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Derek Hunter

Welcome back to the political arena. I caught your speech Friday, you can still read a teleprompter like nobody’s business. Your attacks on Republicans were red meat for your base, which was your goal. Thankfully, they are hungry because President Trump stands on the verge of getting a second Supreme Court justice confirmed. (Do you wake up in the middle of the night screaming, “Merrick Garland!” like so many of your fans do? I kind of hope so.)

And I don’t begrudge your breaking with tradition of former Presidents not criticizing their successors. You spent 8 years in office whining about your predecessor, why should we expect anything different in the other end of those 8 years of awful?


I do, however, have a couple of bones to pick with your speech. It shouldn’t be surprising, you were a horrible president, so when you feed your obviously hungry ego people are bound to take issue with it.

You keep trying to claim credit for the economy. This is clearly a sore spot with you, and I understand why. The economy under your administration was sluggish, awful, really. So much so that your sycophantic media minions tried to convince the public that 2 percent growth was “the new normal” in an attempt to make your failure look like a success, like the best we could expect going forward. And they did a good job of it.

There are people who couldn’t find work under your administration who are now working. We both know you didn’t have anything to do with it, but you’ve got to sleep, right? Your legacy can’t just be flowery speeches, stagnation, and a Middle East in disarray. I mean, it is, but you can’t say that. You’ve got a library/monument to yourself to build, and you don’t want a Libya wing.

So you have to belittle the guy who brought about some of the lowest unemployment in generations, lowest black and Hispanic unemployment ever, and spurred economic growth that makes your two terms look like a soiled diaper. I don’t blame you.

Your line about how the economic recovery started under your was cute, and it played well with the drooling audience. You knew you were safe in saying that because journalists, who just can’t quit you, weren’t going to report how while the growth rate in 2015 was 2.9 percent (so close to 3 percent, but you just couldn’t get there, could you?), the rate the following year lost nearly 50 percent of that, a pathetic 1.6 percent. When you know the downward trajectory you’d created wasn’t going to be reported, you can say things like you did.

Again, I don’t blame you. I’d be embarrassed of your economic record too.

I do, however, take issue with you claims of Republicans being responsible for the division in the country. Like when you said President Trump was “just capitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years,” you were implying complicity for yourself, right? Aside from the fact that people will always disagree about politics, I seem to recall your administration and media cronies declaring everyone who dared hold a contrary opinion from you to be a racist, in one form or another. And I don’t remember you saying much about it. Considering you claimed to have learned about the scandals in your administration from the media, I’d assume you would have noticed those stories too. Unless you were lying. But you wouldn’t do that, right?


I get that you don’t like the current President, he’s doing a better job than you did, particularly for the people you claimed to care about most. The middle class is doing so much better without you, that’s got to suck. But to accuse Trump of what you’re guilty of is, sort of, breaking with norms, isn’t it? I thought leftists hated that?

That’s not to say President Trump isn’t breaking norms as well, he really is. The difference is he’s never portrayed himself as above it all. Nor has he spent an inordinate amount of time whining about the mess you left him, he just set about correcting it.

Petty is the word I’d use to describe your speech. It’s also an excellent descriptor of your whole administration, so feel free to ding me of unoriginality or lack of a thesaurus. Doesn’t make it any less true.

You can’t get over the fact that things, while certainly hectic from a news standpoint, are significantly better now that you’re gone.

Some of the damage you did can’t be undone. We’ll never get back those pallets of cash you gave to Iran. That money is likely already spread out, untraceable, funding terror around the world; which is why they wanted cash. Electronic transfers can be traced, dollars and euros can’t. But you knew that, of course. No one who comes up through the Chicago political machine is unaware of the power of cash.

And now you’re back, unable to retire gracefully. You’re young, for a former President, so it makes sense. Lord knows you have enough money, liberals seem to leave government for huge piles of it. The only things for which you are left yearning are attention and praise.

And don’t even get me started on your claims about how President Trump treats the press. You spied on them, tried to jail them, and named them as “co-conspirators.” Trump has tweeted and said mean things. Still, because of ideology and ideology only, they loved you and hate him.

I, for one, am glad you’re back. While you won your elections, you were like throwing a bag of sand to drowning man for everyone else down that ballot you supported. Please, feed that ego beast and campaign often.

