[QUOTE]WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Sunday that he deserves another four years in the White House, even though the economy has been shaky throughout his time in office.
"I deserve a second term, but we're not done," Obama said during a pre-Super Bowl interview with NBC's Matt Lauer, who noted that Obama had told him in a 2009 interview that if the economy was still recovering in 2012, he would be a one-term president.
"When you and I sat down [then], we were losing 750,000 jobs a month," Obama said. "Now we're creating 250,000. We've created 3.7 million jobs over the last 23 months. We've created the most jobs since 2005, the most manufacturing jobs since 1990. But we're not finished."
The president said he needs another term to do more to boost American manufacturing, energy and job training. Echoing the theme of his State of the Union address last month, he said he also needs more time to ensure the country's "return to old-fashioned American values," referring to what has become his mantra about economic and social fairness.
"That means, for example, regulations to make sure that Wall Street is following the same rules that Main Street's doing," the president said. "But we've made progress. And the key right now is to make sure we don't start turning in a new direction that could throw that progress off."
On the foreign policy front, Obama dodged a question about whether he would support Israel striking at Iran's nuclear sites, something that Israel has signaled it may be preparing for.
"I think they, like us, believe that Iran has to stand down on its nuclear weapons program," he said. "[Iran is] feeling the pressure, but they have not taken the step that they need to diplomatically, which is to say, 'We will pursue peaceful nuclear power. We will not pursue a nuclear weapon.' Until they do, I think Israel rightly is going to be very concerned and we are as well."
Asked if Israel has promised to give Obama a heads-up if it plans an attack, the president declined to give details but said his top priority is preserving the security of the United States and Israel. He also said he hasn't seen any evidence that Iran has the capability or intention of making an attack on U.S. soil.
"Our goal is to resolve this issue diplomatically," he said. "But we're not going to take any options off the table."
As for the Super Bowl, the president wouldn't make any prediction about whether the game will go to the New England Patriots or the New York Giants. But he conceded that the first lady and his daughters, Sasha and Malia, agree with many women across the country that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is a hunk.
"I think they know he's a good-looking guy," Obama said, adding that his daughters aren't old enough to be decorating their bedrooms with pictures of celebrity heartthrobs.
"The girls, 13 and 10, they're not quite at the age yet where they start putting up the pictures of guys yet," Obama said. "When that happens, I may call some executive privilege and say that's not appropriate."[/QUOTE]
Source: [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/05/obama-super-bowl-matt-lauer-interview-second-term_n_1256053.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Caim%7Cdl12%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D132946[/url]
Fuck, meant to tag as Politics, not Lua
Most of the other candidates are fucking nuts, so I'd rather see Obama in for another term than anyone else at this point.
[QUOTE=Pandamobile;34573200]Most of the other candidates are fucking nuts, so I'd rather see Obama in for another term than anyone else at this point.[/QUOTE]
Kinda sad that voting is now about picking the least insane candidate, instead of the one most fit to be president.
He might not keep his promises, but shit will hit the fan when any of the republicans [i]will[/i] keep their promises.
[QUOTE=Pandamobile;34573200]Most of the other candidates are fucking nuts, so I'd rather see Obama in for another term than anyone else at this point.[/QUOTE]
I was going to vote for Ron Paul, but then I found out he doesn't believe in Separation of church and state and wants to privatize education. F that.
Obama's alright, he would get my vote.
[QUOTE=NotAName;34573222]Kinda sad that voting is now about picking the least insane candidate, instead of the one most fit to be president.[/QUOTE]
I personally think that he did a good job. Sure, he might have missed out on some things, but what was the last time you saw a president do a perfect job? Studies show that populations almost never like their politicians while they're actually doing something, but afterwards they become more pleased. Al Gore might have been a great president, but that was just your own system fucking that up.
Saying that doesn't make it any more true.
Hard to know who to vote for when most of the candidates never really had it hard, and don't understand some if not most of the problems the average joeblow faces.
I think he should get another term, im not really liking any of the candidates this time around.
[QUOTE=zombays;34573263]I was going to vote for Ron Paul, but then I found out he doesn't believe in Separation of church and state and wants to privatize education. F that.[/QUOTE]
You should still vote for him [B]as a Republican nominee.[/B]
The one thing I want the most for the 2012 campaign is a debate between Barack Obama and Ron Paul. There will be little doubt that Obama will win, but the points Ron Paul will bring up will highlight key issues that we are overlooking. Any other Republican candidate will be complete rhetorical bullshit.
