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Post by davidsf on Jul 14, 2019 8:48:18 GMT -8
O.K., it’s only The New York Post, but they also explain why they believe Obama’s presidency was a failure. The irony in all this is, this NY Post opinion piece takes its evidence from a book by Jonathan Chait, whom they describe as “the New York magazine columnist and lefty firebrand.” The book is entitled, Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail The evidence they cite includes, there is a lot more in the article. If you read it through, I’d appreciate your comments. |
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Post by Bick on Jul 21, 2019 6:53:55 GMT -8
I thought he was in over his head to begin with, having no real leadership experience prior to becoming POTUS. Projecting my own values, I assumed he would work slowly in his weaker areas, and capitalize on his strengths... popular charisma... to put aside once and for all, the notion that minorities could not overcome whatever obstacles they had in front of them to achieve a happy and productive life. Being the first half black president, he could have inspired so many as to make a significant difference.
Instead, he did just the opposite, and went out of his way to prove they were victims, pretty much from Day 1. I thought that was inexcusable, and it had a huge impact in the opposite direction if you believe the polls on race relations. It laid the groundwork for where we are today with all the victim groups assault on Trump from Day 1 of his administration.
I give Obama a pass on his economic and foreign policy missteps. He simply wasn't equipped to deal with those issues.
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Post by SK80 on Jul 21, 2019 7:20:46 GMT -8
If someone is not equipped I can not give the "pass". What scares me most in politics today is most elected officials are not prepared for the job or task at hand. What is the old saying on success? When preperation meets opportunity! If your not prepared, thus no success, thus no pass in my book.
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Post by frankieboy1 on Jul 21, 2019 15:37:21 GMT -8
I thought he was in over his head to begin with, having no real leadership experience prior to becoming POTUS. Projecting my own values, I assumed he would work slowly in his weaker areas, and capitalize on his strengths... popular charisma... to put aside once and for all, the notion that minorities could not overcome whatever obstacles they had in front of them to achieve a happy and productive life. Being the first half black president, he could have inspired so many as to make a significant difference. Instead, he did just the opposite, and went out of his way to prove they were victims, pretty much from Day 1. I thought that was inexcusable, and it had a huge impact in the opposite direction if you believe the polls on race relations. It laid the groundwork for where we are today with all the victim groups assault on Trump from Day 1 of his administration. I give Obama a pass on his economic and foreign policy missteps. He simply wasn't equipped to deal with those issues. thing I noticed right away is that on policy issue after policy issue (in particular Obamacare) he took the lefty, rather than the centrist, position every single time. He also had tin ears-ramming through Obamacare after the Scott Brown election was something that say Hillary Clinton wouldn't have done. Basically the end of his presidency-and made his reelection much tougher than it should have been. Only reason he won the 2nd time is that a) the R's nominated a guy in Romney who was spectacularly unsuited to challenge Obamacare's legitimacy, and b) he had an even bigger tin ear than Obama. His performance as US Senator proves this. |
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Post by davidsf on Jul 21, 2019 15:40:41 GMT -8
If someone is not equipped I can not give the "pass". What scares me most in politics today is most elected officials are not prepared for the job or task at hand. What is the old saying on success? When preperation meets opportunity! If your not prepared, thus no success, thus no pass in my book. Bear in mind, everyone knew Obama was I’ll prepared to run the country, but he was handled primarily by Rahm Emmanuel who surrounded him with his own gar left posse. |
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Post by MDDad on Jul 21, 2019 15:58:20 GMT -8
When it comes to political experience, Obama was certainly the least qualified president we had elected since Dwight Eisenhower. However, he still had more applicable experience than Donald Trump, and he also knew something about the law and how the federal government works, to which Trump came into office completely oblivious.
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Post by davidsf on Jul 22, 2019 6:20:21 GMT -8
When it comes to political experience, Obama was certainly the least qualified president we had elected since Dwight Eisenhower. However, he still had more applicable experience than Donald Trump, and he also knew something about the law and how the federal government works, to which Trump came into office completely oblivious. I’m pretty sure you just explains why Trump was elected... |
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Post by MDDad on Jul 22, 2019 6:39:23 GMT -8
Probably. So if a complete lack of political experience and an utter ignorance of basic civics are the new requisites for becoming president, by all means, lets elect Ted Nugent or Kanye West.
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Post by Bick on Jul 22, 2019 6:58:00 GMT -8
Probably. So if a complete lack of political experience and an utter ignorance of basic civics are the new requisites for becoming president, by all means, lets elect Ted Nugent or Kanye West. If you believe Edward Murrow was correct in his assessment of the public's appetite for entertainment v. knowledge, and the election of the past 2 presidents and the love affair with the "squad" seems to support this, qualifications for public office have been reduced to not much more than star power. |
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Post by MDDad on Jul 22, 2019 7:54:51 GMT -8
...qualifications for public office have been reduced to not much more than star power. Bingo, times ten. No truer statement has ever been posted on this forum. And the star power can either be positive or negative, it doesn't matter. |
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Post by SK80 on Jul 22, 2019 10:02:26 GMT -8
Probably. So if a complete lack of political experience and an utter ignorance of basic civics are the new requisites for becoming president, by all means, lets elect Ted Nugent or Kanye West. Actually I believe Ted is very well versed on civics, government, the Constitution and even more so personal responsibility, individualism and liberty. And may I add should he run against the likes of Pocahontos the Great White Buffalo will carry the majority of the Native American vote......! ![]()  |
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Post by davidsf on May 30, 2020 9:04:22 GMT -8
Didn’t want to start a new thread, so this seems like a good spot for this article from the Political Insider: 20 Reasons Why Obama was the Most Racist and Divisive President in History
including: - complained that no one liked his policies because they’re “racist” against him
- After the shooting of Trayvon Martin, proclaimed “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.”
