Obama cried at send-off, says he could have been re-elected

http://nypost.com ^ | 12/26/2016 | Daniel Halper

[heterosupremacist]

President Obama admitted he cried at a recent senior staff send-off dinner — and is now claiming that he’d be able to get re-elected if he had run for president again.

“I am confident in this vision because I’m confident that if I had run again and articulated it, I think I could’ve mobilized a majority of the American people to rally behind it,” Obama said in a “The Axe Files” podcast interview by former aide David Axelrod.

“I know that in conversations that I’ve had with people around the country, even some people who disagreed with me, they would say, ‘The vision, the direction that you point towards is the right one,'” the outgoing president said.

[dforest]

America would have rejected you hands down Obama. They have despised what you have done to this country. We would like to forget about you as soon as possible.

Just go away Obama. Stay away Obama.

[x1stcav]

These are great times for the country and for us individually. I almost died this past February and questioned why I lived.

Now I know. To witness this.

[Ted Grant]

Don’t be misled. He’s right. He likely would have been reelected.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Why are we posting these? It’s irrelevant.

[Candor7]

and is now claiming that he’d be able to get re-elected if he had run for president again. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

If he wanted a civil war on his hands. The People have had their fill of utopian liberal fascism.

Read it here:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html

[Future Snake Eater]

I think he would win, too. His only discernible political talent is getting himself elected. People like him, but they hate his policies. For unknown reasons, he is able to remain separate from those policies.

[rbg81]

For unknown reasons, he is able to remain separate from those policies.

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It is really not that much of a mystery. The Media has a unique love affair with Obama. He was/is literally immune from criticism because he is Black and perceived as smart & hip. Even Hillary did not enjoy quite the free ride with the MSM that Obama got. He was off limits even to comedians. Obama is only President I can recall who did not get mercilessly lampooned on SNL.

[rbg81]

Agreed. Bill Clinton credibly made the same claim in 2000 that were he eligible he could have won a third term.

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He might have won more than that. It is not out of the realm of possibility that Bill would have been re-elected again in 2016 for a 7th term. He would easily have been able to fend off a primary challenge from Obama.

[chris37]

National Whiner’s Day indeed.

[Future Snake Eater]

I don’t think that was as huge a factor as some. The latest number is over 1,030 lost seats from state legislatures up to the Presidency for the Democrats—all on Obama’s watch. His policies are deeply unpopular, and no amount of media fluff could undo that. For some reason, the man himself was basically immune to it all. Thankfully, he’s an impatient, impertinent twerp who used his pen and phone too much and now faces 70% of his “accomplishments” being wiped out in the first few days of the Trump Administration.

[uncbob]

Great Photoshop

LOL

[rbg81]

Agreed. My observation of Obama is that, aside from self promotion, he is not either detail oriented or a hard worker. A few liberals I know refer to him as “Spock-like”, and while it was meant as a complement, it also points out that he is aloof and does not build the relationships necessary to get things done.

Each of these weak area’s are probably areas where I think Trump probably excels. The only attribute of Obama’s I wish Trump had is his ability to be articulate. We’ll see.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Mitt put in such a lukewarm performance that it might not have even needed “cheating” (other than the usual political lies).

The heart of Donald Trump is in an entirely different echelon.

[hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998]

He HAS mobilized a majority of the American people! HEH HEH What a Maroon!

[Future Snake Eater]

A few liberals I know refer to him as “Spock-like”, and while it was meant as a complement, it also points out that he is aloof and does not build the relationships necessary to get things done.

Interesting. It's actually a good description for him, but I think your assessment is a better one than the inevitably fawning "he's so brilliant we all have to catch up to him" interpretation.

The only attribute of Obama’s I wish Trump had is his ability to be articulate

I'm not yet convinced that he isn't articulate. He does tend to keep away from the details, but my read on that is he's approaching it all from a standpoint of negotiations--you don't want the other side to know exactly what you have planned and how you expect to accomplish it.

[TomGuy]

RE: Dem losses during Obama’s presidency.

Arkansas in 2008 had:
Democrat Governor
2 Democrat US Senators
3 Democrat US and 1 Republican House Reps

After the 2016 election:
Republican Governor
Republican state Senate and House and all state offices
2 Republican US Senators
4 Republican US House Reps

Hillary Clinton lost with only 33.7% compared to Trump with 60.6% of the votes.

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Missouri took a similar turn in 2016 toward Republicans, too.

[AustinBill]

I realize this is pure speculation, but Bill Clinton underwent quadruple bypass surgery in September 2004. That could not have been allowed to happen had he been in the middle of a re-election campaign for a fourth term. Had he delayed the surgery to keep things quiet until after the election we might have had an even closer FDR parallel.

In any event, even without term limits Bill would be well past his "sell-by" date by now.

[Liz]

Thanks--nice addition to the thread. Maps show the gains clearly. Democrats are disappearing as we type.

2016 map exhibits the Republican Party expansion.
2014 map is Congressional results (when the Democrats got slaughtered).

2016 map was better than we could have ever imagined.

[Trillian]

That is so creative.

[Chode]

gotta love it