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First Things Podcast

Obama’s Legacy

First Things Podcast

First Things

Religion & Spirituality

4.6699 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jamie Glazov joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, which he edited, “Obama's True Legacy: How He Transformed America.” Music by User:Quinbrid (Luigi Boccherini) via Creative Commons. Track cropped.

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0:00.0

Jamie Glazov is editor of Front Page Mag.

0:18.0

He's host of the web TV show The Glazov Gang,

0:23.2

and author of, among other things,

0:30.8

United in Hate, the Left's, Romance with Tyranny and Terror. He has just edited another collection of essays by different contributors entitled Barack Obama's True Legacy, How He Transformed America. That is our topic today.

0:41.3

Welcome, Dr. Glazov. You do have a Ph.D. in history. Dr. Glazov, welcome.

0:45.8

What an honor and pleasure to be here. Thank you so much, Mark.

0:49.2

A word in your title, transformed. President Obama himself, he liked that word. Transform,

0:56.7

transformation, didn't he? Well, he sure did. He very proudly announced that, what was it,

1:02.9

we were five days away from transforming the United States of America. And Mark, my mom and dad

1:10.2

were dissidents in the Soviet Union, and we

1:13.5

escaped that hellhole. And I was five and a half years old when I came to the United States.

1:19.0

And I loved this country from the moment I breathed, it's oxygen. And I love it till today. And when I

1:26.8

heard those words, I have no idea why the

1:28.9

United States needs to be transformed. But he did a brilliant job in the most malicious and destructive

1:37.5

way, and the catastrophe we see today has its roots in the Obama administration.

1:46.5

You know, Jamie, if I may, the, yeah, that word, that is a radical word. And yet, he spoke so

1:55.8

judiciously, his tone, right? His demeanor.

2:02.6

He seemed academic.

2:03.9

He seemed intellectual.

2:05.0

He seemed thoughtful.

2:16.3

And it's almost as if the sort of the temper that he displayed belied the actual content of his words.

2:18.9

But we paid attention, didn't we?

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