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A similarly rooted riptide is going to be the final nail in this failed presidency's coffin in November.
lol.
@v b74..ehhh your statement is kinda true he isnt quite as low as Bush.. and it is an election year so the Republicans are the ones that making the big stink..Obama like all of the presidents are just puppets..but in the same breath Obama got handed a mess from Bush..people both in America and in other country's dont understand.. it normally takes 3-6 years for laws to get in to effect..it doesn't happen over night..i dont support Obama or anyone in this counrty.. i want to end the 2 party system because it has failed from the start.. i want parliament! like y'all have.
@ rafa1981 exactly! he is a puppet..the only reason he got elected was because he is black..but he has white in him too so.. it was either him or Sara palin obama was lesser of the 2 evils so...
@ Makaveli i will have to agree with you also..there is a lot of people bashing America even Swededs are bashing America..but im sure it is just the uneducated Swedes doing it
@ GefleFrequentFlyer smug ignorance? he isnt smug he is just calm..there is a difference im not sure what is to be learned with the Swedish election..."A similarly rooted riptide is going to be the final nail in this failed presidency's coffin in November."..not sure if you aren an American or not but we have a 2 party system..it is either Democrats or Republicans sure we have the "tea party" but they are republicans so it isnt a new party.. then you have te "independent" which will either vote Dem or Rep..we dont have a government like Sweden where there are more than one party..wish we did.. this countery is going to crap rapidly
eeeeh... I'm an american not a Swede and my statement is totally true the latest
poll I saw (today) showed only 29% strongly approved. And I think most people can agree that in general, there is a sence of disappointment with him. But I do agree with you in that the two party system really isn't the best way to go. In the last two elections I didn't like either candidate but that is the only choice we're given and a vote for the indepedants is a wasted vote since they are never gonna win. So yes I would like to see a European style parliment system as well.
This is America! it is WE the people.. our voice matters here not theirs we decide who does what and when they do it.. but that being said We are a lazy country and no one will take the time to stand up for their rights..what poll did you see that on?
cause as we both know the Media makes the rules here.. you look at CNN and Fox and they will both say something way different
I have been paying close attention to the independents..they lean either dems..or reps.. unlike the Tea party which is republican wit a stupid name so that being said it is still a 2 party system which ever way we go..maybe we could get Sweden's government to come over here and get stuff going right lol..
i could really care less about his rating anyways cause in 2 years there will be a new idiot in office and they will screw things up as well..
and Sweden thinks they have problems hahah