You say that as if it were a bad thing

[lydy]

So, Obama was in Wisconsin, like you do. And he said some things, like you do. Republicans were upset, like you do. But one of them is quoted as saying that Obama is "shopping his legacy." Um, that's a bad thing? Wanting to leave behind a permanent change that people will point to and say, "Yep, Obama did that." For fuck's sake, it's not like he's Andrew Carnegie, who really did buy a legacy. He was an oppressive monster (Homestead, anyone?), made a ton of dough, and then started worrying about his legacy. And, you know, I'm real damn fond of all those libraries. I'd be much happier if he hadn't killed so many miners and factory workers, you understand. Fewer libraries, fewer deaths? Yep, I'd take that bargain. But still, how is wanting to leave behind a positive change a discreditable thing?

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[lydy.livejournal.com]

A clarification: if the legacy that Obama was going for was an heroic statue of him on a pedestal inscribed "Blessed are the Peacemakers" then I think the appropriate response would be a drone strike on said statue. But the idea that wanting to effect visible change is discreditable is, um, discreditable.

[pameladean]

Insofar as their reactions have any rational basis, I suspect that they refuse to acknowledge that he has any positive legacy to shop; he's just making it all up or lying, they think; sometimes going to really extraordinary lengths to go on thinking that. So "legacy" is in scare quotes to them, and they never were very good at talking to people who don't agree with them.

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[huladav8usa.livejournal.com]

I dunno, maybe they're upset that he gets to leave a legacy and they don't.😛