Sadly, after five years in office, Barack Obama has turned out to be a major disappointment. In spite of all the hype, Obama seems to have few skills other than a real gift for speechmaking. If it were possible to harness all of the hot air that issues from his lips, we could spin a lot of windmills and generate free electricity.

We should never have given the hardest job in the world to a man with absolutely no résumé or executive experience. Obama has never held a real job nor actually run a company. He has never served as a commander in the armed forces. He actually had done nothing in life other than run his mouth. The man has no qualifications to be president of the United States. It is no wonder that he cannot handle it.

Yes, we have a black man in the White House, but we should have been far more concerned with his ability to govern, rather than the color of his skin. Television reporters claim that Obama is intellectually smart. That may be true, but he is certainly not a wise man, and wisdom is a far more desirable quality than merely book smart. Obama’s presidency has been divisive, dishonest and plagued by scandal. When elected, he said that he wanted to “fundamentally change America. Unfortunately, that is exactly what he has done; he has changed all of the things that made us great.

Danny Pierce

Mancos