Democratic Primaries

peggysue2

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23. It's not about fetishizing the Obama Administration

Reply to BeyondGeography (Original post)

Sat Aug 3, 2019, 03:40 PM

Aug 2019

It isn't about protecting Barack Obama's legacy or how President Obama feels regarding the criticism. It's the way our candidates looked and sounded dissing our last Democratic POTUS. On a public platform in front of the very voters we need to win in 2020, a former president, I might add, who is incredibly popular across the board with the vast majority of Dems and Dem-leaning Indies (95-99% approval).

All this to take a potshot at the former VP while hoping to boost early primary numbers for those lagging behind. At the moment, that strategy doesn't appear to have worked but it looked and sounded desperate while providing Trump and his cohorts ammunition as we roll into the GE.

As stated, CNN set this up and a number of candidates were all too willing to take the bait. It was a mistake in an election season where we cannot take anything for granted.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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If I understand Obama, the person least upset by "criticisms" of Obama is Obama [View all] BeyondGeography Aug 2019 OP

big k&r bigtree Aug 2019 #1

Crazy loads of agreement here. theaocp Aug 2019 #2

the issue people have about attacks on Obama is not about how he feels JI7 Aug 2019 #3

So let's talk about health care BeyondGeography Aug 2019 #4

it helps candidates to be seen as Pro Obama so they aren't going to stop JI7 Aug 2019 #5

We'll see how the dynamic evolves BeyondGeography Aug 2019 #7

The reason why is because they can't even walk in his shadow. still_one Aug 2019 #6

+1000000 BannonsLiver Aug 2019 #11

+++ loyalsister Aug 2019 #8

True self-confidence. Not getting rattled by Twitter trolls and FoxNews - and even ehrnst Aug 2019 #9

K&R Bradshaw3 Aug 2019 #10

nobody's perfect but dwelling on the imperfections treestar Aug 2019 #16

Or maybe examining the past is a sane way to improve the future Bradshaw3 Aug 2019 #17

Ridiculously high bar treestar Aug 2019 #19

I wouldn't characterize it as a ridiculously high bar Bradshaw3 Aug 2019 #20

Healthcare coverage for all involves Congress treestar Aug 2019 #24

Tuned into M$NBC a few minutes this morning. ooky Aug 2019 #12

same way he reacted to Kanye West, I'd bet wyldwolf Aug 2019 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Aug 2019 #14

Pretty sure it has to be true. What has to upset him is Hortensis Aug 2019 #15

his 2008 campaign ad bigtree Aug 2019 #18

Yes, that was dishonest. He knew that her agenda very strongly Hortensis Aug 2019 #21

No, it was honest in the context of the content of the radio ad. Princetonian Aug 2019 #22

It's not about fetishizing the Obama Administration peggysue2 Aug 2019 #23