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By Ramyrez 2015-09-01 09:16:13
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Not to split hairs, but wasn't Bush's 90% just after 9/11 where disproving of the president got you labeled a terrorist and questioned by the FBI at length, possibly with bamboo shoots under your toenails?
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By Valefor.Sehachan 2015-09-01 09:17:08
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I wonder how many presidents people are capable of judging honestly and objectively for only their own efforts and not outside influence that is beyond their control. For example it's pretty hard to have your population swimming in gold when the entire world economy is heading towards reboot.

edit: it's a generic statement, I don't particularly know anything about Obama's economic policies. Or any other us president for that matter.
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By Bahamut.Ravael 2015-09-01 09:17:47
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Obama doesn't have good final term numbers to win a 3rd term if that were possible. You're the one bringing up statistics that actually work more against your argument than for it. Also, your zingers need some serious work. I get embarrassed for you every time I see them.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2015-09-01 09:18:32
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Term limits are very important and should be extended to senators and the House of Representatives and all other government positions. Perhaps even the Supreme Court.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-09-01 09:18:37
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Asura.Floppyseconds said: »
Asura.Kingnobody said: »
Asura.Floppyseconds said: »
Asura.Kingnobody said: »
Bahamut.Ravael said: »
Asura.Floppyseconds said: »
EDIT:
Obama's term average - 47%
Reagan's term average - 52%

Yeah, and Jimmy Carter averaged 45.5%. You're not making your case very well, and average doesn't mean squat for reelection compared to the final term percentages.
I'm sure he is going to point out that Obama had an approval rating of 69 once in his term.

Never mind it was he first week in office, and it had dropped ever since.

Also never mind that Bush had an approval rating of 90 once also.

Despite that 90% he still averaged 49.6% overall.
And still is doing better than Obama.

Nope, with a second term approval of 36.5% he is not.

The reason we are even on this is because of me saying I think a president should be allowed a third term, and you questioned if I was impartial on the matter by invoking the cowboy who is afraid of horses.
You provided us the information proving that Bush had a higher approval rating than Obama. Of course, you are more than willing to move the goalposts and skew the data to prove that Obama is doing better than Bush (by limiting the dates allowed in your "analysis") even though we are talking about total job approval ratings.

Like I said before, you don't understand percentages, and now it seems like you don't understand statistics either.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2015-09-01 09:19:55
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Valefor.Sehachan said: »
I don't particularly know anything about Obama's economic policies.
I don't think Obama knows either.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-09-01 09:21:01
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Ramyrez said: »
Not to split hairs, but wasn't Bush's 90% just after 9/11 where disproving of the president got you labeled a terrorist and questioned by the FBI at length, possibly with bamboo shoots under your toenails?
I don't know about the whole "labeled a terrorist..." tirade, but yes, that is when he got his high approval rating.

I'm not going to deny that it was inflated, given the circumstances at the time.

However, given that Obama has done nothing and had his highest approval rating in his entire career isn't saying much about the man...
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-09-01 09:23:08
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Asura.Floppyseconds said: »
Par, for the course in the case of how high others have set the bar.
So, add averages as another thing Spicy doesn't understand.

Leviathan.Chaosx said: »
Term limits are very important and should be extended to senators and the House of Representatives and all other government positions. Perhaps even the Supreme Court.
I would agree. Again, not one Senator or Congressman have as much power as the President has, but I wouldn't mind having term limits on any elected official.

Supreme Justices on the other hand...it would be hard to impose...
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-09-01 09:24:52
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Caitsith.Shiroi said: »
Leviathan.Chaosx said: »
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I don't particularly know anything about Obama's economic policies.
I don't think Obama knows either.

Still doing better than most of Europe ... and Canada.
And still doing worse than the historical average for America.
 
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By Valefor.Sehachan 2015-09-01 09:26:15
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Asura.Kingnobody said: »
And still doing worse than the historical average for America.
And this is exactly what I mentioned...America doesn't exist in itself in a bubble separated from the rest of the world's occurrences...
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2015-09-01 09:29:20
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Caitsith.Shiroi said: »
Leviathan.Chaosx said: »
Valefor.Sehachan said: »
I don't particularly know anything about Obama's economic policies.
I don't think Obama knows either.

Still doing better than most of Europe ... and Canada.
Hmmm... I'm not exactly sure how you came to that conclusion.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2015-09-01 09:33:30
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The PI(I)GS nations are obviously not doing so well. But Germany is doing very well compared to the U.S., well that is until their immigration problem starts taking more of a toll.

I'd actually have to look at some numbers for the rest of Europe.

