WE NOW HAVE A REAL PRESIDENT - FAKE ONE IS ANGRY

Submitted by: P McMillan

Obama's Ungracious Exit.

For at least a moment, It seemed as though Barack Obama might graciously acknowledge the wishes of the voters who elected Donald Trump as president.  Obama gave a statesmanlike address in which he remembered with gratitude George W. Bush's efforts to ensure a smooth and orderly transition of power in 2009 and pledged to do the same for the incoming Trump administration.  Obama even hosted Trump at the White House in an apparent show of good faith.  

True, any sitting president should be expected to put the needs of the nation above partisan politics or the bruised egos from a heated campaign.  But it seemed like a rare and welcome occasion in which Obama appeared willing to put the country's welfare above his own ideology.  

Obama's later actions unfortunately would show those words and overtures to be little more than empty rhetoric and gestures that so characterized his White House tenure.   For during those waning days of his presidency, Obama worked furiously to throw as many roadblocks as possible in the way of Trump achieving the reforms for which he was elected.  

Many of Obama's last-minute actions can - and will - eventually be reversed.  But those actions revealed a toxic combination of arrogance and pettiness, as well as a disregard for how blatant political decisions hurt ordinary Americans who find themselves innocently caught in the partisan crossfire. 

...  Obama was willing to advance his liberal agenda, no matter the consequences.