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  • @MeeCee5204
    @MeeCee5204 Рік тому +384

    Politics is a nasty business. Not many make it out alive.

    • @BlurryBigfoot
      @BlurryBigfoot Рік тому +45

      The vast majority make it out alive. They die at ripe old ages all the time. hahahaha

    • @MeeCee5204
      @MeeCee5204 Рік тому +25

      @BlurryBigfoot true, they are alive, but their integrity is dead

    • @sylvesterscott4229
      @sylvesterscott4229 Рік тому +4

      You not getting involved makes it a nasty business.

    • @muhammadmustafa2946
      @muhammadmustafa2946 Рік тому

      The town is tough!

    • @retrospecative2454
      @retrospecative2454 Рік тому +9

      They make it out rich

  • @harrycee656
    @harrycee656 Рік тому +299

    Our government leaders are here for who? The people they represent? Not when they start out "NO" regardless of what is presented.

    • @blackout07blue
      @blackout07blue Рік тому +1

      Obama, Republicans, and establishment democrats are only here for the Big Money donors and corporate lobbyists. They’re bought & owned.

    • @enuary
      @enuary Рік тому +5

      What is this supposed to mean?

    • @enuary
      @enuary Рік тому +10

      Okay my bad you're referring to John Boehner going full mr. "no" to everything

    • @bryansmith8646
      @bryansmith8646 Рік тому +15

      ​@enuary yes. Then he got chased out of his own party for not being conservative enough.

    • @zmc33
      @zmc33 Рік тому

      @@enuary dismiss it. communists are not smart people. just selfish.

  • @moceri55
    @moceri55 Рік тому +361

    Obama could have told the American people that we need to breath more oxygen. The Republicans would have told the American people to hold their breath.

    • @orangemanbad
      @orangemanbad 4 місяці тому +13

      Because they were opposed to socialism and upheld the republic.

    • @renaybrown4313
      @renaybrown4313 3 місяці тому +19

      @@orangemanbadreally 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @orangemanbad
      @orangemanbad 3 місяці тому

      @@renaybrown4313 you seem very uninformed. My. Guess is no degree and a minimum wage job lol. I’ll stick to my life while you keep licking the boots of dictators.

    • @dakruise1
      @dakruise1 3 місяці тому

      Or every policy that Obama was for was Anti-America

    • @Z33RO
      @Z33RO 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@@renaybrown4313Yes

  • @lovelyplus3977
    @lovelyplus3977 Рік тому +713

    President Obama came into the white house optimistic, but he did not realize that his mere existence was a challenge to the opposing side. I also think that it is weird that Obama is blamed for the lack of bipartisanship when it was the republicans that said they were against almost everything.

    • @re4477
      @re4477 Рік тому +130

      Yep. From the start there were those in the GOP that were determined to let Obama know "his place".

    • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
      @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Рік тому +14

      Waaah.
      That's politics.

    • @johnmp7419
      @johnmp7419 Рік тому

      ​@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 wahh you sound racist

    • @Brianbeesandbikes
      @Brianbeesandbikes Рік тому

      ​@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 What's politics is as this documentary reveals is a history of elites owning a two-party system to sheepdog Americans into fighting each other rather than the elites that rob funds, social and political power from We the People. Theft at both domestic and global levels using militarism and financial extortion. Unite liberals, independents and leftists to replace u$a's elites with the socialistic models of public ownership of utilities, core businesses; worker ownership of large corporations, expelling private monies from politics. Make reparations to correct a history of theft of domestic communities and nations u$a has exploited. That's fulfilling the representative govt dreamed of / conceived of by the best thinkers of the day. Corporations are the new church ... and both serve elitism, which destroys everything it touches.

    • @bebos1262
      @bebos1262 Рік тому

      @@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 No, not at all, it was downright warfare. What other president before Obama caused the other side to decide from the start that they would obstruct him every step of the way for his entire presidency? The GOP has never been the same since 2009, they're an evil, cancerous, and obstructionist party.

  • @va2347
    @va2347 Рік тому +818

    Obama's presidency and the situation with the Republican Congress is a scary reassurance that political difference still lies strong, and parties will put politics before people without question in a heartbeat

  • @Notimp0rtant523
    @Notimp0rtant523 Рік тому +261

    Thanks PBS for making these available free and to the public online

  • @WarRior-rn4kb
    @WarRior-rn4kb Рік тому +100

    6:30 "The brightest mind of the republican party debated on how to be relevant." They found the solution in Donald Trump. Their worst nightmare.

    • @odetteredd4763
      @odetteredd4763 Рік тому

      A crook that 90% of them support.

    • @georgeo785
      @georgeo785 Рік тому

      Well most of us knew that baraak insane obaalim sotoros traitor 44 is an American hating communist. He fooled a lot of weak minded people. Reminds me of the devil the great deceiver

    • @elenaarman-tang7811
      @elenaarman-tang7811 11 місяців тому

      Yes, they created the Trumpenstein monster and now fear for their lives if they tell the truth about the wanna be dictator, Donald Trump.

    • @tony1919
      @tony1919 5 місяців тому +1

      Trump will be your 2024 president HOORAY.

    • @mlbk7848
      @mlbk7848 4 місяці тому

      that part

  • @giovannibautista2515
    @giovannibautista2515 Рік тому +828

    Regardless of your political preference, you must admit that FRONTLINE’s documentaries are amazing

    • @John.Flower.Productions
      @John.Flower.Productions Рік тому

      Regardless of your political preference, you must admit that a majority of the $450,000,000+ (taxpayer funds) that PBS received in 2022, came from the very people that this type of pseudo-socialist propaganda is weaponized against.
      PBS/FRONTLINE/NPR/Et cetera should have been defunded decades ago.

    • @terrypuls4576
      @terrypuls4576 Рік тому +51

      Amazingly bias and left!

    • @MRNASCARFAN25
      @MRNASCARFAN25 Рік тому +29

      They are liberals

    • @000R
      @000R Рік тому +4

      Yes

    • @JohnCamery
      @JohnCamery Рік тому

      Propaganda and disinformation courtesy of British Intelligence designed to subvert America’s political process.

  • @thatoneguy7715
    @thatoneguy7715 Рік тому +329

    Obama: "Hey guys, I might be a Democrat, but our country is in a actual serious crisis, so I put a gift together for it, with almost half of it for you guys. It will really help our countries economy be jump-started from its near death state.We should work together, we're all Americans here."
    Republicans: "No."

    • @jdenino6022
      @jdenino6022 Рік тому +60

      They hated him bc he’s black.

    • @thecanadiancaribou
      @thecanadiancaribou 11 місяців тому

      He approved spying on his own citizens. Talk about a corrupt messed up person. He could have done big things, but instead be spied on his own citizens. Snowden exposed him, and people forgot a Democrat oversaw and sppeovedt his

    • @blessnorthamerica7919
      @blessnorthamerica7919 11 місяців тому +5

      @@jdenino6022
      Heart broken 💔 for him .
      Is it the reason why he vent his anger into killing Bin Laden?

    • @skip031890
      @skip031890 10 місяців тому +10

      ​​@@jdenino6022 Keep telling yourself that. You people are just broken records at this point. And he's not even black. He's half white. 🙄

    • @samkelisiwemasondo8357
      @samkelisiwemasondo8357 10 місяців тому +19

      ​@@skip031890he might have a black father and a white mother. He is still black.

