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JonLP24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 06:49 PM
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100. Depends on the area
He's doing a lot of things well and some things he's not. One area I'm not happy with is civil liberties.
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  -Rate Obama's Presidency To Date. Skip Intro  Jun-10-10 09:04 PM   #0 
  - Like seven.  Iggo   Jun-10-10 09:16 PM   #1 
  - This poll tells you nothing, perhaps less than nothing....  Scuba   Jun-10-10 09:20 PM   #2 
  - Guess many of us brought home pointless or misleading report cards from school then...  Skip Intro   Jun-10-10 09:36 PM   #4 
  - I brought home many pointless report cards.  Kaleva   Jun-10-10 09:44 PM   #7 
  - Bullship  Kalun D   Jun-10-10 09:40 PM   #5 
  - Can't think of a single good thing to say about him  HughMoran   Jun-10-10 09:43 PM   #6 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Jun-10-10 09:49 PM   #9 
  - It's not being a realist  Kalun D   Jun-10-10 09:57 PM   #11 
  - The Last Straw For Me  Kalun D   Jun-10-10 10:17 PM   #19 
  - I'm with you on that one.  Scuba   Jun-11-10 03:21 AM   #41 
  - Agreed  Hawkowl   Jun-11-10 04:28 PM   #88 
  - I was standing on the edge,  Enthusiast   Jun-11-10 05:49 PM   #92 
  - I've read 10,000 "last straw" posts on DU  HughMoran   Jun-11-10 06:07 PM   #95 
     - .  dionysus   Jun-12-10 12:57 AM   #152 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-11-10 07:05 PM   #107 
  - Its like he's adopted the "two santas" approach to govt.  Moochy   Jun-11-10 09:19 AM   #52 
  - The president *never* advocated single payer healthcare during the campaign  SemiCharmedQuark   Jun-11-10 03:50 AM   #43 
  - That is you, and that is your opinion ...  gleaner   Jun-11-10 07:02 PM   #105 
  - How about some facts, if you believe them.  jp11   Jun-10-10 09:36 PM   #3 
  - They're quite optimistic - rating "Employee Free Choice Act" as "in the works"  chimpymustgo   Jun-11-10 12:30 PM   #78 
  - He gets an "F"....because he had a mandate for change, and blew it.  Webster Green   Jun-10-10 09:44 PM   #8 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-10-10 09:53 PM   #10 
  - Yep, you nailed it.  jgraz   Jun-10-10 10:45 PM   #34 
  - There's only one grade that matters.  Dr Morbius   Jun-10-10 10:06 PM   #12 
  - And it started as a neutral thread.........  JohnnyLib2   Jun-10-10 10:07 PM   #13 
  - I gave him a D out of charity  Catherina   Jun-10-10 10:09 PM   #14 
  - I'm surprised  HughMoran   Jun-10-10 10:16 PM   #17 
  - In 20 years, you'll be surprised even further and banging your head against a wall  Catherina   Jun-10-10 11:06 PM   #37 
     - I Agree  Kalun D   Jun-11-10 09:09 AM   #47 
     - +  Bluebear   Jun-11-10 02:43 PM   #81 
  - Awww...  jefferson_dem   Jun-11-10 09:19 PM   #128 
  - D.  Lucian   Jun-10-10 10:09 PM   #15 
  - Another stunner  HughMoran   Jun-10-10 10:16 PM   #18 
     - Just making little flippant comments about everybody's choices?  arcadian   Jun-11-10 09:46 AM   #61 
        - from a guy who said the US was involved in WW2 out of greed, your opinion doesn't  dionysus   Jun-12-10 12:49 AM   #149 
  - "C" because he broke the racial barrier  demwing   Jun-10-10 10:15 PM   #16 
  - Agree  Kalun D   Jun-10-10 10:18 PM   #21 
  - Hey, at least he can utter a coherent sentence in English.  Laelth   Jun-11-10 09:26 PM   #132 
     - we have such high standards  iamthebandfanman   Jun-12-10 02:24 AM   #156 
        - My 15 year old son can speak more coherently than Bush  demwing   Jun-12-10 06:31 AM   #163 
  - Look, somebody had better wake up, and SOON.  SarahB   Jun-10-10 10:17 PM   #20 
  - DU doesn't represent Democrats  HughMoran   Jun-10-10 10:20 PM   #22 
