Posted on 09/30/2016 5:21:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Many U.S. presidents, upon leaving office, try to fade from the national spotlight and live the rest of their lives as private citizens.
President Barack Obama implied in a Vanity Fair interview that he might choose to go a different route.
In the interview conducted by presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, Obama talked about his use of the term “radical Islam,” how he would miss Air Force One and his desire to make the world better.
Then there’s a short bit where he hints at what life after the presidency might look like for him, a relatively young 55 years old as he exits the office. He says there are some things he suspects he’ll be able to accomplish better after being president.
“Having had this office has given me this incredible perch from which to see how the world works. The power of the office is unique and it is a humbling privilege,” Obama said. “With that power, however, also comes a whole host of institutional constraints. There are things I cannot say. There are things that...”
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Your theory is probably correct.
If you review Obama's job history -- from community organizer to the U.S. Senate -- you'll find that he left each position because it didn't offer him enough "power".
Apparently, Obama's concept of power is quite simplistic -- he demands, subordinates do. He is clearly not aware that power must be earned, its demands must be justified and is constrained by due process.
Consequently, once he reached the most powerful office in the country and discovered his power was something less than absolute, he lost interest.
I stopped listening to him, literally, around the end of March, 2009, after he issued the executive order sealing his entire life, from birth through the missing birth certificate debacle...
That was my "Uh ohhh" moment. It only got worse.
I stopped listening to him, literally, around the end of March, 2009, after he issued the executive order sealing his entire life, from birth through the missing birth certificate debacle...
That was my "Uh ohhh" moment. It only got worse.
I stopped listening to him, literally, around the end of March, 2009, after he issued the executive order sealing his entire life, from birth through the missing birth certificate debacle...
That was my "Uh ohhh" moment. It only got worse.
I stopped listening to him, literally, around the end of March, 2009, after he issued the executive order sealing his entire life, from birth through the missing birth certificate debacle...
That was my "Uh ohhh" moment. It only got worse.
Like the Clintons, they just won’t leave.
Isn’t it strange and confounding that virtually everyone, from the slack jawed, low information, hipster douchebag democrat to the most revered media talking head of mush jorno - list thinks a NBC has only to be born in this country to be eligible?
...and fraudulent Social Security number PLUS fraudulent university application claiming to be a needy foreign national.
Because it’s not enough right now
No I haven't.
I gave myself a 7 and a half year jump over everybody else.
Remember his “I’ll have more freedom after I am reelected.”
Now it will be him saying it to BLM, NAN, and NOI,
“Now that I am not president, we can really stick it to them.”
Remember, Zero, it is better to have someone THINK you are DUMB, than open your mouth and have it known!!
I in my lifetime had 2 bad presidents...Bush 43 and ZERO...I hope Trump will be my GREATEST President
Obama has promised to shoot cops.
In the case of Ted Cruz, not even born here, just American on his mother’s side.
It was intentional.
They have wanted to do away with it for many years.
Famous last words: “Where did all the secret service guys go?”
Republicans drop out of sight like stone. Democrats don’t know how to let go. We still have a while yet with the Clintons, win or lose, I’m sure. The Obamas may be haranguing us for the next 30 or so years. Even Jimmy Carter will yell ya a thing or two if you put a mic in front of him.
So long as he is gone, who cares what he says or thinks. JUST GO AWAY!
No more apology tours, no more dilettante lectures. Good riddance!
Maybe he meant “more oral”
I hope somebody exposes him for what he is and destroys his ‘legacy’.
Lots of good exposure on ‘The Obama File’
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