Alabama lawyer reveals Obama's demand for loyalty when first meeting with US attorneys

[babylonsister]

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Alabama lawyer reveals Obama's demand for loyalty when first meeting with US attorneys
By Leslie Salzillo
Friday Dec 29, 2017 · 7:14 AM EST


Joyce White Vance is a University of Alabama Law Professor who is often seen on MSNBC and served America as an attorney in Birmingham. She served as a federal prosecutor for 25 years and is a wife and mother.

In a tweet Thursday night, Vance expressed her respect for President Obama and how he made it clear to his appointed US attorneys—who they will be serving. Here is what she revealed.

Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance
“The first time President Obama met with US Attorneys, he told us, “I appointed you but you don’t serve me. You serve the American people. And I expect you to act with independence & integrity.” None of us ever forgot that.”

December 29, 2017

Below is the original tweet:

Link to tweet

This is what a real leader looks like and he is dearly missed. You can read more about Joyce White Vance via law.ua.edu/directory/Peop…

[H2O Man]

1. Recommended.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Your OP title is confusing though, please change it to something that doesnt make it look like he

demanded loyalty, if the internet search thing didnt work the way it did I wouldnt care.
Do you see what I mean?

I say this with respect, thanks for the link and article.


And yes, Obama is a man and a patriot. Trump is neither.

[babylonsister]

4. That's the title I found with this tweet. I think it works great myself, but

am glad you enjoyed it.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. I just know how freepers and cons work, they find an OP title that reads like this and they

post it here and there and of course they dont read the article.

It just reads like he demanded loyalty to himself which of course he didn't do and would never do, but no biggie.

[Honeycombe8]

12. Yep. Correctomundo. nt

[MontanaMama]

16. I read it the same way.

It looked like PBO demanded loyalty. I get after reading it that he did not, but it made me catch my breath at first.

[azureblue]

36. so you want to let the freepers define

everything we say or do? IOW, don't do anything they may intentionally misuse? I say nope - let's give them all of these truths right in their faces - truths about honesty, integrity, honor, veracity. Words they probably don't even know much less can spell.

[7962]

37. Then they'll just have to read the article and be sad about whats in it!

[procon]

11. The tweet from Vance is the story, not the misleading title used by the cited source.

Link to tweet

[bitterross]

40. I suspect the original title was misleading on purpose

I congratulate the author of the original tweet. If it is getting this much play here on a site supportive of President Obama, I can only imagine the reaction on the right. Delicious in its little play on words.

[LiberalLovinLug]

44. Yes, the misleading title is a part of propelling the message

It does no damage. Because WE know or suspect that its a good story. That it does not say "...demands loyalty to HIM" And we also know his character, that he would never demand personal loyalty. I went into the story with the full confidence that it was not a negative story against Obama.

But......brainwashed deplorables will latch onto that headline looking for any kind of dirt on Obama. They would go into a story with this headline expecting to be vindicated in their indoctrination that anything Trump is accused of, Obama did it twice as bad. So it would affect them more. At least a small number anyways. I suspect that most would simply dismiss it as a fake story.

[eppur_se_muova]

13. I agree ! Some people will be expecting an "Aha ! We knew Obama did it too !" moment.

Let them taste bitter tears of disappointment.

[Lucinda]

21. +1

[brush]

35. Why not edit it to say Pres. Obama asked for loyalty to the country not to himself?

The head of the article threw me off too.

[bitterross]

39. When I saw the title I knew exactly what to expect.

Since I have a very good idea of the character of President Obama I had a good idea of what was to come. I feel quite certain the original author selected that title on purpose and for the purpose of provoking the right to click on it. I would have done likewise in the hope that I would send thousands of reich-wingers clicking; looking for evidence that President Obama was a man of the same poor character and principles as 45. Knowing, all the while, that they would all be feeling the pit fall from their stomachs just a bit when they read the words of a real man of character.

[triron]

8. 2nd that!

[toddwv]

18. He did demand loyalty.

To the American People.

[northoftheborder]

31. Please add a sarcasm emoji

[Eliot Rosewater]

38. To my post? Why?

[northoftheborder]

41. Oops, sorry, did not mean to refer to your post.

[Leghorn21]

3. THATS how you do it. Thanks for posting! nt

[gratuitous]

6. This is another difference

Another difference between a president who studied the law and a president who circumvented the law.

[A HERETIC I AM]

22. A President who studied the law...

And one who struggles to spell the word

[thbobby]

7. Comparing Obama to Trump

is analogous to comparing a filet mignon to a pile of ... Well, insert whatever here. My intent is obvious.

[Marthe48]

15. tripe

orange, slimy tripe

[Gothmog]

9. I miss having a real POTUS

[stonecutter357]

10. K&R

[yallerdawg]

14. "Kick...

and highly recommend!"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. K&R

[spanone]

19. K&R...

[Elwood P Dowd]

20. Another K&R.

[Achilleaze]

23. Obama was our last American President

Now we have a kremlin-indebted, five-time draft-dodging, republican casino hustler. Pathetic.

[heaven05]

24. President Obama

is a premier American leader in this age of the criminal-in-chief and his and his family's looting of the american treasury and with the help of repthugliKKKans everywhere destroying what little democracy remains after IDIOTS, BIGOTS AND RACISTS voted for this POS calling himself potus.

[keithbvadu2]

25. Oath of Allegiance - Pre and post 1934

Oath of Allegiance
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-fuehrer-oath

(before August 2, 1934)
"I swear by almighty God this sacred oath:
I will at all times loyally and honestly
serve my people and country
and, as a brave soldier,
I will be ready at any time
to stake my life for this oath."

The Fuehrer Oath
(effective August 2, 1934)
"I swear by almighty God this sacred oath:
I will render unconditional obedience
to the Fuehrer of the German Reich and people, Adolf Hitler,
Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht,
and, as a brave soldier,
I will be ready at any time
to stake my life for this oath."

[rzemanfl]

26. K&R n/t.

[still_one]

27. The title of the OP sure suggests something else, and if someone who is just reading OP titles will

assume that President Obama was "demanding loyalty" to himself, and not to the U.S. which is what the article actually indicates

[Moostache]

28. I'm sorry but that must have kicked up some dust in my room...

I'm tearing up over here just feeling the immense sense of what the country has lost with this abortion of a president in the current administration. The precipitous drop off is the most jarring in the history of the nation, and maybe in world history. We lost a leader and a statesman and replaced him with a mad carnival barker with low self-esteem and a real hair problem that somehow no one tells him to address.

Truth be told, I could care less about the hair if he would only resign...yesterday!!!

[usaf-vet]

29. To all my fellow veterans and elected officials. REMEMBER your OATH.

To all my fellow veterans and elected officials. REMEMBER your OATH.

I am a veteran and I have held an elected office.

In both cases I raised my right hand and swore that I would.....

..... "support and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic".

Let's all remember that oath and strive to continue to defend the Constitution.

The GOP, Trump and the billionaires are working to destroy the Constitution amendment by amendment, brick by brick.

It's not about the flag or the National Anthem. It is now and always should be about the Constitution!

Defend it and keep it strong and it will defend us all in return!! This is where all our loyalties should lie.

[gademocrat7]

30. K&R!

President Obama led our country with grace and dignity.

[demmiblue]

32. K&R

[L. Coyote]

33. K & R

Link to tweet

[treestar]

34. Always respect for the rule of law

Donnie Two-Scoops does not even get the concept. As many Americans don't. But they don't get into the Oval Office with it.

[Blue Owl]

42. K&R

[MyOwnPeace]

43. Simple:

The difference between one with class and one that's an ass.