Obama: A Legacy of Ashes
The Corbett Report, from other news sources, has launched a new documentary Obama: A Legacy of Lies, a compendium of the former president’s legacy that critiques what the filmmaker called “eight years of endless lies and scandals.” review.
Interspersed with extensive, carefully edited footage culled from sources such as FOX News, CNN, C-SPAN, and the Associated Press, the film attempts to break down the narrative of President Obama as a transformative figure of peace and prosperity for citizens of the United States and around the world.
The filmmakers think the Obama myth was born early. The American public, hungry for hope and change, joined many in the international community in boosting the former president’s image before he even enacted a single substantive piece of legislation. The ultimate example of this hypocrisy is the President being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in his first few months in office. Contrary to this impressive feat and everything it was designed to portray, the filmmakers claim that by the end of his two terms, Obama presided over an unprecedented period of prolonged international conflict. Evidence of this lies in his accelerating reliance on drone warfare, the rise of the Islamic State and the continuation of the longest war in Afghanistan in American history.
Allegations of dishonesty are moving from the battlefield to a domestic issue. The film cites a lack of transparency within the administration and a series of broken promises related to the onerous Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Negative perceptions have been expressed about the Obama administration’s failure to protect the privacy of all law-abiding Americans in the age of cyberterrorism. The filmmakers also outline interest groups and individual lobbyists who they believe are adversely affecting legislative priorities and policymaking.
The film makes a radical argument, the merits of which can be interpreted according to each viewer’s political persuasion. Obama: A Legacy of Ashes is sure to repel the former president’s most ardent supporters and please his harshest critics.
