Obama Did Little for Fellow Democrats
About one month after Donald Trump upset Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, President Barack Obama declared that he would have won a third term had he been the Democrats’ candidate.
I wonder how that statement made Hillary feel?
Regardless of how tactless Obama’s comment was, it’s possible he was right. After all, Americans re-elected him in 2012 when he squared off against a far less controversial opponent than Trump. And that was despite everything that occurred during the first four years of Obama’s presidency.
But even if he was right, Obama certainly did not do much good for fellow Democratic politicians seeking election while he was in office. At every level of government, Democrats lost ground while Obama sat in the Oval Office (or vacationed in Hawaii, as the case may be).
The Dems lost – get this – more than 1,000 state and federal posts during Obama’s presidency, including state legislative and congressional seats, governorships, and, of course, the presidency.
The Democrats had 55 U.S. senators when he took office, but wound up with only 46. They had 256 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, but that number dwindled to 194. There were 28 Democratic governors in 2008, but now there are only 16 among the 50 states.
When the majority of American voters selected Obama in 2008, they bought into his “Hope” and “Change” rhetoric. In 2012, they fell for his “Forward” slogan. Well, plenty Changed during his time in office, and now we can Hope that Republican majorities in the House, the Senate and state governorships can translate into going Forward with making America great again.
For a long time I have voted as an Independent.
From my perspective, most people in elected office don’t seem to give a damn about the AVERAGE US Citizen.
It has not mattered whether Democrat or Republican, with an occasional exception, once a person gets into office, they seem to be focused on how they can STAY in office…and they don’t seem to be too concerned about WHOSE money they accept.
In my opinion, the USA is in DESPERATE need of a VIABLE third party that really represents the AVERAGE US CITIZEN.
Worse pres ever. Political correctness & race were his bottom line. Without these he would have been toast.
Obama was and is a fraud. He says he is a ctizen if that is the case then he owes the US moey for all education that got on foregin visa ans then got sabarred for life along with Michele and Kilary. People was finally catcching on to all the lies and scheme and put every country especiall Islim country before the welfare of the USA
Jim
You should stay out of politics, if you want to sell your products. Obama is the worst president we have ever had! He and his wife hated the military and our country! How did he get so many votes?
buying them of course! i would have voted for Hitler before Clinton also!!!
I fully support our new president. God Bless President TRUMP.
HOW DO YOU CALL THIS SITE FAIR!!!! I TELL YOU I FULLY SUPPORT OUR NEW PRESIDENT. GOD BLESS PRESIDENT TRUMP. YOU WILL NOT ALLOW THIS COMMENT!!!!!!!!
If they can’t make the right decisions for the benefit of America then they shouldn’t be in that position!
We are tired of being lied to. We all,are suffering
Because of obars lies. I lost my insurance my ins co went bankrupt I am without health insurance it’s all obama’s far he does not admit to his terrible mistake
Obama didn’t do a damn thing good for us as a nation but catered to foreign countries to our safety and welfare of a great place to live!
How many times do you have to be told, “DON’T DRINK THE COOL AID?” Just drinking it once can kill you and yet you are willing to give it a try.
President Obama did what he could without doing anything for anyone when it came to being elected. Why? The “Angry American voter!” We as Americans voters are very angry at our political parties and our politicians. We warned them, we threaten them if they didn’t change their ways we will vote them out of office and vote in a new change. Well, if a politician was up for re-election he/she was in trouble, no matter what political party they were affiliated with. President Obama wouldn’t be a help nor could be be of help because the “Hand writing was on the wall.” The American Voter put a non-politician into the office of President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump.
Donald Trump is a verified “Horse’s Ass” plain and simple. He has made so many political gaffs that the liberal News Media is often found with it’s “Big Mouth” open and on the floor. Even the American Political correct “Police”, aka our politicians, are often dumb founded by these gaffs that Donald Trump has made. I guess the first question they should ask is not “Can you believe what Donald Trump had said?” But “Why does he get away with saying that?” “Why doesn’t the “American People” take offense to what he has said or done? What will it take to get the “American People” to get mad and do something about it?
The truth of the matter is this, Donald Trump hasn’t done anything as yet to make the American Voter to get mad about yet. He isn’t a politician so we will have to excuse his bull in a china shop behavior. After all, there is bound to be some breakage since the man isn’t a political correct politician.
What I can see is a lot of liberal “spoil sports” cry their boo-who-blues that their candidate Hillary Clinton didn’t win. I call that, dodging the bullet.
I say that every political Representative and Congress man or woman that doesn’t show up at the Presidential Inauguration should be voted out of office immediately, recalled if need be. They may not agree with Donald Trump; but, they should respect the man if not the office. By disrespecting the office they are disrespecting the “American People.”
Donald Trump may not respect anybody; but we have to give the man a chance to prove himself first before condemning him for the horse’s ass that he seems to be. We must show our respect to ourselves as well as our nation.