The second-term curse - Politisphere

Richard Nixon had Watergate. Ronald Reagan had Iran-Contra. Bill Clinton was impeached. George Bush had Katrina and the financial crisis. As President Obama gets sworn in for his second term, Julian Zelizer, a Princeton professor, explores why second terms are so challenging. (January 17, 2013)

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[Goonga Gungah]

I dont get the hate for Obama, he hasn't done anything really wrong and he hasn't done anything really correct.  He's like a roller coaster he has his ups and downs. Hes like george bush but with more hills. clinton was like kingda ka. goes up and then right back down and thats it.

[IrenaPrude]

The gun ban backlash. Even if the gun ban is passed and signed into law, states and counties said they will not enforce it.

[countrymadness]

I hope he never reads that. >:)

[countrymadness]

If God forbid somebody broke into your house I'm pretty sure you would be wishing you had that semi-auto rifle you think your neighbors don't deserve to have like that woman recently who was being robbed her and her two children hid in the attack and when the intruder found them she fired 6 shots(with a revolver) 5 hit and the guy was still able to leave the building and get to his car before collapsing what if there were two,things like how many rounds somebody needs can't be predetermined.

[Wanda Goree]

You're going to fine Mr. President, just stay on the right track. Stay strong in everything you do, the American people are counting on you. God bless you.

[H Rifai]

Nixon: Tries to steal his election by breaking into his oppositions headquarters and robbing them of their funding and papers.

Reagan: Gets money to fund Murderous Fascist drug terrorists in Nicaragua by illegally selling weapons to a country headed by fundamentalists nuts and which is in a bitter war with your ally.

Clinton: Gets a blowjob from a fat intern.

[MrTomSmoke]

>Same goes for needing to feel 'protected'.

So if you're a poor shot, bend over and let the intruder have his way with you?

Get bent.

[Jeremy Solomon]

Unlike the other idiots profiled in this video (excluding of course Clinton), Obama is using his power to the greatest extent any president has in a long while.

I see no reason for high-capacity magazines or semiauto rifles if you want to go hunting. The purpose of hunting is sport, and you don’t need a whole big bunch of bullets to shoot a deer or a squirrel. If you’re that poor of a shot, stay out of the fucking woods!

Same goes for needing to feel 'protected'.

[sean ollet]

Just a few months in and already this president is walking on thinning ice.

[Joe Price]

Maybe they are stupid ?