{"id":5939,"date":"2009-11-20T09:55:02","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T14:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=5939"},"modified":"2016-09-20T05:28:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T09:28:49","slug":"president-obama-unfriended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/20\/president-obama-unfriended\/","title":{"rendered":"President Obama &#8211; unFriended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=625197651\">Facebook<\/a> account (and who doesn&#8217;t) you are probably aware of what it means to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/how_5021242_unfriend-someone-facebook.html\">UN-Friend<\/a> someone. That word is new to our vernacular, but made Oxfords &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.oup.com\/2009\/11\/unfriend\/\" target=\"_blank\">Word of the Year<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere between here and there, President Obama&#8217;s approval rating has gone south. Perhaps it was the stimulus plan that promised to &#8220;save or create&#8221; 4 million jobs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Or, maybe it was the fact that<!--more--> we were promised a change and it is still business as usual.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/obama_administration\/daily_presidential_tracking_poll\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5941   aligncenter\" title=\"obama_approval_index_november_19_2009\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/obama_approval_index_november_19_2009-1.jpg\" alt=\"obama_approval_index_november_19_2009\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then again, perhaps it was the idea that we were supposed to be withdrawing American troops and now we have a new war in Afghanistan that we are up to our ears in.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it also could be the cram-it-down-our-throats health care reform that is coming to a town near you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/obama_administration\/daily_presidential_tracking_poll\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5940 aligncenter\" title=\"obama_total_approval_november_19_2009\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/obama_total_approval_november_19_2009-1.jpg\" alt=\"obama_total_approval_november_19_2009\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whatever it may be, he is no longer the love of the masses like he was just a few short months ago.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Looking to invest in The Disciplined Investor Managed Growth Strategy?<br \/>\nClick below for the 14-minute virtual tour&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/mailbox\/tdi-investment-fund\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/TDIMG-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Disclosure: <a title=\"Horowitz &amp; Company\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horowitzandcompany.com\">Horowitz &amp; Company<\/a> clients may hold positions of securities mentioned as of the date published.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a Facebook account (and who doesn&#8217;t) you are probably aware of what it means to UN-Friend someone. 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