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The Optimism of Barack Obama By NYT THE EDITORIAL BOARD
« on: January 15, 2017, 01:30:39 am »
The Optimism of Barack Obama

By THE EDITORIAL BOARDJAN. 14, 2017

Barack Obama is leaving the White House with polls showing him to be one of the most popular presidents in recent decades. This makes sense. His achievements, not least pulling the nation back from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, have been remarkable — all the more so because they were bitterly opposed from the outset by Republicans who made it their top priority to ensure that his presidency would fail.

Many Americans celebrated the election of the first African-American president as a welcome milestone in the history of a nation conceived in slavery and afflicted by institutional racism. Yet the bigotry that president-elect Donald Trump capitalized on during his run for office confirmed a point that Mr. Obama himself made from the start: that simply electing a black president would not magically dispel the prejudices that have dogged the country since its inception. Even now, these stubborn biases and beliefs, amplified by a divisive and hostile campaign that appealed not to people’s better instincts but their worst, have blinded many Americans to their own good fortune, fortune that flowed from policies set in motion by this president.

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Re: The Optimism of Barack Obama By NYT THE EDITORIAL BOARD
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2017, 02:07:57 am »
You didn't include a MAJOR BARF ALERT warning label on that snippet there Boss.

Leave it to the irrelevant Communists at the NY Times to deify their purple-lipped god, and insist that he is more popular than George Washington ever was.

'Conceived in slavery' my ass.

Man, I would almost love it if these Commie creeps were given a first-class ticket to paradise - on a one-way trip to North Korea, where I am sure they will feel right at home.
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Re: The Optimism of Barack Obama By NYT THE EDITORIAL BOARD
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2017, 02:09:04 am »
Quote from: INVAR on January 15, 2017, 02:07:57 am
You didn't include a MAJOR BARF ALERT warning label on that snippet there Boss.

 

Did it really need one?
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Re: The Optimism of Barack Obama By NYT THE EDITORIAL BOARD
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2017, 02:15:47 am »
Quote from: dfwgator on January 15, 2017, 02:09:04 am
Did it really need one?

You wouldn't think a coffee cup would need a disclaimer warning that the contents are hot either - but there are stupid people in this world that the Lawyer Castes love to pander to.
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Re: The Optimism of Barack Obama By NYT THE EDITORIAL BOARD
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2017, 08:46:08 am »
From the article:

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Americans will miss Mr. Obama’s negotiating skills on tough issues and the dignity and character that he and his family brought to the White House.

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