No other U.S. president has had as much obstructive opposition from the other party or within his own party as Obama. The country’s dismal employment rates, foreclosure crisis, foreign affairs, and anything else that culminated years before his administration, is quickly, invariably blamed on this president. As Congress creates unprecedented partisanship, more middle and working class whites, in record numbers, are forced to accept a standard of living not experienced since before the New Deal.
Barack Obama receives criticism where there should be none, especially from the people in this country who suffer due to republican policies. This party quibbles over slight tax increases after creating 65% financial gain for the top 1% in the past decade, and sending jobs overseas for the past three decades. This is the party that serves the corporations above and beyond “we the people”. They rely on the life-long, loyal racists to shoot down the only figure concerned enough about all Americans to stop the destructive dismantling of government. Essentially, all that is left without highly skilled or gainful infrastructure jobs is minimum wage poverty employment.
Those whites who malign the president do so out of desperation, fear, and ignorance. Without this type of leader fighting for the common man there is little hope in the future for what remains of our democracy.
No president has ever been between a rock and a hard place as President Barack Obama. I have said on more than one occassion, the American people don't want a president. They want Mr. Fix-it. Evening News programs are featuring scenes such as the photo illustrating this article. Mainstream America tends to relate to white folk who are catching hell in this downturn economy. The preception is that those other ethnic groups(blacks & latinos) are out to milk the system.
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