  - So you honestly think the Independents and Republicans  SarahB   Jun-10-10 10:23 PM   #23 
  - His approval among Democrats is very high  HughMoran   Jun-10-10 10:27 PM   #25 
     - Awesome.  SarahB   Jun-10-10 10:28 PM   #27 
        - He's not running this fall  HughMoran   Jun-10-10 10:31 PM   #31 
  - Well, if DU actually did represent Democrats...  Lucian   Jun-10-10 10:26 PM   #24 
  - True - there are 2 parties - Republicans and Republican-lite  HughMoran   Jun-10-10 10:28 PM   #26 
     - This website supports what Democrats should be.  Lucian   Jun-10-10 10:30 PM   #28 
        - OK  HughMoran   Jun-10-10 10:31 PM   #30 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-11-10 09:16 AM   #50 
           - "if that's what you want to believe, then that's fine with me."  HughMoran   Jun-11-10 09:47 AM   #62 
        - +1  Scuba   Jun-11-10 03:25 AM   #42 
  - some of which are deluded enough to believe their opinions are mainstream.  dionysus   Jun-12-10 12:48 AM   #148 
  - a relatively well-informed subset  Hannah Bell   Jun-12-10 02:22 AM   #155 
  - Agreed. I hope he does  Catherina   Jun-11-10 10:19 AM   #72 
  - It is entirely useless to extrapolate anything from a DU poll  skipos   Jun-11-10 12:12 PM   #77 
  - No need.  jefferson_dem   Jun-11-10 09:22 PM   #131 
     - 'I agree that somebody better wake up ... but it's not the President.' - you never quit.  Bluebear   Jun-11-10 11:06 PM   #145 
        - Never quit...  jefferson_dem   Jun-12-10 06:02 AM   #159 
  - I gave him a B+  HughMoran   Jun-10-10 10:30 PM   #29 
  - "Extremely hostile environment"?  jgraz   Jun-10-10 10:47 PM   #35 
  - I'm with you B+. And the democrats stopped the economic free fall.  deacon   Jun-11-10 06:55 PM   #102 
  - Gone from a C last poll ago to a D  depakid   Jun-10-10 10:36 PM   #32 
  - If its on a curve, I would say "A"  SalviaBlue   Jun-10-10 10:45 PM   #33 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-10-10 10:52 PM   #36 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-11-10 01:01 AM   #40 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-11-10 09:49 AM   #66 
  - I would say he's a classic underachiever.  cherokeeprogressive   Jun-10-10 11:13 PM   #38 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-11-10 09:12 AM   #48 
     - !  Bluebear   Jun-11-10 05:29 PM   #89 
        - deleted message is quite exciting!  HughMoran   Jun-11-10 09:09 PM   #124 
  - Tim Geithner, Ken Salazer, Larry Summers = F  autorank   Jun-11-10 01:00 AM   #39 
  - Don't Forget  Kalun D   Jun-11-10 09:04 AM   #45 
  - I rely on the insight of strangers  autorank   Jun-12-10 02:09 AM   #153 
  - duncan gets an f too (nt)  Dinger   Jun-11-10 10:55 PM   #144 
  - Kick  Karmadillo   Jun-11-10 07:12 AM   #44 
  - So Far the D-F are losing and that's a good thing  uponit7771   Jun-11-10 09:08 AM   #46 
  - A Very Pathetic Score  Kalun D   Jun-11-10 09:15 AM   #49 
     - What if you took a poll of actual democrats  NeedleCast   Jun-11-10 09:31 AM   #57 
        - IMO..  mvd   Jun-11-10 01:35 PM   #79 
  - Haters gonna hate  NeedleCast   Jun-11-10 09:19 AM   #51 
  - lol  stuntcat   Jun-11-10 10:05 AM   #70 
  - Some people are still bitter  snooper2   Jun-11-10 09:22 AM   #53 
  - About what? The primaries?  muffin1   Jun-11-10 06:28 PM   #96 
     - why retire something that is glaringly true? i've seen posters who were DLC to the bone for years,  dionysus   Jun-12-10 12:51 AM   #150 
  - looks like a poll from freepland  spanone   Jun-11-10 09:23 AM   #54 
  - funny that  HughMoran   Jun-11-10 09:26 AM   #56 
  - If Hillary had talked THEN the way she is talking NOW, I would have voted for her!  DailyGrind51   Jun-11-10 09:24 AM   #55 
  - I give him a C. Mostly due to his expert handling of the economy.  VMI Dem   Jun-11-10 09:32 AM   #58 
  - I like him  ismnotwasm   Jun-11-10 09:39 AM   #59 
