Obama is too passive (duh). Just look at what he could have done in '09: A) made prosecuting the financial/insurance sector CEOs who falsified statements and sold toxic junk a priority...B) brand-named the Great Republican Recession and referred to it that way, the same way Republicans brand-name all the progressive programs they don't like...C) called for a thorough public airing, via Congressional investigation, of Bush/Cheney torture policies... D) ditto on Bush's ignoring of the report he was handed on 8/6/2001 that we were going to be hit by hijacked jet planes....E) publicized over & over, at every press conference, the members of Congress who were holding up the confirmation of his appointments. Also reference the too-cool way he ignored the Birthers and hardly ever made a public statement on them or the irresponsible GOP leadership who coddled these idiots. Republicans play knuckleball and Obama has always been badminton. Still and all, one wonders if Trump can be affected at all by having his lies called out. It's not like he's been subtle. And, beyond lies, who among us has ever forgotten the video clip of him mocking the reporter with muscle disease? This is an astonishing, disgraceful "leader" whose legitimacy rests with about 45% of the electorate. Every week brings new horrors. The rest of the world sees our country run by a man who has the judgment, stability, and deportment of a spoiled rotten 7-year-old. My only hope is that the damage to the G.O.P. is massive, and the damage to the country (and planet) can be contained -- but, unfortunately, those two things aren't separate.
