![]() This extremist shift, Jane Mayer argues in Dark Money, reflects a sophisticated, multi-decade effort by a small group of billionaires to inject radical right-wing views into the political mainstream. Denying any Democratic victory was more important than governing. From their first leadership meeting after Obama's election, Republicans mounted an unprecedented 'guerilla war' against his presidency. That opinions could so differ between Western nations was partly attributable to the radicalisation of American politics in the Obama era. Not, it would seem, in the United States. ![]() I had spent the previous decade in England and Australia where, in my experience, Obama was considered a decent president or, at least, a decent man. I was surprised to find that President Barack Obama was widely reviled. When I arrived in America, green card in hand, I soon got down to my favourite pastime: discussing politics over grain-based liquor. ![]()
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