Locals Are Outraged at the Big, Ugly, Obama Presidential Center

Most of us who are more Conservative than your average garden variety RINO were relieved to see the two painful presidential terms of Barack (Kenya) Obama in the rearview mirror.

This from redstate.com.

He was actually a dangerously divisive figure that should not have been moved above being a ghetto coordinator.

To wit:

– [S]ome of his more stupid remarks set race relations in the United States back [at least] 50 years;

– He was lauded by the left for his supposed oratorical skills, as [Leftists] would have had us believe he was the reincarnation of Cicero, when in fact he wasn’t that good even on a teleprompter, often delivering remarks in a droning monotone. Off the teleprompter, he was awful; and

– [T]he very worst thing about his presidency is the fact that, because of those two terms, we later got the disastrous Joe Biden foisted on us for four years.

Contrarily, however, Barack (Kenya) Obama is forcing the building of the Obama Presidential Center (and Torture Chamber) on Chicago, and it is indeed a perfect metaphor for his presidency: Ugly, brutal, divisive, and hard on ordinary folks:

Chicago community leaders and longtime residents say the Obama Presidential Center risks washing away the neighborhood’s fabric, warning that proposed luxury developments tied to the project could price out families who have long called the South Side home, according to a report.

They also say the sprawling 19.3-acre site in historic Jackson Park, with its 225-foot-tall concrete museum, has become an eyesore that disrupts the natural landscape and all locals are getting in return for the unsightly structure is soaring rents and higher tax bills.

Steve Cortes, a longtime Chicagoan and former advisor to President Donald Trump, told the Daily Mail:

This is a monument to one man’s ego.

Further:

Look at the Reagan Library. It’s beautiful. This? There are almost no windows. What are they hiding? And this Brutalist cement look in a city known for its incredible architecture.

Well, all presidential libraries are monuments to one man; that is the whole point. But look at this big, ugly pile of cement:

Typical Leftist inefficiency! The costs have more than doubled, the thing still is not finished, it is ugly, and it is torquing off all of the regular people who live in the area.

This thing may very well be

the perfect monument to the Obama presidency.

To wit: inefficient, impractical, opaque, haunting, out of place, unnecessary, even criminal. If space allowed, I could continue.

Seriously, who designed this thing? A presidential library should be inspirational. It should be beautiful. It should be something that prompts awe and admiration, not a haunting of the Middle Kingdom. This thing looks like something in Communist China. In Shanghai, this monstrosity would fit right in. Or Cold War East Berlin, I have been there, all the newer buildings seemed to look like this thing.

Anyone and everyone involved in designing and building any presidential library and museum should be required to first tour the Reagan Library. That is how it should be done. That should be the model.

Final thought, a question: Is this piece of architectural nightmare proof an African (Kenyan) can design and build a multi-story building, or what?

Not to worry, though: Following the Kenyan’s indictment, conviction, and execution for treason and the bringing forth of full verification he was not an American citizen and invalidly claimed the presidency, this architectural nightmare will either be unceremoniously brought down or transitioned into a rock climbing and skateboard park for troubled youth. This is the hope and prayer of many.