What Obama Did for Tech

Government Technology: People love to blame a president when things go wrong. A target for each man’s Two Minutes Hate, the age-old practice gained a convenient vehicle in the minting of a catchy new colloquialism bearing the current president’s name: “Thanks, Obama,” anyone can say sarcastically when their life doesn’t go perfectly. And while the president is as good a person to blame as any, both the criticism and acclaim he receives are often irrational. President Obama said himself in a 2015 interview with comedian Marc Maron that the presidency is a position akin to middle management.

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