  - Good post  HughMoran   Jun-11-10 09:42 AM   #60 
  - That's true. Some things are beyond the President's reach  mvd   Jun-11-10 02:11 PM   #80 
     - My son just got home from Iraq  ismnotwasm   Jun-11-10 05:38 PM   #91 
        - Sending good vibes for your children  mvd   Jun-12-10 12:56 AM   #151 
  - 6 good grades and only 2 bad grades?  arcadian   Jun-11-10 09:48 AM   #63 
  - Only 10 slots, wasn't trying to skew anything. nt  Skip Intro   Jun-11-10 04:16 PM   #84 
  - Only 10 - how many do you need?  demwing   Jun-11-10 06:04 PM   #94 
     - "F+" ROFL! nt  Skip Intro   Jun-11-10 06:38 PM   #97 
        - Fair enough  demwing   Jun-12-10 05:55 AM   #157 
           - No intended bias on my part, think what you will.  Skip Intro   Jun-12-10 06:24 AM   #162 
              - Your bias is clear  demwing   Jun-12-10 06:39 AM   #164 
                 - WTF-ever. Lordy.  Skip Intro   Jun-12-10 06:52 AM   #165 
                 - creepy bias, but not from the O/P  HughMoran   Jun-12-10 12:09 PM   #166 
                    - Alright, no one can read you mind, so please explain  demwing   Jun-12-10 12:44 PM   #170 
                       - Sadly, we're not allowed to say what's on our minds  HughMoran   Jun-12-10 12:46 PM   #171 
                          - "No offense but..."  demwing   Jun-12-10 12:53 PM   #173 
  - I think this is a valid concern.  Ignis   Jun-11-10 10:12 PM   #139 
  - B-  mvd   Jun-11-10 09:48 AM   #64 
  - 83% of "Liberal Democrats" approve of Obama  HughMoran   Jun-11-10 09:49 AM   #65 
  - I think a D isn't bad for DU.  tranche   Jun-11-10 09:54 AM   #67 
  - True, it is "D" U after all  HughMoran   Jun-11-10 09:59 AM   #68 
  - better than McCain/Palen  stuntcat   Jun-11-10 10:03 AM   #69 
  - Well there is ALWAYS that, isn't there? What a feather in the cap... I'm better than McCain!  cherokeeprogressive   Jun-11-10 11:30 AM   #73 
     - for reals!  stuntcat   Jun-11-10 12:00 PM   #75 
        - 'I'm just glad to be 40, not 4.'  Bluebear   Jun-13-10 01:10 PM   #176 
  - C due to not pushing the public option & not overseeing the cleaning of MMS' house  wordpix   Jun-11-10 10:08 AM   #71 
  - "F" for (lack of) effort.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Jun-11-10 11:31 AM   #74 
  - Better than most of the last 60 years.  Donald Ian Rankin   Jun-11-10 12:01 PM   #76 
  - We had 50 years of prosperity under the Roosevelt Recovery...  lib2DaBone   Jun-11-10 02:50 PM   #82 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-11-10 02:51 PM   #83 
  - I graded on a curve, with * being the low end, so B. nt  blondeatlast   Jun-11-10 04:19 PM   #85 
  - I give him a "D". Deserves credit for improving America's image abroad.  freddie mertz   Jun-11-10 04:22 PM   #86 
  - I Give Him a D Only Because He Hasn't Declared War on Iran Yet  Toasterlad   Jun-11-10 04:25 PM   #87 
  - !!  Bucky   Jun-11-10 08:10 PM   #115 
  - Other  WeDidIt   Jun-11-10 05:30 PM   #90 
  - C, end the war dammit  KansasVoter   Jun-11-10 05:58 PM   #93 
  - B+ from me....  and-justice-for-all   Jun-11-10 06:41 PM   #98 
  - I love seeing how anti-Obama ya'll are I SUPPORT OUR PRESIDENT ! nt  flamingdem   Jun-11-10 06:42 PM   #99 
  - No Matter What, Apparently.  Toasterlad   Jun-11-10 07:44 PM   #112 
  - I am capable of critical thinking. Are you? nt  flamingdem   Jun-11-10 08:36 PM   #118 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-11-10 08:53 PM   #120 
  - Sounds similar to something  muffin1   Jun-12-10 06:17 AM   #160 
  - Depends on the area  JonLP24   Jun-11-10 06:49 PM   #100 
  - Been sitting on a C for a while w/me, but the bungling of the Gulf Spill and the anti-union gaffe?  DRoseDARs   Jun-11-10 06:55 PM   #101 
  - It's all we read here, the lastest "thing that pushed me over the edge"  HughMoran   Jun-11-10 06:58 PM   #103 
