It's pretty much guaranteed that Obama is going to be remembered as a "great" President. I mean, look at FDR. By all logic, he ought to at least be considered an extremely controversial President. He presided over the longest depression in US history while supporting such questionable policies as price supports in the face of a falling money supply. He vastly increased the power of the Federal Government, well beyond its previous high-water mark.
Yet the historians and journalists that form popular opinion on FDR almost universally consider him great. Why? He made people feel good. In the midst of a crises, he connected with citizens through regular "fireside chat" programs on the radio. In the weak, Disney-weaned minds of journalists, emotion trumps substance. The general feeling of, dare we say it, "hope" that FDR instilled in people was more important than any actual policy decisions.
So, even if Obama's Presidency is an absolute trainwreck, he has been already guaranteed greatness. His face is already on the t-shirts and lunch pails of today's left-wing students that will be tomorrow's historians and journalists. The hope that he brings to the easily led will trump any actual consequences of his policy.
Bla bla bla.... What I just heard is a whole lot of nothing. Building a "green economy", very nice and all but it's time leaders in the U.S. start addressing the bad underlying fundamentals (greed, the sick focus on bigger and better, a debt financed addiction to consumption, a monetary system and money supply controlled by a cartel of private banks, a failing currency, etc).
Yep, unfortunately addressing key issues won't make any president popular with the ruling elite in the U.S. And since those are the ones providing most of the campaigning funds for presidential candidates, guess who Obama will be loyal to... If only Ron Paul would have made it...
Someone had a conspiracy theory that this strengthens the link between Google and the Obama campaign/presidency even further. If anyone believes that BS, let me just point out that they released it on all the major video sites, as you can see on change.gov.
Yet the historians and journalists that form popular opinion on FDR almost universally consider him great. Why? He made people feel good. In the midst of a crises, he connected with citizens through regular "fireside chat" programs on the radio. In the weak, Disney-weaned minds of journalists, emotion trumps substance. The general feeling of, dare we say it, "hope" that FDR instilled in people was more important than any actual policy decisions.
So, even if Obama's Presidency is an absolute trainwreck, he has been already guaranteed greatness. His face is already on the t-shirts and lunch pails of today's left-wing students that will be tomorrow's historians and journalists. The hope that he brings to the easily led will trump any actual consequences of his policy.