Posted on 12/27/2016 7:27:38 AM PST by blam
December 27, 2016
President Obama claims he could have won a third term if he had been allowed to run – but even if he's right, his coattails haven’t done much for the rest of his party.
While Obama’s tireless campaigning, broad demographic appeal and message of “hope” and “change” helped propel him to two terms in the White House, his skills on the stump haven’t translated down the ballot.
The Democratic Party suffered huge losses at every level during Obama’s West Wing tenure.
The grand total: a net loss of 1,042 state and federal Democratic posts, including congressional and state legislative seats, governorships and the presidency.
The latter was perhaps the most profound example of Obama's popularity failing to translate to support for his allies. Hillary Clinton, who served as secretary of state under Obama, brought the first family out for numerous campaign appearances. In September, Obama declared that his “legacy’s on the ballot.”
Less than two months later, Americans voted for Donald Trump.
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Which begs the question, why hasn't any tax evasion conviction been overturned on that basis? If the law does in fact say "voluntary" that would seem to a no-brainer for a rookie attorney just out of law school.
If anyone reads up on what happens to people who dare to question wrt this, it is a real eye opener.
I feel profound grief over what the Feds did to Peter Schiff’s dad, how the whole legal process was so corrupt and perverted, it makes me ill just thinking about it.
Make no mistake, the legal mafia known as the Fed Gov’t is not going to allow any other outcome that to benefit itself, especially wrt revenue.
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