Posted on 12/09/2016 8:04:15 PM PST by Steelfish
Obama’s Second Term Was a Complete Failure by JIM GERAGHTY. December 9, 2016.
There’s no other way to describe it. Every December, Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post picks the biggest political loser of the past year. In 2013, Cillizza’s selection was Barack Obama. He cited the botched rollout of Healthcare.gov, the NSA domestic-surveillance scandal, the IRS’s targeting of tea-party groups, and the continuing questions about the administration’s actions before, during, and after the attack on Americans in Benghazi.
In 2014, Cillizza’s selection was Obama, again. The midterm elections went abysmally for Democrats, the threat of ISIS became much clearer, Russia moved into Ukraine, and former CIA director and secretary of defense Leon Panetta painted an unflattering portrait of the president’s leadership in his memoirs. (snip)
Lined up one after another, Cillizza’s picks create a broader narrative: President Obama’s second term has been a terrible failure for the country. A nation that is pleased with the status quo — a nation that feels prosperous, safe, and confident about the future — doesn’t choose to roll the dice with Donald Trump. (snip)
Jonathan Chait’s ill-timed forthcoming book argues that “in the eyes of history, Barack Obama will be viewed as one of America’s best and most accomplished presidents.”
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria recently offered a two-hour special concluding that America failed its president: “It remains unclear if the country was ready for Barack Obama’s vision.” These are strenuous efforts to avoid the obvious: Obama’s ideas didn’t work. He failed to deliver what he promised.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
This is what happens when we elect a person who has never accomplished anything in his life except keeping his past secret. Hillary failed because she also never accomplished anything meaningful to the American people, and fortunately we learned of her lies and deception through Wikileaks before it was to late.
That depends entirely on what you think he was trying to do.
Why are they acting so shocked by this “news”??
Agreed. I seem to remember a guy, a historical figure of some note, hidden in a bunker in the middle of a major city, saying his people had failed him. Same mentality - I was a genius, but the people failed me.
FUBO
Broken Arrow speak truth!
Why yes, yes it was.
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