Fru Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-rest-of-the-story-what-obama-wont-tell-you-about-his-legacy-2017-01-05 One person's opinion with a lot of valid points. A few thoughts 1. It’s (still) the economy, stupid The expansion that began in June 2009 has been the weakest since World War II, with real gross domestic product growth averaging 2.1%. At 7 1/2 years and counting, it is also among the longest on record. But it hasn’t packed much of a punch. -So an unmitigated economic disaster that was decades in the making wasn't cleaned up fast enough? Really? Mmmk. 2. A Legacy of Ashes Obama’s continued popularity hasn’t had much of a trickle-down effect. In the eight years since he was first elected, Democrats have lost more than 1,000 seats at the state and national level. Republicans now control 4,170 state legislative seats compared with 3,129 for the Democrats, an all-time low. -Convenient that GOP gerrymandering and the gutting of the voting rights act (that resulted in nearly a thousand polling places closing since 2012) wasn't mentioned 3. Keep your friends close At his year-end press conference on Dec. 16, which was short on questions, long on answers, Obama spoke about his response to the Russian hacking of Democratic National Committee emails during the election. He said that when he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in China in September, he told him to “cut it out” in terms of the hacking. Sorry, Mr. President, the world isn’t afraid of you and your empty threats. Eight years of leading from behind has left America’s standing in the world diminished, its moral authority compromised and its foreign policy in tatters. -Has his record been perfect? Of course not, however foreign policy rarely yields simple answers and solutions. I'd rather take a stab at diplomacy than starting endless wars. 4. Divided we stand Obama may have broken racial barriers when he became the first African-American president of the U.S., but his election did nothing to improve race relations. -Obama isn't responsible for changing racist people's minds. 5. That which must not be named Radical Islamic terrorism. Obama has spent eight years deftly avoiding using those three words to call an act what it is. He has intellectualized his position by claiming the phrase “equates Islam with terrorism,” which is counterproductive to U.S. counterterrorism efforts. - Maybe he just took a lead from W and ran with it. But hey, why would we want to "intellectualize" anything anyway? "The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself.” -George W. Bush "“There are thousands of Muslims who proudly call themselves Americans, and they know what I know — that the Muslim faith is based upon peace and love and compassion.” -George W. Bush 4 Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Sorry, Mr. President, the world isn’t afraid of you and your empty threats. Eight years of leading from behind has left America’s standing in the world diminished, its moral authority compromised and its foreign policy in tatters. Putin does not equate to "the world." "The world" doesn't want to be afraid of America, should not be afraid of America, and it's not a desirable thing for "the world" to be scared of us. What kind of asinine analysis is that? 4 Link to comment
ZRod Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 But, the dems watch out for their own! Hillary should be in jail! Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Man, seeing that list it makes a lot more sense why Republicans get up on their high horse about corruption so often. Seems they may be projecting a bit. Damn, Nixon... 3 Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Spoiler because of NSFW language. 4 Link to comment
Fru Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Spoiler because of NSFW language. Gosh, and it's Obama's fault he didn't win these bigots over and improve race relations? 4 Link to comment
NM11046 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I wonder if Melania will say this, exactly this when she leaves (ba-dum-dum). 2 Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Spoiler because of NSFW language. Gosh, and it's Obama's fault he didn't win these bigots over and improve race relations? Thank you for posting this. Sadly ironic there was a Manchurian Candidate reference halfway through. Just when I think my opinion of Rudy Giuliani can't get any lower... What a scumbag. 1 Link to comment
Enhance Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I've always found it hypocritical that some people believe Obama has worsened or done little to improve race relations. Then, on the other hand, these same people crack racist jokes, make racist remarks or share racist material on various media platforms. 3 Link to comment
TAKODA Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I wonder if Melania will say this, exactly this when she leaves (ba-dum-dum). Well NM, I liked it +1 Link to comment
zoogs Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 It's probably true that so-called "race relations" in America would be a lot more harmonious if white people stayed in charge and everybody agreed not to challenge or upend this. That's not peace, though. That's occupation, life at the edge of the sword. 1 Link to comment
TAKODA Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Spoiler because of NSFW language. Sad read, but I can say that most law enforcement and or military personnel would not stand for some of the crap spewed in those pages by such f***tards! Yep, every law enforcement and branch of government or military has them, but they are farther and fewer between than they once were. 1 Link to comment
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