# Top 3 Successes of President Obama in the first 100 Days... **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 3, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189 "2009-05-03T16:25:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dilton_Doiley_Philosopher_King)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/1 "2009-05-03T16:25:23Z")
1. [Recovery.gov](http://recovery.gov) (and for embracing the social internet in general - facebook, twitter, etc…) 2. Closing the Guantanamo prisons 3. Being the first black President What are some better successes? What are some of his failures? Bonus: Is Swine Flu going to be Obama’s 9/11? ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/2 "2009-05-03T16:29:45Z")
His relations to Cuba are what impress me the most. Meeting with friend and foe alike. No, swine flu is not a terrorist attack. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/3 "2009-05-03T16:55:12Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > His relations to Cuba are what impress me the most. > Meeting with friend and foe alike. > > No, swine flu is not a terrorist attack. Swine flu was an inside job!!! [/truther] ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/4 "2009-05-03T18:12:18Z")
Passing the Stimulus package. (yes, I realize you may not feel the Stimulus was a good thing, but Obama obviously does, so it counts as a success). ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/5 "2009-05-03T19:44:33Z")
> [@Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](#): > > 1. Closing the Guantanamo prisons They’ve been closed? Cite, please. And I’m not impressed with “being black” as a measure of success as president. It may make his \*campaigning \*even more impressive, but having melanin, in and of itself, does not count as an achievment. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/6 "2009-05-03T21:18:15Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Passing the Stimulus package. > > (yes, I realize you may not feel the Stimulus was a good thing, but Obama obviously does, so it counts as a success). Well it was successful in that he got it done, but I wouldn’t say that was so much Obama’s success. The stimulus package was a Bush initiative that Obama expanded upon. As for whether or not the stimulus itself was a success, remains to be seen. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/7 "2009-05-03T23:52:04Z")
Elevating the prestige and respect of the U.S.A. throughout the world comes to mind. Bush tamped it down to a horrible level. Bringing back intelligent leadership. To actually have thoughtful careful answers to questions is a treat. To not feel like our administration sees us as enemies who should have no inside information, but we should blindly trust them is a welcome change. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/8 "2009-05-04T01:29:04Z")
> [@Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](#): > > 1. [Recovery.gov](http://recovery.gov) (and for embracing the social internet in general - facebook, twitter, etc…) > 2. Closing the Guantanamo prisons > 3. Being the first black President 1. He set up a website? My nine year old nephew has a website. 2. He closed it? Not that I’ve noticed. So far, just a lot of chin music. Not that we need a lot of terrorists running around free in the first place. 3. Are you a racist? I thought we were supposed to be above that sort of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/9 "2009-05-04T02:20:05Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Passing the Stimulus package. > > (yes, I realize you may not feel the Stimulus was a good thing, but Obama obviously does, so it counts as a success). I’m sorry, I voted for the man but what the hell sense does this mean? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/10 "2009-05-04T02:49:50Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > 1. He closed it? Not that I’ve noticed. So far, just a lot of chin music. Not that we need a lot of terrorists running around free in the first place. He’s working on it, and most of the people there have never had anything proven. So calling them ‘terrorists’ is really kind of ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/11 "2009-05-04T03:04:11Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Swine flu was an inside job!!! [/truther] There were people who said a black man would be president of the United States when pigs fly. And, 100 days later, swine flu! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/12 "2009-05-04T03:26:51Z")
1.) Stem Cell Research 2.) Looking at our electric grids (and saying Good God!) 3.) My $25 per week extra unemployment money! ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/13 "2009-05-04T03:30:03Z")
1. He is still trying to do everything he promised during his campaign. 2. Investing a huge amount of money in education and science. 3. Getting foreigners to like us again. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/14 "2009-05-04T03:32:23Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > There were people who said a black man would be president of the United States when pigs fly. > > And, 100 days later, swine flu! 🙂 Sucker as I am for a cheap pun, I couldn’t let this go unrecognized. ---
**Author:** ![Animastryfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Animastryfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Animastryfe)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/15 "2009-05-04T03:55:20Z")
My choices are the same as **Lakai** ’s and \*\* Gonzomax\*\*'s. Yes, I know that’s more than 3. I’m cheating. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-successes-of-president-obama-in-the-first-100-days/495189/16 "2009-05-04T04:12:51Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Sucker as I am for a cheap pun, I couldn’t let this go unrecognized. Oh god. I can’t believe that joke flew past me.