Happy Fourth of July, Everyone!
We are revisiting several subjects with the following vid. This is Spike Lee's landmark declaration that history will be divided into Before Barack and After Barack. In a sadly ironic way, Spike Lee might have had a Jeane Dixon moment. Barack Obama might be one of the most pivotal and important people in the history of the United States.
Institutions that might forever be changed by Barack Obama include:
1.) The Democratic Party. Things look bad for the donkey. 2014 might be 2010 all over again. The Dems could lose the Senate. Nixon damaged his party for over half a century. Americans were so disgusted by Nixon-era corruption and general mismanagement that red states turned blue and men like Harkin and Waxman and Leahy would get a foothold on lifetime employment. In some sense we still live in the Nixon era.
Obama has inflicted multiple wounds on the Democratic Party. Beyond a record that includes record deficits, inflation, poor or negative economic growth, a disastrous foreign policy record, dereliction of duty, immigration chaos, scandal, ineptitude and more scandal, Obama has overseen a civil war within his own party. Don't think for a heartbeat that the Clinton Coalition will soon make peace with the Obama Coalition. This is a fragile peace at best.
2.) The Republican Party. Inadvertently, Obama might be responsible for the metamorphosis of the GOP. The party of Delay and Rove and Romney is becoming the party of Paul and Cruz and Gowdy. That might not have happened had Hillary or McCain won the presidency in 2008. The Republican Party is a-changing and we can thank Barack Obama for providing the impetus for change.
3.) The Tea Party. I have no doubt that if the Tea Party had been hatched during the Clinton Administration, it would have withered on the vine (top that mixed metaphor!) Principle would be no match for the Clinton Charm. Bill would have us believe he invented the Tea Party himself. The anti-charm of Obama is another matter. He has been a fundraiser's dream for dozens of groups and should the IRS harassment be curtailed, he could be benefit hundreds of other non-profit groups.
4.) Socialized Medicine. Blame it on overreach. Blame it on method. Blame it on gross incompetence. Had they taken an incremental, patient approach we might have had a permanent national health care system like they have in most European countries. As it is, the ACA's repeal is only a matter of time. When it is gone, it will be at least a decade--if not much longer--before something like Obamacare is ever again proposed.
5.) Illegal immigrants. This script is not written yet. Either tens of millions of illegals flood our public schools and hospitals and welfare system or America says "enough is enough." Either way, the outcome will be associated with Barack Obama.
6.) The mainstream media. They were losing ground before Obama. They wagered their last scrap of credibility to advance the agenda of their messiah. Hard as it is to imagine, all of the network news shows have lost viewers since 2007. MSNBC and CNN do not fare much better. NYT, WAPO, etc.? Don't ask.
We could add to this short list. The fate of the EPA, the global warming fiasco, solar power, large scale wind farms are but a few things that might find their high water mark during the Obama Administration. And Oprah and Deepak and Dave Matthews and Spike Lee for that matter, have never gotten their mojo back.
Yes, we might yet classify history as Before Obama and After Obama.
BB AND AB
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