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Obama: I won't retire quietly
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:30 am
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:30 am
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President Obama used his final weekly address in 2016 to make it plainer than ever that he won't retire quietly once Donald Trump is sworn in as president.
Couching his address to the nation as assurance that he will remain committed to defending the "progress" achieved by his administration, the president made it crystal clear that he intends to be a thorn in President Trump's side after the official handover of power on Jan. 20.
Offering the clearest indication yet of his plan to be active on the political scene after he is ostensibly back in private life, Obama said Saturday, "As I prepare to take on the even more important role of citizen, know that I will be there with you every step of the way to ensure that this country forever strives to live up to the incredible promise of our founding — that all of us are created equal, and all of us deserve every chance to live out our dreams."
The words were an implicit rebuke of the inequality and retrograde policies that Democrats claim will be on the agenda of Trump and the GOP when they take over a unified Republican government next month.
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When Obama expected, and most polls indicated, that Hillary Clinton was going to win the White House, the president suggested that he looked forward to a quiet retirement. But now he says his plans have changed. The unmistakable suggestion is that Obama claims he needs to stay active to guard the nation against Trump's predations.
"I promise you that next year Michelle and I are going to be right there with you, and the clouds are going to start parting and the sun is going to come back out, and we're going to be busy, involved in the amazing stuff that we've been doing all these years before," Obama told told supporters in late November. Obama also revealed then that his family plans to stick around Washington, D.C., for a few years while his younger daughter, Sasha, finishes high school.
Many of Obama's main accomplishments and priorities, such as Obamacare and a green agenda hailed by environmental activists, are on Trump's hit list for demolition. Obama and Democrats can see the clear prospect that his legacy will be reduced sharply by the incoming government. Obama's Saturday speech shows that the outgoing president does not intend to stand by and let that happen.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:32 am to cajunangelle
He doesn't realize that once he's no longer president he can talk all he wants to but nobody is gonna care what he has to say.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:32 am to cajunangelle
Of course he won't. Anyone paying attention knows he has to stay in the limelight.
I hope he keeps wrecking his party.
I hope he keeps wrecking his party.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:32 am to cajunangelle
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"I promise you that next year Michelle and I are going to be right there with you, and the clouds are going to start parting and the sun is going to come back out, and we're going to be busy, involved in the amazing stuff that we've been doing all these years before,"
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:32 am to cajunangelle
He'll do what he always has, whatever Soros tells him to.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:32 am to cajunangelle
And I look forward to him being loudly irrelevant.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:33 am to cajunangelle
Too bad so sad. Youd be better off going back to Hawaii with your boyfriend
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:33 am to cajunangelle
Sure, why not Continue to break our political norms because your party suffer historical losses. It's about him, always has been.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:33 am to Seldom Seen
CNN will break into the daily soap operas every time TOTUS speaks.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:34 am to cajunangelle
Doubling-down on arrogance.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:35 am to cajunangelle
One big difference. After Jan. 20th he won't have a pen and a phone.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:35 am to cajunangelle
Not surprised but this is great news for Republicant's.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:36 am to FutureRATeammember
no on is going to care what a gay Kenyan moslem has to say anyway
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:36 am to weagle99
quote:He has already ground it into near irrelevancy, if not for the loony bins of Cali and the northeast they wouldn't be able to fill the local high school football stadium with Dems holding office.
Of course he won't. Anyone paying attention knows he has to stay in the limelight.
I hope he keeps wrecking his party.
I hope this buffoon gets his very own show on MSNBC.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:38 am to cajunangelle
So is he starting a foundation too?
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:38 am to Jbird
People that voted for him must start to feel so stupid after he has showed how he is so pathetic.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:41 am to Colonel Flagg
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People that voted for him must start to feel so stupid after he has showed how he is so pathetic.
No disrespect to you, but you clearly do not understand the mentality of him and his ilk.
To them, these actions make him more "heroic" in their minds. They are at war.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:42 am to cajunangelle
When he says hes going to be there every step of the way, does he mean no more vacations and golf outings while shite is hitting the fan?
Posted on 12/31/16 at 9:42 am to cajunangelle
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"As I prepare to take on the even more important role of citizen, know that I will be there with you every step of the way
I don't play golf, so I doubt he will be with me...
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