Your promises still ring hallow with a lot of people. There are 5 million Americans who lost their health insurance because of you, millions more who remember how you used the IRS as a weapon, sold guns to Mexican drug cartels, wasted billions of tax dollars on that “stimulus” bill that enriched your cronies, left 4 Americans to die and blamed it on an Internet video to protect your reelection bid, to just name a few. Seeing your face, hearing your voice as you pound your own chest and make even more promises on behalf of others will only remind everyone of those things and more. So please, campaign.

Welcome back, Mr. President. The media and crowds will fawn all over you, as they always have, but what resides in your wake hasn’t changed.

We remember.

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I, for one, am glad you’re back. While you won your elections, you were like throwing a bag of sand to drowning man for everyone else down that ballot you supported. Please, feed that ego beast and campaign often.

Seeing your face, hearing your voice as you pound your own chest and make even more promises on behalf of others will only remind everyone of those things and more. So please, campaign.

I get the point. If he continues to hurt the Democrats, we are all better off... but I can't stand the sound of his voice. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard. I don't want to hear it.

He should start talking about guns again, we could use a little gun-rush-business boom.

If there's any fears of this putz as an orator watching this will remove any doubt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I4Jsf9IwoQ
My god the difference in delivery between Trump and obama is beyond staggering.

Out on Facebook, the estimable writer and political observer Lisa Schiffren notes the obvious about this Obama campaign:

The Democrats have a problem. They need a 'face of the party.' It can't be the crazy lady who lost the last election. It can't be the clowns in the Senate from whom we heard this week. It can't be their still ambitious gerontocracy: Biden, Kerry, Warren, & Co. And little, unelected Octavio-Cortez is just too dumb. So it has to be Barry. And Barry still sounds reasonable, cool, and as if there is a modicum of probity behind his words. Still, we are all paying a lot, per month, for Obamacare, which was a drug on the economy, the Iran deal, the gutting of the US military, and the international weak posture that were his hallmark accomplishments. And no, we're not haters just because we think 1/3 of the population of Guatemala, and 1/5th of the population of Mexico are quite enough to import...We don't want to be a failed shithole nation. And that nationalism -- no, it isn't dark and hateful. It's about loving our culture and the principles behind it, which remain open to everyone, and not wanting to import more third world culture. So--Dems need someone to rally their troops, and get their millennials off the couch to vote. And we benefit by having it be a man who cannot speak without lecturing and condescending...which is off-putting...who is, after all, the proximate cause of the Trump presidency. For which, many thanks.


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Originally posted by chellim1:
I get the point. If he continues to hurt the Democrats, we are all better off... but I can't stand the sound of his voice. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard. I don't want to hear it.

I get this entirely. Hearing him on TV this morning, I had to pull back some TV-muting skills I hadn't worked so hard since two Novembers ago, when every 20 minutes brought about a commercial featuring Hillary's voice.

As a side note, I'm getting a little more practice with those skills lately, as Tim Kaine whines from my TV every commercial break.

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you were like throwing a bag of sand to drowning man for everyone else down that ballot you supported.

great line

and claims to the contrary, the economic bloodletting of the bho administration continues it's denial of the rigorous recovery once the leaches of his squad of economic autism advisors left the building.

I assume Stinky's real job here is to trigger Trump for two months. POTUS+Stinky+Twitter = hyperventilating Old Media asshats selling drama every day.

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Originally posted by braillediver:
If there's any fears of this putz as an orator watching this will remove any doubt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I4Jsf9IwoQ
My god the difference in delivery between Trump and obama is beyond staggering.

Try this as a comparison:

Please explain how his net worth increased exponentially during his term in office.
Must have some very astute financial advisers.
FWIW.

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Originally posted by vthoky:

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Originally posted by chellim1:
I get the point. If he continues to hurt the Democrats, we are all better off... but I can't stand the sound of his voice. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard. I don't want to hear it.

I get this entirely. Hearing him on TV this morning, I had to pull back some TV-muting skills I hadn't worked so hard since two Novembers ago, when every 20 minutes brought about a commercial featuring Hillary's voice.

As a side note, I'm getting a little more practice with those skills lately, as Tim Kaine whines from my TV every commercial break.

IMO, almost all the Democrats have horrible voices that are very irritating; a couple of the men have tolerable voices (but horrible ideas).

