> These are some pretty big things to posit without some citations. They really should be common knowledge. Among many other examples: the Chrysler bailout vi

> These are some pretty big things to posit without some citations. They really should be common knowledge. Among many other examples: the Chrysler bailout violated the Takings and Due Process clauses; the use of the IRS to persecute political foes violated equal protection; he started his political career with a fundraiser in the home of two violent terrorists, the founder and leader of the Weather Underground (this on its own should have disqualified him as a candidate for any civically-minded party); he is noted for such gaffes as referring to ISIS as the ‘jayvee [junior varsity] team’ and mistakes such as the premature 2011 withdrawal from Iraq which opened the door for the Islamic State, as well as for such poor domestic politics that his party lost over 1,000 seats. Not all criticism of or disagreement with him was well-founded or well-motivated — as I noted, I failed to recognise at the time how many of his foes had racist motives — but he really was a profoundly bad president. edit: grammar