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Did he actually change the inequality while in power? Did he change the gun laws like he promised? Great speaker, very charismatic, but did he address the real issues while in power?
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Obama to address the USA across all networks tonight on 18:34 - Jun 3 with 4303 views
Obama to address the USA across all networks tonight on 18:28 - Jun 3 by Shawsey
Did he actually change the inequality while in power? Did he change the gun laws like he promised? Great speaker, very charismatic, but did he address the real issues while in power?
He was blocked from making widespread changes to the gun laws by Republicans, but yes he did make changes for the better.
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Obama to address the USA across all networks tonight on 18:36 - Jun 3 with 4282 views
Obama to address the USA across all networks tonight on 18:28 - Jun 3 by Shawsey
Did he actually change the inequality while in power? Did he change the gun laws like he promised? Great speaker, very charismatic, but did he address the real issues while in power?
You ought to be asking Mitch McConnell why those changes didn't happen.
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Obama to address the USA across all networks tonight on 18:36 - Jun 3 by Shawsey
On equality?
Well, he did give a lot of lower income families access to universal medical care for the first time in their lives. Despite the unbelievable protestations that it was somehow 'communist'.
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Obama to address the USA across all networks tonight on 18:40 - Jun 3 by m14_blue
Did you expect him to reverse hundreds of years of prejudice in 2 terms?
I know black men have to work twice as hard to be seen to have achieved half as much as white men, but that would be a rather large ask!
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Obama to address the USA across all networks tonight on 18:34 - Jun 3 by ElderGrizzly
He was blocked from making widespread changes to the gun laws by Republicans, but yes he did make changes for the better.
True. But Shawsey makes a decent point and it's very relevant to the type of politics that tries to work with the establishment rather than try to change it.
Obama sent out a very positive and hopeful message but he didn't really change or undo anything. Just wasn't as bad as the Republicans.
Edit: And just to say that Obama would almost certainly have done more if he'd had the support and numbers in Congress. But that's still the issue: nobody ever gets that unless things are really, really bad or people just give up and let the populism take over.
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Obama to address the USA across all networks tonight on 18:49 - Jun 3 by Darth_Koont
True. But Shawsey makes a decent point and it's very relevant to the type of politics that tries to work with the establishment rather than try to change it.
Obama sent out a very positive and hopeful message but he didn't really change or undo anything. Just wasn't as bad as the Republicans.
Edit: And just to say that Obama would almost certainly have done more if he'd had the support and numbers in Congress. But that's still the issue: nobody ever gets that unless things are really, really bad or people just give up and let the populism take over.
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"but he didn't really change or undo anything"
It's debatable to what extent that is true, but if we accept that what you say is correct that's really the fault of the Republicans in the senate.
Just saw your edit - 100% agree. This is part of the problem of adhering religiously to a set of centuries old rules that could in no way account for the way the world is today.
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Obama to address the USA across all networks tonight on 18:51 - Jun 3 by SpruceMoose
"but he didn't really change or undo anything"
It's debatable to what extent that is true, but if we accept that what you say is correct that's really the fault of the Republicans in the senate.
Just saw your edit - 100% agree. This is part of the problem of adhering religiously to a set of centuries old rules that could in no way account for the way the world is today.
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Agreed. I realised that just after I posted.
With a big enough majority, I'm sure Obama could have overpowered even the gun-lovin' Democrats to make some serious inroads into gun control. But that sort of legislative dominance is a rare thing indeed.
I believe his heart and his will were largely in the right place.
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Obama to address the USA across all networks tonight on 18:58 - Jun 3 with 4168 views
Obama to address the USA across all networks tonight on 18:56 - Jun 3 by Darth_Koont
Agreed. I realised that just after I posted.
With a big enough majority, I'm sure Obama could have overpowered even the gun-lovin' Democrats to make some serious inroads into gun control. But that sort of legislative dominance is a rare thing indeed.
I believe his heart and his will were largely in the right place.
Above anything else he at least seemed to be a thoughtful and compassionate man, and I would like to think that some of the more difficult decisions he took (the use of drones etc.) probably still weigh on his shoulders today.
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Obama to address the USA across all networks tonight on 19:00 - Jun 3 by eastangliaisblue
You only have to watch Obamas antics with the Flint water poisoning scandal to see he was just another puppet.
Who was pulling the strings? He seems like the kind of man who would own his own mistakes.
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Obama to address the USA across all networks tonight on 18:58 - Jun 3 by SpruceMoose
Above anything else he at least seemed to be a thoughtful and compassionate man, and I would like to think that some of the more difficult decisions he took (the use of drones etc.) probably still weigh on his shoulders today.
Definitely. Compassion was the most critical aspect of his presidency IMO but he was also the President of a country that has spent decades throwing its weight around. It's sort of in the job description to keep doing that, but Obama certainly wasn't the worst on that score.
I'm not an idealist, I'm a pragmatist waiting for our politicians, media and too many of our electorate to catch up with self-evident truths. I just don't have the patience.
So for Obama, I don't blame the player, I blame the game.
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Obama to address the USA across all networks tonight on 19:13 - Jun 3 with 4074 views
Obama to address the USA across all networks tonight on 19:09 - Jun 3 by eastangliaisblue
Big business as usual. Have you seen what he done when he flew into Flint to address the community there?
He drank some (filtered) water?
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