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"No Drama Obama". Staying out of it brilliantly. (Original Post) Solomon Mar 2017 OP
I miss him so much & my admiration for him just continues to grow luvMIdog Mar 2017 #1
I miss him and the "no drama" Ilsa Mar 2017 #2
Hillary has done the same. They both are handling this with steely restraint. yardwork Mar 2017 #3
Yes.. Thank you, yardwork. Cha Mar 2017 #7
Yes Solomon Mar 2017 #9
Yep. Lesser politicians would have taken the bait dalton99a Mar 2017 #12
I was talking to a friend last night about this whole affair. Arkansas Granny Mar 2017 #4
Why would he get involved? RoadhogRidesAgain Mar 2017 #5
Karl Rove 101, Kerry vs. Bush Miles Archer Mar 2017 #6
When your opponent is digging himself a hole SoCalDem Mar 2017 #8
I Still want him to sue to pants off of Groper malaise Mar 2017 #10
So far Trump rages with his mouth. gordianot Mar 2017 #11
I expect him to swoop in at just the right moment. cbdo2007 Mar 2017 #13
I can still hear him say ... Drifter Mar 2017 #14
Disagree Valhallakey Mar 2017 #15

Ilsa

(61,697 posts)
2. I miss him and the "no drama"
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 06:39 AM
Mar 2017

Rule in the WH. Well, I don't know if it was a rule. But now, everyday dumbass donald does something to make himself the center of attention.
I prefer quiet governing.

Arkansas Granny

(31,528 posts)
4. I was talking to a friend last night about this whole affair.
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 06:52 AM
Mar 2017

We agreed that the best thing Obama can do right now is to stay in the background and just let this play out as he has been doing. If he so much as offers an opinion, the Trumpkin's will jump on that as proof of his involvement and collusion.

 

RoadhogRidesAgain

(165 posts)
5. Why would he get involved?
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 06:59 AM
Mar 2017

He's done. He did everything he could to try and bridge the gap between republican and democrats, he did his best to be a role model to all the young children in this country. He his best to get people health insurance and better education opportunities and us voters rewarded him by failing to show up to the mid terms and letting the republicans get away with a rediculous amount of obstructionism and putting the biggest piece of trailer park billionaire trash that has ever disgraced this earth in the White House.

This country played itself. He kept his part of the deal. He keeps his dignity. He doesn't need to get involved in the pig pen again. It's beneath him at this point.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
6. Karl Rove 101, Kerry vs. Bush
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 07:11 AM
Mar 2017

Rove's playbook for Kerry was very simple: Define the playing field, get your opponent on non-stop offense so there is no time for defense.

So with Kerry, you had two key elements: the Swift Boating fiasco, and "I was for it before I was against it."

Rove kept hammering both memes non-stop, which "energized" the Bush camp.

Trump has set up Obama as an opponent in a political race that's not running. That doesn't mean that he's lost his desire to discredit the former President.

We have not heard the last of Barack Obama's fictitious "acts."

Bannon and company will trot him out every time Trump digs himself deeper in the hole.

And with enablers like Nunes, it will remain the narrative of whatever remains of the Trump "presidency."

One fictitious act after another will be created to play into the clueless hands of the red hat crowd.

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
8. When your opponent is digging himself a hole
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 07:15 AM
Mar 2017

You don't offer him a hand to help him out of the hole.. you hand him a bigger shovel and walk away..

gordianot

(15,243 posts)
11. So far Trump rages with his mouth.
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 07:53 AM
Mar 2017

Trump is a threat to life on the planet. What good would words have on Trump except to make him more unstable? Obama knows full well what took over the executive branch he is looking out for himself and family like everyone else. The bad part it is just not Trump we are not just one America, the unifier followed by the divider. Who wins in the end!

Drifter

(4,751 posts)
14. I can still hear him say ...
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 07:59 AM
Mar 2017

"Please proceed Mr. President"

Knowing the truth is an incredible advantage.

Cheers
Drifter

 

Valhallakey

(70 posts)
15. Disagree
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 09:23 AM
Mar 2017

Obama should demand to testify at the house hearings, in public. 1) In right wing media land Obama is the Nixon here 2) In MSM land the Republicans are now jumping on the smear Obama band wagon 3) I would love to watch it as he would own them...

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