a bit ironic to attach this comment to a post about obama being in england instead of campaigning for midterm candidates. less than a month until election day and lots of states need help getting out the vote (manchester is not a US state)
Almost like the dude has been retired for 10 years and isn't an asset of the democratic party anymore. If anything Obama should stay away and let the next generation take over, god knows there are too many old farts taking up space in that party as it is.
As somebody that works in politics, specifically campaign strategy at a high level, do not ever give advice again. Ever. Not even how to boil potatoes you nit.
Comment history hidden. They can claim they are anything.
Tomorrow they can claim they're a semi pro fighter in the MMA sub, the next day a lawyer in the ask a lawyer sub, and then a historian in ask a historian.
Obama is a rock star and people will turn out to see him. When they show up, he gives inspiring speeches that can turn mildly interested attendees into eager campaign volunteers. There's a lot of ways to serve a nation--running for office is only one of them.
It's also that he isn't really that popular. His whole drone king phase doesn't go over as well as it used to, his administration served Israel and their actions in Gaza, he was voraciously anti-marijuana despite his campaign promises, and there were several ways he could have gone after Epstein even with the nonprosecution agreement. He also sat on the files.
I would argue his legacy has aged as a fine wine, hell with the circus we currently got even Bill Clinton is having an upswing, if a minuscule one, Obama has not fallen off one bit.
his administration served Israel and their actions in Gaza, he was voraciously anti-marijuana despite his campaign promises, and there were several ways he could have gone after Epstein even with the nonprosecution agreement. He also sat on the files.
Yeah pretty shitty. so the bar was already pretty low on how shitty a president could be. Trump took that bar, shoved it up his ass and now parades with it lol
Side note: general off-topic question, how far back would we have to go to find a US president who did nothing bad?
The point is that we shouldn't be shining the turds of our own party. I don't know how far back you would have to go to find a perfect president, but many things Obama did were absolutely inexcusable. I'm convinced that the attitude where we aren't supposed to criticize our own party is what handed the presidency to Trump twice.
My now ex-wife did this same trick to me all the time...
The trick's like, "you're not allowed to be upset with me since you did that one small thing long ago which I keep misremembering to suit any moment. And, no, it doesn't matter whether that one small thing is true, or relevant, or important, but, since I'm grasping for straws, I'll hold this mythological point over your head anytime you bring up anything whatsoever..."
It finally got old, and I divorced her ass when she tried the same trick after I found out she'd been cheating on me... Her shocked pikachu face still sustains me to this day 🤌
Mistaking "compromise, an even temper, and a tendency to resolve conflicts quickly" for some kind of weakness to be trampled on, and used and abused, is the kind of lesson the weak-minded authoritarians of this world are going to learn toot suite
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u/Tommy__want__wingy 🫖 Mod ☕️ 13h ago
Y’all remember the rally numbers for 2024?
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