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Obama on Trump...
DrafterX Offline
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President Obama, speaking at a press conference in Germany, passed up the opportunity Thursday to tamp down the anti-Donald Trump protests back home -- urging those taking part not to remain "silent."

The president fielded a question on the protests during a joint news conference in Berlin alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

"I suspect that there’s not a president in our history that hasn’t been subject to these protests," he answered. "So, I would not advise people who feel strongly or who are concerned about some of the issues that have been raised during the course of the campaign, I wouldn’t advise them to be silent."

He added: “Voting matters, organizing matters and being informed on the issues matter.”

Protests have broken out in cities across the country since Trump's upset victory last Tuesday. Some have been peaceful, but there have been incidents of violence -- and a demonstration last Thursday in Portland escalated into a destructive riot.

Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway repeatedly has called for Obama to speak out on the unrest.

“I am calling for responsibility and decency. I hope President Obama says, ‘Cut it out,'" she told "Fox News Sunday."

Obama, though, so far has not done so, speaking mostly in generalities.

"Whenever you have got an incoming president of the other side, particularly after a bitter election like this, it takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality. Hopefully, it's a reminder that elections matter and voting counts," he told reporters on Monday.

Asked about the president’s reaction to those carrying “He’s Not My President” signs, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the freedom to protest should be “exercised without violence” but that “it's not surprising that people are disappointed in the outcome, but it's important for us to remember, a day or two after the election, that we're Democrats and Republicans, but we're Americans and patriots first.”

While he expressed cautious optimism Thursday that Trump would be an ally to Europe, Obama advised the president-elect to avoid simply taking “a realpolitik approach” with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Obama also suggested Trump not “cut deals when convenient,” and he urged him to stand up to Putin when Russia’s values "differ from international norms."


Film at 11..... Think




Refresh my memory, Obama did what when Russia took Crimea..?? Huh
teedubbya Offline
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Yea. Trump should be more like Obama not less.
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Think
Is that where I was going..??
teedubbya Offline
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Well you want Trump to cut deals with pootie right?
DrafterX Offline
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if needed.... Syria will prolly be the test... I'm real curious what's gonna happen there... Mellow
tailgater Offline
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So is Obama admitting that it wasn't racism when people opposed him?
Because that's a new take.
Brand new.

DrafterX Offline
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I dunno.... he did say he would take it as a personal insult if a black dude voted for Trump tho... not sure if that's racist or not... Mellow
DrMaddVibe Offline
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When did the Dixie Chicks add a fiddler?
teedubbya Offline
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Trump? He says he was against the war too. He wasn't, because it would have gotten the same response the Dixie chicks got, but that's beside the point.
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teedubbya wrote:
Trump? He says he was against the war too. He wasn't, because it would have gotten the same response the Dixie chicks got, but that's beside the point.



Talk about missing the point...the Dixie Chick's had to leave the country to find an audience that would pay them to play. Once there they decided to bash on a sitting President.

The Kenyan King just couldn't wait till January.
ZRX1200 Offline
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Quite the false argument there teedubya
teedubbya Offline
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I thought you guys would like that one
DrafterX Offline
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I thought you were serious and didn't want to hurt your feelings... Mellow
teedubbya Offline
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That said anti-Iraq war position that got the Dixie chicks in trouble is now the mainstream Republican position and a little bit of revisionist history on Trumps part puts them in the same boat as them.

DrafterX Offline
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but Hillary voted for the war too right..?? seems like it was the style at the time... Mellow
ZRX1200 Offline
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Nice double down.

It was disrespecting the POTUS in the context of THAT moment with the utter lack of thoughtful reasoning.

AND they weren't in the US.
ZRX1200 Offline
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http://www.theamericanconservative.com/mccarthy/the-seven-republicans-who-were-right-about-iraq/
teedubbya Offline
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Hillary was wrong too drafter.

I get the context Z. The primary reason was the war however.

I'd still hit them though.
DrafterX Offline
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If Hillary was wrong.. I don't wanna be right.... Mellow
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wait.. what.. Think Think
Brewha Offline
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Figures that the Right would carp about Obama not working harder to dig Trump out of the moral pit jumped into.

