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tRump is correct about Obama (Original Post) SHRED Sep 2018 OP
No sleep. He listened to every word and several replays. Sneederbunk Sep 2018 #1
Yeah, Fraud Lies all day and into the night. Cha Sep 2018 #2
It was good feeling when Obama was President. I'm Cha Sep 2018 #3
Post removed Post removed Sep 2018 #4
Obama, in the last days of his lame duck Presidency, murielm99 Sep 2018 #6
Thank You for explaining Reality to that poster, Muriel. Cha Sep 2018 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author ailsagirl Sep 2018 #21
I hate to say this... lame54 Sep 2018 #5
Obama was thwarted by McCONnell. Nobody asking for blind eye, just a fully aware eye. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #7
I'm aware of the circumstances lame54 Sep 2018 #8
Right? SammyWinstonJack Sep 2018 #12
Yes. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #13
Bullshit. Cha Sep 2018 #22
Might want to check a calendar lame54 Sep 2018 #23
Wonderful! thegoose Sep 2018 #9
When President Obama was in office, Grammy23 Sep 2018 #10
Well stated. Not just insomnia, but nightmares and waking up feeling like the world is ending. erronis Sep 2018 #11
THIS. Thank you, Grammy. Silver Gaia Sep 2018 #16
You are welcome. Grammy23 Sep 2018 #17
Yes. Thanks for responding. Silver Gaia Sep 2018 #19
It also indicates that the elderly Trump needs a lot of naps grantcart Sep 2018 #14
I sure do miss him. calimary Sep 2018 #15
Me too!! To both your points ailsagirl Sep 2018 #20
If Donald fell asleep, it was because the speech was too complicated for him to follow. keithbvadu2 Sep 2018 #24

Cha

(297,230 posts)
3. It was good feeling when Obama was President. I'm
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 09:03 PM
Sep 2018

grateful I appreciated him when he was serving in real time.

Response to SHRED (Original post)

murielm99

(30,741 posts)
6. Obama, in the last days of his lame duck Presidency,
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 09:17 PM
Sep 2018

expelled Russian "diplomats," closed at least one of their facilities, and warned Putin.

He could not have done more. His time in office was up. He had open hostility from Congress.

Let's look at who worked with the Russians. It was the trump team, not Obama.

Response to Cha (Reply #18)

lame54

(35,290 posts)
5. I hate to say this...
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 09:16 PM
Sep 2018

Russia stole it on his watch

I'm a big Obama fan but I can't turn a
blind eye to that

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
13. Yes.
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 10:24 PM
Sep 2018

It was on his watch. He didn't realize the extent of it and how effective it would be. I don't think anyone did. He turned it over to McConnell for political reasons (he thought it would be viewed as partisan talk, I read, if he alone outed it to the public). I wish he had sounded the call, after McConnell decided not to tell the public.

If only, if only. Would it have made a difference if he had sounded the alarm? I think so, but who can be be sure?

I'm not even sure our intel was doing anything to thwart it, or just tracking it. Homeland Security did alert certain states that they were at risk of being hacked & offered national assistance, but I read that they refused.

But yes, the fact is that it did happen the last year of Obama's administration. We all hate to say it. And it's continuing even now. And we all hate to know that.

We need Democrats in Congress to do what it takes to stop it. The current Republican controlled Congress isn't going to do it, and we know why.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
10. When President Obama was in office,
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 09:22 PM
Sep 2018

I always felt confident that he was studying the world situation and staying abreast of hot spots and things that he needed to be briefed on regularly. I never begrudged his off time playing golf or basketball because I knew when he was in the Oval Office he was working. His vacation time was precious to him because he spent time with his family or back in Hawaii relaxing. But I knew he was also still aware of everything going on. He NEEDED his off time to be able to do the work in the Oval Office. I am glad he took time to take care of himself and his family.

With tRump, every day is another sh*t storm. We know he is resentful of not being able to spend as much time as he wants at his resorts. We know he gets up early and spends the morning fiddle farting around tweeting and watching tv. I assume he is working on his rat’s nest he calls his hair. But it is not working on the nation’s business.

So yea, we could all rest a lot better when President Obama was in charge. My insomnia has gone through the roof with tRumpolini at the helm.

erronis

(15,257 posts)
11. Well stated. Not just insomnia, but nightmares and waking up feeling like the world is ending.
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 09:39 PM
Sep 2018

The russian/repuglicon/plutocrat takeover of the government and media happened subtlely - at least to my understanding.

But this has been a program/agenda for several decades. It will take several decades to rid us of the rot (Kavanaugh/Gorsuch/etc.) that has been installed.

Silver Gaia

(4,544 posts)
16. THIS. Thank you, Grammy.
Mon Sep 10, 2018, 12:00 AM
Sep 2018

Your words describe my own feelings. For probably the first time in my life, I truly felt safe and was hopeful for a bright future. Now? My life is a series of panic attacks held together by insomnia, dread and fear. Thank you for voicing this.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
17. You are welcome.
Mon Sep 10, 2018, 12:27 AM
Sep 2018

Just thinking back to when we had a sane, stable, highly intelligent and committed individual in the Oval Office. What a huge difference with the monster we have now. I just do not understand how anyone can look at tRump and think he is okay. He is not. And that is the stuff nightmares are made of.

Silver Gaia

(4,544 posts)
19. Yes. Thanks for responding.
Mon Sep 10, 2018, 06:14 AM
Sep 2018

My (adult) daughter often refers to Obama as "Daddy'bama," not in a disrespectful way, but because to her, he represents the epitome of the Father archetype. He always made her feel safe and secure. He spoke tough as steel and could spit nails when necessary, but could console with warmth and comfort as well. He was always fair and just, wise, and was to be respected. What we have now is the exact opposite. He is cold as ice and terrifying. I'm with you. I don't understand his appeal. I guess they just wanted a "tough guy" who would punish their supposed enemies created from years of being fed RW propaganda. They got a crook and a con man with no morals, but they are blind to the truth. It's a classic "the emperor has no clothes" situation. They've been so deeply programmed, I don't know if we can ever get through to them. I've given up on that. We just have to convince the unbrainwashed majority to VOTE. I can't take much more of this. My health is starting to suffer from the daily stress of this corrupt monster squatting in the people's house. I wish you peace, Grammy. I wish us all peace and comfort, and release from this nightmare.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
14. It also indicates that the elderly Trump needs a lot of naps
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 10:29 PM
Sep 2018

Would love the press corps ask Sanders how many naps does the President have to take a day?

keithbvadu2

(36,806 posts)
24. If Donald fell asleep, it was because the speech was too complicated for him to follow.
Mon Sep 10, 2018, 06:56 PM
Sep 2018

If Donald fell asleep, it was because the speech was too complicated for him to follow.

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