AMERICAN PRESIDENTS DURING MY LIFETIME
Barack
Obama 2009 -2017
He came into office with the least amount
of political experience, being only the organizer of events in Chicago and
serving for 3 years as Senator from Illinois. He was our first African American
president and was in a prime position to bridge the gap of racial tension by
holding himself up as an example of what can be achieved as a Black man; that
anything is possible. Many times, though, his rhetoric turned to his memories
of being treated the same way. As a white citizen, I know this happened; I
understand their hurt; I am appalled at the actions of many from the past. But we
are not able to erase the past, nor should we forget it. I can’t help what
happened in the past, but I can’t be blamed for the past either. I am willing
to move forward, wanting equality and justice for everyone in the here and now.
I prefer not to constantly re-live all the negative racial injustices. As a
teacher, I learned to be color blind. I viewed my students as they were, no
matter their background or culture. The media became whores to what was
sensational and fueled the flames, and most white America became silenced not
wanting to be labeled as a racist, bigot, misogynist, homophobic…you name it,
if we spoke out about anything, we were labeled. This created LOTS of tension
and stress and unfortunately, for me, the best candidate in the election
against Obama was not selected and America selected Trump.
Donald
Trump 2017
This may be the most divisive President
I’ve ever lived under. He is a wealthy businessman known across the globe. He
is not a politician and the press HATES him, and he hates them. He takes to Twitter
to talk with the people directly. He has no filter in expressing his ideas, but
he is determined to do what he believes he was elected to do. For that, he has
achieved the respect of his base, but many Republican politicians find it hard
to follow him. Only time will tell. He
is the President as I speak, and I find it disgusting how our nation has fallen
into such negative rhetoric and how disrespectful we have become of the office
of the President. Honestly, I’m fearful for the future of democracy. I grieve
about the downfall of our media with so much bias in news stories. One has to
search hard to find the real news.
Joe Biden....Really? In my view, this is the most destructive President we have ever had. Economy went down the drain after Covid, handouts to everyone, spending in the trillions of dollars, crime is rampant as we have defunded police, and the border crisis with millions of undocumented aliens being released into our country is unthinkable. A country with no borders is not a country. One World Order.... ?
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