Does anybody on this site actually support Obama?

After quite some time perusing the thread of this site, I've noticed two very stark things.
1. That most contributing members are American, and;
2. The opinion of Obama is generally... not favorable.

I start this thread, as not only have I seen a lot of disdain for Obama, but (at least in the threads I've visited) no support whatsoever. There's a fair percentage of Left-Wingers on the site, but none have explicitly stated their their opinions on the President. I'm not going to weigh in on the debate personally as American politics is a very alien affair compared to my own nation's, and while the policies enacted by either Republican or Democrat sides affect Americans greatly, they have next to no impact upon myself.

So is there a modicum of support out there? Or none?

 

There are a few on the left who will actually say Obama is a good president.
Most on the left realize that isn't true and just argue about other topics.

Like how Phil Robertson is worse than ISIS, etc.

 

Once, but that was during the 2012 election and I had the sneaky suspicion that he was a paid poster.

 

With each passing year there have been fewer Obama supporters for the simple reason that it's difficult for people to continue lying to themselves when the man is such an obviously God awful president. Once the scandals erupted into public awareness after his 2012 election people began to realize -- especially those who reluctantly voted for him a second time around -- that between Obama and the Left biased Mainstream Media they had been tricked into supporting a politician who was all image and no substance.

There are between five and ten hard core Obama supporters remaining on this site, and most of them will probably go to their graves KNOWING that their Anointed One was actually the greatest president ever produced. Nothing can be done about them. Their psychosis is bone deep.

 

I support the office not the man. I dislike his policies and most of his actions. But the office deserves our respect. Also I do not feel that he is a bad guy just not a good leader. Some call him a traitor or a tyrant, I think he is a good man in over his head. But I also think he is a patriot in his own way and once he is not longer in office I would still be willing to shake his hand and say thank you for his service.

 

I fully support the President of my country...this one, the last one, and all those since I was old enough to understand what the office means. I may not particularly "Like" Obama, nor did I care much for Bush Jr.......but I respect and appreciate the office.

 

A funny thing I notice is that some who badly want to support him, respond with "I respect the office"... when the question was specifically about "Obama".

 

I would love to support our president wouldn't you? But I cannot, I am just to conservative and his views are the polar opposite of mine. At the same time those that rail against him, call him names, and in general disrespect him are also disrespecting the office. That I do not agree with.

 

I support the president because he is the Presidnet. I think he was less terrrible than the alternative, and it might turn out history is kind to him. I agreed with him on healthcare which I think at the time was important enough to be a single issue voter. I have deal killers with both the Dems and Republicans so I just vote for the one that will likely make the changes I view as most important. I will have a hard time voting Republcian because of all the mindless silliness from the right right now, but maybe I could go for a real isolationist....

 

I support President Obama- not necessarily all of his policies- there are several policies that I disagree with. But I can disagree with a President's policies and still manage to look at the entire picture, and find more positive than negative.

 

Wait, generally it's said that "free medias" are against the power. In this category you can put also internet forums. I do guess that when a Republican President will come, the majority of the posters of PoliticalForum will be against him or her. Don't doubt about.

When internet sailors are with the power ... there is something to be concerned about. In fact in Italy, since a visible mass of internet sailors support are young Prime Minister, Renzi, ... I'm concerned!

 

I support President Obama.

 

He's proving to be just another pretty average President. Far from the "worst President in history" that I see from many. As if they are experts in Presidential history anyway.

He's had one helluva series of tough situations to try and overcome. The results are mixed, but not the disaster some portray. Congress has become the most dysfunctional in my adult life. The House being led astray by extremists and essentially holding the country hostage. The Senate needing a supermajority to get anything accomplished, including simple appointments.

Add to the congressional mess an economy that was crashing faster than anyone imagined the day he took office, two effed up wars, and now a world seemingly in chaos everywhere. It's difficult to imagine how one man, any man, can have all the answers across the board.

Lest I forget, the ACA. Not the disaster the right would have you believe. But none of them are attempting to step up to the plate and fix the parts that need fixing. Just sitting back and beeitching with no action. Same with immigration reform. For me however, the ACA has had zero impact. But then again, I've taken the responsibility to remain insured my entire working life. Too bad the single payer didn't materialize, but our dysfunctional, extremist-led Congress didn't allow that concept the time of day.