  • @andihutson8512
    @andihutson8512 Рік тому +411

    They did him soooo dirty. They did all of us dirty. They're just dirty, as we now can clearly see.

    • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
      @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Рік тому

      "They" meaning Republicans?
      Don't limit yourself. ALL politicians do us dirty by refusing to fix a broken system.

    • @miamijefe7793
      @miamijefe7793 Рік тому

      He started so many wars. And new presidents inherit the wars for years

    • @jeanettecameron7530
      @jeanettecameron7530 Рік тому +21

      I know. So lucky Trump exposed all that dirt.

    • @sidali2590
      @sidali2590 Рік тому

      @@jeanettecameron7530trump was dirt himself

    • @rah6677
      @rah6677 Рік тому

      Trump is part of the dirt!

  • @uiolax1967
    @uiolax1967 Рік тому +295

    While the two parties do not get things done, the people get screwed.

    • @seungleekim167
      @seungleekim167 Рік тому +13

      Just missing one word: "together."

    • @peacefulliberal5641
      @peacefulliberal5641 Рік тому

      Thanks to bribery from corporations to our Congress and Senate.

    • @Mark-gg6iy
      @Mark-gg6iy Рік тому +20

      I suggest you review the monumental legislation passed during the Obama and Biden administrations. Tens of millions of recipients of healthcare disagree with you.

    • @jakebredthauer5100
      @jakebredthauer5100 Рік тому +11

      ​@@Mark-gg6iy
      You know we are in trouble when we depend on the government for healthcare.

    • @brucelee4996
      @brucelee4996 Рік тому +31

      ​@@jakebredthauer5100Lots of countries, people rely on their government for healthcare.
      They are pretty successful. Your point wasn't that good.

  • @marywattle6871
    @marywattle6871 6 місяців тому +72

    His healthcare saved my life i have never had insurance and i had just had his 1 month when i was rushed to hospital with a ruptured appendicitis

    • @SuperGreatSphinx
      @SuperGreatSphinx 5 місяців тому +2

      Our Lady of Good Health
      The Blessed Virgin Mary

    • @Narrow-Pather
      @Narrow-Pather Місяць тому +5

      My son had full healthcare with prescription coverage. He was attending university and I was footing the bill. I discovered exactly how Obama planned to fund the AFA. Those of us who already had health care saw our payments and premiums skyrocket within a year and a half to the point that WE couldn't afford our healthcare coverage.
      It felt like we were being pushed to the point that relying on the government or doing without were our only alternatives. We didn't fall through the cracks, we were literally pushed aside.

    • @mikewilliams6025
      @mikewilliams6025 Місяць тому +1

      It punished me so much I left the country. The self-employed were screwed under that plan. I'm glad you are well, but the way he enmeshed the insurance industry into the process by law has killed tens of thousands.

  • @Black_Corey
    @Black_Corey Рік тому +61

    Wait it just ends at the start of the 2nd term? Dude finish the documentary! You can just post this in 2023 with no context. He got 4 more years and we need 50 more minutes!

    • @blinkzone1
      @blinkzone1 Рік тому +3

      I agree but the episode aired back in 2013

    • @Meshack_Muli
      @Meshack_Muli Рік тому +3

      The context is it aired in 2013

    • @chadsmith9275
      @chadsmith9275 Рік тому +2

      You really want to recap that mess.

    • @benputnam2091
      @benputnam2091 5 місяців тому

      Did you not live through it and then 4 yrs of Trump? Make up you're own mind! (I chose "Trump" over the word "Republican" because not one of them cares for anything other than themselves and they're own self enrichment/power - read project 25 it is a nazi manifesto? Why do you need another 50 mins to decide whether the new nazi party should be elected in 24?

    • @radrew684
      @radrew684 2 місяці тому

      That 's what I was thinking .this it ?

  • @johngreen6421
    @johngreen6421 Рік тому +110

    The federal government should not help the private banking sector for all the scandalous acts of handing out bonuses without proof of them deserving it. If they fail, let them fail. Go to a federal credit union if you cannot trust the private banking sector who use your money for their political manipulations. Cut them off.

    • @richardwilliams323
      @richardwilliams323 Рік тому

      I agree 100% but banks will follow the lead of the US Goverment IE printing money that doesnt exist!!!!!! End result is sky high inflation. Only reason we are currently not in a recession is defense contractors producing weapons and ammunition being used to defend ukraine.

    • @johngreen6421
      @johngreen6421 Рік тому

      @@elmastro-ye9lw Big banks that fail knew what they were doing and they do not deserve and more help. They should did all the wrong things over and over again. Let them fair. People should stop banking with those banks if they know they cannot pay them back. Its a scandal that needs to stop. Tax payers money is not there to bail out banks who do not have the security insurance to cover the loses of their own doing. Tough. People need to stop banking with the private bank sector. All of them have done scandalous acts and got away with it. NO MORE. TOUGH SHIT NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS. Its not the government's job to keep bailing out the private banking sector. Now it is worse, because JP Morgan the most notorious for corrupt banking practices now owes most of those failing banks and it is becoming a monopoly for JP Morgan gets no remorse and no help from our tax revenue. That is not the governments responsibility to keep feeding money into the private sector no more. They abuse their own protocols and they deserve nothing.

    • @johngreen6421
      @johngreen6421 Рік тому

      @@elmastro-ye9lw Credit Unions play by the rules and are safer than the private banking sector who take great risk with your money that you'll have a hard time to recover your money they lost and they know that and do it all the time with taking the great risk and gambling with ones money that they have in the back that the private banks do not any security insurance to cover their risky business of loaning money to corporations who borrow way too much money and they loose from the banks actions and gambling on loans.

    • @jjdelany8130
      @jjdelany8130 Рік тому +6

      What your asking for is the equivalent of dropping an economic nuke, world wide

    • @johngreen6421
      @johngreen6421 Рік тому

      @jjdelany8130 banks developed what they get when they are scandalous over, over and over, again doing shady scams,on loans that fail and cause a shutdown. No one is above the law. Bank can't scare me and the rest of the rest of the nation.

  • @Smokedship
    @Smokedship Рік тому +190

    Despite all this backlash, Obama always handled it all with class...

    • @darkfx3208
      @darkfx3208 Рік тому +15

      And deception.

    • @tristan7844
      @tristan7844 Рік тому +16

      He was all class

    • @gunitkjkp470
      @gunitkjkp470 Рік тому +10

      Classy deception. He is a Judas. Says things in a nice way which do not make sense! Gog and gay gangster!

    • @lamontpearce170
      @lamontpearce170 Рік тому

      😢😢

    • @bajanboss5303
      @bajanboss5303 Рік тому

      ​@@gunitkjkp470if u read the Bible people in Jusus time said nothing good comes from nazareth the same for good comes from Chicago but only thing with Jesus he preach against homosexuality that man obannie brought America to its needs

  • @Xsetsu
    @Xsetsu Рік тому +172

    Thank you again PBS and Frontline for uploading this.

    • @muhammadmustafa2946
      @muhammadmustafa2946 Рік тому +3

      God bless PBS and Frontline

    • @John.Flower.Productions
      @John.Flower.Productions Рік тому

      PBS received *$450,000,000+* of taxpayer funds in 2022.
      The majority of that money came from people who are not wannabe socialists, with not a single dime coming from welfare recipients.
      You should be thanking the Republican voters of this country, who are forced to fund this Democrat propaganda.

    • @mikewilliams6025
      @mikewilliams6025 Місяць тому

      They have to by law. You paid for it.

