100% agreed.Omar is right, of course. Obama had a LOT of shitty policies. His foreign policies were awful. Despite his Muslim family, he carried water for apartheid state Israel. His use of the drone program in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa (including Somalia!), murdering thousands of innocents and misreporting their deaths. Obama's continued use of the unconstitutional surveillance of American citizens. His refusal to punish the bankers involved in the 2008 crash was just one example of his utter commitment to the American class structures which benefit the ultra-wealthy over the rest of us.
And, as a black American, he never had our backs. Obama loves to finger-wag at the black community to this day but he was never an ally, just a symbol. The few times he made even the most milquetoast signals of support Republicans shouted him down and he backed off. On criminal justice reform and police violence Obama was a fucking waste of space.
The guy was horrible. A horoscope politician, great speaker, stood for the status quo and fuck-all else.
You know, Omar is speaking truth to power. First she attacked holy Israel and now Saint Obama. Christ, the Democratic Party is going to try to bury her at this point. We have to show our support, because she is absolutely right on these issues. America needs politicians like this.
There's no way Ilhan doesn't get primaried at this rate lol
But I love how much she's willing to touch the third rail.
Typical Dems, less than 3 months in power and already eating one another. No wonder we stay loosing.
Calling this a shitty attack is a shitty attack that implies a malicious intent to deceive.Calling it a mirage is a shitty attack that implies a malicious intent to deceive.
He was no saint, of course. Many in here making him sound like a bloodthirsty war criminal.Please educate us. What is "legitimate" criticism of President Obama?
Obama's general insistence on "You know, we just need to come together and move forward, not look backward" with virtually everything is one of the biggest reasons we are where we are. It ensured that, from foreign policy ghouls to the corrupt of Wall Street, we learned absolutely nothing and no one paid any consequences for anything that went wrong, and that we would just repeat it all over again.
Don't need to be blood thirsty to be completely horrible.He was no saint, of course. Many in here making him sound like a bloodthirsty war criminal.
If only...Yep, if only we had a moderate candidate to face off against trump. Someone who's been in politics for a while with a deep knowledge of what it takes to be President. Maybe someone who was even married to a President! No way someone like that could lose to Trump.
Because there are two different arguments here. I don't want a candidate that's going to base their platform on bashing Obama, he was a good president. But there's nothing wrong with Omar pointing out his flaws in this context, she's not running for president and she's attempting to demonstrate that her problem with these issues is not based on partisan politics.Weird how different the response in this thread is compared to this one:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/th...-trashes-obama-to-appease-the-far-left.89908/
Typical Dems, less than 3 months in power and already eating one another. No wonder we stay loosing.
He was no saint, of course. Many in here making him sound like a bloodthirsty war criminal.
He was no saint, of course. Many in here making him sound like a bloodthirsty war criminal.
He was no saint, of course. Many in here making him sound like a bloodthirsty war criminal.
Obama gave a medal to Henry Kissinger
Global murderer, destroyer of democracies, Henry Kissinger
:/
Yemen war authorization
Drone warfare
Mass deportation
Pick the one you disagree with
I've already given up on 2020. Hopefully we at least take the Senate and keep the house.Yup.
I don't how this helps us win in 2020 which is frankly all I care about at the moment. Focus on the enemy and deal with imperfect allies later.
Thats not hard to guess.I'm excited to see how the other forum twists itself into knots over this given how everyone over there has been calling Omar an anti-Semitic bigot (lol) for weeks on end.
"STOP SAYING TRUE THINGS WE'RE ALL JUST TRYING TO GO BACK TO FUCKING BRUNCH AND MY EGGS ARE GETTING COLD!"Can't help but laugh at the folks screaming unity and infighting.
What fucking unity. Members of her own party were tripping over themselves trying to get their shots in this week.
Yup.
I don't how this helps us win in 2020 which is frankly all I care about at the moment. Focus on the enemy and deal with imperfect allies later.
With the way you guys talk, we can't speak truth to power lest the next election cycle will be lost. Fuck that.I've already given up on 2020. Hopefully we at least take the Senate and keep the house.
There is a 0% chance of losing the White House and winning the Senate. That's pure fantasyI've already given up on 2020. Hopefully we at least take the Senate and keep the house.
I don't think a primary is out of the question.
Can't help but laugh at the folks screaming unity and infighting.
What fucking unity. Members of her own party were tripping over themselves trying to get their shots in this week.
I wonder when the most non-bad faith actors will start calling her a Putin plant.With the way you guys talk, we can't speak truth to power lest the next election cycle will be lost. Fuck that.