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I believe the President is only in charge of our country to a certain extent. At the same time, he is in charge of our military and decides on certain courses that can have a massive impact on our country, it's citizens, society, the economy, etc.
I honestly believe that a president running for office tells the public while campaigning what he believes combined with what his staff tells him he needs to say to get elected. However, once he gets into office it's not always easy to make a campaign promise happen. A good example of this is Gitmo - Obama told us he was going to close it, yet is finding out it's not that easy. At the same time we hold the president responsible for things not in his control - such as holding Bush responsible for 9/11 or holding Bush responsible for the collapse of the economy. And that's not fair.
We also have a habit of improperly judging based on our emotions at the time. President Truman, who become president just as WWII was ending was had one of the lowest ratings of all time, 22%, which was lower than Nixon's when he resigned. Now looking back we can plainly see that Truman was one of the greatest presidents we've ever had. I believe in the future Bush Jr will be rated poorly (mostly because of his handling of Iraq), and Obama will be rated better because we'll have forgotten the smaller issues we'll remember him for turning the economy around.
Like I said above... My primary concern is the economy. I've worked hard all my life and I nearly lost everything. The economy is coming back and the rest is all dribble.
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