  • @alaskanhermit8863
    @alaskanhermit8863 Рік тому +299

    The fact that we get free documentaries on UA-cam by FRONTLINE PBS is truly a gift. 👏👏👏
    By the way, may I also remind you the fact that our Native American population in our motherland, the Continent of America before the European Colonizers arrived, was around 15 millions, while the European population in their motherland, the Continent of Europe was around 25 millions.
    Today, Native American population is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continents of America + Europe, is a staggering TWO BILLION! A shocking sad truth. 😔
    In my humble opinion, it's about time to decolonize the Colonized lands, and return it to rightful owners Native American people.
    Notorious global cardinal crimes the Christian West has committed, and benefited a great deals, such as Slavery & Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is notorious Colonization still lingering on, may I ask? 😔

    • @steveniksid5874
      @steveniksid5874 Рік тому +24

      Believe me when I say that it's not free.

    • @muhammadmustafa2946
      @muhammadmustafa2946 Рік тому +15

      @@steveniksid5874 ? I'm watching it for free right now dude

    • @Scorch428
      @Scorch428 Рік тому +14

      actual journalism wow.

    • @steveniksid5874
      @steveniksid5874 Рік тому

      @@muhammadmustafa2946
      C'mon Man it's paid for by the federal government. You're welcome.

    • @John.Flower.Productions
      @John.Flower.Productions Рік тому +21

      PBS received *$450,000,000+* of taxpayer funds in 2022.
      Of course, everything in life is _truly a gift_ to the 100,000,000+ people in this nation that will never have to contribute a dime to PBS or anything else.
      You are not actually welcome but giving thanks to the correct people would be the proper thing to do.

  • @Wiseman84982
    @Wiseman84982 Рік тому +164

    I don’t care what anyone said this man was handed a straight up shit show of an economy and he handled it with class

    • @Lovelife-lw7fy
      @Lovelife-lw7fy Рік тому

      How ? He destroyed Libya, caused ISIS to become powerful by destroying Libya which gave USIS the route to go through Libya and spread all over the world . Signed a nuclear deal with Iran which enriched the hardliners and caused death and destruction in Yemen , Syria . Go read and do your research

    • @izzymaedavidson1974
      @izzymaedavidson1974 Рік тому +7

      Completely agree

    • @jonathanmouton1457
      @jonathanmouton1457 Рік тому +1

      Lies

    • @SfisoMyeni-wm5jk
      @SfisoMyeni-wm5jk 4 місяці тому

      ​@@jonathanmouton1457backup your statement

    • @AJ-sb1gd
      @AJ-sb1gd 4 місяці тому +1

      And made it live able by the end of his term

  • @blessingkmalata
    @blessingkmalata Рік тому +41

    This is the best UA-cam channel for documentaries. Thank you

  • @SeanCarrington
    @SeanCarrington Рік тому +84

    I'm a very simple person. I see a PBS FRONTLINE Documentary, I watch it

    • @John.Flower.Productions
      @John.Flower.Productions Рік тому +2

      That would be indicative of a person who is quite simple.

    • @ogathingo8885
      @ogathingo8885 Рік тому +1

      @@alysiawilliams2139one should prefer simple with commonsences than empty headed arrogante…

    • @martinc.720
      @martinc.720 Рік тому +1

      So simple that you have to use a template seen thousands of times before rather than leaving your own comment.

    • @julianciahaconsulting8663
      @julianciahaconsulting8663 10 місяців тому

      watch less far less US mainstream media.

    • @crystalshaw8744
      @crystalshaw8744 2 місяці тому

      Same thought.

  • @Flashbang83
    @Flashbang83 6 місяців тому +20

    The sad thing about this story is the first night of President Obama election is the Republicans leaders got together and had a steak, a glass of whiskey and began to plan how to make Obama's Presidency unsuccessful as possible! rather than discuss how they can help move America forward, how to help the elderly, those that suffer from low paying jobs, housing, food, make sure the military is up to par and it has what it needs to protect the nation in a responsible fashion. plus, so much more to help the banking and mortgage issues so many home owners that were under water with the present housing crash. How to get America back on track, with jobs and business. After that first week the republicans dug the feet in and refused to help America. They said NO to everything!

    • @MaulanaShaykh
      @MaulanaShaykh 6 місяців тому

      Obama is the Anti-Christ

    • @Kody-d3j
      @Kody-d3j 6 днів тому

      And what did they do to trump.

  • @NealX_Gaming
    @NealX_Gaming Рік тому +74

    "There's a polarizing quality about Obama"
    Me internally: _yeah, he has some melanin in his skin_

    • @Xsetsu
      @Xsetsu Рік тому +1

      Yeah, I couldn't help but notice it as well.

    • @reggaemarley4617
      @reggaemarley4617 Рік тому

      The guy was naive and idealistic enough that anyone who actually cared about the American people could step up and gain the support of one of the most powerful people in the nation. And what happened? We saw a bunch of scumbags take advantage and fall in line. Politics in America is not about policy. It's about manipulation and power. It is a disgrace.

    • @WinterSoldier37
      @WinterSoldier37 Рік тому +14

      They went out of their way to avoid mentioning that factor, while highlighting all the anger and resentment against him

    • @minisnape
      @minisnape Рік тому +3

      @@WinterSoldier37Yup, halfway through and very irritated how they are really avoiding stating the obvious.

    • @uc7953
      @uc7953 Рік тому +1

      Or it could be his regime toppling campaign in Northern Africa and the middle east causing the refugee crisis. Or expanding the drone striking program while loosening the requirements for a strike. Or it could be the expansion of the patriot act and unconstitutional spying on Americans. Or supplying weapons to the cartels in Mexico. etc.
      But yea it must just be because he was black.

  • @williamgregory1848
    @williamgregory1848 Рік тому +423

    Obama: “We’re going to change America!”
    Republicans: “No tf you’re not.”

    • @barbarajohansson6361
      @barbarajohansson6361 Рік тому +26

      and he did...end of this beautiful country..

    • @gunitkjkp470
      @gunitkjkp470 Рік тому +26

      He changed it from bad to worse. What a looser!

    • @Stuff857
      @Stuff857 Рік тому +56

      ​@@gunitkjkp470
      What did he do wrong?

    • @cjvaye99
      @cjvaye99 Рік тому +27

      Obama: but I want to pass your policies
      Republicans: so?
      🤷🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

    • @brendagray9601
      @brendagray9601 Рік тому +61

      ​@@Stuff857Nothing, It's Just The Color Of His Skin 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @twinkletoes48100
    @twinkletoes48100 Рік тому +109

    I so miss this intelligent principled leader and his articulate manner of interacting with us as a country. Thank you Obama for your family circle, your historical advancement on an international level and outstanding humor. My gratitude is deep.

    • @kathleenlovett1958
      @kathleenlovett1958 Рік тому +1

      Please do a little research on your own. Look into everything for yourself and do not allow the MSM or anyone else to tell you what you think. I was duped too; WAS. Find out the true identity of his close friend/associate, Michael (aka Big Mike).

    • @chawlwin479
      @chawlwin479 Рік тому

      😮😮😮😮😮

    • @elenaarman-tang7811
      @elenaarman-tang7811 11 місяців тому +3

      As an American citizen, I thank you for your comment.

