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| Obama Plans to Rule America Outside the White House |
| 2016-12-16 |
| [CFP] Barack Obama has two faces. After Trump’s victory and Hillary’s defeat, the public Obama has been gracious and diplomatic. His lectures to Trump, directly and indirectly, are couched in praise. He echoed the feeling of millions on both sides when he said, "We are now all rooting for his success". That’s a lie. Or rather a disguise. Obama and his aides had, in one insider narrative, decided to don the "mask of decorum". The contempt for Trump still seeps through the mask. And the mask hides Obama’s next big move. President Obama is over. He knows that. There are still some things that he can do before he leaves office, but everything except the most destructive, can be undone by his successor. The next phase of his campaign will not be fought from the White House. It will be fought against the White House . The other Obama is emerging in conference calls with his supporters. "One of the challenges that I’ve discovered being president is I’d like to be organizer-in-chief, but it’s hard," he said in one call. Obama can no longer be commander-in-chief. Instead he’s plotting to become organizer-in-chief. The infrastructure for the organization was put into place long before anyone thought that Hillary might lose. Organizing for Action gave him his own organizing hub. If Hillary had won, it would have been a pressure group. Now that Trump won, it’s an axis to build a personal counterrevolution around. In his post-election conference call with his OFA troops, Obama told them, "I’m giving you like a week and a half to get over it". Then it would be time to "move forward not only to protect what we’ve accomplished, but also to see this as an opportunity". What opportunity could there be in Trump’s win? |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 Obama had two terms and twice as bad as Carter so he should build houses for Habitat for Humanity for twice as long as Carter did before considering returning to public life. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-12-16 22:20 |
| #11 Well he wanted to lead from behind. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-12-16 16:50 |
| #10 More "The Handler" from Damon Knight than a Pierson's puppeteer. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2016-12-16 16:43 |
| #9 RE: #7 comment on the funded organization. After Jan 20, needs a RICO investigation. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-12-16 16:16 |
| #8 It's a small thing, but I am going to be a little happier in 34 days when I can drop POSOTUS and use POTUS again. Obama will never go away. The press will use him as a cudgel to beat up the incoming administration non-stop, he will get all the airtime he wants. I am looking forward to the huge public ceremony that will be his "reversion" to Islam. |
| Posted by: Bov Flimbers 2016-12-16 16:09 |
| #7 George Soros, Big Banks And Google Fund Anti-Trump Resistance Group |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-12-16 15:23 |
| #6 We endeavour to give satisfaction. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-12-16 14:00 |
| #5 LOL at the Niven reference! Most fitting for Obama. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2016-12-16 13:49 |
| #4 I think the Hindmost is up for a serious surprise - 10 min after he's no longer POTUS, he'll find nobody returns his call. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-12-16 13:27 |
| #3 That's about all I'll be extending this indolent bugger's New Year's resolution, ten days. See 10 days. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-12-16 12:24 |
| #2 Revoke the 501(c)(3) status of Organizing for Action for political activity, or put that status 'under review' for a few years. Fascists disguised as whining crybabies, the entire lot of them. |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-12-16 12:18 |
| #1 "I’m giving you like a week and a half to get over it". That's about all I'll be extending this indolent bugger's New Year's resolution, ten days. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-16 08:41 |