Name:   Buteye - Subject:   Barbara Boxer Date:   11/15/2016 6:16:02 PM

I admit that in the beginning I was attracted to Obama in his initial run for the President. He fooled a lot of people with his "hope" and "change" rhetoric. I was also impressed with Michelle early on and I even initiated conversation with several Blacks leading up to the first election. No, I did not vote for him for a variety of reasons which I will mention some int the paragraph below, but I do think I was a willing listener during his campaign. Even though he still has a favorable opinion rating, some people will just not give up the ghost and admit that he did not lead our country as many "hoped" he would. 

I will mention a few examples for my feelings. He starts out "apologizing" to the world that America is not a great nation, his foreign policy lacked a consistent strategy that was always announcing to the enemy when and where our campaigns were going to begin, he likened ISIS to the JV Team, he draws a "red line" in the sand in Syria, he  "lied" time and time again to get Obama Care passed which has now proven to be a disaster, he has doubled our National Debt from from ten trillion to twenty trillion dollars, ninety million able body workers are not in the work force, on average the growth of our economy has been in the 2% range, the country is more divided socially than it has been in years, he has disrespected the role of law enforcement in their role of maintaining law and order in a very disconnected society, and the list goes on. In no way did I pray that Obama would fail as President but I think his record says it all.