    • @kirkhotopp2522
      @kirkhotopp2522 7 місяців тому

      Thomas Jefferson said it BEST 'EVERY GENERATION NEEDS A REVOLUTION' America grew from The ASHES of Revolution to The ASHES of POLITICS there is calm before every storm !!! Barack Obama said it best "shall stand with ISLAM even if the WINDS of POLITICS shift in an ugly direction" !!!

    • @tony1919
      @tony1919 5 місяців тому +2

      He was the one president that divided this country.

  • @MB-gd6be
    @MB-gd6be Рік тому +12

    What is possibly sad here @29:28 is that if you see the state of the union address these days, it makes that "new low" moment seem like casual pleasantries.

  • @andyblm5029
    @andyblm5029 Рік тому +49

    It's 2023 and more AMERICANS have health insurance at affordable prices. Exactly what have the GOP passed into law that help the American people?

  • @MattieBrown-d9i
    @MattieBrown-d9i 3 місяці тому +7

    Thank you, Frontline, for sharing this great documentary. I remember President Obama's first election like it was yesterday.
    I never thought I would see a Black POTUS in my lifetime. As a Black woman, it made me very proud.

    • @Fe302011
      @Fe302011 3 місяці тому

      Amen

    • @PF-RULES
      @PF-RULES Місяць тому

      ​@@Fe302011 Symbolic, yes. Effective, no.

  • @ericmugo8812
    @ericmugo8812 Рік тому +328

    we need a part two of this... good doc as always

    • @justonetime112
      @justonetime112 Рік тому +7

      Part 2 is happening live now. Big O and Mike in their third term😮

    • @billyboy1093
      @billyboy1093 Рік тому

      @@justonetime112 Hell of a lot better than the criminal 3 time loser!

    • @yuriykhasidov1626
      @yuriykhasidov1626 Рік тому

      It’s all a lie he was just an awful president. He conned you!

    • @MRNASCARFAN25
      @MRNASCARFAN25 Рік тому

      Of a failed president

    • @pattyofurniture
      @pattyofurniture Рік тому +6

      @@justonetime112 y'all will credit anyone but Biden for Biden's success. Except for MGT, she's doing his campaining for him.

  • @Jin420
    @Jin420 Рік тому +183

    How did I miss this?? 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
    Frontline --- thank you for all of these documentaries ❤❤

    • @John.Flower.Productions
      @John.Flower.Productions Рік тому

      You should be thanking the people that are forced to fund this leftwing propaganda.
      PBS received *$450,000,000+* of taxpayer funds in 2022; the majority of which came from people who are not wannabe socialists and none of which came from welfare recipients.
      You are not actually welcome but giving thanks to the correct people would be the proper thing to do.

    • @crispinpua3148
      @crispinpua3148 Рік тому +1

      😅

    • @matthewsmith5374
      @matthewsmith5374 Рік тому +5

      This originally aired in 2013 hence why it only covers his first term. They regularly rerelease their past documentaries which makes for a nice retrospective.

    • @ROBLOXGamingDavid
      @ROBLOXGamingDavid Рік тому +3

      Some people out there would wish that you shouldn't have watched it and you should have missed it. Anyone who shows praise gets attacked by those distrustful to the government and/or are trying to silence NPR and PBS.
      But in this sense.. mmmm i think I've landed in one of these best documentary channels ever, to have people across the world know about current and old events it covered.

    • @tomreed3752
      @tomreed3752 Рік тому

      @@matthewsmith5374jjj

  • @EuryArum
    @EuryArum 9 місяців тому +62

    Can they say yes to anything..I felt that 😂

  • @ambition112
    @ambition112 Рік тому +216

    0:04: 📺 Barack Obama is projected to be the next president of the United States, but faces numerous challenges upon taking office.
    6:48: 😔 Republicans planned to oppose the Obama Administration's legislative initiatives from the beginning, leading to a lack of cooperation and unity.
    12:59: 😡 President Obama meets with bankers and expresses his anger over their bonuses and lack of cooperation on the stimulus bill.
    18:53: 😔 President Obama decides to adopt a cautious approach towards reforming Wall Street and does not make any firm demands on the bankers, resulting in outrage from his liberal supporters.
    24:06: 😔 President Obama's efforts to pass health care reform and financial regulation face challenges and backlash from Congress and Wall Street.
    30:10: 📚 President Obama pushes for health care reform and faces opposition, but ultimately gets the bill passed.
    36:58: ✈ President Obama's covert war and the killing of Osama bin Laden.
    42:47: 🔀 Obama and Boehner's grand bargain fails, leading to a shift in Obama's messaging and a focus on two ideologies in the country.
    49:11: 🗳 President Obama's reelection campaign was more divisive and focused on differences between parties, but he emphasized unity in his victory speech.
    Recap by Tammy AI

    • @ROBLOXGamingDavid
      @ROBLOXGamingDavid Рік тому +3

      Literally, anything just make things harder on himself and everybody.

    • @muzamilbwante8328
      @muzamilbwante8328 Рік тому +1

      My

    • @KellyMorgan-pn8gp
      @KellyMorgan-pn8gp Рік тому +1

      Yess that’s true ❤

    • @MaxCd-r5w
      @MaxCd-r5w Рік тому

      The Bush administration like da fuck you mean. We need it now 🤑😭

    • @bajanboss5303
      @bajanboss5303 Рік тому

      ​@@ROBLOXGamingDavidu people what happened to Obama care that caused so much American people can't get insurance up today millions out insurance because of obomie care u talk about the he proper up what about the people 41k that their lost no fault of theirs the oil spli u remember what he ever done for the everage America thier poor under that man but Americans know what he were up to he is who start the give kids sex exchange them follow by these inmoral people by giving kids drugs to change their identity parents protest their call domestic terrorist and u people talk like he the king king of what sex exchange

  • @hK_Ultra_
    @hK_Ultra_ Рік тому +23

    Frontline had a great documentary called “battle zones: Ukraine and Syria” from 2014 that did a great job of explaining the beginning of the war in Donbas and crisis in Ukraine during the Obama years.

    • @MaulanaShaykh
      @MaulanaShaykh 6 місяців тому

      Ukraine turned out to be another US-Terrorcell next ISRAEL

  • @perezcross2785
    @perezcross2785 Рік тому +42

    Can't believe I missed the first go round of this program. I think my distaste for politics and its reporting filtered out this lookback. But there is nothing like hindsight and a Frontline report.

  • @luisceja6443
    @luisceja6443 Рік тому +95

    Thank you PBS. Keep them coming.

  • @deborahmagana5039
    @deborahmagana5039 Рік тому +43

    I have relayed on Frontline for reasonable documentaries with comprehensive information. Keep up the good work 👍.

    • @njorogekuria5667
      @njorogekuria5667 Рік тому +6

      *relied

    • @drackkor725
      @drackkor725 Рік тому +1

      Yes, thank you Frontline for all your lies :) A great comedy show :)

    • @johnduffy865
      @johnduffy865 Рік тому

      @@drackkor725 What lies? You are generally more likely to be believed when you present evidence to support your opinion. Old fashioned, I know.

    • @drackkor725
      @drackkor725 Рік тому

      They never apologized for the Fake Russian interference which was proven wrong and a total lie. @@johnduffy865

  • @kevincaldwell4707
    @kevincaldwell4707 6 місяців тому +15

    I'm Canadian and so therefore have little f's to give about American politics...but I will say I thought Obama was one of the better presidents in this millennium. Sucks to see that the Republicans decided to be against everything Obama did ASAP. To me it really shows how bipartisan American politics has become and is getting worse every election. Please build your walls and we'll keep your citizens out when they can no longer live the "American dream".

