Comments on: And On Day 101 … A Look Back at Obama’s First 100 Days in Office http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/04/and-on-day-101-a-look-back-at-obamas-first-100-days-in-office Daily dose of women's health news and media analysis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Avish Arora http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/04/and-on-day-101-a-look-back-at-obamas-first-100-days-in-office/comment-page-1#comment-2025 Avish Arora Tue, 05 May 2009 19:31:44 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=6097#comment-2025 I like how you brought together different perspectives on different issues affecting women. For the most part, what I gather from the comments from different experts in their respective fields is that Obama hasn’t really pulled through as we had hoped. Perhaps this is an unfair judgment. When has any politician been able to produce real change in a matter of months, especially with a financial debacle as dire as the current one? All the people quoted in your post overall conclude that besides the positions in his cabinet that are being filled by women, they are not satisfied with what Obama has accomplished so far. I believe the idea of even judging Obama’s 100 days is a tacky move by the media. We are the ones who elected this guy on the basis of his eloquent words and inspiring visions for our country. Why aren’t we giving him just a short period of time to gather himself before judging his every move? Maybe we just got too used to scrutinizing the man in the Oval Office for 8 years, and rightly so. But if we’re expecting Obama to pull off miracles in all aspects of our country that seem to be failing, we must also allot him some time to do so. Yes, we have a right to expect Obama to follow through on his promises of change, and we should believe that after a long period of poor choices, someone in charge finally has their head in the right place. This should be more than enough just in itself to keep us satisfied. By watching him so closely for these 100 days, we have reassured ourselves that he is not the kind of man to turn on his words or change his character once he achieved his goal of reaching the office. But as we scrutinize his policies of this 100 days, we should have no problem being lenient enough and comfortable enough to have faith in the person we put there. Such is the strength of a democracy. It’s about time we restore our faith in it. I like how you brought together different perspectives on different issues affecting women. For the most part, what I gather from the comments from different experts in their respective fields is that Obama hasn’t really pulled through as we had hoped. Perhaps this is an unfair judgment. When has any politician been able to produce real change in a matter of months, especially with a financial debacle as dire as the current one? All the people quoted in your post overall conclude that besides the positions in his cabinet that are being filled by women, they are not satisfied with what Obama has accomplished so far.

I believe the idea of even judging Obama’s 100 days is a tacky move by the media. We are the ones who elected this guy on the basis of his eloquent words and inspiring visions for our country. Why aren’t we giving him just a short period of time to gather himself before judging his every move? Maybe we just got too used to scrutinizing the man in the Oval Office for 8 years, and rightly so. But if we’re expecting Obama to pull off miracles in all aspects of our country that seem to be failing, we must also allot him some time to do so. Yes, we have a right to expect Obama to follow through on his promises of change, and we should believe that after a long period of poor choices, someone in charge finally has their head in the right place. This should be more than enough just in itself to keep us satisfied. By watching him so closely for these 100 days, we have reassured ourselves that he is not the kind of man to turn on his words or change his character once he achieved his goal of reaching the office. But as we scrutinize his policies of this 100 days, we should have no problem being lenient enough and comfortable enough to have faith in the person we put there. Such is the strength of a democracy. It’s about time we restore our faith in it.

]]> By: Christine C. http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/04/and-on-day-101-a-look-back-at-obamas-first-100-days-in-office/comment-page-1#comment-1622 Christine C. Fri, 01 May 2009 05:17:06 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=6097#comment-1622 Hi Rudy, I posted this entry, not Rachel, and I wrote about the speech and the FOCA comment in a separate post: <a href="http://is.gd/vM6O-" rel="nofollow">http://is.gd/vM6O-</a> Hi Rudy, I posted this entry, not Rachel, and I wrote about the speech and the FOCA comment in a separate post: http://is.gd/vM6O-

]]> By: Rudy http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/04/and-on-day-101-a-look-back-at-obamas-first-100-days-in-office/comment-page-1#comment-1584 Rudy Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:11:57 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=6097#comment-1584 Rachel, I was surprised to not see analysis here about Obama's deliberate distancing from The Freedom of Choice Act during last night's speech. I can't have been the only one who heard him back away from it, can I? Rachel, I was surprised to not see analysis here about Obama’s deliberate distancing from The Freedom of Choice Act during last night’s speech.

I can’t have been the only one who heard him back away from it, can I?

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