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Showing Original Post only (View all)Obama: If I Ran for a Third Term, I Could Win [View all]
U.S. AFRICAN UNION
Obama: If I Ran for a Third Term, I Could Win, "But I can't"
Maya Rhodan @m_rhodan 8:15 AM ET
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech to the African Union on July 28, 2015, in Addis Ababa.
President Obama said that if he could run for a third term he thinks he would win, while calling for African leaders to adhere to term limits during a historic speech before the African Union.
I actually think Im a pretty good president. I think if I ran, I could win. But I cant, Obama said in Ethiopia on Tuesday. Theres a lot that Id like to do to keep America moving, but the laws the law.
President Obama addressed his third term viability while calling on African leaders to step aside when their terms end on Tuesday. During his speech, the first by an American president before the African Union, Obama said when a leader tries to change the rules in the middle of the game in order to stay in office it puts a nations stability and the future of Democratic progress across the continent at risk. Obama specifically noted recent elections in Burundi, where President Pierre Nkurunziza won a third term. The United Nations has said those elections occurred in an environment that was not not conducive for an inclusive, free and credible electoral process, according to the Associated Press.
The point is, I dont understand why people want to stay so long. Especially, when theyve got a lot of money, Obama said Tuesday, during the final stretch of his historic trip to two African countries. And sometimes youll hear a leader say Im the only person who can hold this nation together. If thats true, then that leader has failed to truly build their nation.
http://time.com/3974517/obama-third-term/
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swilton
Jul 2015
#30
Um, Hillary wasn't his VP - that was Joe Biden and he will be running for Obama
LynneSin
Jul 2015
#40
Hell, Americans, because the majority still are not brainwashed totally by the media, would make him President-for-Life!
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#3
I'm not sure you do. He means, "Hey despotic leaders in Africa who have been in office forever. Step
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#11
Right? But we're the assholes because they and Bernie are receiving criticism for the first time and
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#13
You're entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts. His meaning was obvious. nt
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#16
Of course he could. Then again, Bill Clinton would have crushed George W Bush. nt
geek tragedy
Jul 2015
#29
Obama said it very well: Even if you think you can continue effectively, leave office at end of term
Hekate
Jul 2015
#47
Yeah, they'll have their snipes.. they always have for 7 years and counting.. but, it means nothing.
Cha
Jul 2015
#59
That was Robert Duvall, a republican by the way, but you already knew that. Good actor though
still_one
Jul 2015
#55
Was a Republican. Duvall left the GOP after 2008 when they went off the deep end...
Drunken Irishman
Jul 2015
#69
He is right, on both counts, and in spite of detractors inside and out, I believe history will view
still_one
Jul 2015
#52
Not so sure... If he still played the Fast Track and TPP cards not as a lame ducker...
cascadiance
Jul 2015
#57
Yeah, President Obama would win again.. I don't care how much "tpp" is trotted out.
Cha
Jul 2015
#61
True dat. I don't trust polls and the msm which is why I think Obama's election
Lodestar
Jul 2015
#68