  • @munyaradzijani7409
    @munyaradzijani7409 Рік тому +59

    The racists wouldn't back a black President no matter what. Even when he offered them what they want. What a torrid time it was for President Obama.

    • @brngranny4djt662
      @brngranny4djt662 Рік тому +1

      And for that he made it a "torrid time" for the U.S. and the World, for that matter!
      He played a good part in ushering in the NWO!
      Was real good friends with the bushes of which the old decrepit Sr. bush let us boldly know was coming, whether we liked it or not!!
      So, yes, Obama gave a "torrid time" right back & enjoyed doing it!!!

    • @blondellsnowden4269
      @blondellsnowden4269 Місяць тому +2

      It was a torrid time for them. He still remained and served 8 years...PROUDLY

  • @Jonathan_Jo13
    @Jonathan_Jo13 Рік тому +29

    Will there be a part two of this ?

    • @Captainensano99
      @Captainensano99 10 місяців тому +6

      Part 2 is : America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump ..

    • @elfuturomio
      @elfuturomio 9 місяців тому +1

      Their was and look what happened to the Country ⁉️🤣👎

    • @John-w9c7m
      @John-w9c7m 6 місяців тому

      No

    • @IHATEYOU666-hv8xu
      @IHATEYOU666-hv8xu 6 місяців тому

      ​@@elfuturomioYeah Biden Destroyed America. Raised prices on everything because of his worthless policies. And 2 wars happened under Biden to! Riots and people attacking Jews. Democrats support Hamas you people are nasty 🤮

    • @crystalshaw8744
      @crystalshaw8744 2 місяці тому

      ​@@elfuturomioThere.

  • @nnakoematete3991
    @nnakoematete3991 Рік тому +15

    The sheer level of output combined by quality journalism makes FRONTLINE quite formidable

  • @AsEnIxX-wtf
    @AsEnIxX-wtf Рік тому +9

    Is there a Part 2 for Obama's 2nd term?

  • @Thoopy76
    @Thoopy76 Рік тому +111

    There has to be a part two..there is so much more I’m sure they didn’t convey..please make a part two frontline you guys are the best!

    • @billyboy1093
      @billyboy1093 Рік тому +3

      They will, they have to cover the 2nd term, patience.

    • @georgeo785
      @georgeo785 Рік тому

      I watch real news and not the liberal media outlets that continue to lie and protect an American hating fraud and communist.

    • @kilmer009
      @kilmer009 Рік тому +8

      @@billyboy1093 This first aired in 2013. How much time do they need? 😑

    • @Thoopy76
      @Thoopy76 Рік тому +2

      @@kilmer009 Thank you!! Some people just want to have something to say I guess!😂

  • @lucemarina1905
    @lucemarina1905 10 місяців тому +23

    Thank you Mr. PRESIDENT
    Obama and Furst lady
    Mrs Obama for your great service and changes in our country.
    ❤❤❤❤

  • @ArtstradaMagazine
    @ArtstradaMagazine Рік тому +15

    Brilliant helmsmanship. Masterclass

  • @ItsPouring
    @ItsPouring Рік тому +55

    I often wonder about how the presidency may or may not have been a pivotal moment for him in his personal development. He must have known and worked with some of those congresspeople that went all in on him for years prior to his presidency, only for many of them to essentially turn on him in a very adversarial way, likely rationalizing that none of it was _"personal"_ when politics is *very personal* - especially when every jab and jeer is public, it is not your hobby, but rather your _career_ and the way you earn your money, maintain your elite status and support your family.

    • @georgeo785
      @georgeo785 Рік тому +4

      Yes he almost destroyed America but left it up to joe blow to finish

    • @ItsPouring
      @ItsPouring Рік тому +5

      ​@@georgeo785 ​ @georgeo785 ​ You give him far too much credit. The destruction and decline of America started _WAY BEFORE_ either of them. He just continued doing so adopting the traditions of his predecessors already long established

    • @georgeo785
      @georgeo785 Рік тому

      @@ItsPouring Clinton, bushes, barry sotoros the communist and the worst of all ccp joe biden. Works for the cabal

    • @johnduffy865
      @johnduffy865 Рік тому

      @@georgeo785 I would love at some point to get some specifics on how Obama almost destroyed America. Which of his policies accomplished this horrifying result? How specifically has America almost been destroyed?

    • @mikewilliams6025
      @mikewilliams6025 Місяць тому

      ​@@johnduffy865individual mandate, increase of the counter-terrorism state with NSA, congress by-passed drone strikes, antiwhistleblower standards, disincentivizing natural families at every turn, incentivizing race wars, polarizing the party system, bankrupting the country with fight-to-fail military strategies, and welfare and entitlements vortices, foreign policies that put the US at a tactical and financial disadvantage. You didn't notice any of these disasters because they were all undone quickly after the constitution booted Obama out of office.

  • @shortourt14
    @shortourt14 Рік тому +13

    crazy this aired in 2013 and could have been released yesterday...

  • @russellst.martin4255
    @russellst.martin4255 Рік тому +8

    I remember learning about cooperation from Sesame Street, and I was 4.

  • @cmaurice9133
    @cmaurice9133 Рік тому +26

    I was a non beliver for many years. But he pulled off the impossible. Congrats Mr. President Obama in keeping the country intact and prosperity. 🎉🎉❤😊

    • @dakawans83
      @dakawans83 Рік тому

      There's your American writing standards.

    • @MaulanaShaykh
      @MaulanaShaykh 6 місяців тому +3

      Hillarious

    • @suffocatingpelvis
      @suffocatingpelvis 5 місяців тому

      @@dakawans83 hey, its the uneducated southern conservatives, not me 🤷‍♂

  • @Fotosynthesis858
    @Fotosynthesis858 9 місяців тому +338

    I didn’t vote for Obama but in hindsight, he was the epitome of “class.” He was well spoken, highly educated & showed a lot of poise. He was a lot better President than Biden & Trump, that’s for sure. And Michelle was an awesome First Lady ✌🏾

    • @Mattiedamacdaddy
      @Mattiedamacdaddy 7 місяців тому +24

      He cashed in better than almost any other president too, 70 million in a little over a decade. Squeaky clean

    • @Bag514
      @Bag514 6 місяців тому

      Nah trump 2024 , Obama second term he got 5 million less votes and won , trump got 10 million more votes in 2020 than in 2016 yet still lost to joe Biden ,most popular president in history 81 million votes btw🤷🏻‍♂️🙄🤫you should see the enthusiasm in the 6 people that come to a Biden rally

    • @IHATEYOU666-hv8xu
      @IHATEYOU666-hv8xu 6 місяців тому

      😂😂😂😂 love how someone has to bring up trump or Biden and this video has nothing to do with them. So u didn't vote for Obama. Biden or Trump. Good job at wasting a vote 😂😂😂😂

    • @MasterTSayge
      @MasterTSayge 6 місяців тому +1

      Amen!

    • @MaulanaShaykh
      @MaulanaShaykh 6 місяців тому

      Anti-Christ

  • @yvonneachieng7257
    @yvonneachieng7257 Рік тому +17

    We need part 2

  • @Arcenia13
    @Arcenia13 Рік тому +5

    Thank you Frontline!

  • @Historico1293
    @Historico1293 Рік тому +33

    This video reminds us of the importance of knowing our roots. Well done, and thank you for sharing!

