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Obama ‘Very Confident’ He Would’ve Won Third Term
Breitbart ^ | 21 Nov 2018 | Tony Lee

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 position—had it not been for both the Constitution and Michelle—to continue in office,” Obama said.

Axelrod had earlier said that some people would like Obama to serve in perpetuity and joked about some of Obama’s 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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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He stole the second term. Of course he would’ve stolen a 3rd and so on. Once a thief; a thief for life.


81 posted on 11/21/2018 1:39:47 PM PST by Boomer (The only good leftists are those who have 'left us' for another country)
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To: MeganC

MeganC wrote:

*In fairness, the Democrats didn’t need to rig an election against Romney because Romney, like McCain before him, was in the bag for Obama anyway.*

Agree 100%. The uniparty also thought Jeb! was entitled succession to the Throne! He was guaranteed to lose bigly, even without President Trump as a Candidate!
Go, Trump! MAGA!


82 posted on 11/21/2018 1:59:56 PM PST by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.)
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To: MeganC

I am not entirely convinced that he didn’t steal his second term... people were turning up for Mitt... against his own wishes it seemed.


83 posted on 11/21/2018 2:03:46 PM PST by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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To: woofer2425

jOkeass should never have won a second term. In fact, I don’t think dumBO thought he would have a second term.


84 posted on 11/21/2018 2:21:34 PM PST by depressed in 06 (60 in '20.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Obama was an illegal fraudulent President who never passed
an average background check. The Congress gave this guy a free pass to the Office of President.

Obama should be investigated for fraud and abuse of power.
He and his wife(?) should both be investigated.


85 posted on 11/21/2018 2:53:14 PM PST by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now. .)
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To: EnglishOnly

Investigated...arrested...sentenced...SuperMax for fraud for the rest of his already malignant, worthless life.


86 posted on 11/21/2018 3:09:20 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Now Barry, you know and I know that 2016 was as much a rejection of your catastrophically bad policies as it was a rejection of the vile Kankles herself.

Keep talking about beloved and popular you are, everyone saw how pitifully small your recent rallies were compared to a typical Trump rally.


87 posted on 11/21/2018 3:16:19 PM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Since he couldn’t (Thank God!) run for a third term, OF COURSE he is positive he could have won. Loser!


88 posted on 11/21/2018 3:29:50 PM PST by upchuck (Once political violence becomes common, the toothpaste is difficult to put back in the tube. ~Lifson)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bite me Dumbo.


89 posted on 11/21/2018 4:00:29 PM PST by Kahuna
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Obama ‘Very Confident’ He Would’ve Won Third Term

Hillary ‘Very Confident’ she should’ve Won First Term

90 posted on 11/21/2018 5:30:46 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: MeganC
OBAMA: “...had it not been for both the Constitution...”

Very telling how that bastard betrays himself here.

Good catch. His hatred for America lingers on and on and on.

91 posted on 11/22/2018 4:53:19 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Let him go to Kenya & run for office there.

He is, after all, Kenyan citizen.


92 posted on 11/22/2018 6:57:38 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
That's what Moochelle's election would represent. Rest of my comment is self-redacted.

93 posted on 11/22/2018 10:46:56 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: OKSooner

OKSooner wrote:

““... 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 position— [had it not been for both the Constitution and Michelle] — to continue in office,” Obama said.”

That fag then tacitly admits that ‘Wifey’ and the ever-cursed ‘Constitution’ were the only obstacles in his way!

He was destined [in his feeble mind] to be the Eternal Ruler of the Cosmos, but the proletariat was too skeptical to allow it!

HMMM...


94 posted on 11/23/2018 4:01:29 PM PST by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.)
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