Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy

My thought from the start was that everyone was caught up in the hype of Obama and would overlook the fact that he is nothing more than an excellent speaker (given he has a teleprompter). He is not a leader.

My other thought was that if he would never get the chance to be a great president because he would have to spend so much time playing janitor after Bush. Any possibility of him being great would be diminished.

So far both my thoughts have been correct.

At this stage, unless he starts pulling unicorns out of his ass, he will be a one term president. HOWEVER, the American people are just dumb enough to fall for some last minute stunt and believe that "change" is still on the way. If he ends up bagging Osama he will go down as a hero. If he closes Gitmo just in time and brings the bulk of our troops home, hero. Not sure how immigration will play out but that needs to be taken care of too. Whatever he does, it will be done just in time. Otherwise... one term and going down as a horrible president.

I don't think the next puppet is going to do much better either. It's all pretty fucked now. The system is broken and the country is more divided than ever.

What I do know is, I will vote for Ron Paul. Not because I think he will win, because he won't, but because there will be no one else worthy of my vote.