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Last edited Tue Sep 13, 2016, 04:24 PM - Edit history (3)
Obama says he's not just going through the motions on the campaign trail.
"I really, really, REALLY want to elect Hillary Clinton," he adds.
https://twitter.com/ColleenMNelson/status/775754650188472321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
"Saddam Hussein had a 90% poll rating"
-Obama blasts Trump for defending Putin's poll rating
http://nbcnews.to/2cXnyVl
(hat tip: Stellar)
Maya Rhodan @m_rhodan 2:49 PM ET
The Republican nominee was a major target of the president, who said Trump is not really a plans guy, a facts guy and even questioned his business sense. Most business people, Obama said, obtain success without leaving a trail of lawsuits, workers who didnt get paid and workers who feel like they got cheated.
This is the guy you want to be championing working people? a bemused Obama asked, joking that the Donald doesnt want working people living in his condominiums or playing on his golf courses. He spent most of his life staying as far away of working people as he could. And now this guy is going to be the champion for working people?
The president also took issue with Trumps fondness for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who Trumps praise for has evoked fear in his Republican colleagues. I have to do business with Putin, Obama said. But I dont go around saying thats my role model.
Obama also touted his own record, pointing to a new Census Bureau report showing American household income on the rise. He even bragged that gas prices were had dropped drastically since he took office.
Thanks, Obama, he joked.
http://time.com/4490001/barack-obama-speech-pennsylvania-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/President-Obama-Campaign-Trail-Hillary-Clinton-Philadelphia-Election-393222571.html
Donald Trump has painted a bleak portrait of America during his campaign, and Obama sought to contrast this pessimism with the examples of past Republican presidents. In particular, he said the GOP under Trump was no longer the party of Lincoln, and he said his vision for the country is vastly different from the one that Ronald Reagan had.
Ronald Reagan called America a shining city on the hill, Obama said. Donald Trump calls it a divided crime scene.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/obama-just-annihilated-trump-in-his-first-solo-campaign-appearance-here-are-the-5-best-moments/
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Hillary HQ Retweeted
Dan Merica ✔ @danmericaCNN
Obama says Trump has "spent most of his life trying to stay as far away from working people as he could."
gelsdorf
(240 posts)mike drop !!!
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Anyone know what his DU screen name is?
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Egnever
(21,506 posts)duncang
(1,907 posts)I could watch the news on CNN. They kept President Obama on the entire time. I did have to see dipshit in the little box in the corner. Just wish he could schedule all his campaign time the same time as dipshit's.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)kpete
(72,018 posts)for that gift
kp
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)mcar
(42,375 posts)hibbing
(10,109 posts)What an inspirational figure for so many.
Peace
catbyte
(34,454 posts)God, I'm going to miss him SO MUCH.
Wednesdays
(17,412 posts)But yeah, that kind of describes your average tRump rally.
SunSeeker
(51,715 posts)humbled_opinion
(4,423 posts)Right there I felt the enthusiasm and energy of the crowd. BHO can certainly bring it.
mcar
(42,375 posts)So good to see him on the stump again.
BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)Called him out. That's the only way to get everything that is wrong with Drumpf on the teevee media - during a speech!
treestar
(82,383 posts)awesome. Especially when he said we need to get out to vote for other elections downtick and that we have to keep supporting the President after being elected.
.99center
(1,237 posts)"Can you imagine Ronald Reagan idolizing some body like that, he saw America as a shining city on the hill, Donald Trump calls it a divided crime scene"
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)campaigning on Hillary's behalf, Trump may actually want Hillary herself to be back on the trail soon.
I personally hope that she gives herself a well-deserved break and comes back refreshed and full of fight as ever. She had an exceptionally draining and overly long primary season. Trump did not. He steamrolled his way over all the other candidates and not one would, IMO, have been any better - even though some may have been more predictable. Bernie Sanders was tougher than ALL the GOPer candidates put together - and then some.
In the meantime, the Cheeto and HIS surrogates continue to make absolute - if scary - fools of themselves. And their supporters continue to validate Hillary's "deplorables" comment by bashing grandmoms in the face and otherwise behaving deplorably in general. All in all, none of that is bad for Hillary.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)Thanks for posting, I missed it yesterday.
lupinella
(365 posts)Funny, effective & spot-on. That's my President!