Posted on 09/07/2018 9:42:04 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
President Obama on Friday urged Americans to vote because our democracy depends on it, saying the stakes are higher than any other election in his lifetime.
Im here to deliver a simple message: You need to vote because our democracy depends on it, Obama said at a speech at the University of Illinois, as he wades back into the political fray.
"But just a glance at recent headlines should tell you that this moment really is different, he said. The stakes really are higher. The consequences of any of us sitting on the sidelines are more dire."
Obama later in his speech turned directly to Trump, criticizing him for capitalizing on resentments between different Americans.
But Obama said Trump was a symptom of a larger problem, not the cause.
"It did not start with Donald Trump. He is a symptom, not the cause," the former president said. "He's just capitalizing on resentments politicians have been fanning for years."
Obama will head to his first midterm campaigning on Saturday for Democratic House candidates in California.
The speech Friday previews those arguments.
Im here today because this is one of those pivotal moments when every one of us as citizens of the United States need to determine just who it is that we are, just what it is that we stand for, Obama said.
Mr. Obama, I sincerely Mr. Trump declassified documents showing that you weaponized the government to make it your democracy of socialism. It is not your democracy, and once you are exposed for the traitor you are, maybe people will have a better understanding of what THEIR democracy is all about.
this only show how desperate the Dems are—he is there last “big gun” left to deploy. The three books, Omorosa, Woodward, Bernstein, didn’t take down Trump. The Movie by the Fat man is set to be launched, The “Scandal” Op Ed in the Times was to put the icing on the cake that Trump is a loose cannon, a nut,unfit to lead. But the Truth is out there—he is no nut, he’s doing a great job. BUT Obama is right about one thing— The November Election is the Most important one in decades! We must work as hard as Trump to make sure the Blue Wave never comes.
What Democracyl
L?we are a Constitutional Republic,this idiot already forgot
He fundamentally transformed the United States of American’s
One thing for sure the country can thank him for giving us a President Trump!/ So come ahead Barry Sotoro
Pablum is a good word describing Obama’s speech.
He speaks in Grand generalities that boil down to nothing. Quite bland when compared to President Trump who speaks in specifics with lots of spicy pizazz.
Yes, he is taking credit for the strong economy we are enjoying right now.
Oh, don't worry, we know, we'll be there. Nice projection, about creating divisions between Americans, you Kenyan-born enemy of the Constitution.
This is why he has come out. Trump is holding the Trump card and it's a doozie. It's a shame most of us have been banned off social media. The energy two years ago was exciting and enormously helpful.
Yep, leftists wont call it a republic.
What! No rally. Oh surely he could fill a football stadium. /s/
Of course. Whomever said that 'once people discover that they can vote themselves free stuff, that will signal the end of the Republic' could not have been closer to today's events - and that's exactly what Democrats have become, fomenters of the lynch mob mentality. That gives them plausible (at least in their own self-justified minds) deniability when the SHTF.
Ever heard of George Soros?
It’s a dog whistle to Antifa. Stop the fascists!! By being Brown Shirts!!!
When is Antifa going to start being arrested as a terror group?
Their masked, violent attacks seemingly go by unnoticed, by LEO.
Why are they getting away with this?
Darn I have to stay off my phone when reading/posting to FR. Sorry for the botched English, but you got the jest.
Why is ObamaIdiot giving a sh*t about ‘democracy’ now when he definitely did not give a sh*t about it during his 8-year tenure as POTUS AND when he laid the foundations for Trump/Russia BS?!?! Go frak off, ObamaIdiot.
It’s a Republic not a Democracy Oblama. Also there are 50 states, not 57.
Communism depends on it. America is about freedom. Obama is about taking from others at gunpoint.
Dems are definitely starting to panic if they’ve managed to pry obama’s lazy butt off his couch ...
there’s no better way to widen your political appeal beyond your core base than to insult and attack everyone else who isn’t part of your core base ... said no one ever ...
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