Posted on 06/29/2018 8:17:10 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Former President Barack Obama told Democrats on Thursday night that they are right to feel concerned about the state of the country under President Trump’s leadership.
Obama made some of his most direct comments about the current administration yet at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Beverly Hills, Politico reported Thursday.
“Do not wait for the perfect message, don’t wait to feel a tingle in your spine because you’re expecting politicians to be so inspiring and poetic and moving that somehow, ‘OK, I’ll get off my couch after all and go spend the 15-20 minutes it takes for me to vote,’” Obama said.
“Because that’s part of what happened in the last election. I heard that too much," he added.
The outlet noted that Obama never said Trump’s name in public but talked about his presidency.
“Fear is powerful,” Obama said. “Telling people that somebody’s out to get you, or somebody took your job, or somebody has it out for you, or is going to change you, or your community, or your way of life — that’s an old story and it has shown itself to be powerful in societies all around the world.”
“It is a deliberate, systematic effort to tap into that part of our brain that carries fear in it,” he added.
Obama said the majority of Americans want to see stories of hope and strength, rather than the country being divided.
“The majority of the country doesn’t want to see a dog-eat-dog world where everybody is angry all the time,” he said.
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Now he tells Democrats they need to take Trump seriously.
First they ignore you.
Then they laugh at you.
Then they fight you.
Then you win.
-Gandhi
During the 1972 campaign President Nixon never mentioned George McGovern's name in public. Now Obama avoids mentioning Donald Trump by name. How very Nixonian of Obama.
Does Obama have a book coming out ,LOL
First he called ISIS the JV team, but he was too inept to do anything about it.
Oh yeah, and he is a Muslim terrorist sympathizer and hangs out with American terrorists.
Basically, Obama is a piece of crap.
I seem to recall a certain someone wanting to fundamentally transform America......
[The majority of the country doesn’t want to see a dog-eat-dog world where everybody is angry all the time,” he said. ]
Exactly, most people hate a liberal’s world view.
We should be concerned about EVERY politician.
“...Obama said the majority of Americans want to see stories...”
Yes, that is all the mindless get from these charlatans. STORIES...LIES...DISTORTIONS...FAKE NEWS...SOCIALIST DOGMA...you name it.
Man. This dude just sucks.
Obama was a uniter, not a divider after all. /s
I’m not angry. Just determined. Liberals don’t understand the difference, as anger is their primary motivator any more.
The man who calls himself Barack Hussein Obama II knows POTUS DJT has the authority to ascertain the usurper’s true identity
Exactly. You beat me to it!
Hey, 0bama? Exit Stage Right! Somebody get the HOOK!
The Kenyanesian Usurper was only able to subvert the Constitution with Republican help.
Of course, he stirs up his own kind of fear after piously inveighing that fear is powerful.
illiberal-liberal
I am so glad he didn't say a man-eat dog, just sayin....
Why can’t Obama just do the decent thing and go away?
(Ha ha ha - Rhetorical question only - there is nothing ‘decent’ about Obama, and so expecting him to speak truthfully or do anything else that is ‘decent’ is a losing proposition.)
Zero would be wise to stay out of the public arena and to keep his lips shut and be more concerned about the truth that is coming out about his ordering Spygate against candidate Donald J. Trump and them verbally signing off on framing President Trump!
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