# Obama and Bush: What makes "competence" in a President? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 11, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-bush-what-makes-competence-in-a-president/489105 "2009-03-11T19:18:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-bush-what-makes-competence-in-a-president/489105/23 "2009-03-13T02:08:01Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Denial is only the first step. You guys need to move on if you’re going to work through anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance in time for the 2010 mid-term elections. I have no doubt that Obama is going to be a one-termer in the mold of Mr. Mush, Jimmy Carter. He will likely be followed by a Reaganesque figure, who will win in a landslide, once the populace sees what the results are of a man who hasn’t the brains to understand the most basic workings of the economy (profit to earnings ratio? :p) and hasn’t the balls to conduct a proper foreign policy. I knew we were done when he made the Arafat worshiper, Clinton, Secretary of State. Now she wants to hand millions to Hamas, even as they launch more missiles? Puh-leez. I hope all the Jewish-Americans are watching during the next four years, and vote their anger when the time comes. I also hope the state of Israel is still around then to argue about, although prospects are looking dim. One thing is sure, if anyone is going to launch a preemptive strike against Iran to cripple their nuclear capability, it ain’t gonna be us. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-bush-what-makes-competence-in-a-president/489105)._