A View on the Presidency

"A Year and a Half of President Obama" is the title of the article. The description under this heading is "Team Obama marks 18 surprisingly incompetent months in office." It talks about the disappointment and the ineffectiveness surrounding Obama's presidency. How he had such a promising campaign and inauguration, but his presidency has just been "incompetent" so far. The author of this article, I believe, is trying to appeal to the population of Americans who are less than happy with the way Obama’s presidency has gone so far. He is trying to convince Americans of the inefficiency of Obama’s presidency so far. He’s trying to tip the ones who are just on the edge of believing all this is true, trying to show the people that are unaware, what has been going on. The author, Deroy Murdock, a writer for the National Review, goes into listing the many accounts of evidence that he believes makes this true. Such as how Mr. Obama shipped off a statue of Winston Churchill, the "legendary statesmen," a very prominent figure in our history, who helped drive Adolf Hitler to suicide among many other great things, who was given to President Bush shortly after the 9/11 attacks. The author sees this as a very disrespectful move that even, "The last thing a nine-year-old would do is send a gift back to the giver." The author goes on to bring up more prominent cases, such as many time-wasting and frivolous acts Mr. Obama has committed, continuing to appeal and try to convince his audience of his views. He hits on the sore subjects of un-kept promises; favor gaining promises that he swore, unlike other politicians, he would keep. In my opinion he holds a fair argument. The author seems like he has done his research and has a lot of evidence backing up his claims. It is a very interesting, and at times, humorous, article and I would recommend it for reading.