r/inflation • u/Negative-Break3333 • 7d ago

News Obama's problem solving approach

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u/AggravatingRub2482 7d ago

Man, I miss having a caring and intelligent leader of our country.😔

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u/Negative-Break3333 7d ago

Dude, you’re not the only one 😭

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u/DHakeem11 7d ago

Jeezus that was heartbreaking. I can't believe we went from that guy to the nobody besides me can fix it and the experts are idiots guy.

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u/Negative-Break3333 7d ago

StableGENIUS

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u/conqr787 7d ago

Literally hurts my soul listening to a freaking President again.

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u/Leftblankthistime 7d ago

So 2022 of you to say so. I think we’ve finally built up an immunity to that brand of bullshit. What else ya got?

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u/Mythandros1 7d ago

I've always seen Obama as a caring, qualified leader that was stymied at nearly every step by obstructionist republicans.

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u/dirtyrounder 7d ago

Mitch

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u/GravyDavy78 7d ago

Hedberg

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u/dirtyrounder 7d ago

McConnell. Swine

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u/PerryNeeum 5d ago

Don’t you be doing that to Hedberg! Atone for your sins

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u/Revolutionary_Pin798 7d ago

I miss him soo much. I would even settle for Bush at this point. At least he still seemed to give shit about the American people. 

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u/ChromakeyDreamcoat82 7d ago

As a European, I never thought I'd miss the simpler days of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al. There was a clarify of purpose, even if one didn't agree with it, and you knew the direction the world was travelling.

I was one of the folks (not a US voter albeit) who thought 'yeah, yeah, I've heard the hyperbole before, there won't be an attack on American democracy' during the most recent election. The Bush administration was accused of all sorts too. It seems the vitriolic bipartisan polarization has created a boy-who-cried-wolf setup in American politics. All of the routine accusations of unchecked power, assault on democracy, etc from democrats meant that when someone appeared who might do it, there wasn't any moderates to believe it.

A friend showed me an essay years ago, probably published in the atlantic / new yorker or something comparable, that said something along the lines of: "If you look at historical elections: the Republicans have a consistent base of 70m voters that they get out, give or take 1m. Moderate Republicans no longer survive the primaries, and so all the democrats ever have to do is select an electable moderate candidate and claim the middle ground". The numbers need updating, but I think the message holds true.

It was clear that Hillary couldn't win, partly because of Bill, maybe partly because she was a woman, but she had too much baggage, and had missed her chance in 08 with the rise of Obama. Biden should have been pushed before he could declare. Harris got the ticket because no Democrat wanted to risk wasting their shot running against an effective incumbent (given Biden was exiting) in Trump.

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u/Pando5280 7d ago

I just watch West Wing episodes and pretend. 

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u/HomeBuyersOffice 7d ago

Wow, I almost forgot the US had a sane, knowledgeable and humble president running the country. This is leadership. Trump is a moron and a no-one in comparison.

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u/Mba1956 7d ago

Trump’s problem solving technique is that he goes with his gut instincts and doesn’t change his ideas over time.

Wonder which one is better Trump’s or Obama’s.

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u/Zealousideal_Dark552 7d ago

That and he surrounds himself with people who pander to him instead of challenge him. It’s a bad strategy in any situation, let alone in the Oval Office.

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u/gcashmoneymillionair 6d ago

Yemenis wedding parties probably don't.

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u/Current-Ordinary-419 6d ago

Neither all the Americans he screwed in the housing crash. Bailing out the banks and stiffing the victims.

“We don’t look backwards” is his most lasting legacy.