2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPresident Obama thinks it is nearing time for Bernie Sanders to drop out of the race
President Obama privately told a group of donors at a DNC fundraising event in Austin, Texas, that he thought it was nearing time for Sen. Bernie Sanders to drop out of the presidential race and for the party to come together behind Hillary Clinton, The New York Times reports.
While Obama did not outright call for Sanders to drop out of the race, he reportedly said that a continued battle between the Democrats would only help the Republicans get ahead.
Mr. Obama said that he understood the appeal to voters of a candidate who is authentic, the official said. But he also reminded the Texas donors in the room that Mr. Bush was considered authentic when he was running for president, suggesting that being authentic did not necessarily translate into being a good president, in his view.
http://theweek.com/speedreads/613395/president-obama-thinks-nearing-time-bernie-sanders-drop-race
AzDar
(14,023 posts)*cough*
RATM435
(392 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)Not speaking against the Keystone Pipeline in very aggressive terms.
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)Somebody fucked up.
Ned_Devine
(3,146 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)through the Clinton Foundation money laundering center. Then, against Obama's directive, had him provide some great intel on Libya, which she then used to push Obama into accepting her desire to kill and destroy thousands of Libyan lives, including many women and children. Hillary Clinton is a neocon warmonger whose blood lust will never be satiated.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)I am pretty sure that Blumenthal fed Hillary false information to stir things up so that it would further his interests. And Hillary gleefully passed along bad intel. Of course she was a pro at this by this time.
riversedge
(69,716 posts)woodsprite
(11,853 posts)scscholar
(2,902 posts)And, have access to the same or more information?
frylock
(34,825 posts)bobthedrummer
(26,083 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)Nominating Hillary Clinton would let RepubliCONs get ahead in the worst way.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,276 posts)wyldwolf
(43,865 posts)The Times cited anonymous sources to describe what Obama said, but a White House official also confirmed his comments to the paper.
Obama, who has stayed neutral in the primary, "chose his words carefully, and did not explicitly call on Mr. Sanders to depart the race," The Times' Maggie Haberman and Michael Shear wrote.
"Still, those in attendance said in interviews that they took his comments as a signal to Mr. Sanders that perpetuating his campaign, which is now an uphill climb, could only help the Republicans recapture the White House," they added.
A source told The Times that Obama's tone was urgent as it increasingly appears that the Republican nominee will be Donald Trump.
http://www.businessinsider.com/barack-obama-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-2016-3
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)& cause their ODS to go into overdrive.
Dawgs
(14,755 posts)He just nominated a centrist to the Supreme Court.
It would be out his nature to endorse someone that's not just like him.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Gwhittey
(1,377 posts)We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. So give him to at least the convention.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)I am just kidding mostly. However, someone did alert a Hillary quote and said it was a death threat against her.
FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)in this context?
Loudestlib
(980 posts)She said it about Obama and it was indeed crass and douchy.
FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)KitSileya
(4,035 posts)They keep posting in several threads about how Sanders shouldn't drop out; after all, RFK was assasinated in June.
Personally, I find it somewhat disturbing to think of assasination as a viable stategy to win the nomination, but evidently others think it's fine.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)BRANDON, S.D. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton defended staying in the Democratic nominating contest on Friday by pointing out that her husband had not wrapped up the nomination until June 1992, adding, We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California.
Her remarks were met with quick criticism from the campaign of Senator Barack Obama, and within hours of making them Mrs. Clinton expressed regret, saying, The Kennedys have been much on my mind the last days because of Senator Kennedy, referring to the recent diagnosis of Senator Edward M. Kennedys brain tumor. She added, And I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation and in particular the Kennedy family was in any way offensive.
Still, the comments touched on one of the most sensitive aspects of the current presidential campaign concern for Mr. Obamas safety. And they come as Democrats have been talking increasingly of an Obama/Clinton ticket, with friends of the Clintons saying that Bill Clinton is musing about the possibility that the vice presidency might be his wifes best path to the presidency if she loses the nomination.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/us/politics/24clinton.html?_r=0
It was disturbing when Hillary said that, her supporters don't mind it and that's why others use it to jab at Hillary and her supporters.
Here is video of that quote plus much other currently ironic patter from candidate Clinton about staying in the race:
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)strong stomach.
