Barack Obama: One
of the worst presidents of all time, or the worst president of all time?
Discuss. Don't worry if you can't make up your mind right away, there are
plenty of folks around willing to help you out with that distinction. Karl Rove
would be one of them. You remember Karl. He was the Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration and has
been a Republican political consultant and policy adviser since the earth was
cooling and he crawled from the slime on flippers that would eventually evolve
into opposable thumbs. If anyone would be a good judge of history, it would be
this guy, right? Right. Very right.
Karl Rove says we
are now seeing "the real Obama." Apparently it has taken most of two
terms, but finally our collective eyes are open. “I think
today the president is governed more by what is his true vision and view of the
world, in part,” said Rove.“He views America as not a power for and an
influence for good. He does believe the world is a better place if we withdraw
and allow people to settle their own matters in whatever way they intend to
settle them." Karl wants to know: “Name me one foreign leader that jumps
to mind that you think the President of the United States has a good
relationship with?” He then went on to name David Cameron, Prime Minister of
the United Kingdom. Okay, but who else? Certainly not that guy in Russia. Or
the guys who are running ISIS. And whoever is in charge in Iraq. Unless we're
currently bombing them. That's the real Obama.
Then there's the
matter of the press. According to James Risen, Barack Obama is " the
greatest enemy to press freedom in a generation.” That's because the Obama
administration renewed a subpoena, that was initially issued in 2008, that
asked Risen to reveal his sources for his book “State of War,” which included classified
information about a failed CIA plot against Iran’s nuclear program. That CIA
plot took place during the Bush administration. Before the worst president of
all time came into office. The Bush administration that had a guy named Karl
Rove working for them. I'm not sure about this, but I don't think it's been a
generation since that subpoena was first issued.
Well, okay Karl.
We'll settle for "one of the worst."
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