My point is that he should have been made to explain exactly how he is going to fundamentally transform our nation. Maybe that was not obvious to some, like me.
Obama was a Trump that they were able to easily defuse. Unfortunately, it also put reddit and 4chan on their radar which is why neither truly survived 2016.
I would argue Obama was "farther left sooner" than they wanted, but they saw the chance and ran with it. The plan was:
Bush 41 85-93
Clinton 42 93-01
Bush 43 01-09
Clinton 44 09-17
Bush 45 17-25
yep
It's "Jeb!"
They really did try to foist an alternating 2 family system on us. The Precious wasn't originally part of that plan. It was supposed to be her in '08
Exactly
Jeb can still win! (Queue the Jeb hands up meme).
"We are going to fundamentally change the United States of America," and he was never made to explain what he meant.
Seemed pretty self-explanatory to me. The foundation of this Nation is our Constitution. He was working to change that (largely by ignoring it).
My point is that he should have been made to explain exactly how he is going to fundamentally transform our nation. Maybe that was not obvious to some, like me.
Our media was as high quality then as they are now; they just hid it better.
Obama was a Trump that they were able to easily defuse. Unfortunately, it also put reddit and 4chan on their radar which is why neither truly survived 2016.
I'd say he was a "Trump" from the far left, but agree he was easily cowed