 

I remember quite a huge deal made of his election in 2008, it even clogged the Australian media for a few weeks (ah, how young I was back then, still watching commercial TV), as to his being Black... I guess it was seen as an extension of the civil rights movement, which was the only compulsory part of the Curriculum in Australian schools regarding the States when I was there, not a word of the Civil War, WWII, the Holocaust, or anything else that didn't involve the s****y contribution of Australia on the world scene. How I resent the redundant hyper-patriotic education I received. But I feel I've split onto a tangent...

 

In WWII Australia was instrumental in the defeat of the Afrika Corpse. Their contribution was vital to our over all success in Europe. Those same men also made the taking of the Pacific that much easier with their skill when they joined that theater as well. Dont underestimate the contribution Second AIF. You should be proud of their contribution in keeping the world free from fascism.

 

Of course there are. That's why the wing-nuts have to constantly work so hard to page push the board with their insipid spam.

 

Would that be the left-wing nuts who have polluted the Democrat Party?

 

Another "funny thing" would be, that as Obama currently holds said office.....stating you support the office means one supports the office holder as well. Believe it or not, someone can actually have respect for an individual based upon his position, regardless of what they might think of the person.

 

Well, we didn't learn anything of the Second World War either, as I said, and yes, the valiant efforts of those fighting Rommel and especially of those fighting at El Alamein were valiant... as were the Pacific efforts (although they paled in the face of your own). But I say "S****y contribution", as we feel extremely self-important in our military efforts, that, let's face it, have no impact. Every time an Australian Soldier dies in Iraq or Afghanistan, just one single soldier, the entire nation's news stops for a day, and their funeral is aired on National TV, with the Prime Minister in attendance. Hell, when I watched PBS News, back when I watched TV, there were scores of U.S soldiers given just a moment silence, and the next day it would be the same. Also, I feel that in the sense of WWII, nothing would have mattered if their wasn't a soviet contribution, no, that's a fact. Especially Australia. 27 Million Russians died on that front, compare that with the U.S's 400,000 odd, and 27,000 Australian casualties. Now, I'm not saying that the amount of casualties wins the war, especially for Russia, but coming back to the point, Australia has this false sense of pride when it comes to its military contributions... It's Just in comparison to other nation's input, I feel we have an unjust sense of patriotism.

 

You mean when there are so many Obama triumphs and examples of great leadership on his part for Dem Posters to crow about on a daily . . . no wait . . . a weekly . . . um . . . monthly . . . no . . . yearly basis? Hasn't it occurred yet to dedicated Obama supporters that the man hardly ever does anything right? Hell, not even the -- very nearly wedded to him -- bulk of the Mainstream Media that twice busted their rumps to get the man inside the Oval Office ever has much of anything good to say about him any more. All they do nowadays is cover for him and spin excuses for WHY he's an inveterate screw-up.

 

He is the most unique President we have ever had. You know why? Because he was not supposed to happen. Our Founding Fathers never dreamed that one day a Black man would be elected President of this country. Blacks were only 3/4 of a human being as far as they were concerned. They were meant to be slaves and nothing more. So, yes, I support him being in the office.

 

Yeah, I support Obama, but it's mostly because I remember his predecessor. And who can forget the Republican inanity since then.

I'll remember Obama as a good president just because of the sound spankings he administered to Republicans on more than just two occasions. Tell me, how does a black, muslim, foreign-born, community-organizing, socialist, commie dictator trounce a white American war hero with a gazillion years of senate experience? 2008 should have been a no-brainer for the Republicans. BUT, out with the old, in with the new. A new broom sweeps clean and all that good stuff.

 

It doesn't matter if he is a good president or not. What matters is that he got the most votes. Twice.

 

Which speaks very badly of voters.

He won the first time because, with the help of ACORN, people who had never voted and had to be shown how, voted for his blackness.

He won the second time because people like me no longer gave a (*)(*)(*)(*) and couldn't stand Romney.

In other words, both times he won by default.

He is a miserable failure.

I can't wait 'til he's gone, gone, gone!

 

There are a number of reasons he won, race among them. But mostly, it was because the clowns the Republican Party nominated. I see nothing on the horizon that they won't have another circus of buffoons the next time.