With the Midterm Elections of 2018 only ten days away, we are now in the season of lying about Barack Obama’s record by Republicans, who act as if the 44th President accomplished nothing while in office, and was an abject failure.
Somehow, the experts see it differently, as the C Span Poll of Historians in 2017 put Obama 12th of all Presidents, and the American Political Science Association poll of 2018 puts Obama as 8th among all Presidents.
Obama brought about the greatest economic revival from a economic collapse in US History, far better than Franklin D. Roosevelt and the ending of the Great Depression, only brought about ultimate entrance into World War II, while Obama brought about an end to the Great Recession without a major war. The stock market nearly tripled under him, and the unemployment rate went from 10 percent when George W. Bush left, to under 5 percent when Obama left office. But Donald Trump tries to claim that magic took place when he came into office, and that the present booming economy is all his doing, ignoring the recovery under his predecessor. It is clear that the economy’s improvement would have been much the same under Hillary Clinton had she won the Electoral College and become our President.
There was no corruption under Barack Obama of note, and no one was indicted or convicted, while the record of the George W. Bush administration had quite a lot of corruption, but already Donald Trump has seen more corruption in less than two years than Bush had in eight years. Trump’s cabinet and other advisers have demonstrated more corruption than any in American history. and so many people have been indicted or pleading guilty in the probe on Russian collusion.
Obama also promoted the protection of preexisting conditions under the Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare, which the Republicans have tried to destroy 70 times, although now all candidates for reelection are claiming otherwise, but a pure lie. Donald Trump has no concern about health care, and instead brags about the massive tax cut to the wealthy, which is leading to Republicans claiming that not only must ObamaCare be repealed, but also there is a need for massive cuts in Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Trump supporters who believe any of the propaganda coming from Trump and Republicans running for reelection, are truly delusional, and fail to understand that the facts are very different from the myths being perpetrated by Republicans who hope to keep control of Congress after the elections in less than two weeks.
There was an interesting discussion related to this on “The Real News.â€
It is in three parts.
Here is the first:
Here is the second:
Here is the third (and last):
Our local public school system is the biggest employer in our neck of the woods. Thanks to President Obama’s stimulus, many teacher jobs were saved from being cut.
Amen to that, Professor!
Seconded, Pragmatic! Those videos from “The Real News” are total BS!
Agreed, Leia. Like other Democrats amongst our circle of family and friends in our community, I’m skeptical about alternative media.
D, with all due respect, I am well aware of the criticism from the far Left about his Presidency.
I understand the right to see different perspectives, but I do not accept the concept that Obama, in the circumstances he faced, could have done much better than he did.
We all wish he could have achieved more, but the rise of the Tea Party Movement and the hard nosed attitude of the Republicans made that impossible, sadly.
Imagine if Obama could have had the Congress of FDR or LBJ, what he could have accomplished, but that was not to be!
I welcome divergent views, but I still point out that historians rate Obama number 12 and political scientists rate him number 8 among all Presidents.
A huge reason we don’t trust alternative media is because the internet has become a breeding ground for conspiracy theorists.