Posted on 06/03/2016 6:49:50 AM PDT by LRoggy
Edward Klein has made a living the last few years writing about the long simmering feud between the Clinton cabal and the Obama loyalists and how they are the two main factions vying for long term control of the Democrat Party, with the undertone in his books being the personality clashes among them.
Whether the still angered Big Dog feeling he was slimed as a racist in 2008 or other instances highlighted in the books, it’s clear that the Obama/Clinton détente is solely for current political considerations and that the undertones have never gone away.
In a few days California might well ignite to a higher level (think Defcon rankings as a similarity) the internal competitiveness if a certain result ensues. An easy Hillary win pretty much seals the deal and much of the détente continues in the long term offset position until the general election.
But if ‘The Bern’ pulls the upset, and particularly if the margin is at least 3 points, the dynamic of the détente starts to change.
What no member of the national media wants to touch is that Obama holds ALL the cards here. He is much younger and will be around a long time and will be able to almost act as a shadow government due to the popularity the MSM has for him, regardless of whether it is a Democrat or Republican administration. He also has TWO shots at destroying the détente if he chooses to do so. Before the convention AND after the general election if Hillary! loses to Trump.
It’s really a simple calculation and it explains much of what the email/server scandal has done to the Clinton camp. Lost in much of the back and forth about the scandal is the simple fact that the server was set up to hide communications from her boss. The media can’t go there because it can’t be spun to Hillary’s favor. In fact, the attempt by them to keep the focus on ‘classification’ is the best hand they have to play, since the server itself has no slick answer.
But that doesn’t mean the Obama camp has not forgotten. And certainly has not forgiven.
So back to California.
If Bernie wins easily the drumbeat for a Biden rescue mission starts. Not that it wouldn’t be painful for the party. Bernie’s supporters are not going to lay down and let Biden glide in, but if it comes down to a Biden/Warren ticket then most of them can hold their nose and at least feel they are at least cementing their political gains if they win.
Watch for the first domino . . . DWS out as head of the Party. Should she fall then the super delegates can start to shift. Not necessarily to Bernie, but to an open position. A couple of ballots that don’t come to a nominee. Then Biden to the rescue.
Even a Trump win against a Biden-led ticket can be spun by the Obama side as being Hillary’s fault. No long term loss for them there. Go on to 2020 and consolidate the behind the scenes power by supporting whoever they want to work with.
Does anyone doubt that Barack Obama would sacrifice one election cycle to keep power behind the scenes? I certainly wouldn’t.
And then you have the ultimate get even. Obama gives the Justice Department the ‘wink and a nod’ to indict Hillary for the classification issue and maybe even a RICO charge on the Clinton Foundation. Between the November election and the New Year.
Kill two birds with one stone. Get rid of the Clinton legacy in the party. Remember, the whole 1992 campaign was to take control of the party from its furthest left instincts and the far left has never forgotten that. Destroy the Foundation and you completely take away the power base of the Clintons.
Game, set, match.
Barack Obama keeps control of the Democrat Party for a long time to come. And the only way that doesn’t happen is if Hillary Clinton is the next president.
But why would she feel any confidence at all knowing this Damoclean Sword hangs over her?
I would go to Washington DC with my rifle in my hand. I would expect tens of millions of others to follow me.
50 individual states
What about the other seven?
Well, I suppose it would have to do with the way he has done everything else. He writes out an ‘executive order’ and poof it becomes “law.” Based upon what has been witnessed in the past, he doesn’t seem to need any approval from the congress.
If he does, it will be Revolution.
If the Clintons had blackmail material on Obama, they would have used it in 2008.
Compelling prognostication you e-penned.
How the hell have we sunken so low that we’ve let the media effectively desensitize the American people to all this corruption?
Eliminating Hillary from the race and convicting her would be so easy if 1% of current and former military servicemen and defense contractors with security clearances raised a social media and public protest storm making it clear that Hillary’s abuse of secret government data would unquestionably result in a long term prison sentence for anyone else.
I have a Brilliant idea to destroy Hillary’s presidential run.
Trump should bring military veterans on stage from all five branches of service and dramatically pose to them these questions -
Trump (on stage, to his audience):
“People, we have here military veteran representatives from the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and the Coast Guard.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice for our country. Can we have a round of applause for everyone who has honorably served our country in our military?”
(Big round of applause and hollering)
Trump: “I have some questions for each of you servicemen. Please tell this audience what would happen if there was clear evidence you repeatedly mishandled sensitive national security information over the course several years, involving thousands of sensitive government emails you redirected to a personal email server.
Please respond to the following questions”
“1. Would you immediately lose your security clearance and be forbidden from further access to sensitive national security information? Yes, or no?”
“2. Is there any doubt you would be tried and convicted for violating federal data security violations? Yes, or no?”
“3. Please tell us where you would be spending many of your years as a result of your conviction and sentencing?
Army vet: “prison”
Navy vet: “prison”
Marine vet: “prison”
Air force vet: “prison”
Coast guard vet: “prison”
Trump:
“There you have it people.
From our vets who know well about how sensitive matters of national security Must be handled, and what would happen to them and Anyone else who had the nerve to misuse their access to national security information.
Can you say Hillary for Imprisonment?!”
Wash, rinse, repeat at Every Trump rally.
RE: “Just have a feeling that this is kind of baked in the cake already”
There will be a Quid pro Quo with this. Charges will be threatened but not filed, Hillary will "graciously" drop out (maybe cite health), and Obama will give both B & H a blanket pardon.
Now that gets tougher. I hope the _resident just gets off the golf coarse and visits those seven states individually. We would then be rid of him.
Or, as I have been arguing for some time now, well before the election and perhaps before the Dem Convention.
Do it Obama. Make the call to Loretta. Give her the word: INDICT.
Yeah, that’s not going to happen.
If he waits that long, Hillary’s name is already on the ballots, whether she is indicted or not, and indictment is not a disqualification for a candidate. Besides, there are plenty of other 3rd party candidates in the race as well. Even if there were only one candidate left, that wouldn’t give him any excuse to suspend an election. Lots of elections are held every year where only one candidate runs for the office, so that isn’t any kind of emergency.
Besides, people freak out everytime there is a Democrat president and say “he’ll suspend elections” (and the left freaks out and says the same thing every time there is a Republican president). It never happens.
(shorter) The feud between the Chicago Mob and the Dixie Mafia.
Nailed it, aurthurus! Personnel is Policy.
The ultimate self delusion will send them down in flames.
That’s 59 states, according to Obama.
Obummer is too lazy to exercise any control.
No one will listen to ObOzO once he cannot sign Executive Orders or issue directives.
Obola will be bankrupt 6 months after leaving office.
The Wookie will divorce dumBO 9 months after he leaves office.
No fix is in and I speak with confidence.
Obama is covering for Hillary plain and simple. Here is why.
ONCE ANY CLASSIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN PLACED IN A NON SECURE LOCATION OR IN THE HANDS OF SOMEONE NOT AUTHORIZED TO HAVE IT, THAT INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE COMPROMISED AND IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY. PLAIN AND SIMPLE, ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO PROVE OR SHOW IT HAS BEEN COMPROMISED, THE MERE FACT THE INFORMATION WAS NOT SAFEGUARDED PROPERLY COMPROMISES THE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
If the Democrat ticket turns out to be Biden/Warren, and if Trump is in the lead in October, and if Obama thinks Biden could beat whoever it is who is Trump’s running mate, he could go Full Joe Stalin and have Trump “liquidated.”
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