CNN Legacy Special

Lauds Obama For

Posted: Dec 08, 2016 5:30 PM

CNN aired a special highlighting

President Obama’s legacy on

Wednesday. As expected, the

network offered a glowing review

of his two terms, while praising

him for being able to overcome those racist Republicans in

Congress.

You probably could have guessed how it was going to go judging

by the host, former Obama adviser Fareed Zakaria, who once

called Donald Trump a cancer on democracy. On Wednesday

night's report, Zakaria explained how the president faced unfair

pushback as soon as he was elected.

“Within half a mile of where Obama and Michelle are dancing and

celebrating their great victory, his Republican opponents are wining

and dining and plotting his defeat,” he said, eerily.

He used two other liberals' opinions to support his claim.

DAVID AXELROD: It's indisputable that there was a ferocity

to the opposition and a lack of respect to him that was a

function of race.

VAN JONES: I can't name one thing that this congress

supported this president on in eight years. You have to

have an extraordinary explanation for this level of obstruction.

Later in the two-hour program, Zakaria suggested that the fight over

Obamacare was also rooted in racism.

The host wouldn’t dare say this, but most Republicans did not

oppose Obama’s policies because of the color of his skin. They

fought against them because they were counter to a freedom-loving, conservative agenda.

I’m left to wonder, where was the legacy special for President

George W. Bush? You would be hard pressed to hear the media

talk about his successes or defend him from his Democratic

dissenters. Apparently that opposition was completely justifiable.