There was already a class war going on. It's been waged for the last couple of decades, by the elite, on the working class. But we (we, as in, the working class) have been fed the propaganda about high taxation hurting jobs, trickle down, and the good old "American Dream".
We've been royally eff'd.
Obama is useless simply because he isn't accomplishing anything for the middle class. He hasn't gone nearly far enough or done enough or led enough. He may have opened a few eyes, but too many are still buying that old bull about "trickle down".
But pulease, Obama didn't start the class war. Or "foment" it. He is helping to highlight the one being waged on the average American. And you can be damn sure there are PLENTY of powerful people who do not want that to happen.
Class Warfare
Income Inequality
Trickle down