Former president has given series of blistering speeches to help candidates in key races – and deployment has proved a hit with party’s progressive wing That could have been awkward. Barack Obama, campaigning for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, acknowledged that his fellow Democrat has criticised some aspects of the Obama presidency. “Yeah, Abdul didn’t agree with some things we wanted to do – that our administration was doing – when I was president,” he told a rally in Detroit. “You know who e...

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[–] 9 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I mean, I was no fan of Obama when he was President of the US serving the interest of said polity. Except... when compared to literally almost everybody else who've held that position.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (4 children)

    Doesn't mean we shouldn't call him out or criticize him.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago* (2 children)

    Agree that we should criticize him. It's just important to understand that context so that you can do so accurately. You can't blame a guy for not passing a public option when his own party's conservative wing (and Lieberman) refused to vote for it.

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