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In reply to the discussion: Tired of Malignant Amnesia Anti-Obama Syndrome [View all]True Blue Door
(2,969 posts)His achievements as President are beyond staggering, especially for a President who for 3/4 of his administration has had to deal with a psychopathically hostile Congress. He rebuilt the federal government from utter ruins, and brought the country back from the brink of total economic collapse. And the small matter of being the first black President just enhances the social impact of that record.
Whether it happens or not, TPP will be a footnote, and I think most of his honorable critics on the left will retroactively admit he is among the best Presidents this country has ever had. The crypto-racists and trolls who make a sport out of demonizing him will just stew in their own juices, ignored and revealed for what they are in 20/20 hindsight when there are no more immediate excuses for how they behave.