    • @christopherswaffi4760
      @christopherswaffi4760 Рік тому +1

      Exactly. I've been filling my brain with more US political history as I've been taking AP Gov. Our system is very interesting.

    • @christopherswaffi4760
      @christopherswaffi4760 Рік тому

      @@SourGravity cheeseburger Peter sandwich?🧀🤫🤫🤫🙀🙀🥺

  • @Parasuraman-ey4wo
    @Parasuraman-ey4wo 4 місяці тому +12

    I remember that when he was running for President in 2008 for the first time, everyone was for him and excited for him. In Europe and all over the world. even the Kennedy family and even the British royal family (including the queen) was public in their support for him.
    It was unprecedented.
    Michelle Obama was class too.

  • @lovelyplus3977
    @lovelyplus3977 Рік тому +4

    44:20 The gentleman stated that the freshmen republicans were moving on principle and not politics. Could someone explain how using the debt ceiling as a bargaining tool isnt politics? Maybe I am missing something. Someone that is really into/understands politics, please break it down.

    • @philip7833
      @philip7833 10 місяців тому +2

      My understanding is that the speaker of the house who had the republicans interests in mind had already bargained with Obama so with that in mind, we can rule out that the possibility that republicans wanted to bargain with Obama. At the beginning of the video the strategist had mentioned that the republicans had the single mission of opposing everything that the democrats and Obama wanted. With this in mind, it wasn’t about supporting their political issues but rather opposing the other sides issues.

    • @victoriahollinger-qj5bw
      @victoriahollinger-qj5bw 4 місяці тому

      they didn't care if what Obama tried to pass was good for country they opposed it

  • @phoneyjoe
    @phoneyjoe Рік тому +11

    Is there an updated version of this documentary, since he served two terms?

  • @bradleywillis1654
    @bradleywillis1654 Рік тому +7

    DO A PART 2!!

  • @isacharles239
    @isacharles239 11 місяців тому +5

    I'm from SA, and I want to say, your country is great, I wish I was a citizen, and may God bless America!

    • @747fa
      @747fa 10 місяців тому

      😂Not in a million years! My country leaves "shoot up school children, gotta have guns, my Second Amendment right" mentality of the USA miles behind. You sure must be desperate.

    • @thulanimokoena2250
      @thulanimokoena2250 8 місяців тому

      Lol shame

  • @spicymustard9066
    @spicymustard9066 4 місяці тому

    Thank you PBS, these are such high quality, i learn so much from them, Im donating to PBS now

  • @openeverydoor
    @openeverydoor Рік тому +7

    It's so wonderful they all have time to debate, discuss, and come away without any solutions, maybe reconvene at a later date, while the citizens of this country are going down in flames.

  • @g.a.mendoza1064
    @g.a.mendoza1064 Рік тому +7

    I was so hopeful when he was elected back in 2008. Two forking terms, he didn’t fix the dysfunctional immigration system.

    • @tonyis_lit1137
      @tonyis_lit1137 6 місяців тому +2

      He would if only his opposition party ( republicans ) didnt act like snobby little children when the country was heading to their 2nd Great Depression

    • @tonyis_lit1137
      @tonyis_lit1137 6 місяців тому +1

      He would worked on that if they only fixed their huge economic crisis but they didn’t it was far too late and the damage was already done

  • @leonardocastellanos5214
    @leonardocastellanos5214 9 місяців тому +3

    We where all happy, with Jubilee!
    Congratulations, newly elected President.

  • @adriane1031
    @adriane1031 Рік тому +36

    Not ONE SCANDAL

    • @user-uo4rf4ez8c
      @user-uo4rf4ez8c Рік тому +3

      HA! BS! Read the books from Secret Service.. they ALL have serious creepiness.

    • @Onetwothreefour.
      @Onetwothreefour. Рік тому +10

      Don’t listen to the Russian bots. Not one scandal. Truth

    • @Navybyrde
      @Navybyrde Рік тому +12

      But...but...he wore a TAN SUIT!😂😂😂

    • @brngranny4djt662
      @brngranny4djt662 Рік тому

      @@Onetwothreefour.
      You're highly uneducated!
      The first scandal he was and still is in, is the fact that he never told the other highly uneducated that he was not their 1st Black President!
      That's a total and #1 scandal in itself!!!

    • @ray24051
      @ray24051 9 місяців тому +2

      The Tan suit!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @rodneyadderton1077
    @rodneyadderton1077 Рік тому +6

    His brother doesn't seem to care for him. Called him spineless.

  • @moskow321
    @moskow321 6 місяців тому +1

    ¡Muchas gracias por el video tan útil! 🇲🇽

  • @Thoopy76
    @Thoopy76 Рік тому +13

    Frontline is the best ever at the documentary game hands down the best!

  • @sophiaking8196
    @sophiaking8196 Рік тому +13

    Successful people don't become that way overnight. most people see at a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life..

    • @John-w9c7m
      @John-w9c7m 6 місяців тому +1

      Its society who ruins lives

  • @jaywantiupadhyaya7931
    @jaywantiupadhyaya7931 Рік тому +15

    Smart and Successful

  • @hhays44
    @hhays44 Рік тому +24

    Polarizing Quality = He's black

  • @lisaholmes8881
    @lisaholmes8881 6 місяців тому +9

    Obama is the best president that we’ve ever had!

    • @kalebyoung4443
      @kalebyoung4443 3 місяці тому

      In the terms of American history, no.

  • @joshuajudd4501
    @joshuajudd4501 3 місяці тому +8

    He will be recorded in History amongst one of our best Presidents ... and easily one of the most effective communicators.

  • @gystiel
    @gystiel Рік тому +12

    Party politics over everything. At this point I am simply disgusted to hear those shameless Republicans discuss it.

    • @dakawans83
      @dakawans83 Рік тому

      Democrats filming gay sex in senate hearing rooms, shameless.

  • @brucebanksshow
    @brucebanksshow Рік тому +6

    Every year we get a recap of the Obama's presidency.

  • @chrisgoldbach4450
    @chrisgoldbach4450 Рік тому +4

    Is there a part two for his second term? I've been watching since the attack in Israel. I started with Netanyahu now im working my way up and i want to see the entire story line. Itd be nice to hear who influenced who during all these times. I know theres more to the story but pbs has done great with their past stories. No biased. It's organized and easy to understand. I want to hear about the possible conspiracies diring all this as well. Very interesting relationship with obama and Netanyahu especially with the money sent for aid.

  • @everydaymanilacars
    @everydaymanilacars 6 місяців тому +5

    Thank you for this.

  • @sailorman9518
    @sailorman9518 Рік тому +14

    Food for thought:
    Out of all the craziness entering 2009, I wish Obama's first goal could have been to reform Wall Street... A real Teddy Rosevelt approach where predatory investment tactics and tomfoolery with funds of the working middle class would not go unnoticed and if anything...real reform to unregulated markets and other weak points in the American economy's armor.
    No one was going to have an easy time with this presidential term in American history. Lots of "what ifs" thinking back...
    - What if John McCain was elected... Would the Dems have blocked Every initiative the opposing party proposed?
    - What if the $810 billion bail-out package Bush signed never passed before Obama's election?
    - What if Obama's "Positive & Transformative" agenda was more "Discipline & Evolve"?

    • @blackout07blue
      @blackout07blue Рік тому

      Ofc Dems would’ve blocked every agenda item for McCain like we did for Trump. It only helps the other party when you help their president. Republicans regret helping Biden in year 1 already.