I thought Trumps answer to protests was to "just punch 'em in the nose".
Let me guess - he changed his mind on that too.....
ZRX1200 Offline
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Little myopic socialist, fascist drones using Alinski tactics and showing us everything except the brown shirts in their hearts.


God bless their little A.H. hearts.
teedubbya Offline
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I'd believe that if they weren't little baby veal like blobs of softness just waiting for Trump to club them like baby seals in their serenity rooms.
ZRX1200 Offline
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And why would we expect der Chosen One to try to tamper destruction while being understanding of his army's passion.
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Brewha wrote:
Figures that the Right would carp about Obama not working harder to dig Trump out of the moral pit jumped into.

I thought Trumps answer to protests was to "just punch 'em in the nose".
Let me guess - he changed his mind on that too.....



Actually his was just "stop it " .

You still don't understand someone doing the job they have . horse
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Covfireman wrote:
Actually his was just "stop it " .

You still don't understand someone doing the job they have . horse

"Stop it"???

That would be articulate for a 12 year old girl. But the commander in chief?

Are you sure?
Covfireman Offline
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Positive it would work for his followers they can understand words that big . Regretfully it's to difficult for Obama's rioters to understand .

Still it's a million times more than your hero oboma has done but today was Sunday maybe he's playing golf again .
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You know, Obama can't spend the next four years trying to fix or minimize Trumps mistakes.

It was bad enough he had to clean up after W, now he should speak to the people on Trumps behalf?
Why doen't Lord Cheeto speak to them?
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Brewha wrote:
"Stop it"???

That would be articulate for a 12 year old girl. But the commander in chief?

Are you sure?

you would've been happier with a drone strike?
ZRX1200 Offline
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It would have showed class, and a move to bridge a political gap. That's why he was unable and unwilling, Democrats NEED it.
Brewha Offline
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Looks to me like Trump will be the most protested president in history. So, I figure we should get used to it.
But it's only political discourse. And as I recall Trump precipitate it - again and again.

The worrisome part is the nails on the chalk board whining the GOP will be doing - and already are.
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Brewha wrote:
Looks to me like Trump will be the most protested president in history. So, I figure we should get used to it.
But it's only political discourse. And as I recall Trump precipitate it - again and again.

The worrisome part is the nails on the chalk board whining the GOP will be doing - and already are.


you must laugh hysterically while you type... I gotta admit, you crack me up...

there is a lot of whining going on right now, you're right about that... but it's your safety pin party doing it... and you know it because it's being led by all the news sources you frequent... Van Jones anyone? "White people are being mean to me and I don't know what to tell my kids cuz I'm a communist muslim hate monger who makes a living convincing people like brewha that almost everyone is just like him and now he's finding out that isn't even close to true"

besides, repubs don't have much to whine about right now... they demolished you guys at election time...
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and as far as trump being "the most protested president in history"... says a whole lot more about you and your people than it does about trump and his people...
Brewha Offline
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
and as far as trump being "the most protested president in history"... says a whole lot more about you and your people than it does about trump and his people...

My people? Wow - I have people's now.

But No - it just means that Trump is a dumb azz. Nothing more.

What is this safety pin party you speak of?
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
you must laugh hysterically while you type... I gotta admit, you crack me up...

there is a lot of whining going on right now, you're right about that... but it's your safety pin party doing it... and you know it because it's being led by all the news sources you frequent... Van Jones anyone? "White people are being mean to me and I don't know what to tell my kids cuz I'm a communist muslim hate monger who makes a living convincing people like brewha that almost everyone is just like him and now he's finding out that isn't even close to true"

besides, repubs don't have much to whine about right now... they demolished you guys at election time...





and a BIG Beer to Joel
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Brewha wrote:


What is this safety pin party you speak of?


Just whiny beotches showing that they're really a buncha pricks.

tailgater Offline
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Why do the democrats sympathize with the lazy, angry malcontents who can't find the time to even vote but take days off to march in protest?

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