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RE: TY, at least this has a bit of wisdom, finally.
Posted on: September 8, 2022 at 19:40:15 CT
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Obama "leaves behind a country more divided than the one he found," observed the liberal pundit Ezra Klein. "He rose in American politics by saying there were no red states and blue states only to prove that, yes, there really were red states and blue states."
Though Obama was seemingly able to understand those on the other side of the political divide, seldom did this empathy — undeniably absent in Trump — result in his adopting something markedly different from the conventional liberal position on substantive public policy.
And when Obama's legislative ambitions were thwarted by such disagreements, he could take on a much less generous tone — one that put down his opponents rather than respected them and called into question the sincerity of his earlier compassion.
Though Obama was seemingly able to understand those on the other side of the political divide, seldom did this empathy — undeniably absent in Trump — result in his adopting something markedly different from the conventional liberal position on substantive public policy.
And when Obama's legislative ambitions were thwarted by such disagreements, he could take on a much less generous tone — one that put down his opponents rather than respected them and called into question the sincerity of his earlier compassion.
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RE: TY, at least this has a bit of wisdom, finally. - 90Tiger STL - 9/8 19:40:15