Posted on 11/16/2019 8:11:11 PM PST by NoLibZone
Former President Barack Obama on Friday warned Democratic primary candidates to avoid leaning too far left in their campaigns, and raised concerns that certain liberal policy proposals on health care and immigration might have gone further than public opinion.
In an unusual address to a room of wealthy Democratic donors, Obama urged Democratic candidates to be pragmatic in their messages to voters. While he didn’t mention any specific presidential primary candidate or proposal, Obama warned that the average American voter does not align with views from “certain left-leaning Twitter feeds or the activist wing of our party.”
Obama said that his concerns aren’t a criticism of party activists, whose job he said is to “poke and prod and text and inspire and motivate.” But he emphasized that whoever the candidate is, their ultimate job is to get elected.
“Even as we push the envelope and we are bold in our vision we also have to be rooted in reality,” Obama said. “The average American doesn’t think we have to completely tear down the system and remake it.”
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He wants them to lie abut thier true intent.
Tell them what they want to hear to get elected, after that you can do whatever you want.
As if that clown was center ground on anything.
Too late, that ship has sailed. All there canidates are to the left of Obama both tomes he ran for President.
He’s just plugging for Biden/Bloomberg indirectly as He knows the country will not accept socialism/communism....yet.
The devil must be careful not to reveal who he really is.
From the you are way too late department.
After the election, they’ll have more flexibility
ALL TRUE.
Yes...lie before the election, do what you want after, once you have won.
Its far too late for that message.
Yep, they have publicly admitted that they are extremely far left. They have lied about their true intent for decades and now their gun grabbing, wealth stealing, socialistic health care, pro gender dysphoric, totalitarian plans and many lifelong DemocRats are recoiling. They may not vote for a Republican, but they may not vote at all.
And signing an Executive Order to let men use the ladies’ bathrooms is rooted in reality?
“The devil must be careful not to reveal who he really is”.
That’s right. Obama is telling them to maintain the incremental plan.
Don’t forget they came clean and admitted they want open borders and infinite benefits for the illegals to be paid for by taxpaying citizens.
They can’t put that horse back in the barn.
Obama no longer cool. Sounding like an old fuddy-duddy.
Alanis Morissette, THIS is irony. :)
Obama doesn’t care for being “community organized.”
He enjoyed victimizing others that way. But it don’t feel good to be Alinskied.
After all, he’s just telling them to lie before the election like he did. Then they can be as radical as they want.
Where hast thou been? Too late.
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