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Ilhan Omar Is Right: Obama Did Get Away With Murder
March 10, 2019
by Brandon J. Weichert
Last week, the crypto-anti-Semitic Democratic representative from Minnesota, Somali-born Ilhan Omar, castigated former President Barack Obama as having nothing more than a “pretty face†who got “away with murder.†Despite Representative Omar’s undesirable policy stances and personal bigotry, her assessment of President Obama was shockingly accurate.
In 2008, Barack Obama ran on the ambiguous promise of “hope†and “change.†He made sweeping — unsubstantiated — claims about his ability to bring peace to the Middle East; to save the ailing American economy; and to make the world’s ocean levels recede. In the shadow of the disastrous Iraq War and the miserable Great Recession, Americans were ready for a change. It was one thing to reelect Republican President George W. Bush in 2004, when there were two wars ongoing in the Middle East, but the economy was doing well. It was an entirely different paradigm when voters were asked to elect Republican presidential candidate John McCain in 2008, while they were facing two endless wars and a collapsing economy.
Plus, Barack Obama was an appealing candidate to many — particularly to minorities and the rising Millennial generation, many of whom were able to cast their first vote in 2008. The first African-American to ever have a chance at winning the presidency, Obama was a Gen-Xer, making him more appealing to voters in 2008, given his youthful and vibrant appearance.He was also very well plugged into Pop Culture and he was a “mainstream†news media darling. In essence, Obama was a rock star. His opposition, meanwhile, was old, represented an unpopular party at the time, and could not get out of its own way.
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