Posted on 01/15/2017 2:16:52 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
CHICAGO — He may be leaving the White House but he isn't totally going away.
As President Obama gave his farewell address to the nation on Tuesday night, he also began the shift to a third stage of his political career. The once young, idealistic senator-turned-two-term-president will soon become an influential strategist and ally to those worried about the future with Donald Trump at the helm of the most powerful nation on the planet.
Obama nodded to this new role in his speech Tuesday. He did not directly criticize his successor, but used lines like "I reject discrimination against Muslim-Americans" that were clearly aimed at Trump and delighted the audience of more than 20,000 Democrats who crowded into McCormick Place to hear his final address as president.
His path forward is still evolving. Prior to November's election, Obama and his aides had hinted that the outgoing president would limit his future involvement in politics and instead focus on writing a book chronicling his eight years in office, use his foundation to expand his "My Brother's Keeper" program and give speeches and join boards, as other ex-presidents have done.
But now, Obama's chief achievements, such as his climate change policies and the Affordable Care Act, are in danger of being gutted by the Republican Congress, the Democratic Party is in disarray and much of the country — and the world — is uncertain what a Trump presidency will bring.
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Obama’s movement should be flushed.
Think “turd”.
That looks like the Boogeyman.
Lewis' 5th District is 14th in violent crime, on a national scale.
From the Atlanta Constitution, no less: Trump trashes John Lewis' district: Things to know about 5th Congressional District
The about-to-be FORMER Narcissist-in-Chief will soon come to realize that the country has no need of his continued BS. When President Trump makes America great again, many Trump doubters hopefully finally will see the fraud known as Barrack Hussein Obama. But then again, perhaps not as liberalism is a mental disorder.
gee I thought he might announce that he prefers the company of men
What a small Movement he has left.
“Obama and his movement”
A more perfect headline couldn’t have been wordsmithed if you tried.
It says it all. Whose it is, what it is, and what it consists of.
Bowel movement? Ewww...
Obama has a bowel movement. Film at 11.
I am going to stick with my prediction:
1. MSNBC will hire jOkeass for the price of a good linebacker.
2. ObOzO will squander that without making any contribution.
3. Odunga will be the only living homeless man with Secret Service protection.
4. dumBO will suit Mooch, who has an extremely well paying no show job, for alimony.
As America becomes safer, stronger and jobs-filled, his words will ring as the lies that they are.
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