President Obama’s farewell address to the nation was longer than the good-bye speeches of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush combined. Clinton spoke for 7 minutes, 25 seconds; Reagan spoke for 20 minutes, 42 seconds; and George W. Bush spoke for 13 minutes, 7 seconds. Obama spoke for 51 minutes, 10 seconds, nearly 10 minutes longer than the other three put together. Obama also broke from the tradition of delivering his final speech from the White House. Clinton and Reagan both spoke from the Oval Office, and George W. Bush spoke in front of a small audience in the White House East Room; the Obama administration distributed public tickets for his speech at the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago. Obama spoke to a crowd of 18,000.

Thankfully I wasn’t able to watch this nauseating, self-righteous, self-serving, narcissistic, ego-building session last night.  Reading the transcript was vomit-worthy enough.  He actually had the audacity to suggest that race relations have improved in America since he became President 8 years ago.  Wow..  That takes denial to a whole new level.  Just 9 more days, folks..