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Barack Obama Has Successfully Alienated Everyone

By Sikander Hayat


Obama has been put to proverbial sword by left, right & centre of the American politics. He can’t make the left happy because he has failed to pass the health care bill in its original form, the right does not like him because they perceive him to be soft on terror & Iran’s nuclear programme and the centre perceive him to be a flip flopper who cannot make his mind up on important issues.
When Obama got elected a year ago, left thought that they finally had someone who would break the mould and reshape the American political structure forever but Obama has shown that he is nothing of that sort.
Republicans were always out to destroy him from the day one. They thought of him (and still do) as on imposter who usurped them (conservative white men) of their God given right to rule America. Fox news has taken a step towards active politics by holding TEA (Tax Enough Already) parties and by allowing buffoons like O’Reilly & Glenn Beck to talk absolute lies about Obama.
Average US citizen has shown in three recent State Governorship Elections (most recently Massachusetts) that he is unhappy with the way Obama presidency is going at the moment. Upcoming congressional elections are going to be another big embarrassment for Obama according to the opinion polls.
The final decision on Obama presidency will be delivered by the people three years from now but it will rest heavily on the performance of the economy. If economy gets better and starts creating jobs than all is well, but if economy is in doldrums than Obama will end up in the same position as Carter.

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