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Originally Posted by deepimpact2
I disagree. How many other presidents have frozen pay in their first 100 days, to use just one example? And some people DO find these things that he has done to be fairly controversial.
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No president in recent history has taken office in such horrid economic conditions while funding a dual-front war. Clearly, some belt tightening was to be expected. I imagine McCain would have done the same. We're all familiar with FDR's first 100 days and the sweeping economic reforms that came about, so I won't bore anyone with the details; suffice it to say that none of the other presidents have had to take such a drastic step in their first weeks in office.
As far as Gitmo, that was also to be expected. Perhaps McCain would have waited a little bit longer, but still.
The people who find Obama's recent moves to be surprising or controversial must have had their heads in the sand for the past year or so.