Posted on 10/31/2018 12:18:32 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Former President Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail in the final days before the midterm elections, stumping for Democratic candidates in critical races in states such as Illinois, Georgia and Florida. Obama has ramped up his campaign appearances in recent weeks.
The case Obama is making is somewhat similar to one that President Trump has made in his rallies, on the importance of voting in the midterm elections even though neither man is on the ballot. It's not unusual for former presidents to make campaign appearances after their tenure. But Obama is campaigning against Mr. Trump's agenda and Republican candidates less than two years after he left office, a departure from a historical norm in which former presidents tend to avoid openly criticizing their successors.
Although former President George W. Bush has quietly campaigned for Republican candidates this year, and former President Bill Clinton campaigned for Democrats in 2012, most stay out of the spotlight in their first years of retirement.
In his first campaign appearance in Chicago, Illinois, on Sept. 7, Obama said that he had not openly criticized Mr. Trump because he was "intent on following a wise American tradition of ex-presidents gracefully exiting the political stage and making room for new voices and new ideas." However, he added, "this is one of those pivotal moment when every one of us, as citizens of the United States, need to determine just who it is that we are, just what it is that we stand for."
"As a fellow citizen, not as an ex-president but as a fellow citizen, I am here to deliver a simple message, and that is that you need to vote because our democracy depends on it," he said.
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Our democracy, Our democracy, Our democracy...
How many of the Rats says this over and over
They squawk like a bunch of trained parrots.
Not unusual if you are an AZZHAT!
He’s never been able to pass up a camera.
EVERYTHING about obama is “unusual”.
That phony ought to be in prison, not free to run around the world undermining the USA.
Ah, but the best part is that he is political poison but too egotistical to recognize that he can only hurt Democrats by campaigning for them.
Shows how bad off the democrats really are in these mid-terms.
Obama is the egg that hatched Trump. The two are inextricably linked. Trump is Obama’s legacy. The more he shows his face, the deeper he stands in Trump’s shadow.
“I dont think Ive hated another human as much as I hate that vile POS.”
Bill and Hillary are pretty deserving, don’t you think?
“Obama said that he had not openly criticized Mr. Trump”
Obama’s word. that’s enough for CBS. simply ignore all the criticism he has made since Trump became President.
any mention of the tiny numbers turning out to listen to him? not going to the link, but doubt it.
Yes, it is a toss up.
Hillary cackling like a banshee or barking like a dog.
Bill biting his damn lip.
Aaaaggrrhhh....I’m going insane.
>>> The more he shows his face, the deeper he stands in Trumps shadow. <<<
Well said.
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