    • @wchandler2010
      @wchandler2010 Рік тому +2

      That wasn’t going happen, his presidency would have been over before it even started. He would been a lame duck one week in.

  • @bf7504
    @bf7504 9 місяців тому +5

    You cant trust PBS

  • @Oneonone2020
    @Oneonone2020 Рік тому +5

    frontline always coming with the Heat! with these docs.. .🥃

  • @beautyandskincareenthusiast
    @beautyandskincareenthusiast Рік тому +10

    Great documentary- I was always under the impression that the House and Senate were standing against Obama because they (racism) couldn’t Imagine that a Black Man could be in charge of the USA. I think Michelle felt that way as well according to her memoir.

    • @justisphoto
      @justisphoto Рік тому

      Prob some truth to that but I also think that is and was embellished by people as a means to rationalize the failures in that administration

    • @georgeo785
      @georgeo785 Рік тому

      Don't give me that hypocritical bs racism. baraak insane obaalim sotoros traitor 44 is a American hating communist and that's why people don't like him. Because they know the truth. The liberal media outlets continue to lie and protect him and fools like you believe every word. Even after they lie over and over. Why do you think that the majority of Americans call those liberal media outlets FAKE NEWS

    • @pesquallyflanger1319
      @pesquallyflanger1319 Рік тому +1

      They stood against him because he’s a Pos

    • @thatfeeling2023
      @thatfeeling2023 Рік тому

      he killed innocent kids in Libya.

    • @beautyandskincareenthusiast
      @beautyandskincareenthusiast Рік тому +2

      @@thatfeeling2023 he took out Bin Laden and I’m a New Yorker so I will forever be grateful to his administration.

  • @JohnBarnett-u8j
    @JohnBarnett-u8j 3 місяці тому +2

    Excellent post ❤ thanks again ❤ John Barnett ❤❤❤

  • @presidentmeeks1656
    @presidentmeeks1656 Рік тому +7

    Part of the reason why Obama did noting for Black people falls on Black people because we told him all he has to do is be Black and everything will be fine and that is Exactly what he did he did not move a finger to help Black people but made sure all of the other Communities got some degree of help

    • @keithallen8693
      @keithallen8693 Рік тому

      Do you not follow history, or understand how the political system in the U.S. works? The GOP said "no" from the word "go", and Obama handed money back to the banks and insurance compaines with some of his policies. He worked with the hand that he was dealt with. He got us out of recession and was elected TWICE, in spite of a party that was in TOTAL OPPOSTION to him.
      If we spent more time organizing on a local level, electing local officals, on up to the state and congress, we could get more done than this messianic complex that we have in this country as Black people. One person isn't gonna save us --- Jesus ain't coming back --- we got to fix this as individuals and the collective.

    • @blinkzone1
      @blinkzone1 Рік тому

      So just how was Obama really suppose to help out black people? Was Obama suppose to take a bullet for them?

    • @presidentmeeks1656
      @presidentmeeks1656 Рік тому +1

      @9xmeysj What did he do to counter police killing Black people? What did he do to stop all these mass shootings ? Noting and fact he made it easier for Cops to get away with killing Black people. That's all good that he helped other people but we are talking about Black people I know thar is hard for a lot of people to understand because when ever we are talking about Black people every one wants us to say people of color and include everyone but we are not talking about everyone we are talking about Black people. Did he try to give us Repelations ? No this men did not for Black people and is still not doing nothing for Black people he is a lawyer what is he doing about the Schools in Chicago that right nothing! he has never cared about nobody but himself him making all these books and making millions off it proves my point more

    • @presidentmeeks1656
      @presidentmeeks1656 Рік тому +1

      @9xmeysj Stop Defending this men he is just a puppet for the White Institution . I would never vote for a Democrat or Republican why because they are part of a team if you are a Democrat or republican you are not going to do what us best for America this is not lolly land when everyone is good and everything is all right this is the real world if you are a Democrat or republican you are going to do what is best for the Party period and of story Obama was tge first President in history to not get backlash from Black people for doing nothing for us because we told him all he has to do is be Black same thing with Vice President Harris

    • @PaperMario64
      @PaperMario64 Рік тому

      You sound stupid. “Did not lift a finger”. YOU did not lift a finger to do a simple google search of what he did for black peoples. I can’t stand people that don’t think, don’t do any research, and run their mouths.

  • @Bill-c9e
    @Bill-c9e 9 місяців тому +5

    President Obama,we love you and miss you,you was and still are one of the best,most honorable president we have had in 50 years.AMERICA LOVES AND MISSES YOU,GOD BLESS AND PROTECT this American HERO!!!!!

  • @ratkomilutinovic829
    @ratkomilutinovic829 2 місяці тому +1

    For me personally in Europe Slovenia. He's a the best USA president i ever seen No matter what you think. You'll never get better then him!!!

    • @aughalough1
      @aughalough1 2 місяці тому

      Name something positive that’s he done for middle America.

  • @timgriffin3368
    @timgriffin3368 Рік тому +6

    So much came to that point and steps along the way on both sides caused it But 'YOU LIE' Changed EVERYTHING!!!

    • @bethanydee1920
      @bethanydee1920 Рік тому

      Especially when the next president did tell bold faced lies and Democrats were too polite to follow the precedent.

    • @kevinwoolley7960
      @kevinwoolley7960 Рік тому

      The Democratic party was much harder on Bush, joking about his murder, basically calling him an idiot on every talk show. This uncivil discourse did not start with Obama.

  • @USAIRFORCE621
    @USAIRFORCE621 Рік тому +21

    I've always been a loyal strong supporter of President Obama both in his eight years as our President and in his post-presidency!! Obama was a man of the people, he knew what America needed and he didn't hesitate for an instant to get done what needed to be done to move our country forward! Along with Carter, Reagan, Clinton, both Bush Sr and Bush Jr and President Biden he will remain one of the finest leaders our country has ever known!!!

    • @perrybelcourt5441
      @perrybelcourt5441 Рік тому

      President Joe is a big criminal than Hillary Clinton and in 2023 President Joe is destroying America unions and President Joe is losing Sanders youth voters and independents and leftist UA-cam channels and Brazil UA-cam channels are against President Joe Biden is a bullshit artist and corrupt corporate media outlets covered up for President Joe and Obama Clinton Pelosi Clyburn told everybody to drop out and back Biden in the primary CNN CNBC ABC MSNBC NBC news bullshit Americans about Biden record and lied about Sanders record Washington post New York times did hit pieces on Sanders campaign Joe Rogan endorsed senator Bernie Sanders but independents not allow to vote in some democratic primary states and Joe Rogan said he would vote for the Republican nominee over President Joe and Joe Rogan has alot of independents watching his channel and Sanders supporters in Texas Florida Arizona Nevada will not vote for President Joe again and maybe he got problems with New Mexico and Hawaii and Sanders is more popular in European countries and Brazil than in America and Vermont is one of the cleanest safest best states in America worldwide news outlets calling Vermont the Scandinavia style state in America and Vermont has alot of guns and Sanders pushed community health care centers in Vermont

    • @frankym69
      @frankym69 Рік тому

      Lmfao. It was just proven that he forged his birth certificate. 😂 his whole tenure as Pretender in Chief has been redefined. How crooked does it get? Did he have different motives for going after Osama Bin Laden? It's scary to be honest. Also you forgot Donald Trump! Let's Go Brandon!

