Gerald. Thanks for the response. First I’m 64. So I have seen a thing or two. Second. President Obama had two years ( effectively) to accomplish major programs bc of the McConnell/ Republican opposition to anything he tried to do ( this included even Supreme Court nominations!). Despite all that, his ACA insured 20–40 million people and was the only president to accomplish this medical coverage, which he would have created under a public option if he could have gotten through the Senate. That was not to be. After the first two years, it became a slog and that was rooted in the right wing / Republican/ Fox attacks that are the source of why Washington can’t get much done.
In addition, his administration was responsible for the end of Osama Bin Laden; Something the Bush Administration could not do despite their ill advised Middle Eastern invasion. Obama inherited that mess. Your only real ‘crime’ you claim was the drone attacks which killed innocent civilians. It is that collateral damage that is the result of war and we have had this issue to contend with since Truman dropped two bombs on Japanese islands. The sad reality is we do not and can not know how many terrorist attacks have been thwarted from this action. We do know that fewer American troops have died as a result of drones. Perhaps I need to study the effectiveness of these preemptive attacks.
I should note that Obama’s 8 years brought us zero attacks from these terrorists on our homeland.
Finally, you conveniently omit President Obama’s achievement of pulling America out of the Economic nosedive that was the Great Recession. So to conclude, Obama had so much to fix, so little Senate support, so many enemies on the (far) right and blowhards like Limbaugh and Hannity and the No-Spin O’Rielly , that it is remarkable what his thoroughly competent administration could achieve.
Remember this – President Obama remains incredibly popular (70%) and the most admired man in America for the last six years. That, Friend, tells you the intangible greatness of the man.
