So is Obama a backstabbing psychopath? I kind of figured he was just a highly ideological neoliberal who was otherwise somewhat personable.
In addition to the Jeremiah Wright thing, Obama absolutely backstabbed ACORN - who probably helped him win in 2008! - by failing to defend it against the (in hindsight) mostly bullshit voter registration fraud accusations against the org originating with a fucking Project Veritas hit piece. He and the other Dems allowed the congress Republicans to practically destroy ACORN. The fucking scumbag touted his experience as a community organizer and sat idly by, letting a community organization with a track record of helping consistent poor Black people - including helping them to vote - get ruthlessly torn apart by reactionaries clearly motivated to suppress Black votes.
Yes, he’s the epitome of an ambitious, intelligent, charismatic careerist.
Brings to mind Felix’s rant about respecting Clinton reptiles more than the Obama people because the former are so cynical they come as more genuine whereas the latter push the West Wing performative virtue into the stratosphere
He threw his pastor under the bus when his pastor’s extremely based “god damn america” sermon went viral.
By refusing to confirm or deny the Jeremiah Wright thing was true or not until after the election (turns out Obama didn’t listen to those amazing sermons), Obama allowed the GOP propaganda machine to trick Black socialist voters into thinking Obama was much more based than he actually was.
The GOP’s brazen lies about Dems play a significant role in tricking left lesser-evil voters into believing that lib reformists are hiding their power level.
I apparently misremembered, Obama did deny hearing Wright’s speeches during the campaign. The point I made still stands though - the GOP tried to smear Obama by presenting him as more radical than he actually was, as part of a pattern of behavior that inevitably is gonna mislead a few radical and progressive voters.
“god damn america for treating its citizens as less than human” is a line that is extremely good and accurate
Saw an interview with a photographer who had hung out with every president since FDR, and his two worst were Trump for obvious reasons, and then Obama because apparently he was very cold. Never asked him how his day was, or if he’d like a coffee or whatever.
No mention of it, all Johnson did was hand out pens apparently. A great shame.
