I guess that's just life when you're a hypocrite.
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Liberals did not give a fuck back then, what is this revisionist nonsense?
I was in a book store last week and they had an Obama sticker on the cash register that said “miss me?”. They fucking loved this war criminal.
It really would not take long for you to look this up, there absolutely was a negative response. Drone strikes were one of the higher up complaints.
See the second paragraph.
“Drone strikes were one of the higher up complaints.”
Fucking lmao. You would think such horrible acts of inhumanity would earn him a reputation as a murderer among the general public, yet he’s hailed as being “one of the good ones” and still gets his dick sucked by the media and liberals all over.
If libs disliked all the murdering it was a pretty casual dislike that never amounted into any meaningful criticism or consequences for Obama.
What a joke.
If the media portrayed things accurately, I would say many more would consider him a murderer (as they should).
But pretending people didn't react negatively is the same sort of lie as the media portrayals of the strikes at the time. I'm not going to agree with mid/disinformation of any form.
I think the bigger part of that is if you compare him to the past 45 years of presidents, what do you have?
Calling him one of the better presidents of nearly a half of a century is not a stretch. Its just a painfully low bar.
Refer back to the previous list. None of them had any meaningful consequences for the horrors they are responsible for.
The notion isnt that he’s “one of the better ones” but that he was “one of the GOOD ones”. And while those presidents may not have faced any true consequences for their crimes, they are all largely controversial figures with some of them being absolutely despised. Not even remotely comparable to Obama’s reputation, and he arguably killed more innocent people than any of them.
Genuinely curious what you think Obama even did that makes him better than these other guys. Go ahead and explain yourself…
Now in my opinion none of these go far enough, but I'd be lying to not call them a positive step.
Do you want me to also list what I hate about the Obama admin? May as well. I'll skip my criticisms of the above since ive already kind of noted that. As well as the drone strikes, which ive already commented on.
Thats off the top. Out of curiosity, do you think I have an overall positive or negative view of his presidency?
Recognizing gay marriage at home, while you obliterate and incinerate queer people across the world. The liberal special.
Your perspective isn't negative enough for me. Obama is a war criminal and I will refrain from writing what I think should be done to him. You can use your imagination.
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