Obama: ‘I Give Myself A Solid B+’

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by Colby Hall | 7:49 am, December 14th, 2009

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obama_oprah During last night’s “”White House Christmas Special” hosted by Oprah Winfrey, President Barack Obama was asked by the host “What grade would you give yourself for this year.” The president didn’t hesitate in giving himself an above average grade of B+, the listed all of the accomplishments that lead him to that conclusion. Video and transcript after the jump.

Oprah: “What grade would you give yourself, for this year?”

Obama: “Um, good solid B+”

Oprah: “A B+?”

Obama: “I think we have inherited the biggest set of challenges of any president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt. We stabilized the economy, prevented the possibilities of a Great Depression, or a significant financial meltdown. The economy is growing again. We are on our way out of Iraq. I think we’ve got the best possible plan for Afghanistan. We have reset our image around the world. We have achieved an international consensus around the need for Iran and North Korea to disable their nuclear weapons. And, I think that we’re going to pass the most significant piece of social legislation since social security, and that’s health insurance for every America.”

Oprah: So B+, what could you have done better?

Obama: “Well B-plus because of the things that are undone. Health care is not yet signed. If I get health care passed we tip into A minus.”

Oprah asked, “why only B-plus?”

“B-plus because of the things that are undone. Health care is not yet signed.” The president smiled, “if I get health care passed we tip into A minus.”

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bobofthemtns

I’d give him a C. Jobs, baby, jobs.
straitshooter

How did Obama respond to Oprah when she asked him, “Do you think you would be president today if you were white?”
Snipzor

C-

Too many promises stalled, too many compromises, not pushing policies that you’ve supposedly wanted so much. I wouldn’t grade you on the economy because the 2009 budget actually wasn’t entirely yours (Budgets don’t work like that), and the economy cannot turn itself around in a year. Never liked his Afghanistan policies to begin with.
http://www.abramsresearch.com/ Dan Abrams

What other grade is any President going to give himself? If he gives himself an A or A- he seems arrogant. . . that he does not understand that there is a “lot of work to be done.” If he gives himself anything lower than a B+, he is conceding some degree of failure which, of course, he can’t do either. Bottom line, it seems to me any sitting President has to give himself a B+!
Tater Salad

This is His econeomy now and He hasn’t done a darn thing to improve it. What a self centered person he is. B+?? You got to be kidding! He’s a socialist at heart in a Free Market society who is hell bent on destroying this economy by design to push his “socialist agenda” while things are bad. Take a look at all the loons he has appointed and it tells alot of the type of person Obama is…………..out in “left field” to say the least.
Tater Salad

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m

Title should’ve said: “Obama gives himself a B job”.

I just made myself laugh out loud.
Snipzor

Tater Salad, posting a slideshow isn’t an argument or intelligent, it just makes you look stupid and lazy to post someone else’s lazy work. Same goes for calling Obama a socialist. It is a lazy but also the most ignorant thing you can say in terms of political knowledge. If he were socialist, then America would have a single payer system by now. The bailout recipients wouldn’t pay back anything because it wouldn’t have been a loan (Even though the bailouts were before Obama came into office). Wait, why am I even arguing with you? You’re an idiot, and I’m wasting my time.

Next time, find out what left-wing is before you look stupid.
ImNotBlue

Dan Abrams says:
December 14, 2009 at 11:10 am

Bingo!

The President could have walked around the White House in slippers all day, and accomplish less than what was “accomplished” this year, and still a “B to B+” would be the answer. Anything less, and he appears unsure of himself, depressed, and unenthusiastic… anything more and he appears too much a cheerleader for himself, and out of touch with America.

It was the politically savvy answer.
KiKi

Why even answer such an inane question? Make a joke and move on. I would give him an F, as more people I know personally are losing their jobs or being cut back to part time. The economy and jobs should have been his priority this year.
germ

It’s all about a three-letter word: J-O-B-S, jobs, stupid.
Jim R

Let’s see, 22 million jobs under Clinton and it took only 3 years to reverse failed conservative policies, 3 million Walmart jobs under Bush and median income dropped $ 2,700.00 annually – good thing the Democrats are back in charge!

Blame them quick before anyone notices Republicans screwed up the economy again!
ImNotBlue

Jim R says:
December 14, 2009 at 10:23 pm

You sense of history is humorous at best.

Internet boom… remember that? Remember how at the end of Clinton’s term, we were already sliding downward? See… remembering can be fun!