- “...not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn’t know there’s a reaction that’s been bred into our experiences that don’t go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way and that’s just the nature of race in our society.”
- After a black nationalist murdered five Dallas police officers in cold blood, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said the suspect “said he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers.” But when Obama commented on the shooting while in Warsaw, Poland, he said, “I think it’s very hard to untangle the motives of this shooter.”
And others as well... |
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Post by Credo on May 30, 2020 11:16:02 GMT -8
Didn’t want to start a new thread, so this seems like a good spot for this article from the Political Insider: 20 Reasons Why Obama was the Most Racist and Divisive President in History
including: - complained that no one liked his policies because they’re “racist” against him
- After the shooting of Trayvon Martin, proclaimed “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.”
- “...not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn’t know there’s a reaction that’s been bred into our experiences that don’t go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way and that’s just the nature of race in our society.”
- After a black nationalist murdered five Dallas police officers in cold blood, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said the suspect “said he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers.” But when Obama commented on the shooting while in Warsaw, Poland, he said, “I think it’s very hard to untangle the motives of this shooter.”
And others as well... Obama specialized--and still does judging from his comments this week--in constantly picking at the scab of historical racism in America, just to make sure the wound never heals (for political purposes, of course). |
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Post by vilepagan on May 30, 2020 12:33:09 GMT -8
Didn’t want to start a new thread, so this seems like a good spot for this article from the Political Insider: 20 Reasons Why Obama was the Most Racist and Divisive President in History
including: - complained that no one liked his policies because they’re “racist” against him
- After the shooting of Trayvon Martin, proclaimed “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.”
- “...not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn’t know there’s a reaction that’s been bred into our experiences that don’t go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way and that’s just the nature of race in our society.”
- After a black nationalist murdered five Dallas police officers in cold blood, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said the suspect “said he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers.” But when Obama commented on the shooting while in Warsaw, Poland, he said, “I think it’s very hard to untangle the motives of this shooter.”
And others as well... Obama specialized--and still does judging from his comments this week--in constantly picking at the scab of historical racism in America, just to make sure the wound never heals (for political purposes, of course). Yeah, Obama wasn't nearly as good in a crisis as the orange man...just read these words and be inspired by the unity and healing he calls for: "Crossing State lines to incite violence is a FEDERAL CRIME! Liberal Governors and Mayors must get MUCH tougher or the Federal Government will step in and do what has to be done, and that includes using the unlimited power of our Military and many arrests. Thank you!" "Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis will never be mistaken for the late, great General Douglas McArthur or great fighter General George Patton. How come all of these places that defend so poorly are run by Liberal Democrats? Get tough and fight (and arrest the bad ones). STRENGTH!" "Great job last night at the White House by the U.S. @secretservice. They were not only totally professional, but very cool. I was inside, watched every move, and couldn’t have felt more safe. They let the “protesters” scream & rant as much as they wanted, but whenever someone....got too frisky or out of line, they would quickly come down on them, hard - didn’t know what hit them. The front line was replaced with fresh agents, like magic. Big crowd, professionally organized, but nobody came close to breaching the fence. If they had they would... .have been greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen. That’s when people would have been really badly hurt, at least. Many Secret Service agents just waiting for action. “We put the young ones on the front line, sir, they love it, and....good practice.” As you saw last night, they were very cool & very professional. Never let it get out of hand. Thank you! On the bad side, the D.C. Mayor, @murielbowser, who is always looking for money & help, wouldn’t let the D.C. Police get involved. “Not their job.” Nice!" You're right of course...the real issue here is Obama...not the idiot in the WH now. Considering who you voted in, you've got nothing to complain about in Obama. |
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Post by davidsf on May 30, 2020 13:14:39 GMT -8
Didn’t want to start a new thread, so this seems like a good spot for this article from the Political Insider: 20 Reasons Why Obama was the Most Racist and Divisive President in History
including: - complained that no one liked his policies because they’re “racist” against him
- After the shooting of Trayvon Martin, proclaimed “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.”
- “...not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn’t know there’s a reaction that’s been bred into our experiences that don’t go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way and that’s just the nature of race in our society.”
- After a black nationalist murdered five Dallas police officers in cold blood, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said the suspect “said he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers.” But when Obama commented on the shooting while in Warsaw, Poland, he said, “I think it’s very hard to untangle the motives of this shooter.”
And others as well... Obama specialized--and still does judging from his comments this week--in constantly picking at the scab of historical racism in America, just to make sure the wound never heals (for political purposes, of course). He’s not alone. He’s just the most prominent to have made his legacy about it. Democrats have long tried to keep minorities, especially Blacks, down and subservient, and dependent on the government to “help” them, which the rest of us can see as “control” them. |
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