During an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, President Obama told the country what Republicans don’t want the voters to hear. Obama said that things are a lot better now than when he came into office.
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Transcript via CBS Sunday Morning:
Cowan asked, ‘When you’re out at stuff like this, I mean, can you really enjoy it? Or is it always, because everything that you’re at always becomes –”
“A scene,” Mr. Obama continued. “Look, the bubble is the hardest thing about the presidency. And I don’t think anybody with sense ever gets used to it. It’s the thing that makes me happiest about my tenure coming to an end.”
Where the Obamas will live and what they may do post-White House are all matters of great speculation.
But for now, the Senator who campaigned on being “fired up and ready to go” is now ready to see if history will be kind or not.
“When I turn over the keys to the next occupant, one thing I’m confident about, and maybe why I don’t feel obliged to yearn for a third term, is I’m very confident I’ll be able to say that things are a lot better now than they were when I came into office,” Mr. Obama said. “And, you know, that’s a pretty good eight years’ worth of work.”
Only a delusional Republican, who is living in a false reality, could argue that the country is not in better shape now than it was before President Obama came into office. George W. Bush had left a gigantic mess that included two ongoing wars that were unpaid for and the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression.
President Obama didn’t arrive in the Oval Office, wave a magic wand, and make everything better. What this president did do was rebuild this country. His first order of business was preventing the recession from becoming a depression. He saved the American auto industry. Obama signed the legislation that has led to more than 90% of Americans having health insurance for the first time. He has set records for job creation and economic growth.
Obama has made history in both foreign and domestic policy. This president brought stability, leadership, and concern for the problems of ordinary Americans back to the White House.
Barack Obama will leave his country in better shape than he found it when he first took office. The President has never gotten the credit that he deserves for a job that has been very well done.
Obama offered hope and change, and this president has delivered on both.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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