Bookends to a Disastrous Presidency

American Thinker ^ | November 25, 2016 | William F. Marshall

[Kaslin]

To watch Barack Obama's pathetic final non-victory lap around the world this past week, one can't help but recall his stomach-churning "Apologize for America Tour" at the start of his administration. You'll recall that in April 2009, he went to Europe, which we sacrificed tens of thousands of American lives to liberate 70-plus years ago, and informed Europeans that America "has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive" of Europe.

Last week, Mr. Obama could not resist the urge to dis his country once again, telling the "global community," again from a foreign shore, that in the age of the internet, nationalism (read: Donald Trump) is rearing its ugly head. "Faced with this new reality where cultures clash, it's inevitable that some will seek a comfort in nationalism or tribe or ethnicity or sect," he informed us from Athens. He reassured his audience that "American democracy is bigger than any one person." (Wink, wink, Donald.) Fittingly, he then went on to tour the ruins of ancient Greece, before flying off to Berlin to cry on the shoulder of his globalist soul mate, Angela Merkel, another leader looking at a potential uprising by her constituency, frightened by her insane immigration policies.

The choice of debt-ridden Greece, Europe's worst economic basket case, was oddly appropriate as the location for the start of the swansong tour of the U.S. president who has produced as much American national debt in eight years as all previous American presidents had produced over a span of 220 years combined. One must wonder if Mr. Obama views pauper Greece as the model America should emulate.

These two globetrotting tours by the man-child president expressing disdain for both his own country and the choices of its people seem the perfect bookends to Obama's presidency.

[IronJack]

All races are run counter-clockwise. So a victory lap would be run counter-clockwise too. But considering Obama’s record-setting failure, he is not entitled to a victory lap. He must run a loser lap, clockwise.

[bert]

The fact is, the World realized that the president was AA AA and pretty much ignored him or perhaps used him to press their agenda.

Weakness is always perceived by the strong who take advantage

We do not yet know the full results of taking advantage of Obama weakness

[DaveA37]

Although it would never happen, I would like to see President Trump non-reversibly declare all U.S. history records completely eliminate and declare that the years of odumbo’s presidency never happened and do it while odumbo is still alive.

[etabeta]

“Only one entity can speak things into existence”

In agreement, 100%