    • @Stuff857
      @Stuff857 Рік тому

      Biden?!

    • @Stuff857
      @Stuff857 Рік тому

      Go watch don't walk run productions on
      Afghanistan
      The border
      Inflation
      And how biden fd it up.

  • @TaiJendamNation
    @TaiJendamNation 4 місяці тому +2

    I didn't initially vote for Obama, however he continuously showed himself to be someone who gave a damn about our country. While those I'd voted for basically acted life shitty schoolyard brats. At the time it was a blow, but a good learning experience for me.

  • @BudzBunny422
    @BudzBunny422 Рік тому +22

    With all his faults, I miss him as president. America felt proud with him in office.

  • @OhyesSofresh
    @OhyesSofresh Рік тому +18

    How I long for the good ole days😩

  • @AlphaPoe
    @AlphaPoe 3 місяці тому +1

    Great man and president. I’m so proud of Pres. Obama being awesome enough to be twice elected and the first black man. After he dealt with opposition and racism for years, yet remained classy, strong, professional, dignified, and hardworking for average Americans of all colors. 🇺🇸🙏🏻❤️

    • @charlescharlemagne4907
      @charlescharlemagne4907 3 місяці тому

      he didnt really deal with much racism, he was elevated because of his skin color

  • @vernita0216
    @vernita0216 8 місяців тому +14

    Literally, said "NO" to his policies due to what he phenotypically looked like. The racism.

    • @cjvaye99
      @cjvaye99 3 місяці тому

      and don't tell me it wasnt racism. they rejected their own fcking healthcare reform (Obamacare or the ACA was literally taken from the heritage foundation a right wing think tank and was actually first proposed by Richard Nixon and implemented by Gov. Romney in Massachusetts aka Masshealth. it is literally the right wing/Republican answer to the liberal position Medicare for all or universal healthcare. but since Mr. Obama is the one who proposed it suddenly it's 'communism' or 'socialism' these ppl are absolutely ridiculous man

  • @blinkzone1
    @blinkzone1 Рік тому +9

    PBS American Experience should make a full documentary on the Presidency of Barack Obama.
    A documentary on the Trump Presidency would be just as great!

    • @Mark-gg6iy
      @Mark-gg6iy Рік тому +5

      "A documentary on the Trump Presidency would be just as great!"
      "Great" is in no way accurately related to the Trump administration.

    • @reginamoody7720
      @reginamoody7720 Рік тому +1

      They made one. It was complete BS

    • @cali2491
      @cali2491 Рік тому

      ​@@Mark-gg6iyrelax snowflake. Trump is our lord and savior.

    • @Mark-gg6iy
      @Mark-gg6iy Рік тому

      @@reginamoody7720 Noted you do not identify any specific examples of what you claim is BS.
      Currently, a consensus of reputable historians has Trump classified as the 4th worst US President.
      After his convictions for seditious conspiracy and RICO ntm the classified documents and possibly additional charges for stealing Israeli ancient artifacts from the WH he will be reclassified as the worst. Little doubt he will retain that ranking until the next attempted armed coup d'etat. Hopefully not for another 247 years.
      Congrats Trump supporters, you picked a winner in your Kafkaesque view of decency.
      BTW...Putin continues to appreciate your continued support. Who needs Russian moles with Trump alive and well.

    • @jakebredthauer5100
      @jakebredthauer5100 Рік тому

      One on Biden.

  • @veggigoddess
    @veggigoddess Рік тому +6

    Trying to get piles of shit to agree with you and agree that they're not piles of shit is really cute😂

  • @theodorebear6714
    @theodorebear6714 Рік тому +9

    I wish he could have done what he said what he would.
    I think he wasn't a bad man but he wasn't as firm a leader as he should have been.

    • @cnwil4594
      @cnwil4594 Рік тому +5

      Easy for you to say - SMH

    • @nakiaellis1048
      @nakiaellis1048 Рік тому +3

      They were against him in the beginning

  • @MotorCityPhoenix313
    @MotorCityPhoenix313 Рік тому +18

    His presidency would have been completely different if he had focused on infrastructure during his first term instead of health insurance. Spent too much political capital too quickly.

    • @eleventy-seven
      @eleventy-seven Рік тому +9

      I think 35 million Americans are pretty happy. Monday morning QB in me thinks more could have been done but Obama did what a Clinton only tried and got the ACA through.

    • @blackout07blue
      @blackout07blue Рік тому +1

      @@eleventy-sevenACA is making us pay the highest prices in the world for healthcare. Lol. It didn’t make prices cheaper. It let the profiteers continue their rampant profiteering and manipulation.

    • @blackout07blue
      @blackout07blue Рік тому +2

      @@eleventy-sevenand 35 million what? Lmao

    • @blackout07blue
      @blackout07blue Рік тому +1

      Did he even campaign on infrastructure? He’s was just a plant for the establishment and elites on the dem side. He did nothing remotely good-populist. Except he got to smoke were while arresting us for it. Like ol’ Hunter does drugs now despite Biden promising to decriminalize weed but didn’t.

    • @Xsetsu
      @Xsetsu Рік тому +2

      You are right but in the long run it was somewhat worth it. It did have consequential outcomes.
      Even republicans talk about prescription drug prices these days, and I would consider that a small win.

  • @vnonkwinn6233
    @vnonkwinn6233 Місяць тому +1

    IT MUST BE FRUSTRATING WHEN YOUR ADVISORS ARE DIVIDED AND NEVER ON THE SAME PAGE, IT IS A RECIPE FOR FAILURE. BUT HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO SEE OVER THEIR HEADS, OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST A CATCH-22 CABINET.

  • @rinmulder2008
    @rinmulder2008 Рік тому +6

    I think PBS missed , deliberately or otherwise, an important plot point that was covered in some other documentary. Obama and Boehner almost had a deal done but then a splinter faction of the Republican Party offered Obama a better deal in higher revenue. Obama jumped at it and told Boehner that he had a better deal. This pissed off Boehner

    • @blinkzone1
      @blinkzone1 Рік тому

      I would be pissed off too but I guess it was payback for Obama and can't say I blame him. it's kinda like you see a hotter woman than your own gf right? So you drop your old gf for the new one. Better deal.

  • @gregoryambres1897
    @gregoryambres1897 6 місяців тому +9

    He steered the United States of America triumpantly through some of their most difficult times in American history. He was voted to TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS.

  • @olumideoloyi6880
    @olumideoloyi6880 26 днів тому +1

    These documentaries are priceless. I watch all these on my work off days

  • @HaErBeSo
    @HaErBeSo Рік тому +5

    The essence of America politics: take down the other guy, ignore how cooperation could help Americans. Disgusting.

  • @tjackson06
    @tjackson06 Рік тому +14

    President Obama was the first president I voted for . I was in college

    • @georgeo785
      @georgeo785 Рік тому

      The American hating communist fooled many people. Not the people that heard about how evil he is though. Sad he fooled so many

    • @alenareal-o3710
      @alenareal-o3710 3 місяці тому

      He was the first president I voted for in his second term when I gained citizenship.

  • @johnbarnett6924
    @johnbarnett6924 Рік тому +2

    God Speed To Barack and Family ❤ John Barnett aka Dobie.Wan Kanobie revisited 21. June 2024❤❤❤❤❤

  • @vocalizeAI
    @vocalizeAI Рік тому +17

    Thank god we had Obama during this period. He navigated that recession with intelligence, courage and leadership, to fix the mess that the previous republican administration had created.