Posted on 12/06/2016 4:21:57 AM PST by Kaslin
Am I the only person who thinks that in Barak Obama’s heart of hearts lies a glimmer of glee now that the Clintons won’t be moving into the White House when he moves out? Roll your eyes in skepticism, if you will. But hear me out before launching a barrage of Bronx cheers.
Yes, yes, I know. Obama took time out from his busy presidential schedule to campaign for Hillary. On the other hand, he’s taken time out to play golf, fly off to vacations, fund-raise, and do other things unrelated to the business at hand. Face it: the garrulous guy has always loved being on the stump. In fact, he delivers speeches better than he delivers the promises in them. And even if he isn’t allowed by law to run for a third term, he has sufficient conceit to believe that he could handily have whipped both Hillary and The Donald.
Obama would be the first to remind us that the longer the contentious 2016 presidential campaign dragged on, the higher his approval ratings rose, if only because he was not actually a candidate. Still, our sitting president is vain enough to take this as a sign of his enduring popularity, of which he intends to take full advantage when he leaves office. In a way, it will help him that Secretary Clinton was defeated, since there now appears to be no other Democrat who is capable of reminding the world how he won two elections and did much good.
Such a rationale could insure that Obama remains a significant -- and even idolized – figure among disillusioned Democrats. Republicans may not approve of how “un-presidential” he has behaved since the November election. But in the eyes of his supporters, he is still the only undisputed hero they have.
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Easier to maintain a delusion after a legacy is undone by a course correction compared to one undone by utter disaster following a continuation of his same policies.
Obama is welcome to have his delusions, which is better than suffering the disastrous consequences of pursuing his policies to their ultimate end.
Virtually anybody can give a masterful speech if reading from a teleprompter, which is all nobama can do. He's proved over and over what a poor speaker he is when he's gone off the teleprompter.
Think about how much Trump's speeches have improved when he's had a teleprompter to use. (Flame away :)
I agree, his legacy is what matters to him and now it will be virtually erased.
That person is Kamala Harris. Keep your eyes on her.
No.
No, being the first rat since Franklin Pierce to (while living) pass the office off to another rat would have been good for his “legacy”. He could have said she won his third term.
And she would have get his “accomplishment” of fascist healthcare in place.
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