Barack Obama's declining public stature

As Barack Obama becomes more of a relic of history, the more he becomes politically irrelevant. This week, President Obama gave a preachy speech at the Obama Foundation's Democracy Forum. It reminded people that he's turning into a bit off a scold during his decline. I first about the subject in this post after he scolded African-American men about what he considered a lack of loyalty towards Kamala Harris. It didn't dawn on him that his policies haven't worked. It was just expected that these men would remain loyal to Obama despite the fact that his policies failed these men.

That expectation of loyoalty is what I'd call chutzpah. In Obama's mind, apparently, people are expected to remain loyal despite his policies (think Obamacare) failed to live up to Obama's hype. To most people, they won't stay loyal if the policy fails.

In this article, Obama is quoted as saying "Pluralism is not about holding hands and singing ‘Kumbaya,’. It is not about abandoning your convictions and folding when things get tough. It is about recognizing that, in a democracy, power comes from forging alliances and building coalitions and making room in those coalitions not only for the woke, but the waking." That sounds lovely but it doesn't fit his early actions. In the early days of his administration, Republicans tried getting him to cut taxes to stimulate the economy. He rejected that suggestion, saying "Elections have consequences." So much for Obama's belief in pluralistic democracy.

Obama's Strength is Turning Into Obama's Weakness

Since he burst onto the national political scene, Obama's strength was his skills as an orator. These days, he's seen as just another talker that didn't fix important things. The Obama economy was mediocre at best. Inflation was ok but income inequality was too rampant. Some people got ahead while others didn't get rewarded for their hard work.

MAGANomics Comparison

The thing that made MAGANomics so appealing was that it helped the working class and the middle class the most. It lifted people out of poverty, too. That's a big deal to people. Voters are looking for politicians who fix problems or that don't create problems. That's the biggest message from Nov. 5.

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