Along_the_Wire he was a complete failure of a potus. he ran on “hope and change” but delivered a country further to the right of the one he inherited. yet he managed to excape blame free, as least in the eyes of the lib-tard masses, because “duuuh it was all mitch mcconell’s fault”.
his crowning achievement, the affordable care act, was a complete piece of shit. it was a boon to the insurance industry, and did more hurt the possibility of medicare for all then it did bring us one step closer; a common refrain of most obama lover snowflakes. ACA or obamacre pissed off people who, all be it foolishly, chose to not have insurence before but were now forced to pay for completely useless coverage, or pay a fine. at the same time it helped convince total retards that “government health care” made their premiums go up, even if the increase was completely unrelated. long story short, it was a convoluted mess that made more people afraid of actual single payer or m4a, and did little good to actually help people. starry eyes obama fans love say “look how many additional people have coverage” but they never bring up that the coverage is useless. who gives a shit if you have insurance if your deductible is $500k?
and then there is the the financial bailout, which was another utter joke. he straight up gave our money to wall street, because we just can’t have AIG going under, and “saved” GM only to turn it right back over to the shareholders.
there is also the mantra i alluded to earlier that the repubs obstructed him, and there was nothing he could do about it. mitch and co definitely obstructed the shit out of his presidency, but what the fuck did he do in return? all he did was pull his “no drama obama” above the fray crap. meanwhile, don has shown the world the true power of the bully pulpit, something obama never even attempted to do. the dude got fucking rinsed for a fucking supreme court seat, but remains totally blameless. why is the seat mitch stole, and not the one obama didn’t fight for?
all you really need to look at is the way he filled his cabinet with absolute ghouls, like rom emanuel, which flew completely in the face of the campaign he ran. i openly admit that i was extremely enthusiastic about his first run. it was the first time i really pounded pavement for a candidate. but in retrospect, i clearly heard what i wanted to hear in his deliberately vague"yes we can" bile. now, he’s taken up the stranglehold that the clinton’s had on the party and made it his own. i fully believe he orchestrated the coup on bernie ahead of super tuesday. every candidate dropped out and endorsed joe, a guy whom many of them were polling ahead of, out of sheer coincidence? obama came in young and naive, got bought out early, learning how washington works or wtf ever, and is now going to be an obstacle for true progressive reform for at least another decade to come. it sucks. fuck him.