• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    9 days ago

    No it’s not, it’s just a museum dedicated to their administration, and there’s nothing wrong with that. I just don’t give a shit. In my entire life, the best any president could do was approach mediocrity, but they couldn’t even manage that. They’ve all sucked. I could tell you which were the worst, but nobody is the best. You have to go back to Eisenhower to find a decent president who actually respected the true job of the president.

    • AstroStelar [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      9 days ago

      In this case the “Obama Presidential Center” also includes a public library, arts center, sports facilities and a few other things as well as park landscaping around it. It was to make it feel less like a waste of money but with cost overruns out of control it was no use. There’s also worries of gentrification in the South Side, which the Obama Foundation declined to take measures against.