Posted on 01/19/2017 5:24:59 PM PST by MarvinStinson
Washington (CNN)In the final days of President Barack Obama's second term, a couple of his critics took a moment to express some kind words.
Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, and Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer in separate interviews Wednesday that Obama brought "dignity" to the nation's highest office.
Cotton, a junior senator and frequent critic of Obama's national security decisions, said: "President Obama has been a good role model for young men throughout our society, especially people like him who grew up without a father." "I think the kind of quiet dignity that he's brought to the private side of his life sets a really good example for young men all around the country who maybe don't have a father-figure or don't have a role model they can look up to," Cotton said.
And Manchin, a moderate Democrat from a conservative state, sized up Obama's legacy in a few words. "He really brought a lot of dignity to the office, when you look at basically his family life and how he raised these two wonderful daughters," Manchin said.
He struck a similar note as Cotton, but also praised the direction Obama pulled the country in, while acknowledging their policy differences.
"The way he came in, and the way he's going out: without any mars to it, without any blemishes, without any scandal," Manchin said. "We are in better shape right now. The thing that bothers me most is we have about a $20 trillion debt."
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Lunacy. At least Manchin has an alibi fir his insanity. What the hell drives these idiot Republicans to posture so servilely?
They probably have something to hide and someone is threatening to expose it.
Ain’t politics funny ?
Perfectly said. Our country has suffered for it as these Democrats are literally the enemy within.
Weasels are not dignified.
Manchin recommended Rick Perry today. I’ve heard there is a chance Manchin will switch parties.
Guess it’s that or get beat?
“Dignity”? What lunatics. Resign immediately.
Obama's dignity? For instance, when he propped his feet up on the Oval Office desk?
Thanks to MarvinStinson and Tilted Irish Kilt.
I’m choking over the concept of zero having dignity at all.
Bo is without question the worst fake leader to ever seize power. Organized crime promoted this African con artist to full fill the dreams of a corrupt media, a corrupt political party, and a corrupt soul of support. They proved they had the power to put anything in the White House by any means.
There is nothing dignified about lying repeatedly to the American people. Obama couldn’t open his mouth without lying.
Flashing his middle finger is so very dignified. So, too, not saluting the flag and saying the pledge and agreeing with his beard about so much for a d@mned flag. Bringing in unvetted jihadists. Creating #BLM to divide the nation. Bad mouthing and apologizing for America to the world. Running up such an astronomical debt...
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Cocaine Abuse Symptoms:
Ear, nose, and throat effects: Because the majority of users sniff or snort cocaine through their nose, there are a variety of nasal and sinus diseases. Many users complain of nasal irritation, nasal crusting, recurrent nosebleeds, nasal stuffiness, facial pain caused by sinusitis, and hoarseness.The mucous membrane of both sides of the septum (the cartilage that separates the nostrils) can be damaged by decreased blood supply, along with drying, crusting, and nose picking. This results in a perforation or hole in the septum with more crusting, foul secretions, nosebleeds, and whistling with nasal breathing, the so-called coke nose.
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Roger Clinton talking about cocaine caught on an FBI surveillance tape of Dan Lasater -
"I've got to get some of this for my brother because he has a nose like a vacuum cleaner."
After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and injured 1,000; President Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 and injured 200 U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224 and injured 5,000; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39 U.S. sailors; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
Maybe if Clinton had kept his promise, accepting Bin Laden when offered by the Sudan in 1996 for example, an estimated 6,000 people in New York and Washington, D.C. that are now injured or dead would be alive today.
The Clinton Legacy
"Bill Clinton turned down at least three offers involving foreign governments to help to seize Osama Bin Laden," the Sunday Times of London reported on January 7, 2002. Two of the offers--from the Sudanese government and Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz--have already been reported. A third more mysterious offer to help came from the intelligence services of Saudi Arabia, then led by Prince Turki al-Faisal.
The Times also reports that "according to a witness, Clinton told a dinner companion" shortly after Sept 11 "that the decision to let Bin Laden go was probably 'the biggest mistake of my presidency.' "
1. President Donald Trump, our 45th Potus!
2. Obama crippled the Democratic Party There is perhaps no better indictment of Obamas presidency than how it crippled the Democratic Party nationwide over the course of his two terms. Between state legislatures, governorships, and the U.S. Congress, Democrats lost over 1,000 seats. Twenty-five states now have a total Republican-controlled government, compared to just five with total Democrat-controlled government. Thanks to the outgoing president, the Republican Party is the strongest it has been since the 1920s. But that's a colossal failure I can live with. Thanks, Obama!*
*https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2017/01/obamas-legacy-5-failures-the-media-wont-tell-you-about
That pic (#4)of BO & the heavy lip lock looking at Mooch, you wouldn’t think she would be surprised OTHER THAN it was definitely in public.
Oprah looks like she wants to climb under a rock.
Notice on the kisses BO not even the slightest ‘embarrassed’ like greater majority of ‘straight’ American men would be by kissing a male, whether custom of other country or not, his eyes are closed like he is passionately into it.
No Drama Obama
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