Posted on 11/21/2018 10:42:30 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Former President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that he was very confident he would have won a third term had the Constitution and his wife allowed him to run again. Speaking to his former top adviser David Axelrod at a live recording of the The Axe Files podcast at the University of Chicago, Obama said he believes voters felt that he had taken the job seriously, worked hard, been true to my oath, observed and hopefully strengthened the norms and the rules and the values of our democracy.
I feel very confident that I was in a positionhad it not been for both the Constitution and Michelleto continue in office, Obama said.
Axelrod had earlier said that some people would like Obama to serve in perpetuity and joked about some of Obamas supporters even wanting him to run for vice president.
The former president, though, added that he is not sure it is a healthy thing to serve more than two terms, pointing out that in countries without term limits, even very good people lose their edge and get stale and comfortable in the position.
Obama said it is useful to have a democracy have to continually evolve.
Had Obama been allowed to run for a third term, he would have faced off against Donald Trump in 2016. But when Axelrod asked whether Obama believed he could defeat President Trump in 2020 in a hypothetical one-on-one matchup, Obama did not take the bait.
I will not answer that direct question for obvious reasons, Obama said.
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Another example of Obama’s arrogance and conceit (pompous, presumptuous and pretentious too.)
As his narcissism continues.
of course, the entire media-industrial complex was behind him.
Unfortunately, I am also. The same fools, idiots, traitors, coupled with a little voter fraud that put him in the White House two times would have put him there three times.
But definitely against Jeb! or Kasich.
I don’t care what Obama thinks now. And I believe I’m in the majority. Trump’s candidate beat Obama’s candidate in the 2018 mid-terms.
Trump would have had a field day exposing the true nature of the sissy, criminal, perpetually butt hurt, incompetent, petulant, Muslim, homosexual Marxist Kenyan.
Hail to the 22nd Amendmemt!
obama is the reason all those from the establishment who ran for President.. LOST .. and the reason Trump won!
obams is so full of himself he leaves a stain wherever he goes!
More “clever” self-promoting propaganda... claiming that the only reason he’s not POTUS now.. is because he suddenly respects our American constitution?????????
give us a break! This BS from the anti-American illegal immigrant who was, at any event, never constitutionally eligible to become POTUS in the first place...
all this BS Obammy statement reveals is his continuing insecurity over his status residing in America (and as a free man, too!)
If so, it would be just as he “won” all of his fake college degrees...he’s a quota boy.
Period.
That loon couldn’t pass ANY real college course of 50 years ago.
There are many brilliant African-Americans out there. I have worked with them. Dorkbama the Muslim eunuch quota boy is not in that class.
Hillary was pretty confident that she would win too...
And this guy is allegedly a Constitutional scholar? BS. But it’s probably very likely he’s never heard of the 22nd amendment.
His candidates didn’t too well this election cycle.
Hillary was NEVER considered to be a worthy successor to Obama. Just didn’t have the panache, you know.
As if anybody could, in the Hafrican’s mind.
Yep, he stole the first two.
Hey, why not. It’s not like he has to follow rules. Third term, fake BC, not NBC and many Box 13s.
Holy crap! A talking turd! /rimshot
Talking about himself again? How unusual. /s
He would have found out that Trump is not McCain or Romney.
How would Obama have reacted with the first tweet from DT concerning his sealed college records?
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