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Originally Posted by Livia

Seems to me the backlash is mostly from people who hate Obama because he's black. The USA had that buffoon George W Bush as their president for EIGHT YEARS! Amazing really that the rich white boy was allowed to carry on regardless of the fact he was one of the stupidest people on the planet. Now they're turning against Obama because he couldn't end a global recession in a year. Seems like a bit of a big ask.

Oh come off it! Even a lot of Democrats are now acknowledging that Obama's first 2 years (not one) have not lived up to expectations. The criticism directed at Obama has nothing to do with the fact that he's black, not with the vast majority of Americans.

Job figures are still terrible, house possessions have continued to rise, he has done little to correct the deficit, he was unable to effectively handle he BP oil spill, and while he did eventually push through his health reforms, most Americans felt their money was being wasted. His climate change bill was abandoned, Guantanamo hasnt been shut down, he has made no progress in Afghanistan, I could go on. Obviously he could not have been expected to solve all off the countrys problems but he could have made some progress. He has had a few successes I admit, but his failures far outweight those.