Wife Elaine Chao smiles and nods her head in 45/140's cabinet.

He's a piece of shit.

NEVER trust a republican on anything, ever.

SO right about that - it would have been a bloody mess!

Tells me all I need to know.

You know, I wonder what is going through PRESIDENT OBAMA'S mind since January, 2017:

After all he did to rescue this country from financial disaster, improve our standing and relations throughout the world, and work to improve the American experience - to be derided, ridiculed, lied about, attacked, and see so many of his initiatives thrown out the window.................

Certainly speaks for the man's character - and such a shame that SO MANY do not "get it," appreciate it, or understand it.

I'm certain that history will be much kinder to this great man that we have been.

Literally saved us from ourselves.

The problem was this black man did not fix every problem 200 years of non black presidents created. So many who are NOT republicans stayed home in 2010 and fucking us.


He fixed many of the problems, like getting ACA but many demanded he fix EVERYTHING

Oh, and in less than 2 years no less.

1. Those same people who stayed home in 2010 did the same thing in 2016

2. You are SO right about the "2 year fix" thing: had to fight the "Blue dogs" (Democrats in name only).

And, of course, we had McTurtle's pronouncement that the Pugs would make sure that PRESIDENT OBAMA was a 1-term president.
Amazing that he EVER got ANYTHING done!

furious with him and stopped supporting him and the party. They were the problem.

But it is growing and will become larger as the years go by.

We have not seen the last of the Obama family. This scenario is just unfolding.

Probably set the correct things in motion, and hasn't looked back. I wish it was different, but, nobody signs up for a lifetime gig. See both Bushes, Clinton, Carter etc. These guys move on. As they should. I sure miss President Obama, but, why should the man stress about all of us when it sure seems like he gets continuous flack and blame for everything.
How many times can one man fix the country? Mrs. Obama was thoroughly through with all of it near the end and wanted him to rest and be her husband. Who can blame her?
At some point a new wave of concerned and able people need to learn the lessons and move on. Sec. Clinton was literally drove into the ground for trying to serve her country. We let it happen. this is what we have. Our republic is our responsibility. There's a price for freedom and I'm not referring to guns and bombs. We need to move our feet like teachers and students have done recently. Is it un nerving? Sure is. But, nowhere in the world is it just a free ride in these types of situations. We can't "just vote'. We HAVE to get a move on. Sitting behind a computer is nice, (including the very words I type myself), but that doesn't get done what we need.
The Boston Tea Party is American History for a reason. It was scary. but, Patriots swung into action. The 60's hurt, but, people put their shoes on, and made a sign and showed up. We have to show up again. OUTSIDE.
We have to be braver than some comments on the computer. Once you start, it goes easy. Find a protest partner. Make a plan. Then roll. If it requires a bus ticket. Find out how to get one. If it requires walking...make a plan. If it requires a drive...carpool it with someone who can do it...and PARTICIPATE in making it happen. Usually that starts w saving some money, (not much) but gas money, etc. make some sandwiches if you have to. Don't expect people to pay your way, but, if it happens as a result, ALL the better. It doesn't have to hurt. It's fun once you start, and when you're back home...wow. The feeling of accomplishment stays with you for a long time. And you realize, it wasn't that hard.This country has had it too easy for too long. The unions are gone, our jobs have taken flight. Our spirit is broken, but, that can be fixed. We are so lucky to have had president Obama and Clinton. Time to get going. Prepare, put some stuff together, and DO IT.
Lastly, GET YARD SIGNS EARLY, and GET THE STONES TO TAKE A STAND. How much worse can it get? Often when you lead, others follow. BE the change you want.
That's just my two cents. Ride on.

and welcome to DU (yeah, I'm a "little late" - but sincere! )

And good day.

1. A retired President will not criticize a sitting President.
2. A sitting President will not criticize his predecessor.

Shitler has broken rule #2 (repeatedly!); I think it’s time for Obama to takes the gloves off re: rule #1. Fuck what the media and the Rethugs say about it; Trumptard has changed the rules, it’s time to fight back on all fronts.

who would like to see that, I think there's NO WAY President Obama would ever do that.

He refused to let the McTurtle drag him into the mud - ain't no way IQ45's gonna' do it!

What about a transcript? Who was there as a witness?

If only they had recorded that meeting.

They could have released that before mcconnel got back to his lair.

And nobody is blaming ....

Asking questions still OK?

When will the dems stop cowering in fear of the right wing media & take the fuckers head on? They've lived in fear of the media for 35+ years while ignoring hate radio, & now half the country would rather vote for a pedophile than a democrat.

We need more Adam Schiff's & Eric Swalwell's.

that these traitorous assholes did any such thing.

