Posted on 01/15/2017 2:16:52 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
CHICAGO — He may be leaving the White House but he isn't totally going away.
As President Obama gave his farewell address to the nation on Tuesday night, he also began the shift to a third stage of his political career. The once young, idealistic senator-turned-two-term-president will soon become an influential strategist and ally to those worried about the future with Donald Trump at the helm of the most powerful nation on the planet.
Obama nodded to this new role in his speech Tuesday. He did not directly criticize his successor, but used lines like "I reject discrimination against Muslim-Americans" that were clearly aimed at Trump and delighted the audience of more than 20,000 Democrats who crowded into McCormick Place to hear his final address as president.
His path forward is still evolving. Prior to November's election, Obama and his aides had hinted that the outgoing president would limit his future involvement in politics and instead focus on writing a book chronicling his eight years in office, use his foundation to expand his "My Brother's Keeper" program and give speeches and join boards, as other ex-presidents have done.
But now, Obama's chief achievements, such as his climate change policies and the Affordable Care Act, are in danger of being gutted by the Republican Congress, the Democratic Party is in disarray and much of the country — and the world — is uncertain what a Trump presidency will bring.
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You just knew Obama could not leave the spotlight.
Over the past 8 years under his leadership, the Democrats have lost over 1,000 positions.
Does Obama want to go for 2,000?
They should all be arrested. America has only ONE government at a time. This isn’t Kenya.
BoweL Movement!
What a coincidence!
I had a challenging 'movement' just the other day that I named 'Obama'.
But unlike the real one, it was smart enough to leave the 'stage' when it was flushed.
>>His “movement”? What movement? <<
Bowel.
Just like his presidency.
This isn’t Kenya
For the 8years it has been
Maybe Hussein will appoint himself the alt-POTUS.
Comments section is great.
First step:
Install legitimate Department of Justice and purge the necessary criminals.
Then we look at “other stuff”.
Let’s face facts.
On November 8th of 2016, the good citizens of the United States reached deep into their souls, and decided to gift the nation with something special on January 20th, 2017, at 12:01 pm.
http://thebestcolonic.com/?gclid=CMGWxrObxdECFQK5wAod-aQLnw
They don't realize it but all these tantrums will just mean that no one will take them seriously any more. No one will trust them to run their towns, states, or the country.
Good luck with that Barry. But hey, the Chicago Olympics were great.
Loser in chief. Bring it on
I’m thinking Trump’s Intel people will disclose the Truth about Obama’s background College Records and Birth Cert.
To this day, I’m not convinced B.O. is a legitimate President, and with the most recent Joe Arpaio’s conclusion that Obama’s B-cert is a Fake. This was very well proven with well documented evidence, just this past December, and yet it was ignored.
There are few things less relevant than an ex president who can’t run again.
Trump needs to assign a body to look deeply into his sh##. This should keep him busy
Jeez, you're right. You guys have me torn. Which way is Presidente Zero worth more to America?
Option 1) As a free (gay) man at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, still talking about himself and thereby completing the destruction of the Democratic Party? or . . .
Option 2) Spending 10-to-20 behind bars for misuse of classified information and possibly treason--sitting around, playing a harmonica?
Decisions, decisions.
If Zero won't get out of our national face, it gives Trump an active enemy to work against, and helps him keep rallying his troops for the next battle. That's way different from the way things usually go, which is, by the end of the first two years, a new President is the only target in the room. People are criticizing him from both sides, and he loses legislative seats, and a lot of his momentum, in the mid-terms.
Jeez, you're right. You guys have me torn. Which way is Presidente Zero worth more to America?
Option 1) As a free (gay) man at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, still talking about himself and thereby completing the destruction of the Democratic Party? or . . .
Option 2) Spending 10-to-20 behind bars for misuse of classified information and possibly treason--sitting around, playing a harmonica?
Decisions, decisions.
If Zero won't get out of our national face, it gives Trump an active enemy to work against, and helps him keep rallying his troops for the next battle. That's way different from the way things usually go, which is, by the end of the first two years, a new President is the only target in the room. People are criticizing him from both sides, and he loses legislative seats, and a lot of his momentum, in the mid-terms.
Can I ask you what the point of your photoshopped image is?
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