Sydney society soaks up Obama-mania but fans can’t hide from ex-president’s failures
An old Yankee mate comes to visit. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Twitter, Friday:
Welcome back to Australia President @BarackObama
In other news, Aussie goods get slapped with super huge tariffs ... Obama’s successor Donald Trump on Twitter, March 4 last year:
How low has President Obama gone to tapp (sic) my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!
So what did Obama say in Sydney? The former US president at the Art Gallery of NSW, Friday:
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Yep, media were kept out, but some of the only 200 invitees gave us plebs a sneak peek. Sydney councillor Christine Forster on Twitter, Friday:
Fact, logic, reason is being tested around the world: President Barack Obama ...
Fact, logic, and reason? Says the man who let China off the hook on climate change? Obama speaks in Washington, December 15, 2015:
We came together (in Paris) around the strong agreement the world needed. We met the moment.
What role did fact, logic, and reason play in losing control of the fight against terror? Obama discusses a growing Islamic State with The New Yorker, January 27, 2014:
... if a jayvee (junior varsity) team puts on Lakers uniforms that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant ... there is a distinction between the capacity and reach of a bin Laden and a network that is actively planning major terrorist plots against the homeland versus jihadists who are engaged in various local power struggles ...
What else did the president speak about? Obama (via Forster’s Twitter) at the NSW Art Gallery, Friday:
There is a hunger for information that will bring people together ...
This president did everything he could to hide the US government’s inner workings. Associated Press, March 14 last year:
The Obama administration in its final year in office spent a record $36.2 million on legal costs defending its refusal to turn over federal records under the Freedom of Information Act ...
Most of all, Obama wanted Sydneysiders to pay attention to the kids. Forster on Twitter, Friday:
Did he break out into song after that? Whitney Houston, 1985:
I believe the children are our are future / Teach them well and let them lead the way / Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Who was the president of the United States for most of these young people’ lives? Wikipedia:
Obama ... served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
No wonder America’s youth have little faith in existing institutions. Obama’s big broken promise in Chicago, November 4, 2008:
This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace ... Yes, we can.
But, of course, Aussie lefties lapped him up. Clover Moore on Friday: .. inspiring. He is very gifted.