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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone who considers herself a pragmatic centrist without any strong ideology one way or another but generally supportive of liberalism and who also follows world affairs and issues, I can tell most of the comments on this thread say more about the poster than the actual subject. But that's typical of the political forum, unfortunately.

The accounts of Obama as told by Hilton have been quietly said by a variety of people over the years and not just Britain's David Cameron. And I must be honest here, while I admired Obama greatly at the onset, as time went on I have come to believe he genuinely is not as bright or intelligent as he thinks he is and that has been to the detriment of his presidency. He is an intelligent man, make no mistakes about that, but not a genius. Unfortunately, he was encircled by the cult of Obama and that allowed him to think himself greater than he really was. This could explain his reluctance to get dirty and fight political battles. Obamacare was created and won by the Democrats on congress (and they got walloped for it). Beyond that his presidency has been mostly speeches filled with platitudes and not much else. I actually even remember Michelle Obama at various points in the 2008 campaign being amazed by some of thing things being said about Obama and once or twice saying, err...no, he's not that special, so in retrospect I am not surprised.

Obama is a vastly better man than Donald Trump ever will be, but that doesn't preclude he is simply not as great or intelligent or wise as he likely thought himself to be and the cult of Obama allowed him to hide from the reality. It's not surprising other world leaders found him frustrating and arrogant. I have read various articles from established figures commenting that Obama loves nothing more than to be at a table and talking about problems and ideological issues, but he does all the talking and doesn't seem receptive to other ideas and perspectives, and most of all, rarely proposes solutions. That could be the consequence of the euphoria that surrounded him so early on, preventing him from seeing his own limits and failings and that certainly did not help his presidency. It may be a problem that stems back to his days as a lecturer, where his job was to lecture and the students listened.

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Angela Merkel got along quite well with Obama.

And actually, I think he presents as quite human no matter what kind of cult you see around him.  He's someone who can actually enjoy other's company, and is genuine about it.  Maybe not to the great extent that Bill Clinton did, but I believe Obama's tears and anger at Sandy Hook and have read how comforting he was whenever he met with victims of whatever man-made or natural disaster. He has a human touch that not all presidents have had, and that is a sign of emotional intelligence.

I believe he held back somewhat in terms of fighting dirty fights because of not wanting to play into the stereotype of "angry, crazy black man."   Can you imagine if he had pulled a single one of Trump's stunts, what the right-wing fringe in this country would have done? They'd have been shouting 25th Amendment night and day.  You have to acknowledge there was a different standard for him because of his race, that he must have felt the pressure to "be a credit" and other nonsense.  It's ignorant to think otherwise.  Again, if Obama had tweeted just once like Trump, had just once pulled the "executive time" crap in terms of a light schedule, had called his opposition juvenile names, had rejected reading even bullet-point daily security briefing - you can rest assure he would have been pilloried as being unstable and unfit by the same people who laud Trump for doing the same thing.

Also I'd like an example of a single president who didn't think he was capable of doing the job well.  You have to have some amount of arrogance to even run for office.

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