Posted on 01/25/2016 7:29:09 AM PST by COUNTrecount
President Obama is now praising Hillary as she continues her primary struggle with Sen. Bernie Sanders - but he's cautious not to dismiss the avowed Democratic socialist's success with primary voters.
In an interview with Politico's Glenn Thrush, Obama repeatedly praised Clinton's personality and intelligence, calling her "wicked smart" but also "warm and funny."
Obama's public comments come as Clinton supporters are alarmed by Sanders' resurgence in polling of early states.
"I've gotten to know Hillary really well, and she is a good, smart, tough person who cares deeply about this country," Obama said.
He admitted that Clinton was a bit "rusty" when she got back into the presidential campaign, but says she's well equipped to be his successor.
"Her strengths, which are the fact that she's extraordinarily experienced - and, wicked smart and knows every policy inside and out," he said, claiming she would be capable of governing the country on day one.
Obama also praised her for the ability to "project genuine concern in smaller groups and to interact with people, where folks realize she's really warm and funny and engaging."
"She has been in the public eye for a long time and in a culture in which new is always better," he said. "And, you know, you're always looking at the bright, shiny object that people don't, haven't seen before. That's a disadvantage to her."
Obama explained that he understood how hard it was for her to campaign against him in 2008, but also signaled respect for his former Secretary of State.
"I'll always remember the sheer strength, determination, endurance, stick-to-it-ness, never-give-up attitude that Hillary had during those primaries," he said, adding that "she had to do everything that I had to do, except, like Ginger Rogers, backwards in heels."
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Obama speaking in movie cliches now?
I guess he is half right. Odd and wicked certainly fit.
I’d agree with the wicked and the warm parts, with the warmth coming from the infernal regions
It’s the only original thinking he is capable of.
There aren’t enough IQ points in the sum of both of them to reach three digits.
He admitted that Clinton was a bit “rusty”
Corroded is more like it, eaten up by her
own bile.
Yeh....Miss Warmth....OMG
Considering Hillary, by all accounts, is the opposite of warm and funny and Obama is obviously trying to compensate for her shortcomings by promoting them as strengths we can assume that Hillary is also as stupid as a box of hair.
“Wicked, smart, warm, and funny”
She’s warm? I’ve seen warmer women on ID channel’s “Wives with Knives” show.
“and your little dog, too!”
I’ll agree that Hillary is as smart as she is warm or funny.
Well, he’s right about one thing: she is wicked.
Cold and grim, huh. In the end, yes.
Sure she is! She just has to lay on top of a rock in the sunlight for a while, that’s all!
So... did they misspell “fuzzy” or “furry” ?
Wicked, yes.
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