Gwhittey
(1,377 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)and exactly why Bernie needs to stay in the race.
He's the only one pointing to this kind of establishment entitlement and corruption that has destroyed our faith in the electoral and political process.
Bravo Mr. President. Time for another donation to Bernie!
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)Depaysement
(1,835 posts)Bernie makes that decision.
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)But come on. We can't drag it out forever.
merrily
(45,251 posts)2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)They both ran on similar platforms but only one of them apparently can keep promises
Can you imagine the world we would have now if our govt. Actually worked for the people?
So many lives across the world destroyed by a few greedy mother fuckers
Yavin4
(35,356 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)unless of course 'someone' wants them made public for some reason
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/us/politics/obama-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders.html?_r=1&referer=
Bleacher Creature
(11,235 posts)wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)you could see him all the time.
Babel_17
(5,400 posts)President Obama is a skilled politician and he knew his room. Good for him squeezing that dough from the well to do for our party. So there you go, it really is no big deal letting the world know what was said when speaking to the wealthy. Though, granted, this money wasn't paid to Obama.
UglyGreed
(7,661 posts)like he did when it came to paying a fine if you did not carry medical insurance....
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)I am proud of our President.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)without the owner's consent, forbidding the practice in peacetime.
I'm sure he knows that.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)Interpretations of the 4th vary, of course.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)lancer78
(1,495 posts)that he is sometimes referred to as Obummer.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)I am reporting myself to the Department of Redundancy Department for that.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)But I'm sure you know that and were just being ironic, right?
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,704 posts)fredamae
(4,458 posts)I should be denied my opportunity to Vote First-Before Bernie decides what He's going to do? My Primary isn't until the middle of May.
Why Now? Why before we All get to vote?
If that's the case-Ok, Fine-Kiss my Undecided GE Vote Good-bye too.
sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)Then again, I expected nothing else from him.
As POTUS he has interfered with primaries within
states.
ebayfool
(3,411 posts)Yeah. About that? Too late.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)No real need to be neutral, as there's only the one.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)NV Whino
(20,886 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)Surely he must have something else to do.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Wait...
FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)the opposition truly see money as trumping all else. It's almost as though money just makes you right.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)I laughed at the irony of this coming out of a room filled with 1%ers telling 99%ers how we should think.
It is disgusting.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)So?
Number23
(24,544 posts)Skwmom
(12,685 posts).
Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)This is only the 4th thread today on these remarks.
I guess it's all Hillary and Obama have to say.
Pathetic really.
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)He's done some great things but the main reason I endorsed and voted for him was b/c he said he would push card check.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)... right on it!!
Come on people, despite what Sanders says 2 trillion people outside of McConnell's window isn't going to change his mind about anything
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)uponit7771
(90,225 posts)juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)Number23
(24,544 posts)We're having a little reunion party in the AA forum! Please come by!!
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)mikehiggins
(5,614 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)My mistake.
riversedge
(69,716 posts)I like this headline better.
Damon Bethea ?@damonbethea1 2h2 hours ago
Obama Privately Tells Donors That Time Is Coming to Unite Behind Hillary Clinton http://nyti.ms/1Xy0WaI
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)marriage or bring curses from his sky God or whatever. He's not my guiding light of ethics nor maker of my choices, although he seems to be that for many.
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)does not always turn out so good for them.
insta8er
(960 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)CorkySt.Clair
(1,507 posts)We have the Bernie supporters' second least favorite pol telling them to give it up and support their least favorite pol.
Notice I didn't mention any GOP pols. They seem to have very few bad things to say about that crowd.
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)At the very least Bernie needs to stop attacking the party whose nomination he is running for. It's a losing strategy anyway given that most of the primaries that are coming up are closed primaries.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Autumn
(44,748 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)WHY ARE YOU DEMOCRATS ? WHY DON'T YOU START YOUR OWN PARTY IN SEARCH OF YOUR UTOPIA ? OR IS IT THAT YOUR PERSONALITIES ARE PREDISPOSED TO WHINING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT EVERYTHING ?
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)You crack me up..the caps are funny too.
wyldwolf
(43,865 posts)"Progressives" have convinced themselves they're 'the base' and the only 'true Democrats' even though that question was settled in the election losses of Henry Wallace and George McGovern.