Posted on 06/19/2016 5:11:13 PM PDT by mandaladon
President Obama's final year in office — which was expected to be a time when he would give symbolic speeches and try to cut a few deals with Republicans — is turning into an all-out campaign to stop Donald Trump from succeeding him.
In recent public remarks, including his endorsement of Hillary Clinton even before the Democratic primaries were finished, Obama has inserted himself more directly into the campaign than previous second-term presidents.
He is effectively turning the election into "Obama-Clinton v. Trump," instead of a traditional contest between the two people with their names on the ballot.
Related: Obama Decries Trump's Muslim Ban, Asks: 'Where Does This Stop?'
"This is the biggest intervention that I can remember for some time now," said Julian Zelizer, a political historian at Princeton University, comparing Obama to past second-term presidents. "Not only is he really coming out for the Democratic candidate, but acting in extremely aggressive fashion against the Republican nominee."
Obama's behavior appears to be motivated in part by Trump's unorthodox campaign style and platform, including the proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States that has particularly alarmed the president.
"Islam has always been part of America," Obama said in a visit to a mosque in Baltimore in February.
"The president will give this campaign all that he has and more — for Clinton, for his own legacy, and for the vision of America that he's asked us to believe in since the night he stepped onto the national stage in Boston and delivered his 2004 convention speech, a hopeful, bighearted vision that is the antithesis of everything that Trump represents," former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau wrote in a recent piece for The Ringer, a sports and pop culture website.
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And how the Marines got the nickname *Leathernecks*. They wore large leather straps around their necks to help keep THEIR HEADS FROM BEING CHOPPED OFF.
Yes, islam most assuredly has been with us since the beginning—a scourge on our great nation.
You nailed it. He protects her crimes so she will protect his. He must be getting VERY NERVOUS. I think he’s going to get desperate so no telling what will happen between now and the election.
Just Obama proving he sides with the Muslims 100% - Trump should be able to leverage this even though so many try to claim it “just isn’t done, this slamming of a sitting President by a candidate”....
The feckless obama will do anything to be stroked by a mob.
It’s simple: They all hate Trump because he is an OUTSIDER who doesn’t know or care how the game is played.
Once you let an outsider “in”, it’s impossible to put the genie back in the box.
If Donald Trump is elected, THE WHOLE DAMN SYSTEM comes crashing down and ALL THE NARRATIVES are destroyed.....
It’s very similar to the reasons they hated Sarah Palin.
More importantly, if Trump is elected, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IS DEAD.
Without Political Correctness, the Dems have NO POWER.....
Obama was elected twice because people were AFRAID to criticize him.
“I think his real problem under those circumstances would the the significant number of Americans who might go looking for him.”
There would be probably a lot of retired Spec Ops guys willing to look for him.
Because all the secret nasty crap he’s been doing MIGHT pass muster with the Clintoonz if he has some leverage whereas with Trump he’ll probably spread the horrors to the fours winds.
The top reason he’s afraid of Trump is because he is worried that Trump will shine the light of truth on all the democrat lies and crimes that have been going on for decades. Not just 0vomit. Both Clintons are in danger, most of the 0vomit administration, the majority of influential democrats, and plenty of republican co-conspirators.
Truth ain’t gonna be pretty for a lot of people who’ve been riding the public ripoff gravy train. This includes crony capitalists, climate change scammers, grievance industry scammers, those who profit by selling out America to her enemies, and plenty of people who just plain hate America.
“Why Is Obama Campaigning So Hard Against Trump?”
Because he knows if Trump gets elected hew will let the Justice Department do their job. . . i.e., arrest and prosecute him and hitlery.
Hitlery wins and the investigations stop and ZERO chance of the rule of law ever surviving in this country.
Heck, no one remembers anything presidential before Clinton, let alone Goldwater.
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