Posted on 05/23/2018 9:18:50 AM PDT by re_tail20
In one respect, it seems to me, the presidency of Donald Trump has been remarkably successful. In 17 months, he has effectively erased Barack Obamas two-term legacy.
I dont want to say or face this. I still want to believe my colleague, Jonathan Chait, whose thesis is that the changes Obama made in his difficult but tenacious eight years in office are too great to reverse. And there are a couple of shifts that do indeed seem to be as permanent as anything is in politics: marriage equality and legal cannabis. But neither, one recalls, was a signature goal of Obama. He began as an alleged opponent of marriage equality, even though, of course, he was bullshitting. He wouldnt touch the marijuana issue in his entire term and even at one point dismissed it as trivial. As for the rest, in specific policy terms, Trump and the Republican Congress have succeeded in undoing Obamas work to an extent I barely anticipated.
In economic policy, Obamas slow winnowing of the deficit even in times of sluggish growth has been completely reversed. We too easily forget that the biggest accomplishment of Trumps term in office so far a massive increase in debt in a time of robust economic growth is the inverse of Obamas studied sense of fiscal responsibility. Nothing in modern fiscal history can match Trumps recklessness neither Reagans leap of faith nor George W. Bushs profligacy and its telling that the Democrats and the liberal intelligentsia have accommodated so swiftly to it. Nothing is so unfashionable right now as worrying about debt.
The fiscal vandalism is also a massive U-turn in terms of redistribution. If Obama managed to shift resources, ever so incrementally, toward the middle class and the poor (by allowing Bushs tax cuts for...
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This article is filled with lies! Trump did sign a bloated budget but saying Obama was fiscally responsible is like saying a serial killer is a good citizen because he has reduced his kills per year!
Cannabis should NEVER have been a Democrat issue. It’s State’s Rights and nothing but. Total loser for Republicans in any but the deepest red districts and even there a solid minority seem as bothered by federal overreach than by dopers.
Another steaming pile of liberal BS.
Under Obama the national debt increased from some $9.6 trillion, when he took office in '09, to nearly $20 trillion when he left office eight years later. This nation was saddled by more debt during his watch than by all of his predecessors combined.
Now that’s a good one.
I don’t accept the term “marriage equality”. Marriage has always been equal. I am a man, and may marry any woman that will have me. Every man has that right. Likewise any woman may marry any man who proposes to her. I see no inequity.
Obama destroyed his own legacy all by himself and almost brought down the entire nation with him...
Love a hopeful headline.
Aint’t it grand! Hope they choke on it.
For Andrew Sullivan, fake faggie weddings were the best things that happened under Bammie’s preezy.
What is Sullivan smoking?
0bama who?
5.56mm
It took Bo 8 yrs plus the ground work before......it sure as heck isnt going to be undone over night... but were sure laying a huge blow to it in short order just this far.
“Odumbo self imposed legacy has come full circle. It’s a loser just like him.
Libtard spin: the economy is good now because of Obamas policies.
Its very easy to shut that down quickly: ask them to name just one Obama policy that has helped the economy.
Crickets.
“In economic policy, Obamas slow winnowing of the deficit even in times of sluggish growth...”
This statement alone should be grounds for Sullivan to be involuntarily committed for a mental health evaluation.
Obama destroyed race relations and a vast segment of our culture through his followers in and out of government.
LOL
Probably true... and reason enough for this glowing revelation of ignorance.
Bammys legacy is like a pack of hyenas crapping on a white shag carpet.....it can be cleaned but will show its damage and degradation for a long long tine me....
Mean ‘ol Trump, destroying St. Barry’s legacy .... send Sullivan some tissues for his tears.
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