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emmaverybo

(8,144 posts)
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 12:26 AM Mar 2020

Should Obama speak up? Not about the primary, but about this pandemic, what he left in place to [View all]

monitor and combat the spread of a potentially global virus, about Trump’s mismanagement, lack of leadership? Advise? Console?


17 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
No. Obama should not engage. Don't stir up the crazy, jealous hornet.
2 (12%)
Yes. Obama should address the nation at a time of crisis, as he is now an elder statesman.
5 (29%)
No. Be too many cooks in the kitchen. Let Dems, Biden, Bernie do what they are doing,
2 (12%)
Other: The ex-presidents should put something together and speak.
8 (47%)
Yes, but...Obama should endorse a candidate in order to unify us against Trump
0 (0%)
No. Breaks with the American tradition. Prev prez, especially in "war time," doesn't criticize current.
0 (0%)
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