Currency wise, EUR is doing better than the USD in terms of value. Definitely not the only measurement though.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-09-01 09:33:41
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Valefor.Sehachan said: »
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And still doing worse than the historical average for America.
And this is exactly what I mentioned...America doesn't exist in itself in a bubble separated from the rest of the world's occurrences...
No, but GDP is measured by the domestic growth of a single nation.

Since that is the only way to determine how well an economy in a nation is doing, and is also the basis of your argument...

GDP is influenced by multiple factors, of which governmental regulations play a key roll in it. Having a restrictive governmental policy put in place effects negatively GDP, and we have had a lot of restrictive governmental policies for the past 7 years...
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By Garuda.Chanti 2015-09-01 09:34:02
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Asura.Kingnobody said: »
Valefor.Endoq said: »
This is also why we need to put a term limit on ALL political seats. Why would only the president have a limit on number of terms served? Political office should not be a life long position of power. This sort of thing is not much different than being a king.
Because how much power does 1 Senator really have? Or 1 Representative?
Very damn little actually.

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And it's not like once elected, they are there for life. They still need to be reelected once every 2 or 6 years, depending on the job....
Despite the need to get reelected many ARE there for life.

Leviathan.Chaosx said: »
Valefor.Sehachan said: »
I don't particularly know anything about Obama's economic policies.
I don't think Obama knows either.
No one who is elected has an economic policy.

Economic policy is dictated by banks and bankers.
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By Bahamut.Ravael 2015-09-01 09:35:13
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Asura.Floppyseconds said: »
That is the whole point of allowing a third term though. Have to win it after a second term everyone averages lower in.

Everyone? No, Clinton and Reagan had better averages in their second term. You know, the people I actually said might win a third term.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-09-01 09:36:41
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Garuda.Chanti said: »
Very damn little actually.
Isn't that the point?

Garuda.Chanti said: »
Despite the need to get reelected many ARE there for life.
So, blame the voters in that district then?
 
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By Valefor.Sehachan 2015-09-01 09:36:58
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Asura.Kingnobody said: »
is also the basis of your argument
Not exactly. But if you don't understand what I was trying to get at I'm afraid I don't know how to word it in a different way sorry.
 
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-09-01 09:39:26
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Leviathan.Chaosx said: »
The PI(I)GS nations are obviously not doing so well. But Germany is doing very well compared to the U.S., well that is until their immigration problem starts taking more of a toll.

I'd actually have to look at some numbers for the rest of Europe.

Currency wise, EUR is doing better than the USD in terms of value. Definitely not the only measurement though.
Overall, Europe isn't doing that well compared to America, but it's still doing better than most of the world.

Taking Germany and comparing it to America is like taking Texas and comparing it to Europe. It's not really accurate to do so because you are taking a strong region and comparing it to a much larger and separate region.

It would be more honest to take Germany and compare it to Europe than it is to compare it to America...
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-09-01 09:40:22
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Valefor.Sehachan said: »
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is also the basis of your argument
Not exactly. But if you don't understand what I was trying to get at I'm afraid I don't know how to word it in a different way sorry.
How do you measure economic policies then? What metric do you use?

Let's at least start with that.
 
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2015-09-01 09:41:55
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I don't think GDP is a realistic way to determine how well an economy is doing in terms of optimal employment, labor participation rate, quality of life, and PPP.

For example, you can a country with an enormous GDP or increase in GDP, but if too few people aren't working, can't find employment to sustain their living, it's not an overall effective economy.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-09-01 09:42:05
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Asura.Floppyseconds said: »
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The PI(I)GS nations are obviously not doing so well. But Germany is doing very well compared to the U.S., well that is until their immigration problem starts taking more of a toll.

I'd actually have to look at some numbers for the rest of Europe.

Currency wise, EUR is doing better than the USD in terms of value. Definitely not the only measurement though.
Overall, Europe isn't doing that well compared to America, but it's still doing better than most of the world.

Taking Germany and comparing it to America is like taking Texas and comparing it to Europe. It's not really accurate to do so because you are taking a strong region and comparing it to a much larger and separate region.

It would be more honest to take Germany and compare it to Europe than it is to compare it to America...

Can't really compare Germany to even Europe because it is a beneficiary of EU policies where as nations like Greece or Portugal will get the shaft.
Beneficiary? Germany is basically supporting the entire EU region...

How is that being a beneficiary?
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2015-09-01 09:45:58
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Asura.Kingnobody said: »
It would be more honest to take Germany and compare it to Europe than it is to compare it to America...
I agree with you there.

But the whole GDP growth isn't an accurate measurement, imo.

Economies can't grow forever. See my previous post on just making sure people are working and being able to pay for the things they want and need, etc.
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By fonewear 2015-09-01 09:48:02
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Along with term limits we need age limits. Bernie Sanders too old !
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