[QUOTE=Daddy-of-war;34573281]Hard to know who to vote for when most of the candidates never really had it hard, and don't understand some if not most of the problems the average joeblow faces.[/QUOTE]
You don't need to experience something yourself to understand it or help.
I actually understand what Obama want's to do, unlike every other candidate
Better than the others...
Would vote for him if I could.
Most Europeans cringe at the thought of Americas coming election, it's almost scary how bad most of the candidates are.
[QUOTE=Daddy-of-war;34573281]Hard to know who to vote for when most of the candidates never really had it hard, and don't understand some if not most of the problems the average joeblow faces.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, we shouldn't reelect Obama unless he gets a blowjob like the rest of us.
Yes you do.
[QUOTE=DOG-GY;34573302]You don't need to experience something yourself to understand it or help.[/QUOTE]
You kind of do if you want to understand it, not help.
[QUOTE=zombays;34573263]I was going to vote for Ron Paul, but then I found out he doesn't believe in Separation of church and state and wants to privatize education. F that.[/QUOTE]
According to those videos of him answering Reddit questions, that doesn't seem to be the case. He said he doesn't care what you believe in and that it shouldn't affect the decisions you make as a politician.
[QUOTE=Hidole555;34573297]You should still vote for him [B]as a Republican nominee.[/B]
The one thing I want the most for the 2012 campaign is a debate between Barack Obama and Ron Paul. There will be little doubt that Obama will win, but the points Ron Paul will bring up will highlight key issues that we are overlooking. Any other Republican candidate will be complete rhetorical bullshit.[/QUOTE]
I read in a CNN article a couple months ago that Paul plans to continue campaigning all the way up unto the GOP Convention in August, regardless of whether he wins or not, just to get his ideals out into the open.
He's the least insane one of all possible candidates.
Yeah I don't see Mitt Romney winning at all.
If he doesn't have to think about another term, he can use the full extent of his powers without much restraint, which I really hope he does.
I sure hope Mitt doesn't win. I'm hoping there are enough intelligent people in my grand old mile high state to deny him
I'll sure be voting for Paul as the Republican nominee because of reasons mentioned in another thread, but Obama will be getting my presidential vote.
[QUOTE=Protocol7;34573614]I sure hope Mitt doesn't win. I'm hoping there are enough intelligent people in my grand old mile high state to deny him
I'll sure be voting for Paul as the Republican nominee because of reasons aforementioned[/QUOTE]
Try to convince other people that Ron is better than Mitt. We've got a solid constitutionalist that has a practically solid voting record versus a conservative businessman, the same kind of person who got us into this mess in the first place, and who's pretty much a "flip-flopper." Romney basically does only what he views as politically profitable while not taking a strong, concrete stance on issues.
[QUOTE=Hidole555;34573297]You should still vote for him [B]as a Republican nominee.[/B]
The one thing I want the most for the 2012 campaign is a debate between Barack Obama and Ron Paul. [B]There will be little doubt that Obama will win, but the points Ron Paul will bring up will highlight key issues that we are overlooking.[/B] Any other Republican candidate will be complete rhetorical bullshit.[/QUOTE] Where are Republicans going to choose Obama over Paul? If they go against eachother Obama will have to fight for Presidency.
wouldnt it be nice if there were a shitload of really great candidates to choose from, not just several batshit insane ones
[QUOTE=Bobie;34573762]wouldnt it be nice if there were a shitload of really great candidates to choose from, not just several batshit insane ones[/QUOTE]
Batshit insane tends to attract attention and people interpret attention as popularity :v:
[QUOTE=NotAName;34573222]Kinda sad that voting is now about picking the least insane candidate, instead of the one most fit to be president.[/QUOTE]
Well, it still is that sort of, right?
[QUOTE=Hidole555;34573297]You should still vote for him [B]as a Republican nominee.[/B]
The one thing I want the most for the 2012 campaign is a debate between Barack Obama and Ron Paul. There will be little doubt that Obama will win, but the points Ron Paul will bring up will highlight key issues that we are overlooking. Any other Republican candidate will be complete rhetorical bullshit.[/QUOTE]
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