Carter gave us malaise, and Obama on the way out has now given us a word for his reign … deflation.
Not of the dollar but of hope, honesty (“If you like your health insurance …”), optimism, civility, integrity in government.
The New England Patriots deflate the football. Obama and his defenders deflate the Constitution.
What will be Obama’s place in the pantheon of American presidents? The answer to that will depend in part on whether future commentator regard his defense of the IRS persecuting his political enemies (“not even a smidgen of corruption“) as more like Richard Nixon (“I am not a crook“) or Bill Clinton (“I did not have sexual relations with that woman“).
