I don’t think Obama is a fraud or a crook. I do think he is accomplished. He’s to the left of the average American. He is to the right of the average European.
I am not in love with any common political ideology marketed in the US today, but libertarianism is my favorite. Obama is far from a libertarian, but I’d prefer to have our top political leader be accomplished and somewhere between the average American and the average European in political ideology than incompetent and with political leanings exactly like mine.
My first choice is someone who is accomplished and who has political leanings like mine. But I wasn’t given that choice.