Obama Presidential Center is a disaster, like his presidency
USA Today–Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, are opening the Obama Presidential Center on June 19 in Chicago – an eight-story shrine to themselves built largely at everyone else’s expense.
Despite the glitzy fanfare, the monstrosity stands as a monument to hypocrisy and the Obamas’ unrelenting hunger for the spotlight, a legacy project for a presidency that disappointed more Americans than its architects care to admit.
In a recent interview on “Good Morning America,” Barack Obama said that when it comes to public policy debates, he has transitioned from “player” to “coach.” If by “player” he means building a nearly $1 billion shrine to his own presidency, sure – that’s one way to stay relevant.
If the Obamas’ accomplishments were truly memorable, they wouldn’t
