Corinne’s Blog

President Obama has really been making me upset lately. I admit that I was not entirely excited when he took office, but I was thinking that he was at least competent enough to get things done. He looked promising, although he is too far left for my political taste. Obama surrounded himself with other good, competent politicians, so I was a little hopeful that his presidency wouldn’t be a disaster. But now, after having been in office for about three months, I am not longer as optimistic as I once was. In one of his first major bills, Obama has allowed many millions of dollars go to the pet-projects of Senators and Representatives: pork-barrel spending, which he said that he was going to get rid of. I guess not. Also, Obama has managed to offend many people by making a snide comment about the Special Olympics. Not to mention the comment he made about how Americans are stupid and ignorant at the G-20 convention in London, which also upset many Americans and made the US seem very weak. Now, I know that it is President Obama’s first time in office, and that the learning curve is very steep. But come on. Let’s at least do what we say we’re going to do and not just fall right back into the habits we said we were going to put an end to. And also, Obama needs to be aware that now that he’s the President of the United States of America someone will always hear what he says and be ready to take it the wrong way. So let’s smarten up Obama, please.