Biden rarely missed an opportunity on the campaign trail to remind everyone he was “Obama’s guy” but, from the outset of the primary process, Obama made clear to every candidate that he would not endorse anyone until the primary’s conclusion. … [Read more...] about Barack Obama Appeals for Unity as He Endorses Joe Biden for President
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Barack Obama on George Floyd’s Death: ‘Bigotry’ and Inequality ‘Painfully, Maddeningly Normal’ in USA
“But it falls on all of us, regardless of our race or station — including the majority of men and women in law enforcement who take pride in doing their tough job the right way, every day — to work together to create a ‘new normal’ in which the legacy of bigotry and unequal treatment no longer infects our institutions or our hearts,” he concluded. … [Read more...] about Barack Obama on George Floyd’s Death: ‘Bigotry’ and Inequality ‘Painfully, Maddeningly Normal’ in USA
Barack Obama’s Mideast Madness
—Unlike the victors of the Gulf War in 1991, none of the 2.2 million American soldiers, sailors, airmen, guardsmen and Marines who fought and won every battle in Operation Iraqi Freedom — including nearly 4,500 U.S. personnel killed in combat and more than 32,000 wounded in action — received a “welcome home” parade. Though administration and Pentagon officials won’t admit it, the deleterious effect of the hasty pullout and lack of public acclaim has adversely affected military morale and contributed to a spate of damaging incidents involving American personnel in Afghanistan. … [Read more...] about Barack Obama’s Mideast Madness
Obama on the death of George Floyd: ‘This shouldn’t be “normal” in 2020 America’
Obama said it will be the responsibility of Minnesota officials to investigate Floyd’s death, but he added that “it falls on all of us, regardless of our race or station — including the majority of men and woman in law enforcement who take pride in doing their tough job the right way, every day — to work together to create a ‘new normal’ in which the legacy of bigotry and unequal treatment no longer infects our institutions or our hearts.” … [Read more...] about Obama on the death of George Floyd: ‘This shouldn’t be “normal” in 2020 America’
Does President Obama Believe What He Says About Race?
That same ideology has come through in a series of speeches and remarks Obama has made criticizing the increasing tendency on the left to demonize and shut down opposing points of view. Over the last year, Obama has driven home this theme again and again and again and again. If Obama were hewing to the center merely for fear of alienating the center, it might explain his hesitation to blurt out a provocative comment that might inflame conservatives and blow up into a national controversy. But it would not explain why he has gone out of his way so many times to pick fights with elements of his own base — especially in the last quarter of his presidency, much of which has come when he been trying to tamp down a revolt from the left by Bernie Sanders. The far more likely explanation for what Obama says is that he believes it. … [Read more...] about Does President Obama Believe What He Says About Race?
