Quote (thundercock @ Oct 22 2020 03:04pm)
Personally, not really. I think Obama is overrated AF because he's sandwiched between Bush and Trump. I think Obama was a pretty average president but my opinion could change as time goes on. I feel like we can't adequately rate a President until 10+ years after they leave office because that's when you start to see the true ramifications of their decisions. For example, the Clinton policy of housing deregulation SEEMED good to many but it helped fuel one of the largest financial disasters in history.
same goes for Bush2 and how people blamed him so much for the Iraq-Afghanistan wars, but then every new book or article that comes out points to him being a guy who likely got played by intel community and Cheney to play out neocon fantasies and "finish the job" they failed to do under Bush1. I honestly think with a time machine Bush2 undoes most of what he did after 9-11, but still lets New Orleans take a bath because fuck dirty cajuns and etc.