YouTube has been doing me favours by recommending videos which are fairly interesting to watch. Yesterday I stumbled upon one titled, “Obama on Fox News – Awesome Obama interview”. That got my attention immediately. For one, I haven’t watched it, secondly, I was curious about the tone of the Fox News reporters and finally, I wanted to know what was awesome about the interview. What I found was a rather despicable truth of the state of the American politics. It also emphasised my previous points on why Obama and his predecessors were the reason for the election of Donald Trump.
Here is the link for you to watch. I have deliberately moved the video to 4:41 minutes as that is where the interesting bit starts.
Check out the expression on Obama, when Bill O’Reilly a man who has since been accused of sexual harassment is questioning him on being a left-wing guy who wants to distribute wealth and create an entitlement state. Obama shrivels and almost wets his pants before vehemently opposing everything. He doesn’t want to be known as a left-wing guy, he doesn’t want to distribute wealth and above all, he doesn’t want to create an entitlement state. Borrowing the famous quote from Michelle Obama, when Bill O’Reilly went low, Barrack Obama went lower. It was a pathetic answer. This was a point where Obama literally sold his base short.
Remember, Obama ran for hope. He came to power when people were against the looting of Wall Streets. When the big bankers were bailed out as common people went homeless. Redistribution of wealth is not just procedural justice, it is required for the longterm sustenance of development and capitalism. What is wrong with that? What is wrong with being called the ‘left-wing guy’? Why is the opinion of Fox News host important, considering they will equate anyone with a social conscience to National Socialists? Obama didn’t want to be in anyone’s bad books. He wanted to please everyone and especially his corporate owners. You cannot please all quarters. If you please the right wing corporatist forces, then as a natural extension you will affect the vast majority of your working population in a negative way. If you sell hope and don’t deliver, you will leave the country in a much worse state than before. That failed hope has manifested itself into the one man, Donald Trump, who can affect the hope of every individual.
This inclination to be on the good books and not standing for progressive values is at the root of democratic politics. When you try to please all, you please none. When you can’t take a progressive stand, you invariably are worse than taking a conservative stand. Most of the US and for that matter, every country in the world need progressive systems and leadership. When the right-wing conservative politicians are proud of themselves, the left-wing should at least be able to say they are progressive. They should at least be able to take a pro-people progressive stand on all the issues.
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