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| Saul Alinsky Leaves the White House |
| 2017-01-20 |
| When Barack Obama leaves the White House tomorrow, he leaves with his worst dreams unrealized. Still, what he leaves behind is awful. Thank goodness he’ll be gone. The total list of bad faith, bad (lack of) integrity, bad policies, bad law, and bad results is almost too long to compile. (Its legal arguments were so laughable that it lost far more cases before a unanimous Supreme Court, including its own appointees, than any other president.) All of those outrages above, though, will in the long run be little remembered in comparison with the three major self-inflicted disasters of the Obama presidency: The near-doubling of the national debt, the near-ruin of our health-insurance system, and the extreme diminution of American prestige and power worldwide combined with the rise of the Islamic State (henceforth ISIS). As for ISIS, it is unclear whether the Obamites actually encouraged its early growth (by mistake), or merely were surprised by its virulence and dangerous effectiveness — which is bad enough, and undeniable. Either way, ISIS grew and committed almost unimaginable atrocities on Obama’s watch. While we should never blame anybody for terrorist atrocities but the terrorists themselves, and while no sensible person would ever accuse Obama of secretly intending ISIS to thrive as it has, it is fair to observe that his policies against it — just like Clinton’s and the early Bush-43’s policies against Al Qaida — failed to adequately stem its rise. The world is a much more parlous place because of Obama’s legacy. He entered office on an Alinskyite power trip, wanting to completely transform America. He failed at that, thank goodness, but he did succeed in weakening this great nation. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #4 Actually, I want him put to use for our side. |
| Posted by: charger 2017-01-20 09:49 |
| #3 Obama's legacy: the Caliphate reappeared to terrorise the world complete with head-choppings, crucifixions and stonings for the first time in a century. THANKS TO THE MUSLIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE |
| Posted by: anon1 2017-01-20 05:01 |
| #2 The choice was either racist or stupid . . . . |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-01-20 03:21 |
| #1 But, at least, now the World knows that USA is not racist (do I need sark?). |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-20 02:27 |