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Obama’s Failings Obvious in Record-low Approval Rating

October 16, 2011

By Jordan Cook

The year is 1979, and Jimmy Carter is President of the United States. In September of that year, his approval rating is 35%. Due to his failed policies, indecision and the weak economy during his single term as president, Carter is considered to be one of the worst presidents of the modern era. Ironically, the current president’s approval rating at the exact same point in time of his presidency is almost the same as Carter’s.

Barack Obama, unfortunately, is beginning to take on the role as the president who is simply Carter’s second term. According to a number of polling sources, including the Gallup Organization, Obama’s approval rating reached it’s lowest point at 38% this past month, and it only seems to be getting lower.

This is because the president makes lofty promises to the nation but never brings forth results. Since his apparent $800 billion “stimulus” in 2009, the only thing that has risen in the U.S. economy is the unemployment rate. According to Gallup, the percentage of Americans without jobs since the passing of the stimulus bill has surged up to nearly 10% at some times, although as of late it has settled to around 9.1%.That number is not expected to fall any time soon.

On top of Obama’s job troubles, the Dow Jones,the most crucial measure of economic health, dropped below 10,000 points for the first time since the economic collapse of 2009 due to the fears of indecision on the debt ceiling, the federal government’s maximum deficit limit, before defaulting and eventual shutdown of public services.

Granted, all of the issues that are facing our country today cannot be completely blamed on our commander in chief. However, he’s certainly not helping to solve these problems either. It is not so much that Obama has made the wrong decisions, but rather, that he has made none at all at very crucial junctures.

In addition to these financial and economic troubles, the president is also failing miserably on the foreign front. When Libya erupted in revolution, threatening the sovereignty of dictator Muammar Gadaffi, Obama never took an official position on the matter, and American involvement was and still is uncertain. This is not to mention the fact that Obama never kept his promise to the thousands of people during his victory rally that he would remove all U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.

All of these decisions, or lack thereof, have led to a sharp decline in America’s comfort with this political novice as president of the most powerful nation in the world and will almost inevitably lead to a loss of the White House for the man that promised “hope and change.”

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