Barack Obama He has done all kinds of things that, if Bush had done it, everybody would be screaming at the top of their lungs about it. But because he has so much charisma and seems so likeable, everybody seems to be asleep. Deported 2.5 million immigrants (a record number) Prosecuted more whistleblowers and journalists than any other president Signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which takes away habeas corpus for US citizens (meaning the government can now throw you in jail indefinitly without charges) Made Bush's temporary tax cuts for the richest 1% permanent Bombed and is still bombing seven different muslim countries (Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Syria) Continues extrajudicial killings, including US citizens, like Anwar Al Awlaki and his innocent 16 year old son Pardoned people inside the government who either tortured or ordered the torture and buried the Senate's 'torture report' for the next 12 years Didn't do anything to stop the assault of tear gas, water cannons (at sub-freezing temperatures), attack dogs and grenades from police at Native American protestors at Standing Rock Didn't prosecute a single person on Wall Street whose fraud and illegal behavior led to the biggest economic crash since the Great Depression Legitimized the facist coup in Honduras in 2009 Expanded the surveillance state Right now he's still pushing for TPP, another job-crushing trade bill that every union and environmental organization opposes (he also supports the much less talked about TTIP, the equally bad trade deal with the EU) I'm a progressive left-winger and I'm supposed to like this guy? I'm supposed to "miss" him when he leaves office and I'm supposed to be in panic mode over Trump? Trump is not going to do anything that Obama hasn't already done. Obama was a corporate right-wing tool. The only difference with Trump is that Trump is putting an ugly face on what's already going on. So now the left is finally waking up. EDIT: so this blew up when I went to sleep... I can't respond to everybody, obviously. At the moment I have over 80 unread messages. I'm sorry if you made a great argument that I can't write a (detailed) response to; it would take up too much of my time/energy.