Streisand: Obama Is in the Middle of a Greek Tragedy
Barbra Streisand compared Barack Obama to a Greek god. When the Associated Press asked Streisand if she thinks Hillary Clinton would run for president, the singer switched directions to talk about Barry. “I think we have advanced with Obama,” she said, “and I think people are giving him a hard time, which is not fair because this Affordable Care Act is working and it’s going to help a lot of people. But it’s like Greek tragedy, you know, they always try to bring down the gods, bring down the kings, bring down the leaders.” She’s correct. In Tragedy, the hero is undone by his or her own tragic flaws, character traits that cause them to self-destruct. Sounds familiar. More…
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