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From the start, Obama was Trumps political meal ticket.
03/05/2017 03:26 pm ET | Updated 15 minutes ago
At a candidates forum in early 2015, then presidential candidate Trump without a blink said, I dont know if he loves America. The he Trump referred to was, of course, former President Obama. The slap at Obama was simply the latest in Trumps by then three-year campaign to vilify, impugn, slander, and harass Obama as not only not an American citizen, but as an illegitimate President. Trumps ruthless, near obsessive, vendetta of lies against Obama paid big dividends early on. It got him briefly in the hunt for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012. That made him a political household name. Three years later, in 2015, it got him to the top of the GOP presidential pack and kept him there during the primaries. It then got him the biggest prize of all, the White House.
Obama from the start was Trumps political meal ticket. When things got dull or there was a momentary rough patch on the campaign trial, Trump had Obama as his ready-made whipping boy. Nothing has changed. With Democrats screaming for answers about Trumps relations with Russia and Putin, and even some GOP leaders feeling the heat and making weak soundings about a probe or two here and there, Trump quickly trotted out his Obama meal ticket. This time its the ludicrous claim that Obama wiretapped him during the campaign, complete with the demand that Congress investigate Obama. Its tempting to simply chalk this up as yet another Trump ploy to deflect attention from his Russia connection, and in part it is. But theres more, much more to this.
Trumps persistent use of Obama as his foil isnt just to slander his presidency. Its to slander him. It isnt just political, it is personal. The two cant be separated. Trump repeatedly made clear during the early stages of his campaign that if he got in the White House hed sign any and every executive order he could to try and halt, gut, or obliterate every initiative that Obama had ever put in place. Hes been as good as his word.
Trumps assault on Obamas initiatives normally would have been the end of it. Presidents from an opposing party to varying degrees quickly sign executive orders to roll back some of their predecessors initiatives and actions when they take office. However, Trumps obsessive attacks on Obama have another aim beyond mere personal vindictiveness and deflecting attention from his disastrous administration. It sends the strong signal to his base that he will try and demolish everything that they loathed about Obama; not just his policies, but what he personally stood for.
Obama was an eight-year embarrassment to the chronic Obama haters. He was liberal. He was a Democratic. And most odious to them, he was black. Tea Party demonstrators greeted Obama at many stops during his first two years in office with placards, signs and pictures that depicted him in the most lewd, grotesque and often animal-like characterizations. This went way beyond the bounds of normal political attacks and criticism of a president. It was blatantly personal, and showed the depth of the personal distaste many had for Obama and they were not shy about showing it.
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F**K tRump. He is not a big enough man to harm Obama in any shape or form.
cilla4progress
(24,763 posts)Never hated anyone this much. Wish I could get some perspective.
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)I hit them back ten times more than what they did to me. Think about it for a moment.
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And Trump's KKKAbinet is filled with current or former KKK members and sympathizers.
The GOP conspired to delegitimize Obama. McConnell, Gingrich, deMint and others were determined to marginalize Obama and prevent him from doing anything. The constant statements that Obama did not understand how Americans feel about things were grounded in pure racism.
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)that Obama...A BLACK MAN... is better and brighter than anyone of them. He out maneuverers them and they can't handle all the egg that they have on their face.
I love reading on other sites that they believe they are WINNING when in fact they are WHINING. Those Conserva-TOTS are amusing.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)American Family that the GOP loves to hold up as an example. A married, Christian family with 2 adorable children.
In contrast to the Trump family of thieves, or the Palin family of jobless drunks.
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Well we all know they are not Christians.
Real Christians do not murder innocent people by taking away their healthcare.
Real Christians do not take a way a woman's basic prenatal care, because a clinic they go to provides a small number of abortions.
Real Christians do not separate a mother and child at the border because mom came here illegally, yet never committed a crime here.
I could go on...I can't right now.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)There is a funny panda clip on here. Watch it for a few minutes. I guarantee you will like it.
This one
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017427526
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)It is how I felt when Obama left the WH.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)I nearly choked on a piece of chocolate when I read your answer.
Thanks for the choking Obama.
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Obama and I apologize!
3catwoman3
(24,038 posts)I kept finding myself saying, "Please don't go. Please don't go. PLEASE DON'T GO!!!" Even though there was no way he could stay.
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)We just want to keep him with us.
I despise the racists who have treated our awesome President Obama and his beautiful family the way they have. And especially the decrepit, evil monster who snuck into office.
How dare him to throw this new bull sh!t at him! He's riling up his racist, lowdown worshipers into a higher hatred of President Obama. He is so jealous and wishes he had the real kind of respect and admiration and love so many people have for President Obama.
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Thanks montana~
GWC58
(2,678 posts)Right showed just how full of shit & hypocrisy they are! They continue to demonize a plant that, I assume, their God put here. Yeah, they're so full of shit it's backed up and coming out of their mouth! As for Trump I can't remember a current president dissing his predecessor the way this one does. 😵😖
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)if necessary to exact his revenge.
