Did Obama curry the criticisms about inequity
Don't get me wrong, you have to be blind, ignorant and a Republican to think our inequity problem is Obama's fault in any way.
He did not cause it, and at best we can say he didn't do enough to mitigate it.
But perceptions matter and he has presented himself at times as someone who sides with, or at the least, does not confront the 1%.
His actions after the financial crisis, his pick of Geithner and Summers, his hands off the Wall Street scoundrels policy and protection of the Banks all looked like someone who did not want to antagonize the wealthy. He also did not fight when the GOP extended the Bush Tax Cuts. He might not have been able to end them, but he acquiesced without a whimper.
Again, I am not talking about what he could have and couldn't have gotten done. I am talking about his failure to speak out about it and at least appear to work to lessen inequity. The Tea Party emerged in part by tapping into an anger at the Financial institutions that Obama did not address. He did not want to be FDR or take anything from his playbook. That was a mistake IMO.
The charges the GOP are now making might be false, but they won't ring hollow with everyone, and that is on Obama.
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