>>>It's no secret I don't have much respect for Barack Obama's performance.
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>>I'm SHOCKED!!!
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>>I think we agree on this one. Obama won't go down in history as a strong anything.
>>David Brooks wrote in a column recently that Obama has been good at avoiding the monumental mistakes of his predecessors, like LBJ's invasion of Vietnam or W's blunders in Iraq, but he's been short on doing anything positive.
>>With a few exceptions, I basically agree with that.
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>>I'd only add that the medical facilities for veterans have been a disgrace for as long as I can remember, so while Obama clearly blew this, his name goes at the bottom of a long list of presidents who did the same.
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>Yes, this wasn't created by Obama. And for that matter, many issues weren't created by Obama. But he campaigned hard against these issues, and that's where he deserves the most criticism.
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>On the David Brooks column, LBJ and Bush are former presidents. There's been time for the dust to settle and gain some historical perspective. History will likely judge Obama very harshly. History will also harshly judge a largely supine American media, as well as the people who arguably broke laws to protect him.

...and the American people who were too busy taking selfies for their NarcissistBook profile to notice the Visegoths coming over the hill.