What do you approve/disapprove of Obama's term so far?

[steelmania75]

Here are my thumbs up:
Passed Stimulus bill
More Transparency
Timetable for end of Iraq War
Moving troops into Afganistan
Reversed Stem Cell Policy
Budget that makes investments in healthcare, energy, and education

Thumbs down:
Didn't get rid of earmarks in 410 billion dollar spending bill
I personally think his timetable for withdrawl from Iraq is a little late


What are your thoughts?

[lpbk2713]

1. The Dow is headed back in the right direction.

{cross fingers/}

[movonne]

2. I think he has done very well on some things and not so good on

others...the one that really bothers me is he is not going after the war criminals...and we know for sure they are war criminals...but I still love him...

[steelmania75]

3. Well I think he wants to move on

If he did go after the Bush Administration, then the GOP would be after him, and Bill Clinton

[monmouth]

4. I think he will leave that to others.....n/t

[Raine]

5. Geithner

gets a big :thumbsdown:

[femmocrat]

6. I approve of almost everything except the Arne Duncan appointment and parts of the education policy.

Huge disappointment, Mr. President. You let teachers down after we worked our butts off for you.

[Peace Patriot]

7. I wish he would be honest about why Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rove, Addington,

Gonzales and assorted Bush Junta TOP CRIMINALS are not being pursued, investigated, prosecuted, fined (Big Time), and jailed, or put in stockades, or given a lifetime of community service cleaning bedpans in veterans' hospitals, as should be happening in a country with the rule of law.

He wants to "look forward, not backward" doesn't cut it. Something else is going on--or has gone on--and he isn't being straightforward about it, in my opinion. If we're going to be a democracy, the leaders have to trust that the people can take the truth, and should be enlisted in whatever struggle we face--whether it's Bush Junta blackmail, or a secret deal to immunize them for some reason (their planned nuking of Iran?--that's my guess; a countercoup de-fanged them, ousted Rumsfeld, and arranged for sufficiently honest vote counting for a Democrat to win).

Obama is a Constitutional scholar. Surely he understand what peril it puts us in when such crimes go unpunished.

The only other objection I really have--given what I think he is up against--is bombing more civilians in Afghanistan.

Oh, one other thing: I hope he fired whoever wrote his script and set up the Univision interview (far rightwing corpo 'news' monopoly) during his Inauguration week, saying that Hugo Chavez fostered "terrorism" and is "bad for the progress of the region." Utter left-baiting bullshit, and the completely wrong foot to get off on, if he really intends peaceful, cooperative relations with Latin America, where Chavez is highly respected by almost all of the leaders, including center-leftists like Lula da Silva, president of Brazil, and is revered by the vast poor majority for good reason. Things seem to have improved since then--but that bullshit was worrisome.

His other initiatives, actions, statements and plans--and, above all, his great intelligence, openness to ideas and debate, and political skill--and his fighting back against fascist media--are wondrous to behold.

[TahitiNut]

8. The swing set is terrific. Not too big. Not too small. Just right.

:silly:

[DireStrike]

9. I know some are missing but

Thumbs up:
-Stem Cell policy / promotion of Science in general
-Some movement towards energy investments
-More transparency
-Good speeches and working of the public

Thumbs down:
-Bipartisanship (we can find a use for this toxic sludge in our new building... perhaps in the foundation...)
-Iraq strategy (non-pullout pullout)
-Economy (We all fall down! Except the 1%, who fall up. Bailouts and half-measures. Still too scared of the "S" word to take meaningful action.)
-Education
-Wiretapping... what's going on with that?
-Other tiny, peripheral justice issues like high treason

Thumbs sideways:
-Troops into afghanistan (sounds good, but why do I feel uneasy? Finish the job and get out quick.)

What ever happened to that "in a nanosecond" loophole that Kerry wanted to close?