Barack Obama's latest diatribe

Barack Obama's latest diatribe is just his latest scold. In a speech at Hamilton College, Obama said "It is up to all of us to fix this. It’s not going to be because somebody comes and saves you. The most important office in this democracy is the citizen, the ordinary person who says, no, that’s not right."

Obama loses a single election and he starts whining. Once upon a time, Obama was a great orator. These days, he's just the first black president. He used to be the Democrats' go-to guy late in campaigns. That guy is gone, a part of history.

For most of human history and to this day in most places in the world, there is a cost to challenging the powers that be, particularly if they're abusing that power," Obama reflected. "And this idea, and I've noticed this among some wealthier folks who, you know, after George Floyd, they were right there and a bunch of companies were talking about how they cared about diversity and they wanted to do this and they were all for that, and they are mute right now, but what that tells me is it was okay when it was cool and trendy, and when it's not, eh, not so much. And that, I think, is what we have to, each of us, has to examine in our own hearts.

What's happened is that it might finally be dawning on President Obama that he has to do more than deliver a smooth-sounding speech. Check out the tone in President Obama's voice and look on his face in this part of his speech:

For all of American history, action has been required. This is a nation of problem-solvers. It's surprising that President Obama didn't know that.