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)EVER!
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)the heat off of his treason, and then one thing leads to another, etc
On climate change he has already sentenced the human race to annihilation.
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Well, it is why I get up every morning to check the news to see if he destroyed the world while I was sleeping.
If he does he is worse than anyone believed him to be as he would be killing his own grandchildren. Gotta say, not sure he cares for anyone but himself.
Climate change. Yes I am fully aware what he is trying to destroy...won't matter when he hits the button.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,185 posts)His childish behavior will only harm himself.
bdamomma
(63,919 posts)will explode, what a stupid ass he is.
Always looking to blame someone else, this is quite evident.
TeamPooka
(24,253 posts)mountain grammy
(26,647 posts)an election of hate and it worked. It got me to hate people.
John Fuglesang says hate makes you stupid. I'm not stupid, but, increasingly, I hate. I think of Hitler coming to power and his opponents hated him. Were they stupid? I think we're pretty close to that here and we better turn our hate into action before it's too late.
mcar
(42,372 posts)He's not fit to darn Obama's socks.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)It wasn't so much his own animosity towards Obama that put him on the national political stage. It was the people who believed what he was saying. I think he's still harnassing hate to maintain his support when he's making decisions that could prove to be unpopular with some of his own voters. I don't think he actually cares enough to hate Obama. He just wants to use the hate of others to turn attention onto himself and the un-presidential character who seems to love being the center of attention and controversy whether it's negative or positive.
Me.
(35,454 posts)And how does he like that 80 mil deal the Obamas just made
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Ha....for a man that wants to make America White again....why does he color himself orange?
Vinca
(50,303 posts)sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Lanius
(599 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)A real dope. And he'll probably end up in jail or exiled.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)just landed which earlier that day sat on a pile of Obama's poo, has more value to society than all trumps and friends combined.
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Lanius
(599 posts)and for being a voice of calm and reason in these hyper-partisan times.
OTOH, if things keep going the way they're going, Drumpf is going to be one of the most hated and unaccomplished presidents in history.
joet67
(624 posts)He's out for blood. "Root and branch" my ass. F him.
Lithos
(26,404 posts)Pee on him in the same bed Obama slept in...
Talk about a disturbing obsession...
He will never be the man Obama is... Not even a shadow of the man...
L-
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)I suspect there are a lot of untreated issues here...
L-
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Poor donnie.
Solly Mack
(90,780 posts)Trump is very obviously jealous of Obama.
Gothmog
(145,530 posts)virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)Obama will barely notice the impact.
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)He can take the rest of his KKKkabinet down with him.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Let him try
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Let's do it sista!
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)how much I hate the tweeting orangutan and love the Obama family?
A hateful, blowhard bigot vs. an intelligent, kind, classy family? Yeah, no contest.
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Watch the vid here...will make you smile, NR.
I told guillaumeb that it was the way I felt when Obama left office.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I love pandas. I already miss Bao Bao at the National Zoo. Yes, I wanted to grab Obama by the ankles and not let go!
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Freethinker65
(10,047 posts)tritsofme
(17,399 posts)He will have the opportunity to shape his own legacy in a way that will far outlast this dark four year period.
Ccarmona
(1,180 posts)Never has gotten over the Obama's roasting of him at the Correspondence's Dinner in 2011. He's such a petty individual, I'm sure he still holds a grudge.
Cha
(297,603 posts)sheshe2
(83,879 posts)You just made me LOL! Thanks Cha!!!!
"Please Proceed Asshole"
spanone
(135,871 posts)Bengus81
(6,932 posts)Thanks.
world wide wally
(21,754 posts)And that is why America sucks again
Turbineguy
(37,364 posts)janx
(24,128 posts)sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Obama's worst sin???? Presidenting while Black.
Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Easier to hit the bowl with his tiny dick. I am not shitting you....Lol.
Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)So to speak!
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)Hi Stinky~
Blue Idaho
(5,057 posts)Or perhaps he's an illiterate mercurial spoiled brat that has always had enough money and enough cover so that others could push or pay his disasters away.
I think I'll pick option two.
GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)He's smarter than you and all of your toadies combined.
sheshe2
(83,879 posts)KT2000
(20,586 posts)he will not stop. With the help of Bannon and fake news it will go on and on. Dump's guiding principle is to kill (learned from his father)and anything less is a failure.
Doodley
(9,122 posts)Blue Owl
(50,491 posts)n/t
JHan
(10,173 posts)sheshe2
(83,879 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)See ya!
niyad
(113,549 posts)Initech
(100,100 posts)Their attacks on Obama since the beginning have just been brutal. And in office, they've done some irreparable damage to the country, and given us clowns like Ted Cruz, Scott Walker, and Matt Bevin. Fuck them and theit whole damn party!