Obama's Presidency is nearing it's end. What is his legacy, in your view?
- savvydatingposted 7 years ago
0Obama's Presidency is nearing it's end. What is his legacy, in your view?
All opinions are welcome. I am interested to hear how different people view Barak Obama, as Commander-In-Chief.
His legacy is bounded by his failure in the beginning (Obama Care), filled in by social engineering that inflamed the division of the country on social issues, and this added to the division by political parties, race, and economics.
He spent too much time on spending taxpayer money on his campaigning, fund raising and playing golf at expensive country clubs. He also spent over 90 million dollars on his vacations. The most recent one cost the taxpayers over $4 million.
Benghazi will always be his Watergate, along with its result Syrian war where the US is backing the terrorists. He lied to keep Hillary Clinton out of jail.
He is more sympathetic to Muslims, and Muslim Terrorist than he is about the American Citizen.
Finally, in his last year, he has spent his time making the US weak, and pathetic globally.
After the election chose Trump as the next president, he has done everything to make things more difficult for the Trump administration, the country and the American Citizen.
Bringing millions of unvetted Muslims from Syria, knowing that many of them are ISIS infiltrated. This after what we see has happened in Europe and especially Germany due to these type of immigrants.
Now, in the final weeks he has chosen Muslims over our strongest Ally in the Middle East. He has tried his hardest to provoke a real war against Russia, on simple allegations that HE Thinks the Russians pulled the strings of our election. Even though Hillary won the popular vote due to CA, Il and NY where the Hillary voters didn't seem to be affected by Russia or anyone else.
Now, he is going to living in DC and harass the Trump administration for the next 4 years.
A commander in chief Barrack Obama has failed around the world. He created ISIL and taking down Libya and having Syria escalated with over 400,000 deaths is not a win for him as Commander in Chief or for the US. China disrespected hims at the last conference, and China is our biggest threat militarily and economically. He made a bad deal with Iran, and he wants a war against Russia. Considering that the US has lost every war since 1898, the chances of winning against Russia don't look very good.
Obama ZERO accomplished, numerous failures, except at spending US money and lowering his gold handicap.
Is he representative of why many claim we need professional politicians to run for the presidency?
His legacy. A legacy is the mark you leave on the world. It’s how you will be remembered but how you will be remembered, especially as a President who is responsible for setting the stage of developments that may be far off in the future, is also subject to how your mark on the world affected developments in the future. So a legacy really can only be evaluated by people in the future looking back on history. We can guess, we can wish, we can conjure up a legacy and maybe be right, likely be wrong because no one can knowingly predict the future or what the impact of a President's legacy will turn out to be.
Jim Rohn, the philosopher who has left an indelible legacy of time-proven principles and wisdom, shares his secret for making an impact.
1. Life is best lived in service to others.
2. Consider others’ interests as important as your own.
3. Love your neighbor even if you don’t like him.
4. Maintain integrity at all costs.
5. You must risk in order to gain.
6. You reap what you sow.
7. Hard work is never a waste.
8. Don’t give up when you fail.
9. Don’t ever stop in your pursuit of a legacy.
Rohn says:
Many people have accomplished tremendous things later on in life. There is never a time to stop in your pursuit of a legacy. Sometimes older people will say, “I am 65. I’ll never change.” That won’t build a great life! No, there is always time to do more and achieve more, to help more and serve more, to teach more and to learn more. Keep going and growing that legacy!
I honestly have a hard time reading this and applying these principles to Barack Obama. I think, has Obama lived his life in service to others, or primarily in service to himself? I guess his legacy may be that he served others as a community organizer? That is what community organizers do, right? Serve others.
Can't say that I have ever witnessed Obama consider others’ interests as important as his own. But what do I know? Maybe someone can enlighten me.
Love your neighbor even if you don't like him? hmmmm that is a tough one. Maybe those people he referred to as "bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." could teach him a thing or two about loving your neighbor. Maybe start with not characterizing people you don't like.
Well I'll leave the rest up to anyone who wants to analyze his legacy, but if you ask me I think leaving the country with 20 trillion in debt dooms any chance of a proud legacy and gives sensationally new meaning to a phrase once used to describe a certain kind of RICH - I tend to agree with Lt. Col. Ralph Peters on Obama’s Legacy https://youtu.be/ogpU428s4ngThank you for a most eloquent comment, Taze. I'm with you regarding the importance of a good legacy; I cannot imagine that Obama's may be considered good by any stretch of the imagination. My opinion. I see yours is similar.
