Either President Obama is the luckiest man in the world, or it really is nth dimensional chess

[fried eggs]

Look back on all the so called crises that have occurred over the past 5 years. Each time, in the end, it's Obama 1, repugs and haters 0. Each and every time. I could understand people calling it a coincidence or luck the first 2 times, but each time?

Here's some of the crises:

Syria
Debt Ceiling
Social Security
Health Care
Benghazi
IRS "Scandal"
AP Leak
Romney Debate
General Election 2008
General Election 2012
2008 Primaries

[last1standing]

1. Oooh! Lists! I have one for you.

Sequestration
Libya
Medical Marijuana crackdowns
Wall Street immunity
Bush war crimes immunity
Insurance care that leaves up to 20 million without healthcare
Foreclosure rates through the roof
Real wages still decreasing
Anemic job growth after 5 years in office
"Grand Bargain" offers every few months
Whistle-blower crackdowns


Not all good, is it?

[Avalux]

2. I's never all good, but give the man some credit. Or can't you do that?

Given the political environment in this country and congressional Republicans who have pledged to obstruct Obama no matter what, he's doing a good job.

[last1standing]

3. I'm giving him tons of credit for Syria, whether he deserves it or not.

And I'll give him credit every time he does something that I believe helps the United States and the world.

What I won't do is let moronic posts that serve no purpose other than insulting people who criticize bad policies stand without objection.

[Avalux]

4. Fair enough. But there's more than just criticism going on here. n/t

[last1standing]

5. And there's more than just defense of Obama's policies going on as well.

I know there are posters who will never say a good word about Obama but that's not the equivalent of calling someone anyone who ever disagrees a racist, which is what has happened today.

At this point, I believe anyone who criticizes an "anti-Obama" thread who hasn't criticized the "some of you" are racists thread has their priorities misplaced.

[Avalux]

7. I agree with you on that.

And it works both ways - anyone criticizing a pro-Obama thread who hasn't criticized calling DIers delusional Obama worshippers, or calling Obama nasty names, have their priorities misplaced.

[quinnox]

6. Keep in mind some of us might not consider all of those "wins"

You are assuming we all agree with your opinions on those things. For instance, "health care" I consider that a loss, not a win. Same thing with the tax cuts, in that he gave in too much to the GOP.

And I'm guessing it might really blow your mind to know some of us consider Obama to be an average to mediocre president.

[B2G]

8. Can someone start a poll about banning the 'chess' thing?

It's starting to set my teeth on edge.

[reformist2]

9. Obama may be beating the Repugs, that doesn't mean his presidency gets an A+.

The main thing, imo, redirecting our economy back towards helping working-class and middle-class Americans, he has pretty much given up on. You can say the Repugs are stopping him, ok, but then you're admitting that they've won on at least one very important count.