Posted on 06/13/2025 5:45:14 PM PDT by Libloather
New York Times columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom said Friday that former President Barack Obama will not be coming to Democrats' collective rescue as the party struggles to find national leadership in the wake of their stinging defeat in 2024.
Cottom argued that Democrats desperate for Obama to save the party are "undignified" and weak, asserting that change will not come from above, but rather from "the streets."
"We must start asking how we can save ourselves. We are seeing the start of that in places like Los Angeles, San Antonio and Raleigh, N.C.," she wrote, referencing the anti-ICE protests occurring across the country. "Only direct, sustained protest will protect us."
The Times columnist claimed that President Donald Trump has led the country into "dangerous territory" by deploying the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles, suggesting the moment feels significant enough to warrant Obama’s intervention.
She noted that the social media murmurs and essays questioning Obama's whereabouts at such a pivotal moment speak to an accepted truth: "The Democratic Party lacks leadership" in the wake of Kamala Harris' 2024 defeat.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., offer "glimmers of a charismatic party head waiting in the wings," she wrote. While Obama may feel like a good option, she wrote, she gave his presidency a mixed review from a liberal perspective, saying he was a "product of his times."
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The thrill is gone 🎶
Correct.
That’s actually an interesting take on Obama, but Obama never sought to develop the business acumen of Trump. Supposedly he was trained by Frank Marshall Davis and had his 1st fundraiser for Senate campaign in the living room of Bill Ayers, a known member of the communist Weather Underground movement, so he’s already controlled. Obama, a known communist is no respecter of religion.
‘Rats lack....
I’d like to know what they think he can do to “rescue them”.
Unable to 'tack to the middle' as they used to say, to fool us into voting for them yet again; their mouths betray themselves with their true motivation - Self, power, money, envy and greed.
FBS the lying, deceptive, anti-American POS.
so the democrats have:
* allowed dangerous terror cells across the border
* created and funded a violent fascist organization
* gaslight the american public with biden’s dementia
* collaborated with the chinese communists to distribute poison
* advocated for the chemical castration of american children
* strenuously defended criminal activity
* airlifted PALLETS OF CASH to terrorist regimes in the middle east.
And the NYT thinks that TRUMP!!!, has led the country into “dangerous territory”?!
Yeah, I’m sure...
The only thing Liberals would bring to this dumpster fire is more gasoline
He’s too busy working with the national socialists riots.
Barry is probably busy looking for a new girlfriend.
They’re there to help tear the country down—and that project has continued apace.
Another enemediot with another very interesting LinkedIn page.
Folks, check out the people being hired by the enemedia these days.
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