The post that I was responding to wanted President Obama to release the information of Russian interference in our elections to the public, and bash McConnell, Trump or anyone else that got in the way of Americans knowing the truth.

The poster was saying that the Obama Administration should have called the turtle's bluff.

understood what McConnell's Game Plan was,this just gives those people the facts that they were not wrong.

McTurtle is just as dirty as the rest of the rePUTIN party!

are both equally dirty. However, IQ45 is stupid - McTurtle is not.

BOTH are traitors!

Collusion, McConnell-style.

prison? They have led the gang of Republicans to nearly destroy this country and it will take trillion$ and years to fix the damage they've done just in the past year, not to mention the obstruction they backed on everything Obama tried to do to improve our situation. There must be some way to make them pay for that.

Imprisonment
Impoverishment

they'll never pay. I mean I wish we could haul them all into an international court. I hope they get brought up on charges including treason. i don't see it happening.

no, we'll all be paying for that for years. probably generations. motherfuckers. #RepublicansSuck

keep the "international courts" tied up for years, what with the current disaster, along with "W" and his gang: Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, etc!

If only there were JUSTICE.

Nancy Pelosi has done for the country (and Dems) - but electing to not go after any in the "W" administration for lies and an illegal war left a bad taste in my mouth. I think we did a disservice to our country and those throughout the world that used to respect the United States (well, whatever was left of that has been destroyed by IQ45, for sure!).

I very much agree.

Thank you.

trump never happened.

we could say that about a lot of shit brought by republicans though. sigh.

I was a regular (daily) reader on the Gawker blogs before the election in 2016.

This Russian interference stuff was all over Gawker & Buzzfeed at the time, including rumors about the FBI investigating/not investigating. There was a top secret meeting with Obama, Biden, Pelosi, McConnell, Ryan, (a few others) and all the security chiefs. They briefed Obama on all the stuff they had at the time - before the election - and Obama believed that he could not cancel or postpone the election because of it.

In that meeting McConnell told Obama that if he tried to cancel/postpone the election, it would lead to an armed civil uprising and it would accomplish nothing. This should be on record somewhere in the minutes of that meeting, and I completely believe that McConnell should be impeached because of this. It's proof of his collusion.

Quite possibly the DU reporters covered it too, but I don't know because I didn't join DU until after the election.

the public what was going on.

If you have documented that somehow, let me know

Of course all he would have done was suggest that WE deserved to know the truth.

And McConnell probably just came right out and said, in that meeting, that he would lie to us.

The federal government does not even administer elections.

This notion - that somehow the president could cancel or postpone an election - is a peculiar piece of paranoia that crops up on both right and left from time to time.

It is fantastically idiotic, and intended to be believed by idiots.

If you believe such bullshit, please describe the mechanism by which it could possibly even happen.

Draw me a diagram of how President Obama would tell, for example, the State of Idaho, "No, you are not going to administer an election."

It is outright and complete nonsense.

But I think if there were something dramatic enough happened like Chicago was nuked the Sunday before the election, s/he could 'call for a 1 month postponement', and the governors of all 50 states would then collectively all agree to it, and do so.

I would bet you money a presidential election would get postponed, one way or another, law be damned.

Although perhaps only the state(s) where it happened would not vote that day, and the rest would go about theirs, hard to say.

Republican Party enjoys governorships and legislators and council persons, etc.

Just saying.

was the most powerful man in the government?

who were there might start to speak out.

And they’ll get a couple more.

That bastard would lie! plain and simple. If we could prove it then THAT would make good 2018 campaign slogan???

The question is whether Mueller's probe will ever reach into the RNC and the Republican Congress, because if it does, retribution will be sweet.

Assuming, of course, our country survives this fascist incursion.

He was very confident about keeping the supreme court vacancy open until after the election, despite most polls showing Hillary wining in a landslide.

accepting money from Russia, some thru NRA and some other ways.

Isnt there already documented proof of this on many of them, not just that prick out in CA, whatshisname?

.

Granted, McConnell’s lies would have persuaded the deplorable, but the majority would not have been taken in. While it might have meant Pres. Clinton would have served her term facing outrageous Republican headwinds, wasn’t that always going to be the case? The news about Russian intervention might very well have galvanized more voters to get out there and perhaps some not to throw away their vote on a third party poseur. Alas, it’s all conjecture now. And, I know they believed she was a shoo-in at the time.

...than Trump, it is McConnell. I destest that prick.

let's just get rid of them both to Make America Great Again!

If he didn't know that the fix was in, then why did he work so hard to stonewall Obama's nominees? I really hope he's part of Mueller's investigation.

No doubt at all. Been saying that since the Russian interference speculation first began after the stolen election.

REPUKES ALWAYS LIE