Paula, you probably know how I feel about getting advice from New Age folks who do not follow their own advice. I understand.
- Bob Bambergposted 7 years ago0
Obama’s legacy is the sort that gets canonized. Because the first rule of Hall of Fame-dom: The times have to suck! Civil wars, World Wars, depressions and recessions. You got to have ’em if you wanna be great. That’s why we rate the Washingtons, Lincolns, and Roosevelts over That Fat Guy with the Walrus Mustache. Like Obama, these Great Men were dealt sucky hands, won big, and left the country better off than it was before. Obama has a few other edges in the long haul of history, beyond specific moments like Obamacare, rescuing the economy, and making America way more bi-curious. Being the first black president of course secures a certain legacy. But what now feels distinctly possible is that, just as Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed, over time he may be judged less for the color of his skin than for the content of his character. That character came across every time haters or Trumpers or birthers tried to pull him down into the mud or question his American-ness.
Overseas he's still pretty much loved. Because he was presentable or can pronounce Huge with an "H". If nothing else, he did make the country look good.
Since Obama took office: Homicides have dropped 13%, but gun sales have surged. (It's still shockingly high) The economy has added more than 9 million jobs, and the jobless rate has dropped to below the historical median. There are 15 million fewer people who lack health insurance. Corporate profits are up 166 percent; real weekly wages are up 3.4 percent. Wind and solar power have nearly tripled, and now account for more than 5 percent of U.S. electricity. The federal debt has more than doubled rising 116 percent and big annual deficits have continued.
And I too think history will, once the revelations tumble out, judge Obama harshly indeed. He staked everything on being highly regarded but any normal person would regard him as even middling since he couldn't present the country with, for ex: WAR victory (who did?) or something America really care about. He wrote two autobiographies (& will certainly write a third) so the Lame Stream Media in the fading liberal corners of the world will strive to pump him up when needed.
All he needed perhaps was more TIME? Maybe 8yrs isn't enough? Who knows...
It’s also why we downgrade the Jimmy Carters or Herbert Hoovers. Were they as bad in real time in history? Probably not. But they were dealt sucky hands, only played one round, left the country feeling worse off. Legacy— Game over.Paula, I do not put all politicians in the same line-up as Obama. That is where you and I disagree. As for the other thing you mentioned, well, I don't know quite what to say. I imagine men wonder the same thing sometimes.
Thank you, Jack. Feel free to read one of my hubs as well.
Guys, I think Pam was just being sarcastic.
Corrupt. The biggest fraud ever perpetrated.- Review Wizardposted 7 years ago0
Sure have.
Ha! We definitely get the gist. You packed a lot of information in a small space. Impressive talent you've got there, Doug.
- RTalloniposted 7 years ago0
- Karen KLDposted 7 years ago0
From Washington DC, the following 10 will be remembered for a long time to come:
1. 143 years after slave trade was abolished President Obama became the first black President of the United States of America. Nobody in the African American community had ever attained this feat. To prove his popularity which wiped out further doubts, good old America re-elected him back into the White House for a second run. Remember, Obama's successor has started with protests and demos even before parading himself from Capitol Hill.
2. Despite the economic free fall after President Obama's ascent to office, lots of jobs have been added to the economy in each of the last 75 months. Economists call this "Job creation".
3. As Commander-in-Chief, President Obama exorcised the demon of Osama bin Laden once and for all, making America to sleep peacefully after many troubles.
4. Obama's reign saw a partisan toil in legislative matters triggered by republicans who swore to oppose President Obama throughout his term in office. Republicans preferred to shout Obama out of office instead of helping to build the nation.
5. The Commander-in-Chief sweet-talked Iran out of manufacturing nuclear weaponry thereby averting an international atomic threat.
6. The Commander-in Chief prevented America's military machine from being drawn into the Syrian crisis thereby saving USA lots of dollars.
7. President Obama legislatively protected environmental marine eco-systems, curbed carbon emission, boosted renewable energy and crowned it with a ratification of the Paris climate accord.
8. "Obamacare" extended Insurance cover to tens of millions of US citizens who had no cover. This is a gain that republicans might try to snatch from Americans.
9. President Obama refused to be weighed down by "colored tension" triggered by police shootings of unarmed citizens and hence scored big.
10. President Obama improved US relations with Latin American and the Arab world in his 8-year tenure.
Lastly, like no other political outcome, President Obama's election was celebrated the world over by people of all races, not just Americans. Many people can only dream of such international acclaim.
There is indeed something to write home about.
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