Posted on 12/28/2016 5:36:51 AM PST by IBD editorial writer
Transfer of Power: President Obama's "exit interview" on CNN with former advisor David Axelrod generated plenty of attention when Obama bragged that he could have beaten Donald Trump. Missed in the hullabaloo, however, was a pledge by Obama that he would abide by tradition and retire with dignity as ex-president.
According to Axelrod, Obama admired the way George Bush had honored that tradition after he stepped down as president. "I know you feel strongly about that," Axelrod said.
To which Obama said: "But the day-to-day scrum, that's not only — not only is it contrary to tradition for the ex-president to be involved in that, but I also think would inhibit the development of those new voices."
But Obama has already violated that pledge in the abysmal way he's handled himself postelection.
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Day-to-day scrum? You mean like blaming Bush for everything wrong for years?
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