When former President Obama was just Barack Obama running for the White House, he indicated that if elected, he could, like the creator of the universe, calm the rising seas. So how did that work out for him?
Not so good.
In June 2008, when Obama knew that he had clinched the Democratic nomination, he claimed that it "was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal." Not only is Obama not a deity who controls the earthly waters, he's not a good forecaster, either.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported last June that "sea level has been rising over the past century, and the rate has increased in recent decades. In 2014, global sea level was 2.6 inches (67 mm) above the 1993 average — the highest annual average in the satellite record (1993-present). Sea level continues to rise at a rate of about one-eighth of an inch (3.2 mm) per year, due to a combination of melting glaciers and ice sheets, and thermal expansion of seawater as it warms."
So there's been no slowing in "the rise of the oceans" under Obama. Just a natural steady increase every year, according to NOAA. Obama apologist Think Progress has even said that increases that are "much faster than we thought" – of course that's just what the political left wants the public to believe – though it's clear that while the seas have been rising for 10,000 years, there has been no acceleration.
So where are the fact-checkers? Why no Pinocchios for such a gross exaggeration? Why hasn't the mainstream media called him out on this? This was an embellishment on the order of "if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor." Shouldn't the media be setting the record straight on this?
Yes, but there's no chance it will. Remember, Obama is "sort of God," at least according to the media. He's a supernatural being "standing above the country, above the world." The media aren't going to question their god. They're just going to keep worshipping at the church of Barack.
But where could they have gotten such a lunatic idea that Obama is a divine being anyway? Charles Krauthammer knows. Just before the year turned to 2017, Krauthammer noticed that "Obama sees himself as God hovering over the country dispensing goodies to the extent that he's got control."
So if Obama sees himself as God, his flock will too. His congregation won't turn on him even if he can't stop the rising seas. Or fix the economy. Or create jobs. Or live up to his Nobel Peace Prize. Or establish racial harmony. Or achieve anything even a middling president could.
Of course all this makes the media false prophets. But that's not a revelation.
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