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Does it not bother you one bit that while he won on technical terms via electoral college, a majority of Americans voted AGAINST him? And his popularity is the lowest of any president elect right now.
Not at all. The EC is there for a reason and has been since the beginning.
As far as his popularity ratings, I don't put much faith in them. Look how all these "pollsters" had Hillary destroying Trump and winning the White House. They sure were accurate.
It really was a great interview on most of the issues for the last 8 years, he handled the change of presidency very well being careful to choose his words and quite honest on his failures. Nicely done.
That was another thing that had me howling. He said he had something every week, nay every day, that he would think about and conclude he could have done better.
Yet when pressed for an example he cited the healthcare.gov website which should have worked properly from day one.
That's the only failure he could come up with? That's so minor when looking at the big picture that it's laughable.
55% approval for an outgoing president is pretty average.
The real story here is that, over eight years, he has almost always been rated below the average of his predecessors.
In December 2001 B Clinton was at 66%.
In December 1988 R Reagan was at 63%.
The only ones he beat were GW Bush and LBJ, but GW Bush holds the record for highest approval rating of any president and LBJ won a landslide victory in 1964.
Obama, when compared to other presidents, was just never really that popular.
I find the polls hard to believe because this past election is a rebuttal to those polls. While Hillary may not be as popular but I still think people who dislikes Obama won't like Hillary so the polls don't reflect reality.
I believe the true approval rating for Obama is about 43~45% The last 6 years, his party has lost power in both chambers of Congress to the lowest Democrat minority since 1929.
He took the high road when asked about Trump, that's for sure.
But I did laugh when he said he's proud that his White House had no scandals.
Really? The Secret Service with their prostitutes, the IRS going after detractors of the administration, Benghazi, Clinton and her emails, Loretta Lynch meeting with Bill Clinton.
WTH is he talking about saying there were no scandals???
It doesn't have to involve a cigar in order to qualify as a scandal.
Those aren't "scandals" that occurred under Obama, and a few are not even real.
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Obama sure likes to have his Ego stroked.
Hope the movers are on time tomorrow.
A rank amateur in that department compared to Lil' Donny Thin Skin.
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