My view on Obama

Ok, so what does McGentrix think about Obama?

Well, first of all, I don't consider him a socialist, marxist, facist, or any other *ist. He is quite liberal in his politics, but that really isn't a shock and shouldn't be shocking to anyone that paid any attention to him during the campaign at all.

I do not like the amount of money he is proposing to spend. But, I am willing to wait and see what the results of that spending will be. If it results in creating a better economy and gets people working again, then it will have been a great idea. If it doesn't then we will have a new office holder in 4 years. One of the thing I like about our system is that we get to choose new leadership once in awhile.

I think he is a little too dependent on advisers, not that I expect him to be an expert on every thing that he has on his plate, but I do not like the political leanings of his advisers. While he may not be wanting to change America into a big government run socialist utopia, I believe many of his advisers do.

I do not like the fact that many of his cabinet posts remain unfilled and that many of his choices thus far have not been the best person for the job. I do like the fact that some of appointees are not Washington insiders. Fresh looks at some of the issues is good.

I would like his foreign policy to be a bit tougher then it has been thus far. Some of the countries around the globe need to know that they do not have a 4 year reign of terror to get their shit done. They must know that America will remain a strong deterrent to their actions and that we will, when necessary, step in and take control.

Obama has a lot on his plate. I am willing to give him time to work on whittling it down, but he needs to make a priorities list and get his people working on it. I still like him as a man and respect him as President. I just don't agree with much of what he has done so far. Not that I have any better ideas.