2016 Postmortem
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In 2012, President Obama wanted voters to think about Democratic achievements under his watch when they showed up at the ballot box. In 2016, he wants voters to remember Republican havoc-wreaking and specifically the kind of dark conspiracy theories, straight-up racism and weak-kneed GOP opposition that have fueled the candidacy of Donald Trump.
In a spree of campaign stops in recent days that have featured some particularly biting attacks on down-the-ballot Republicans, Obama is unleashed and unmuzzled.
In the last week, he was in Florida taunting Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for endorsing Trump after calling him a con artist. He led a Heck no chant from the stump in Nevada in support of Catherine Cortez Masto, the Democrat running against Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV) for Harry Reids seat. And at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser in California, he laid into Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the former chair the House Oversight Committee who led a number of investigations into Obama administration pseudo-scandals. He couldn't resist, after the Issa campaign mailed fliers that suggested he had a productive relationship with Obama.
As far as I can tell, Darrell Issa's primary contribution to the United States Congress has been to obstruct and to waste taxpayer dollar on trumped-up investigations that have led nowhere. And this is now a guy who, because poll numbers are bad, has sent out brochures with my picture on them, touting his cooperation on issues with me, Obama said Sunday evening. Now, that is the definition of chutzpah."
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/obama-last-stand-whacking-gopers-down-the-ballot
Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)and the president's cell phone drop after reading a mean tweet on Kimmel's show really was the best dig of the week! If you haven't seen it, http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017407805
it's nearer the end, if you're short on time...
Cha
(297,774 posts)it's only fitting it's also in the Barack Obama Group.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/110234319
Thank you, Divine Discontent
Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)Cha
(297,774 posts)Nerdy Wonka ?@NerdyWonka
Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States is out of f**ks as evidenced by this righteous BURN against Darrell Issa.
2:53 AM - 24 Oct 2016
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h/thttps://theobamadiary.com/2016/10/24/early-bird-chat-go-cubs/
turbinetree
(24,726 posts)treasonous jerks sat in that restaurant, and they shut down the government, attacked the middle class, equality, voting, drinking water, EPA, signing names to a letter, (by the way were is Tom Cotton), supporting terrorists out in Nevada and Oregon, you name it, they did, while ate the same time blaming everyone that wasn't a "right wing republican".
And for over 45 years this country has lived with a right wing Court, that has gutted everything, and attacked everything, with there right wing agenda, and using the Lewis Powell memo to turn the country into one big old corporation.
Well we the people are going to take back our districts for the 2020 census, to end this gerrymandering, and we are going too have justices on the bench protecting the people of this country instead of some monolithic entity that is not a person or an object plastered on some bill of money and say's its free speech.
And we are going to start with the top of your clown car ticket and then we are going to vote out the cronies from the republicans that have been trying to have it both ways.
And now they are whining, good whine, your a bunch of lying republican hypocrites
PunksMom
(440 posts)Go to it President Obama, it's long overdue!
BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)President Spock knows his Klingon proverbs. Mwuhahahaha!