Making The Grade

Barack Obama has made it through his first 100 days in office with a five course meal on his table and the swine flu for after dinner mints. You've got to hand it to the guy, he is busy.

So what have we learned about him these past few months? Well, for starters, the guy has good manners. His manners aren't perfect, but they aren't bad. Bad manners hurt people's feelings. Hurt feelings start fights. Fights start wars. Therefore, it can be said, that bad manners start wars. President Obama seems to be doing everything in his power to keep us from getting into anymore fights. He gets an A for effort.

In the past 100 days the media has pointed out two instances where the President's manners were not flawless and unfortunately both times he was on the world stage. This effectively proves that the man is indeed human, but mistakes cost points. So, he gets a B for execution. (The media, however, gets an F, because pointing out other people's bad manners, is bad manners.)

The question to ask these next 100 days, is can the President keep up the pace?

On the budget, the President gets an F. It isn't balanced. On Guantanomo and the torture scandal, he gets a C. People are divided.

On the pirate rescue he gets an A, after all, he is the commander-in-chief and it was a Navy rescue. On North Korea, however, he gets a C. It's the one area that seemed to lack any real effort on his part.

The G20 summit gets a B. He didn't get everything he wanted, but he is the new kid on the block. Mexico gets a C. Venezuala shouldn't have been reported. All the media proved was that the President was using good manners and they faulted him for it. I think the media deserves a penalty for causing an unnecessary uproar, so let's see 1000 public service announcements on good manners in the next 100 days.

All in all the Presidents report card isn't that bad but it could be better. He gets two A's, two B's, three C's and 1 F which averages out to a B-. Let's hope he gets better at balancing the budget in the next 100 days. The first semester of his freshman year ends August 8th.

Copyright © 2009 Annette Fortunato

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