Today the Obama Presidential Center opened to the general public as a perfect testament to the administration of the 44th president: it’s ugly, divisive, overly-expensive, and was built on a foundation of broken promises.
Ugly:
Towering some 220 feet above Chicago’s Jackson Park, the structure has variously been described as a “monolith,” “boulder in a park,” or the “Obamalisk” (a nod to its obelisk-like appearance).
It has been labeled Brutalist-esque, “cold and forbidding,” “brooding,” and compared to a “Klingon prison,” “sci-fi HQ,” “flak tower,” or “fortress” because of its massive, mostly windowless granite presence and angular heft.
Even Obama called it a “Death Star,” so its forbidding appearance wasn’t lost on him.
Although Obama’s appearance wasn’t ugly, his administration was as ugly as they come.
Divisive:
Almost from the day Barack Obama entered the White House, he turned nearly every incident into a racial issue. He did the same with his presidential center.
The first thing the public is confronted with upon entering the center is a section called “The Founding Contradictions.” It notes the famous phrase in the Declaration of Independence, that “we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
It then contrasted that statement with the fact that at the time the Declaration was sighed, slavery was widespread in the colonies.
The implication is clear: that while the Founders talked a good game, they didn’t live up to their principles.
But the fact was that in nearly every corner of the mid-to-late 18th century world, slavery was the norm, and it had been that way since pre-Biblical times.
[…]Same old Obama. Remember “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor,” and “If you like your plan, you can keep your plan”?
After Obama repeated that claim at least 37 times while promoting the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Politifact called it their 2017 “Lie of the Year.”
Nothing much has changed. Obama’s ego-enhancer is turning out to be a repeat of his presidency: it’s divisive, overly expensive, built on broken promises, and it’s oh so ugly.
None of this should have surprised anyone.
— Michael Dorstewitz, June 26 Newsmax column
(Dorstewitz has had previous outbreaks of Obama Derangement Syndrome.)