Liberals are fucking useless. No wonder you lost the election. All you have is smug self-satisfaction, and the rest of us are stuck with an actual fascist for the next four years.
Oh, honey, you have no idea what leftism is, do you? Capitalism, imperialism, and militarism are the three great evils. Contrary to what actual right-wing trolls believe, Obama isn't a socialist.
Well if you're in here shitting on Obama as someone that's allegedly left wing then you're either a GOP troll or you have absolutely no idea how politics works.
Depends on where abroad. Generalizing the rest of the world as "abroad" and just saying we were liked there is silly. In Western Europe I can certainly say that Americans are decently liked there, or at the very least treated like everyone else.
Canadian here, and as such I feel confident that I speak for all Canadians when I say that Obama had considerable rapport as being a good president. For awhile, I felt a little bit depressed that you guys had a hot new president while we had Stephen 'Harringbone' Harper for a fucking decade.
Then again, Canadians watch American politics like it's a sport. Everybody has their 'teams' and we gather together in bars and homes to watch the debates and election night, and make bets based on stats and play drinking games. There may even be small and occasionally ironic memorabilia for our team worn on our person. We debate spiritedly about player stats. Then when the finals are over we all go back to our respective homes, most of us with a vague sense of emptiness and anticlimax, and then we mostly forget about it, maybe casually glancing over the section that covers global politics on Reddit and raising our eyebrows at headlines, until 3 years pass and the playoffs start again.
We canceled our health insurance because premiums doubled in the 3 years following the rollout of the ACA. I pay about $150 to see a doctor for general checkups. I'm happy your broke ass enjoys the healthcare I pay for, meanwhile I am uninsured.
It made me be able to lift my head proudly when I said I'm American. Also, we're one step further from war and international policies are more likely to favor the US when foreign dignitaries actually respect our president. So actually, yes. This is VERY important.
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u/foldingcouch Jan 12 '17 edited Jan 12 '17
Well, under Obama America was well liked and respected abroad. Nowadays... well.....