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Obama Claims "Good Month" That He Did Nothing to Bring About

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, July 09 2015

According to conventional wisdom and conformist punditry, the past month has been a good one for Barack Obama. Of course, even assuming that to be true for purposes of argument, it's only good relative to the low expectations created by six years of his presidency. Even Jimmy Carter, the most notoriously inept president of our lifetimes, couldn't identify in a recent interview a single place where America stands stronger and more respected today than when Obama took office: "On the world stage, just to be as objective about it as I can, I can't think of many nations in…

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