Canada's National Newspaper on Obama's Legacy

[Confluence]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/obamas-legacy-is-crumbling-before-our-eyes/article33530338/

If words and erudition were the hallmarks of policy accomplishment, U.S. President Barack Obama would stand tall, but his legacy is crumbling even before he leaves the White House. As CNN’s Fareed Zakaria observed, Mr. Obama is “an intensely charismatic politician, but he was not able to build a political base underneath him.” His considerable skills at oratory seldom transcended into an ability to deliver results or a coherent plan of action.

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Mr. Obama leaves office with an American polity that is less coherent and more divided than it was during the Vietnam War. An anti-globalization, anti-elite populism is shifting the contours of politics in America in strange, new directions. Self-interest and nationalism are now in the ascendancy.
On the domestic front, Mr. Obama’s singular achievement on health care is about to be repealed and replaced.
His top global priority, climate change – “there is no greater threat to our planet” – did not gain support from Congress even when the Democrats were in control of both chambers. His staunch, and no doubt deeply felt commitment, was not seen as a prime concern for the American public whose attention focused more persistently on jobs and cheap energy.
When asked his view on Mr. Obama’s foreign policy, Zbigniew Brzezinski, a former national security adviser, said pungently that the President had been “engaged but ineffective.” The jury is still out

Note that a large majority of Canadians hated Bush, love Obama and detest Trump.

 

[IndySteel]

Canadians are too damned polite. Obama ******* sucked ***.

 

[hamster]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/obamas-legacy-is-crumbling-before-our-eyes/article33530338/



Note that a large majority of Canadians hated Bush, love Obama and detest Trump.

Hey, if you guys love him so much, we don't mind if you take him. He is real good with the health care thing. Maybe he'll even show you how to set up some sanctuary cities. Have at it. Canada deserves him.

 

[DBS1970]

No offense to you Snowback but I don't care what Canada or the rest of the world thinks about US Politics or the USA. Mainly what criticism of America breaks down to anyway is envy, and fear that the foreign aid money is about to be shut off.