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Obama: I’m A One-Term President
President Barack Obama said he would be a one-term president if the economy is not fixed by 2011. Time's almost up.
With the 2012 presidential race having already kicked off, President Barack Obama signaled his defeat only after a few months in office.
That’s right, in an interview with NBC News on Feb. 1, 2009, he raised the white flag and said:
“Look, I'm at the start of my administration. One nice thing about the situation I've find myself in, is that I'll be held accountable. I’ve got four years. … In a year from now, people are going to see that we're starting to make some progress. But there is going to be some pain out there. If I don't have this done in three years, then there is going to be a one-term proposition," President Obama said.
And the reality is, the economy didn’t get much better. Sure, I’ll be kind and admit that Obama inherited a bad economy. But he didn’t exactly do much to improve it either.
But the fact is the president has nothing to worry about. Sadly, the GOP can’t seem to find anyone “electable,” which is how Obama got into the White House.
In my little humble opinion, too many people have been glued to reality TV shows, such as “American Idol.” The American people don’t want to look up to the president to be inspired anymore; they want to see him as a celebrity and as a common man.
And that’s why we had a junior U.S. senator as president and the GOP are trying to find their own Obama, because they sure as hell don’t want someone like Ron Paul.
Sure, the U.S. congressman may not be everyone’s cup of tea. The nutty little fellow has a thing for the Constitution and apparently, the majority American people or elected leaders aren’t big on that. Shame, really.
So I predict that President Obama will win in 2012. Die-hard supporters of whoever will become the Republicans’ top ticket will have to come to grips that the political game has changed and it’s not so much of what plans you have, but it’s how snazzy you look on camera.
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