Posted on 11/26/2019 7:50:41 AM PST by Red Badger
Former President Obama reportedly told a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate that his former Vice President Joe Biden doesn't have what it takes to win the Oval Office.
Obama, 58, has remained relatively quiet during the first part of the Democratic primary; however, he has met with many of the candidates privately. In one particular meeting, the former president took a dig at his own vice president, according to Politico.
"With one candidate, he pointed out that during his own 2008 campaign, he had an intimate bond with the electorate, especially in Iowa, that he no longer has. Then he added, 'And you know who really doesn’t have it? Joe Biden,'" Ryan Lizza reported.
The former president's dig stands in stark contrast to the relationship Biden has depicted during his campaign. Biden, who has repeatedly stated that he doesn't want Obama's endorsement because whoever wins the primary "should win it on their own merits,” has frequently referenced his time working within the Obama White House.
The former vice president cites the Obama administration's record on healthcare as well as on the economy frequently. However, he has also been faced at times with difficult questions from his time in office. During multiple presidential debates this fall, Biden took heat from rival candidates for both relying on Obama's legacy when it suits him and for distancing himself from it when it was more beneficial for him.
There is a precedent for former presidents to hold out endorsing their second-in-command’s subsequent White House bids. Ronald Reagan did not endorse George H. W. Bush's candidacy in 1988 until it was clear who the GOP nominee would be. Then, there was the 1968 Democratic presidential campaign in which Lyndon B. Johnson declined to offer a robust endorsement of Hubert Humphrey until a little more than a month before the general election.
“For those who weren’t around to remember...Johnson didn’t run for reelection in ‘68 because he was deeply unpopular. He did Humphrey a favor by not endorsing him.”
I remember Johnson’s address clear as a bell. I thought my parents were going to fall off their chairs when LBJ stated: “Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your president.”
They as well as much of the nation were flabbergasted.
Stammering, stuttering calling out GROPER’S processing issues? Thanks, Barry.
There is a backlog in the Democrat laboratory.
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Gosh is that the first statement by 44 that is correct?
The only angle I’d consider where I’d disagree is that they know they’re going to lose anyway and will setup an “old white male” to be the fall guy...as a premise that they can no longer win for D’s going forward.
And Carter picked Mondale
“Clinton picked Gore.
Kerry picked John Edwards.
Obama picked Biden.
Hilliary picked Tim Kaine..................”
It goes back quite a ways.
FDR picked Truman because he was a nobody from flyover country.
McGovern picked Tom Eagleton then had to replace him with Sargent Shriver..............
So he stabbed Biden in the back? That’s who you call a friend? For Slow Joe, its... well, uh... bye!
That’s what being Barry’s VP got him.
That have little choice - “Blame Whitey” is what their minority blocs want to hear, and if the Dems piss those loud-mouthed groups off they are in even worse trouble.
Obama is paranoid and wanted someone for VP that was so bad that no one would impeach him.
Thanks for adding music to the thread. Sorry, I didn’t notice. BUMP! Wave to the clowns when you see them driving by.
Don’t forget, Obama KNOWS all the dirt on Biden.......................
Biden already had 8 years as President! When are Conservatives going to understated that Obama was just the lawn jockey that White Liberals used to pass their most daring social re engineering of America now we have all types of Socialist Kooks running for President and Congress and all these little Snowflakes embracing that crap! Remember, if you opposed it, “You are racist, bigoted homophobic nativiest.”
Biden was a ‘placeholder’ nothing more.
He used his ‘place’ to make money.
Obama KNOWS all the dirt.
He would not endorse him only to have him lose or worse, get indicted....................
“What a back stabber.”
And after JoeB called B.O. the first “clean” African-American candidate”. Where’s the love?
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