Distancing the White House from the ‘first black president’

This current black president loses credibility as an above-board politician each time his name pops up in incidents that are attached in some way to the “first black president.” Surely, this is not about race, but it is about legacy and image: no sitting president should want to continue to hitch his presidential legacy to that of a man who was willing to throw away presidential glory for the sake of a White House-based tryst with a girl slightly older than his own daughter. People increasingly remember President Clinton less as a young president that presided over prosperity but more as a man that finds himself in unscrupulous situations including martial affairs and mysterious deaths. Disappointingly, President Obama is rapidly becoming remembered as a young president that presided over a time where political aspirations peaked and confidence in politicians wallowed in a sea of rhetoric and “business as usual.”

Being linked with Clinton as a “black President” is an informal moniker that Obama may always share, particularly in the minds of those remembering the anticipation of the Clinton presidency in the days leading up to Inauguration 1993. However, the rest of this links between Clinton and Obama that continue to crop up only serve to further the pull down the current president from the white house he rode into the White House into the sludge of Washington immorality that Clinton’s White House became known for.

Lenny McAllister is a syndicated political commentator, podcast co-host, and the author of the book, “Diary of a Mad Black PYC (Proud Young Conservative,)” purchased online at www.tinyurl.com/lennysdiary and www.amazon.com. Follow him at www.twitter.com/lennyhhr and on Facebook at www.tinyurl.com/lennyfacebook .