'Need a laugh this morning?' The Economist's summary of Obama's presidency is 'the opposite of true'

Doug P. | 10:51 AM on November 23, 2020

Former President Barack Obama has a volume of his memoir out now (yes, it’s 700 pages and is only part one), and as a result he’s been getting a fresh boost with the revisionist history from the media. Here’s just one example:

Barack Obama's presidency represented a genuine effort to break through partisan polarisation, which mainly showed what an impossible ambition that was https://t.co/MVr54jpFTP

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) November 22, 2020

Really? A lot of people have a very different recollection of Obama’s eight years in office.

Gaslighting, illustrated. https://t.co/yfuCzwH8YI

— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) November 23, 2020

It’s laughable…

Zero republicans voted for Obamacare, the police acted stupidly, if you like your dr you can keep your dr, clinging to their religion and guns, i have a pen and a phone… https://t.co/sEkt0IlIDO

— MaryAnnNotGinger (@MAnotGinger) November 23, 2020

And the list goes on.

I am so old I remember when The Economist was an amazing magazine.

— Bodezaffa (@Bodezaffa) November 23, 2020

Are you The Economist or the Democratic Party? Which are you?

— Melle Emmanuel (@karra_melle) November 22, 2020

This is, of course, the opposite of true; Obama is why we are where we are. https://t.co/gUSUPfVoJT

— ?????????? ? ?? (@SisyphusGoals) November 23, 2020

Oh, is THAT what he meant by the sit in the back of the bus comment? Or the pen and the phone? Or I won?

— Miss Millie (@SparklepantsMil) November 23, 2020