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Once the hope candidate, Obama in his final days faces a hopeless electorate
Washington Post ^ | 30 Oct 16 | Greg Jaffe

Posted on 10/30/2016 5:40:20 PM PDT by SkyPilot

LAS VEGAS — President Obama’s motorcade was still hurtling through Las Vegas traffic when the Rev. Anthony Harris took the microphone to deliver the opening prayer at a rally here for Hillary Clinton.

He looked out on the crowd of 3,000 in the high school gymnasium, waiting for the president to arrive. The feeling was different now than it had been eight years earlier, when Obama had just been elected and Harris led his congregation in prayer for the president. Then, there had been crying and cheering in his tiny storefront chapel and a sense that anything was possible.

Now, Harris, 47, took a deep breath. He hoped his words would rise above the anger and divisiveness of an election season unlike any in his lifetime.

“We pray that at the end of this political process we can learn to love each other, bless each other and trust each other,” he told the crowd, but that noble sentiment did not survive the rally’s first speaker.

Taking the microphone, Sen. Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) blasted Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as a “liar,” a “racist” and a “fraud.” “Lock him up! Lock him up!” the pro-Clinton crowd in the gym started to chant, echoing the anti-Clinton chants of “Lock her up!” that have become common at Trump rallies

“I know people are frustrated,” Harris recalled, thinking as he returned to his seat. “But what does ‘lock him up’ even mean?”

In the week leading up to Election Day, the president will crisscross the country in an effort to help Clinton win the White House and safeguard his legacy.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barrysoetoro; election; hopeandchange; obama
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1 posted on 10/30/2016 5:40:20 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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“In the week leading up to Election Day, the president will crisscross the country in an effort to help Clinton win the White House and safeguard his legacy.”

We shall see. I think he’s dumber than I thought if he’s still willing to, ‘Shill for Hill!’


2 posted on 10/30/2016 5:43:10 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: SkyPilot

Lock him up? For what, being a Republican? At least there are plenty of reasons to lock up Hillary.


3 posted on 10/30/2016 5:43:27 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: SkyPilot

Get out your violins-


4 posted on 10/30/2016 5:43:47 PM PDT by orchestra ((And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.))
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To: SkyPilot

Sounds like Pastor Harris needs a few months in a reeducation camp to get his head straight.


5 posted on 10/30/2016 5:43:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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6 posted on 10/30/2016 5:44:29 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (HRC's only chance to win is to discourage Trump voters. We Vote, we WIN! Simple as that.)
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To: SkyPilot

Heh. Vegas continually greets homobama in a high-school gym, whereas today Vegas’s Sheldon Addleson opened up his cavernous Sands Convention Center for Trump. Smack dab in the heart of The Strip.

Welcome to the new world, byotches!


7 posted on 10/30/2016 5:44:41 PM PDT by Vision Thing (You see the depths of my heart, and You love me the same...)
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To: SkyPilot

82 days and counting.
Good riddance, POS.


8 posted on 10/30/2016 5:45:11 PM PDT by mcmuffin (Freedom's On The March - Wave Goodbye!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I’m really curious to know if Obozo will be cancelling any of his campaigning, in light of Friday’s revelations.


9 posted on 10/30/2016 5:45:34 PM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: SkyPilot

The thrill is gone.


10 posted on 10/30/2016 5:45:45 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: SkyPilot

Hussein was NEVER the candidate of hope.


11 posted on 10/30/2016 5:46:12 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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If Hitlery loses that means Obama will have failed in his mission to take down the Great Satan. What will his Muzzie bosses say then?


12 posted on 10/30/2016 5:46:18 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hillary Clinton IS a felon.)
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To: SkyPilot

He was the Hope and Change candidate.

After almost 8 years of his horrific record, I’m hoping for change.

So what’s the problem?


13 posted on 10/30/2016 5:47:17 PM PDT by Maceman (Screw the Party. Save the Country.)
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To: SkyPilot

We need the Lord’s protection between now and the Jan 20th departure.


14 posted on 10/30/2016 5:48:25 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (To liberals, lying is like breathing. Believe what you cannot see.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I wonder how this isn’t a violation of the Hatch Act?


15 posted on 10/30/2016 5:48:45 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: SkyPilot

His legacy as a malignant traitor and a Freedom hater is secured. His legacy as THE worst president is secured. Only his arrest and conviction remain to be secured.


16 posted on 10/30/2016 5:49:35 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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If he interfered with an FBI criminal investigation, he should go to prison.


17 posted on 10/30/2016 5:50:10 PM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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More barf-o-rama.

I suspect the Rev. Harris will pull the lever for Mr. Trump.


18 posted on 10/30/2016 5:50:41 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is public enemy #1)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Hussein was NEVER the candidate of hope.

The candidate of hype, the candidate of hate... but never the candidate of hope.

19 posted on 10/30/2016 5:52:53 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is public enemy #1)
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To: SkyPilot

In other words, after 8 years, he’s a total failure in achieving anything good. All he did was bring destruction.


20 posted on 10/30/2016 5:54:45 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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