The media, like Politico and the Democrats love Obama so much, they already want to make a special “holiday” in the state of Illinois to honor Hussein. Usually holidays for presidents are proclaimed longer after a president is dead. Hussein Obama is young, will be around for many more decades, but that isn’t stopping Democrats from trying to give the state government another day off in Illinois. A lot of people aren’t cool with this idea though, so naturally, Politico is calling racism.
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In the blue state of Illinois, where President Barack Obama launched his historic career, served as a senator and is widely lauded as a Chicago hometown hero, you would think proposing a holiday honoring him would be an easy call.
The business of honoring Obama’s legacy is turning out to be another reminder of the nation’s bitter divide, with one side eager to salute the first black president and another positioned in stark opposition.
Illinois isn’t the only place where efforts are underway to memorialize Obama, who closed out his eight-year tenure with high favorability ratings.