Presidents Are Not Kings, Despite Trump's Attempts

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5. Yes

If you put your leaders on a pedestal, they almost always will disappoint you, unless of course you lie to yourself, such as with republicans and Reagan. I've seen it with Obama. I never got swept up with all the "hope and change" rhetoric, so my expectations were realistic, but a lot of voters were disappointed that he didn't magically transform the world. I'm sure many of them stayed home during the midterm election of 2010, which assured he wouldn't have the congressional support needed for any progressive legislation.

Democrats speak in glowing terms about Obama now, but there was a time when his approval ratings were very low within his own party and members of congress didn't want him to campaign for them. Voters wanted a god and they got an in-the-flesh human president, who fortunately happened to be an excellent president. Today I love Obama, not for the president I hoped he would be, but for the president that he was. I didn't fall in love with him, I grew to love him. He earned it.