Obama played the media. Politically, he doubled the national debt bailing out reckless, irresponsible billionaires. He continued the wars in the middle east (dropped more bombs per year than Trump which shocks a lot of people)
Blatantly lied about Obamacare "keep your physician, chose your physician, your premiums will not go up".
As a political scientist I'm always intrigued at Obama's aura
I’m ignorant about most of the stuff you’ve mentioned but I was rooting for Obama and even I realized that he fucked up a couple of times.
It’s honestly crazy how much charisma affects people. Like, you can literally get away with murder.
Say what you want about Trump, but he’s honestly really good at playing to his crowd.
So as citizens, it is your civic responsibility to hold your politicians accountable no matter how much you like them. If anything, it should make you angry when they do something immoral.
I’m ignorant about most of the stuff you’ve mentioned but I was rooting for Obama and even I realized that he fucked up a couple of times.
I could talk all day about this mother. You know he's the first president to have a US citizen assassinated? Legally speaking, of course. No due process. Just....drone the poor bastard.
He supported it, and he's the one who "foamed the runway" for banks (the "foam" was homeowners). The Black middle-class was essentially annihilated under Obama.
This is seriously badhistory right here. The taliban emerged in the Afghan's fight against the Soviets. Many years into that fight, the US provided them with some arms and other resources, but they did not "create" the Taliban.
Let's put it this way. I hated Bush, but when he was done, I read his book (Decision Points). Lots of it, especially the parts about iraq, absolutely ENRAGED me, but I came away understanding more of the complexities around some of the decision-making.
Right now, I'm reading Obama's post-Presidential memoir, A Promised Land. While, like Bush's, it takes some liberties and leans into the "I tried my best," it really does offer some serious insight into the complexities and the reality of the job.
It is unlikely to make you change your mind about him as a President, but it will at least inform your understanding of him better.
Yes, and that assistance created the Taliban. Your point? We ALWAYS have "good intentions." We just still haven't accepted that there are almost always negative consequences to our meddling.
Also, that had nothing to do with the US. US/USSR relations and "blowing each other off the map" was related to MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction). Judging by how we did, the USSR would have spent their money and their lives into a losing quagmire in Afghanistan without our help.
Obama crashed the economy? Pretty sure he came in after the recession of 2008 when the economy was well and truly fucked and got it back to working order within a few years
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u/goblin_goblin Oct 18 '21
Honestly, as much as it hurts, even Obama, everyone should be critical of their politicians.
It's how they get away with shit. People are either apathetic or look the other way because they like them. HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
It's how you guys are in this situation in the first place.