     - Take your snide comment somewhere else.  DRoseDARs   Jun-11-10 07:14 PM   #109 
        - Nothing snide at all  HughMoran   Jun-11-10 07:24 PM   #110 
           - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-11-10 07:42 PM   #111 
              - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-11-10 07:55 PM   #113 
              - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-11-10 08:12 PM   #116 
              - Bush does not equal Obama  HughMoran   Jun-11-10 08:59 PM   #121 
                 - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-11-10 10:53 PM   #143 
  - B minus because he had such potential and could have done so much more on  activa8tr   Jun-11-10 07:02 PM   #104 
  - "F" for "I feel completely fucked..."  BeHereNow   Jun-11-10 07:04 PM   #106 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-11-10 07:08 PM   #108 
  - I think teacher performance evaluations are supposed to come out before student report cards  Bucky   Jun-11-10 08:09 PM   #114 
  - Gave him a C. If he ended the Bush wars and NAFTA, I'll give him an A  B Calm   Jun-11-10 08:12 PM   #117 
  - Several A+?  Ignis   Jun-11-10 08:40 PM   #119 
  - ...but no comment on the 153 D's or 40 F's  HughMoran   Jun-11-10 09:01 PM   #122 
  - Revealing what, precisely?  Ignis   Jun-11-10 09:11 PM   #125 
     - Merely an observation.  HughMoran   Jun-11-10 09:13 PM   #126 
        - Weaksauce.  Ignis   Jun-11-10 09:17 PM   #127 
           - pantload?  HughMoran   Jun-11-10 09:20 PM   #129 
              - Amusingly, yes.  Ignis   Jun-11-10 10:01 PM   #137 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-11-10 09:20 PM   #130 
     - OK, fair enough.  Ignis   Jun-11-10 09:58 PM   #136 
        - Point taken.  jefferson_dem   Jun-11-10 10:12 PM   #140 
  - Obama gets a straight "C" from me.  Laelth   Jun-11-10 09:07 PM   #123 
  - empty suit  deaniac21   Jun-11-10 09:28 PM   #133 
  - Huzzah...  jefferson_dem   Jun-11-10 09:32 PM   #135 
  - Obama is an empty suit?  HughMoran   Jun-12-10 12:13 PM   #167 
  - Comparisons please  Bert   Jun-11-10 09:32 PM   #134 
  - OK, will do. Here are mine.  TexasObserver   Jun-13-10 02:10 PM   #179 
  - I gave him a D only because he followed Bush.  NihiloZero   Jun-11-10 10:07 PM   #138 
  - Hey! Welcome to DU!  jefferson_dem   Jun-11-10 10:13 PM   #141 
  - D...as in disapointing. Obama has been terrible on constitutional rights,  old mark   Jun-11-10 10:22 PM   #142 
  - Hate to say this  Bert   Jun-12-10 12:31 AM   #146 
  - I gave him a "C" if for no other reason that in spite of everything he is better than the one he  totodeinhere   Jun-12-10 12:43 AM   #147 
  - Obama hasn't quite figured out/come to grips with......  Maja   Jun-12-10 02:14 AM   #154 
  - Says the tombstone.  HughMoran   Jun-12-10 12:14 PM   #168 
  - C. I'm grading on a curve, too.  TexasObserver   Jun-12-10 06:02 AM   #158 
  - I went with 'C'.  muffin1   Jun-12-10 06:20 AM   #161 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Jun-12-10 12:20 PM   #169 
  - A+ TO OFFSET ALL THOSE DS  Liberal_in_LA   Jun-12-10 12:49 PM   #172 
  - LOL  Bluebear   Jun-12-10 01:36 PM   #175 
  - I wish I wish I wish  branders seine   Jun-12-10 01:29 PM   #174 
  - 39% approval, 16% in the middle, 45% disapprove  Uzybone   Jun-13-10 01:56 PM   #177 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-13-10 02:00 PM   #178 
  - Everyone voting D or F is wildly detached from reality.  zaj   Jun-13-10 09:57 PM   #180 
  - What did you vote, so you can guide them properly?  Bluebear   Jun-13-10 09:59 PM   #181 
  - ?  Bluebear   Jun-13-10 11:08 PM   #183 
  - F. Not because he isn't competent or well-intentioned...  Orsino   Jun-13-10 10:02 PM   #182 
 

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