count as "spending" when Democrats do them. When Republicans do tax cuts, it's called "letting Americans spend their own money, guldarnit." The other large part was shoring up State budgets. Only a fraction of the Recovery Act is for new spending.

    Q: What is the primary reason for the deficit?

    A: Decreased tax revenues because of the recession. When people earn less (or nothing) they pay less in taxes.

    Q: If McCain had won and had added ZERO spending, how would the deficit be different?

    A: Not fucking much, because, again, the current deficit has been caused more by lost tax revenue from the incredibly shrinking economy.
  27. skisteve skisteve is offline 2008-2009 Thread Killer Champ

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:23pm) in reply to Esarbe

     
    Originally Posted by Esarbe View Post

    did not vote for obama

    not at all surprised at how poorly he's done.

  28. norcaljeff norcaljeff is offline 2010 OT Thread Kill Leader

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:24pm) in reply to Underdog

    10 more years of recession?
  29. MadProfesor MadProfesor is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:26pm) in reply to amymarie1967

    someone needs to post a proper poll/voting thing..
  30. skisteve skisteve is offline 2008-2009 Thread Killer Champ

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    Apr 19th, 2010 (4/19/2010 4:27pm) in reply to norcaljeff

    In before jaybear logs off his zepplin account and logs on to vote as jaybear. Proud additions to the UD camp. You guys should do a better job welcoming noobs.
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