Michael Moore that is, whose assessment of Obama's legacy is that he will be remembered merely as the first Black American President, that's it. Ouch !
More salt was rubbed onto Obama's wound in The Young Turks Show airing this assessment when the host, Cenk Uygur, piled on with more insults of his own of an insipid Obama Presidency.
These were the guys who cheered Obama on during the elections and now they demand their pound of flesh.
This is a big problem of Americans towards their President and a good reason for the comparative cultural views in this blog to widen perspectives.
Most Americans have not cultivated the finesse of judging and defining a person for what he is able to resist doing. Americans are all for clamouring for actions and more actions just for actions sake and this is what gets the US into hot soups most of the time.
A country sometimes needs a breather for consolidation and Obama took office at the time of such a threshold. Obama managed to stall the momentum of numerous nefarious initiatives brought into full throttle by the previous Administration and Reagan's.
Obama did not cave in to the egging ons and baitings to start or escalate nasty conflicts.
Obama did not lose his dignity when humiliated and taunted by Netanyahu who visited the US without prior consultations with the White House to address the joint Houses of Congress and the Senate on an issue lambasting a key policy of Obama's.
Obama did not lose his cool over the manner his family was insulted. A vulgar attack was made against Michelle Obama when she took part in a dance on the Ellen Degeneres Show. Nothing close to this kind of attack was made against Barbara, Laura or Hillary. Unkind remarks were unfairly hurled at Obama's children. This did not happen to the Bush's twin or Chelsea. Obama hid his seething feelings graciously.
Obama is not predisposed to contemplating treacherous false flag connivances or any other forms of rogue government behaviour. Momentum is gathering on the exposure of a previous Administration of perhaps the most callous and treasonable scheme in the history of the US that had maimed and killed many US citizen locally and overseas in misdirected and misinformed regime change undertakings.
Obama did not indulge in salacious flirtations and affairs with members of the opposite sex.
And the list goes on.
Michael, you are a good person. May I recommend you watch some episodes of David Carradine's Kung Fu series to appreciate the "Yin" aura around Obama and perhaps reconsider your assessment.
Although you are a champion of the underdogs' interests in society, you are nevertheless still blessed with the privilege of being a White Man who is spared certain troubling personal inconveniences and less rosy realities that a Black American President faces.
In any event, Obama through his personal sacrifices has broken the hard ground that will make the ride much easier for future non-White Presidents.
Obama's Greatness though not fully appreciated hitherto will eventually take its hallowed place in History.
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