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I think President Obama is doing the right thing. Ignore the Bullshitter in the room. (Original Post) spanone Jun 2017 OP
Should be one helluva book BeyondGeography Jun 2017 #1
no kidding. i can't imagine spanone Jun 2017 #2
Trump wants to goad Obama into a defensive stance and to use that no_hypocrisy Jun 2017 #3
Exactly.. President Obama isn't going to take Cha Jun 2017 #10
No point in making himself the story mcar Jun 2017 #4
Let the Con self destruct on his own malaise Jun 2017 #5
Amen! spanone Jun 2017 #6
I half want him to troll Drumpf.. HipChick Jun 2017 #7
know what you mean. spanone Jun 2017 #8
I strongly believe that Obama KNOWS how this mess will ultimately end. I also lamp_shade Jun 2017 #9
"One of Obama's greatest virtues is patience..".. Cha Jun 2017 #11
Mahalo, Cha. Spanone is right... Obama is doing the right thing. lamp_shade Jun 2017 #12
lol.. always with the multi-dimensional chess.. Cha Jun 2017 #13
Completely disagree oberliner Jun 2017 #14
I agree, this is the best way to handle this Ezior Jun 2017 #15
Damn, I miss Obama .. most of the world does, too. Hieronymus Jun 2017 #16

no_hypocrisy

(45,779 posts)
3. Trump wants to goad Obama into a defensive stance and to use that
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 07:02 PM
Jun 2017

façade to divert attention from his string of failures since he took the Oath of Office.

lamp_shade

(14,796 posts)
9. I strongly believe that Obama KNOWS how this mess will ultimately end. I also
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 04:45 AM
Jun 2017

believe that trump KNOWS that Obama knows... and why he's trying so hard to delegitimize him in the meantime. You can bet that Obama has friends in the so-called deep state. One of Obama's greatest virtues is patience and I suspect he's just biding his time, enjoying his time off, for as long as it takes, while the inevitable shit is hurtling toward the fan.

Cha

(295,929 posts)
11. "One of Obama's greatest virtues is patience.."..
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 04:54 AM
Jun 2017

Yes.. And, greatest strengths. The opposite of drumpf.. who has less than zero.

Thank you for that, lamp_shade!

lamp_shade

(14,796 posts)
12. Mahalo, Cha. Spanone is right... Obama is doing the right thing.
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 05:09 AM
Jun 2017

He's playing multi-dimensional chess while trump is playing "go fish".

Cha

(295,929 posts)
13. lol.. always with the multi-dimensional chess..
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 05:24 AM
Jun 2017

which some on here use to mock 'cause they had no clue.

lol.. Go fish.. that's apt for trump's mentality.



Yes, spanone is righto!

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
14. Completely disagree
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 05:58 AM
Jun 2017

He should be speaking out forcefully and constantly against the horrors of the Trump administration. Our country depends on it.

Ezior

(505 posts)
15. I agree, this is the best way to handle this
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 06:02 AM
Jun 2017

It's also a technique Merkel likes to use when "bad actors" in her own sister party, the opposition or elsewhere come up with BS. Like when Erdogan called all (modern-day) Germans Nazis. It would benefit nobody to reply "No, we're not all Nazis", because everyone already knows about that and it would give Erdogan (or Trump, in Obama's case) more reason to go on and on. Sometimes it's hard to take the silence though.

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