{"id":41813,"date":"2015-07-20T01:10:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T01:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=41813"},"modified":"2015-07-20T01:10:53","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T01:10:53","slug":"mr-president-on-behalf-of-an-ungrateful-nation-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=41813","title":{"rendered":"Mr. President, on behalf of an ungrateful nation, thank you"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mr. President, on behalf of an ungrateful nation, thank you<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

WFTS: ABC Action News<\/a>
\nTampa Bay, Florida
\n2015-07-16<\/p>\n

Dick Meyer<\/strong><\/a>, Chief Washington Correspondent
\nScripps News<\/em><\/p>\n

Some points to ponder about Obama’s record<\/em><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/a> – I\u2019ve never written a column like this. Readers rarely believe it, but I am not on any political team. Generosity toward the high and mighty isn\u2019t among my few virtues. But this needs to be said: Americans are lucky to have Barack Obama<\/a> as president and we should wake up and appreciate it while we can.<\/p>\n

President Obama will go down in history as an extraordinary president, probably a great one. He will have done this in era that doesn\u2019t aggrandize leaders and presidents, but shrinks them. All presidents have had profound opposition, vicious enemies and colossal failures. A few were beloved and others deeply respected in their day, but none in the modern era and certainly not Obama.<\/p>\n

Why? Marcus Aurelius<\/a> said, \u201cMan is puny in the face of destiny.\u201d If the stoic king were writing about modern, democratic sovereigns, he might say, \u201cKings are puny in a world blind to destiny, a world seen through the sacred screens of televisions and computers that can view only the puny.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many presidents fared better in history than in office. But it would be a morale booster and a sign of civic maturity if more Americans appreciated what an exceptional president they have right now. It could be a long wait for the next one.<\/p>\n

One can hate Democrats, disagree with Obama on big issues, dislike his style or be disappointed the excitement of his election didn\u2019t last. But his accomplishments, ambitious goals, dignity and honesty under tough circumstances demand admiration and appreciation.<\/p>\n

This is, of course, perverse liberal-media propaganda to conservative Obama-haters. It\u2019s wobbly centrism to a left-flank frustrated Obama hasn\u2019t done more for them. And it\u2019s na\u00efve hot air to Washington\u2019s political clans that think Obama doesn\u2019t play the game well.<\/p>\n

Changing minds with a keypad is a fool\u2019s errand; I\u2019m surely a fool, but not on that count. I simply offer some points for the open-minded to ponder…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mr. President, on behalf of an ungrateful nation, thank you WFTS: ABC Action News Tampa Bay, Florida 2015-07-16 Dick Meyer, Chief Washington Correspondent Scripps News Some points to ponder about Obama’s record WASHINGTON, D.C. – I\u2019ve never written a column like this. Readers rarely believe it, but I am not on any political team. Generosity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,63,8,26,20],"tags":[20464,20465,20463],"class_list":["post-41813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-barack-obama","category-media-archive","category-politics","category-usa","tag-dick-meyer","tag-scripps-news","tag-wfts-abc-action-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41815,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41813\/revisions\/41815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}