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Obama jumps back into political fray, calls out Trump by name: 'He is a symptom, not the cause'
The Washington Times ^ | 7 Sep 18 | Gabriella Munoz

Posted on 09/07/2018 10:55:13 AM PDT by seanmerc

Former President Obama on Friday lamented the state of politics today, calling out his successor, Donald Trump, by name as he started his push to ramp up Democratic energy for midterms.

Mr. Obama made his return to the political arena by giving a speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign after receiving the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government.

He praised America’s accomplishments but said there is a darker side to progress when politicians peddle resentment and mistrust to preserve the status quo.

“It did not start with Donald Trump. He is a symptom, not the cause,” Mr. Obama said. “He’s just capitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; barackhusseinobama; dims; dumbocrats; formerpresidentobama; liberalmeatheads; obama; obamaiscrazy; obamaisnuts; obamaspeech; presidenttrump; rats; thebamster; thekenyan; trump; x44
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To: seanmerc
He is a symptom, not the cause

Insulting the voters again. That'll go well.


41 posted on 09/07/2018 11:36:41 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: seanmerc
Mr. Obama made his return to the political arena by giving a speech at the University of Illinois

Why do most of these corrupt politicians go to Academia for their speeches? Could it be because everyone in these institutions are anti-Trump, anti-American Socialist in training?

What a farce. It's like having the corrupt collusive biased MSM moderating political debates. It's just wrong on every level and should be enough to make every American recoil in disgust!

42 posted on 09/07/2018 11:47:07 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: seanmerc

I still want five minutes alone with that commie moslem traitor.


43 posted on 09/07/2018 11:55:04 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: seanmerc

“He’s a symptom, not the cause”. He’s actually right on that one, but not in the way he thinks. Trump’s rise to the office of president is a symptom of a country divided ... by Obama and the Democrats ... beginning in 2006 when they took Congress. The people got sick of it all and now Trump is in charge. And this current economy is Trump’s doing ... not Obama’s.


44 posted on 09/07/2018 12:03:48 PM PDT by al_c (https://conventionofstates.com)
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To: Steely Tom

“CRUMB-SNATCHER”


45 posted on 09/07/2018 12:12:46 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: seanmerc

Well, bobo-the-lawless (a.k.a. barry soetoro, or just bobo for short) is acutally correct. bobo, and his ilk, are the cause. Trump is a symptom of American’s getting fed up with corrupt political types like bobo, hilda-beast, slick-willy, etc. American’s voted, and opted for a non-politician for once. Now, Trump is crude, and I would likely not want to hang out with him socially, BUT he is certainly getting things done that should have been done long ago. So, yeah, bobo, you and others are the cause; and Trump is the symptom (or remedy in some circles). Beyond those commeents, you are just an annoying gadfly making noise.

BEGONE, bobo, BEGONE!!


46 posted on 09/07/2018 12:17:39 PM PDT by KIDFOH
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To: seanmerc

Obama : a limp-wristed notion.


47 posted on 09/07/2018 12:28:42 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (17...#1776)
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To: seanmerc

“It did not start with Donald Trump. He is a symptom, not the cause,” said the cause.


48 posted on 09/07/2018 12:29:30 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: seanmerc

It’s Whitey’s fault.


49 posted on 09/07/2018 12:30:40 PM PDT by OKSooner
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To: Wilderness Conservative

Obama never had an opponent that actually fights back. McLame and Romney threw their fights.


And the others had their peccadilloes exposed in public or just died in botched robberies.


50 posted on 09/07/2018 12:30:50 PM PDT by Yaelle
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51 posted on 09/07/2018 1:17:44 PM PDT by Boomer
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I don’t believe they were yet citizens.


52 posted on 09/07/2018 3:22:02 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: onedoug

Harris’ parents were not yet citizens, she was born an Indian/Jamaican/American, not a natural born citizen.


53 posted on 09/07/2018 3:25:02 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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