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The myth of Obama’s ‘disappearance’
NY POST ^ | June 30, 2018 | Paul Sperry

Posted on 06/30/2018 10:31:22 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

If you believe recent media accounts, the former Democratic president has suddenly transcended the political fray. It’s as if a newly “Zen-like” Barack Obama is content to just write his memoir and let Donald Trump and Republicans write the next chapter of history.

In a cover story asking “Where is Barack Obama?” for example, New York magazine concluded that the 44th president has “virtually disappeared” from the political scene and is sitting idly by as his legacy is dismantled piece by piece. From an exclusive interview, the periodical concluded Obama was “modeling his political engagement out of office after George W. Bush’s” — that is, staying out of the rough-and-tumble of politics, maintaining distance from his former office and resigning himself to be an elder statesman fading into the sunset.

Don’t buy it.

Obama is doing far more to shape the political landscape than is visible. In fact, for an ex-prez, he’s taking an unusually active role in politics, including helping radical protest groups fight Trump and his policies and devising a scheme to flip the GOP majority in the House and permanently turn red seats blue.

From his sprawling DC office not far from the White House, where he oversees a full-time staff of 20, Obama has held regular meetings with Democratic lawmakers, as well as DNC chief Tom Perez, whom he personally helped install to run the Democratic Party. Obama has also met with his attorney general, Eric Holder, to craft a strategy to redraw congressional district maps in Democrats’ favor, according to Politico. Holder now runs the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, which Obama helped his old friend launch.

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KEYWORDS: census; dnc; enumeration; ericholder; illegals; immigration; obamatrump; ofa; paulsperry; perez; pieobama; redistricting; tomperez
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To: GnuThere

I wonder if Obama has Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dorne on the payroll as one of his 20 people on staff?


21 posted on 06/30/2018 11:20:45 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: mrsmel

Yes, I’m extremely thankful!

You’re right, they must feel the walls closing in. The planted rats are being exposed and not many are buying their BS anymore.


22 posted on 06/30/2018 11:21:31 AM PDT by Heart of Georgia
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To: Sacajaweau

Barakski 0bamaov is running the commie rooskie attempts to interfere in the 2018 election.


23 posted on 06/30/2018 11:25:36 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: COUNTrecount

SCIF, not skiff.


24 posted on 06/30/2018 11:28:27 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: hardspunned

Mano Negra is hiding in the closet!
Beware.

Back to the here and now, “What did the President know and when did he know it?”


25 posted on 06/30/2018 11:30:27 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: COUNTrecount
Obama, who maintains a home in Chicago

He can't dump the Chicago house until the dump in the park is a done deal.

26 posted on 06/30/2018 11:34:10 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
Seal Team VI has a debt to settle with the kenyan b@st@rd.

Be still my heart.
27 posted on 06/30/2018 11:38:20 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: COUNTrecount

He hasn’t disappeared. He won’t shut the f up about anything.


28 posted on 06/30/2018 11:43:41 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: FlipWilson

I say let him loose———he has done more for the resurgence of conservatives and Republicans than anyone out there.


29 posted on 06/30/2018 11:45:15 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: All

"I was recently diagnosed w/ “transient global amnesia" But only on the subjects of Benghazi, Obamacare, and my golf score."

" I'm having an episode right now--relapsing to the days as the tuba player in my high school band."

30 posted on 06/30/2018 11:45:58 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: COUNTrecount

The best move Zero could ever make, would be to run for president of Kenya, and then use his magical tingle power to bring some sort of peace and organization to the tribal mess loosely called Africa. That should occupy him for the next 40 years.


31 posted on 06/30/2018 1:42:38 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: Blue Highway

Probably unpaid advisors...


32 posted on 06/30/2018 4:16:56 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Hostage
A $65,000,000 deal with Netflix is a big red flag as to what’s going down with Obamala.

As soon as I heard Netflix was hiring this flaming traitor and his wife, I called and cancelled my subscription. The young man on the phone said he'd received quite a few such calls. So Odungo and his wife won't be getting a dime from me toward that salary.

33 posted on 06/30/2018 8:16:57 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: COUNTrecount

He took a hiatus to give Tiger Woods golf lessons


34 posted on 06/30/2018 8:47:09 PM PDT by Figment
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ...

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35 posted on 07/01/2018 7:01:05 AM PDT by bitt (t\\)
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