tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143820766803772881.post7849151337709645914..comments2023-03-25T05:47:59.204-07:00Comments on Ruminations of a Junkie for Politics: Success or FailureUncle Walthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08287229628325946260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143820766803772881.post-14678095090554451572010-12-30T15:12:07.139-08:002010-12-30T15:12:07.139-08:00JAT,
I am not sure where you vote, but I have nev...JAT,<br /><br />I am not sure where you vote, but I have never felt that I needed protection to go to the polls.Uncle Walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287229628325946260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143820766803772881.post-53486088797325527042010-12-30T15:10:47.384-08:002010-12-30T15:10:47.384-08:00If you want to measure the success of an Administr...If you want to measure the success of an Administration then go right ahead. I prefer to measure the sucess of an administration by what they have accomplished. As an aside, President Obama's approval rating is higher right now than either President Clinton's or President Reagan's at the same point in their Presidency, and both got reelected and both had very successful Presidencys. President Obama's approval rating right now is well below that of President Bush II, and we all know how well that turned out. By this point in his Presidency President Bush II had already screwed up the war in Afghanistan and was preparing to invate Iraq under the mistaken belief that he could make democrats out of all those misguided Arab and Muslims just by toppling Saddam Hussein.<br /><br />And President Obama's rating are climbing as the economy slowly gets better.<br /><br />The party in power in the White House almost loses seats in Congress during an off year election and the party in power during economic crisis almost almost always loses seats during Congressional elections so I am not sure that you can actually read the election as a ringing endorsement of the Republican party or their policies. Just before the election a poll came out that pointed out that the American people still blame Republicans for the recession more than then blame Congressional Democrats or the President.<br /><br />It is funny some how, that some people have conveniently forgotten the size of deficits that this administration inherited from President Bush. The deficits are large, and the Republican response to huge deficits is to insist that the Bush Tax Cuts be extended for the top 2% of earners. The large majority of the current deficit is the result of two Bush policies, tax cuts that he made no attempt to pay for and fighting two wars completely on the national credit card.<br /><br />So yes, despite my frustrations that some things didn't go as far as I would have liked, the Congress just ended had an absolutely amazing legislative record.<br /><br />So I still call it a success, despite the polls.Uncle Walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287229628325946260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143820766803772881.post-67532458951409648372010-12-29T08:58:21.247-08:002010-12-29T08:58:21.247-08:00I'm just sitting here wondering if there are a...I'm just sitting here wondering if there are any Patriot Guard Riders, or Black Panthers etc. in Mass. They're the ones that show up at military funerals originally to keep the protesters away, but they show up here just to pay respects. Maybe they could show up at polls, video in hand. No action, just a video camera. It amazes me that in this country we now feel as if we need protection to go to the polls. We gotta change that people!<br />I wonder if Our Dear Leader is going to contract the National Citizen Patrol to intimidation control in Mass.Just a thoughtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143820766803772881.post-31631484366712714542010-12-28T17:24:53.843-08:002010-12-28T17:24:53.843-08:00Oh yeah a raging success walter, so successful tha...Oh yeah a raging success walter, so successful that their approval ratings are so far down the toilet you have to comb the sewers to find them.<br /><br />The democrap congress has been so great that the people wiped them out at the last election. You really got your finger on the pulse of the nation unkie walt.<br /><br />You forgot the national debt by the way, the level that reached is simply amazing. You really should be demanding statues of them to be erected just for that one.MKnoreply@blogger.com