Last night, CNN aired a two hour special “The Legacy of Barack Obama”. The program was hosted by Fareed Zakaria GPS. According to The Wrap, the interview was conducted in September, two months before the election of Donald Trump to succeed President Obama.

I haven’t watched CNN in a long time and last night reminded me why I don’t watch. Actually, I only made it through the first 25 minutes before refilling my Scotch on the rocks and channel surfing. It was only thanks to the Dewar’s that I made it as far as I did. Barack Obama is always a bore (for me), but unrestrained by a good interviewer, he become an anesthetic. Oof!

If you need to fall asleep now, you can watch the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Xc_n7pow0

Zakaria actually told The Wrap:

“I was able to convince them that it would be a serious and substantive look. Obviously they had no idea how it would come out, favorable or not,” Zakaria told TheWrap about “The Legacy of Barack Obama,” airing tonight on CNN. “What appealed to [Obama] was the idea that this would be kind of a first draft of history.”

Zakaria said that Obama is “very aware of history and the way in which history is shaped, the way in which people are remembered” and will go down as “one of the most intellectually-minded presidents” we’ve ever had.

It’s laugh out loud funny that Zakaria said “they (the Obama people) had no idea how it would come out, favorable or not”. It was a giant, wet, sloppy, way too long, French kiss. CNN isn’t Fox News or even Bravo. And, Barack Obama as “ ‘one of the most intellectually-minded presidents’ we’ve ever had”. Is it just me? I find him to be one of the most intellectually uninterested people ever.

Fareed Zakaria and Barack Obama discussed everything from Professor Gates to the auto bail out to health care and terrorism. Guest appearances were made by David Axelrod and Van Jones. Michelle Obama would not be interviewed (very interesting).

But, the headline was Barack Obama was surprised by the rise of ISIS. Really? Those leftovers that he called the “JayVee team” in January, 2014.

From the CNN transcript:

“The ability of ISIL to not just mass inside of Syria, but then to initiate major land offensives that took Mosul, for example, that was not on my intelligence radar screen,” Obama told Zakaria, using the administration’s term for the Islamic State terror group.
As Obama’s presidency concludes, it’s clearer than ever he’ll depart the White House with Syrians facing nearly unyielding misery.

ISIS wasn’t on Obama’s “intelligence radar screen”. In other words, he didn’t want to hear about ISIS. It didn’t fit his narrative. He didn’t hear about ISIS, even if the CIA and all the top General Officers were screaming it all day long.

Obama fired General James Mattis, the Trump SecDef nominee in January, 2013. His firing of other General Officers is legend.

Leaving big messes for the grown ups to clean up after him. Death, destruction and anger. That’s what I got out of the Fareed Zakaria/Barack Obama bro hug last night. Of course the Obama zombies won’t hear any of that.

Whatever you think of Donald J. Trump, he is hiring grown ups. He is hiring smart men and women who won’t tell him what he wants to hear. And, he wants to kill America’s enemies, not ignore them.