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The Big O is a turd that will not flush. The sad part is that some of the crap he was able to put in place lives on today. That's why we another four years of President Donal J Trump as crazy as he is. I for one hope he never become "Presidential" as they would like him to be. Chris

That Stampy Feet is back in spite of traditional decorum and grace, tells me the Dems are in trouble and they know it. They need their best deceiver to cover for them or at least control damage among their base reliable ranks. The #walkaway movement is likely both more profound that at first glance and just a facet of the discontent within the Dem population. I think the radicals have driven the party so far Left into fascism and socialism that the rational among them have refused to go there. I think they know Stampy Feet is their only hope to hold a coalition strong enough to avoid obsolescence.

Fine. Enter Stampy Feet, stage left. His policies were what the voters rejected last election; those and the corrupt shrew promising to continue them. B'Rock the Islamic shock is a target the Republicans know how to capitalize on....especially now that all he can do is shill insults from the nose bleed section.

If Prez Sparkle Muffin is the best the Demoshits have for "damage control" and to spur on the party for their "big blue wave"...GMAB ...then I think we're doing pretty good.

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They need their best deceiver to cover for them or at least control damage among their base reliable ranks. The #walkaway movement is likely both more profound that at first glance and just a facet of the discontent within the Dem population.

Blacks have been voting for Democrats at the rate of 90% for many years. What have they got to show for it?
Trump asked them to vote Republican, and asked "What Do You Have to Lose?" and I think it's having an impact. Maybe the Democrats' lock on the black vote is weakening.

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Originally posted by msfzoe:
Please explain how his net worth increased exponentially during his term in office.
Must have some very astute financial advisers.
FWIW.

Must be the same financial advisors the Clintons used. They went from being "dead broke" to worth over $130 million on a $250k a year Secretary of State salary in ten years!!!!!!!!!!!!! And well, poor Haiti never got any of the $1.2 billion in Earthquake aid they were supposed to either!!!

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I do, however, take issue with you claims of Republicans being responsible for the division in the country. Like when you said President Trump was “just capitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years,”

Kaptain Kenya and Eric "The Weasel" Holder are the ones who not only fanned resentment when it came to race, they were strictly responsible for the current environment of BLM and other of their ilk.

And I'm pleased Barry might be involved in the midterms; his past "Midas Touch" did wonders for Democrat campaigns during his terms. He left a brown smelly stain on everything he touched.

Obama threatens to cancel taxpayer-funded speech if his contract is released to public
September 5, 2018 | BPR Wire | Print Article
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Representatives for Barack Obama have threatened to cancel the former president’s upcoming paid speech at a Denmark university if details of his speaking contract are released to the public.

Obama will participate in a moderated question and answer session on Sept. 28 at the University of Southern Denmark before local business leaders, university students and local dignitaries, according to Business Kolding, the event’s organizer.

But the event has already sparked criticism from citizens of Denmark’s Kolding Municipality, which is providing 750,000 kroner, or $117,000, in taxpayer funds to support the behind-closed-doors event titled “A Conversation with President Barack Obama.”

Kolding currently faces a deficit of 100 million kroner in its next year’s budget. The town’s mayor, Jørn Pedersen, justified using taxpayer dollars to fund Obama’s invite-only talk, claiming the event is effectively a marketing opportunity for the town, according to Danish news outlet JydskeVestkysten.

“At this event, current and future leaders will have an opportunity to experience President Obama first hand. Everyone can expect to be inspired. And we have every reason to be proud,” Kolding Mayor Jørn Pedersen said.

But Pedersen said he has been kept in the dark by the event’s organizers regarding the total cost of hosting Obama’s talk.

When pressed by a local news outlet for more information, Business Kolding said the Obama would cancel the event outright if details surrounding his speaking contract were released to the public.

Despite efforts to keep the media in the dark, JydskeVestkyn estimates Obama will rake in up to two million kroner, or $312,000, for partaking in the event.

The University of Southern Denmark anticipates that Obama’s visit will “boost” the university’s prestige.

“SDU is an international university with a strong vision. We wish to break down barriers and mould the future. We are convinced that President Barack Obama’s visit will give us a tremendous boost,” said Henrik Dam, the university’s vice-chancellor.

“As a regional player, this is a unique opportunity for us to support an exceptional event here in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is an event that in every possible way promotes SDU’s strategic goals of being an international university, enabling every talent and encouraging the exceptional,” added pro-vice-chancellor Bjarne Graabech Sørensen.

Obama’s office did not respond to The Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.


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Judge Jeanine ripped BHO a new one this week.

My embedding skills aren't working right now, but the video is on foxnews.com.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/583...880001#sp=show-clips

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Originally posted by msfzoe:
Please explain how his net worth increased exponentially during his term in office.
Must have some very astute financial advisers.
FWIW.

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