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[mbpm1]

Obama's threat game needs work I guess

 

[shadow_shogun]

Any links to replay?

Starts at the 30 min. mark

 

[Dude Abides]

"We can play that game too!!!!"

Oh man the look on Putin's face when 500 pizzas show up at the Kremlin.

 

[KingSnake]

At this point US is replacing a stand-up comedian with reality TV star. Too bad it couldn't have found an actual president.

 

[D4Danger]

Obama talking about the importance of showing up and actually campaigning. Hmmm.

yeah, the next person to run better heed this advice not turn people away because you think you've already got their vote.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

CNN: "Obama told Putin in Sept to "cut it out"

what a sound bite.

 

[qcf x2]

This man is asking all the right questions. Obama playing dodgeball.

He's doing a really good job (Obama). I was talking about what I'd like to see him address before this started and basically the checklist was: 1. Move on from the result, 2. Work together 3. Push for change at the grassroots level.

3/3

Is it just me or does Obama seem like he's pretty much over America. Like, he seems pretty fed up with everything and completely disinterested.

You're projecting quite strongly. He's tired and needs a vacation, 8 yrs of hard work will do that.

 

[LotusHD]

They want Obama to fly off the handle and do something dangerously impulsive because they're afraid of Trump flying off the handle and doing something dangerously impulsive.

Makes a lot of sense.

Exactly, they make no fucking sense. Even if he is leaving, he can't just simply pop off on Trump or whoever. Y'all are showing your true colors right now.

 

[TwntyOneTwlv]

Ok I'm checking out. Dunno what I expected really.

 

[hydragonwarrior]

Honestly, don't waste your time.

Summary: We all knew this months ago, press you didn't cover it as much as you should have, Russia did bad stuff and I told them to stop it, we can do stuff back.

Yeah I wasn't expecting anything absolutely mindblowing unless it was an unplanned press conference.

 

[wesleyshark]

So the Russian involvement was ceased some time back- media went to town with the email leaks in the meantime and more or less helped Trump win by hammering Clinton endlessly.

 

[SoundsOfScience]

The hyperbole in this thread is astounding. Y'all want a president that goes off the handle? Just wait a month.

 

[CitizenVectron]

At this point US is replacing a stand-up comedian with reality TV star. Too bad it couldn't have found an actual president.

You're referring to Obama as a comedian, the man who ruled competently for 8 years, scandal-free?

 

[Future PhaZe]

bams going full crybaby about this whole thing wouldn't help dems at all, not sure what you all are expecting

 

[diablos991]

Hopefully this tame speach helps it sink in for people.

Trump will be our president in the next 3X days.

 

[SilentRob]

So do you guys just want him to act like Donald Trump because you are so mad at Donald Trump for how he acts? Is...is that it?

 

[Intheflorsh]

Watching this, I have to wonder if Trump is ever going to hold a press conference.

 

[Epsilon-delta]

Is it just me or does Obama seem like he's pretty much over America. Like, he seems pretty fed up with everything and completely disinterested.

I think he gives no fucks and disappointed in the American people in general.

 

[Voysa Reezun]

Is it just me or does Obama seem like he's pretty much over America. Like, he seems pretty fed up with everything and completely disinterested.

As a black man who lives here, I'm totally with him on that front.

He'll never say it, but this country is full of shitty racists who would rather literally die than have non-white people be given fair treatment and representation.

I wish that he'd get that racists are going to hate him no matter what, so he might as well say what he wants and get the "angry black man" label that he'll be given.

 

[chillybright]

 

[Username1198]

Is it just me or does Obama seem like he's pretty much over America. Like, he seems pretty fed up with everything and completely disinterested.

Just you. To me, he looks like he's holding back going ssj4 on everyone.

 

[Calamari41]

We witnessed the biggest event in American history today.

 

[Nibiru]

The words used make the USA/POTUS seem like a toddler talking on a playground to his lil friends.

Nah he was being honest. The U.S. even had Merkel tapped for years and she's a friendly. The U.S. is hacking the shit out of Russia and have interfered in election in other places several times in history. The thing is Russia doesn't have elections lol so they can't directly mess with that place.

 

[Not]

I can't tell if the fact that he's still optimistic when faced with all this bullshit is admirable or not. Or if he has no choice but to appear that way.

 

[ZOONAMI]

Watching this, I have to wonder if Trump is ever going to hold a press conference.

Doubtful, he isn't capable of fielding any questions. Doubt even his press secretary will hold regular conferences.

 

[LiquidSword]

Obama's optimism and faith in the American people has become his greatest weakness. This is really sad

 

[mbpm1]

The hyperbole in this thread is astounding. Y'all want a president that goes off the handle? Just wait a month.

Fight fire with fire is a growing sentiment after all this I suppose

 

[Dude Abides]

Lol. Trump's a dry drunk. Nothing will have a sobering effect.

 

[timetokill]

lol what did you guys expect?

I think people were hoping for this administration to go out with a bang, not a whimper.

Hell, I think people would settle for a mere rumble at this point.

"Fascinating" isn't the first word I'd use to describe this election.

The rich are the Colosseum seats, the rest of us are in the pit.

 

[DragonSworne]

You're delusional.

The delusional one is Obama thinking that the Republicans will give any concern about the Russian hacks.

Obama is delusional in thinking that the transition to Trump as president is like any other past transition.

The man is normalizing Trump when he doesn't have to.

 

[darscot]

Is it just me or does Obama seem like he's pretty much over America. Like, he seems pretty fed up with everything and completely disinterested.

I get the same impression, it's like he feels like he just can't deal with the stupidity anymore. Can't say I blame him, I can't comprehend how anyone could be fooled by Trump, he must feel like its just a lost cause at this point.

 

[Bad_Boy]

He's doing a really good job (Obama). I was talking about what I'd like to see him address before this started and basically the checklist was: 1. Move on from the result, 2. Work together 3. Push for change at the grassroots level.

3/3

lol that sounds like the last 2-3 press conferences.

 

[Maxim726X]

The hyperbole in this thread is astounding. Y'all want a president that goes off the handle? Just wait a month.

So what constitutes flying off the handle, here?

Demanding Trump release his tax returns? Release the findings implicating Putin and Russia in the DNC hacks? Demanding Comey and the FBI show their hand?

Yeah man, totally crazy. Wheeeee!

 

[guek]

Yeah I was joking a lot but this is basically what I expected. It's fun to dream about pulling a rabbit out of his hat but this is who Obama is. It's not the strongest presence but always gentlemanly and, as he says, "cordial."

Obama is reinforcing the smooth transition of power and using this as an opportunity to tell America to calm down.

He's going to continue to try and stay above party politics and that's one of the reasons the GOP continues jerking the dems around.

 

[Guevara]

We got hacked, we will get hacked again, and there really aren't any consequences for interfering in U.S. elections.

 

[Loxley]

Watching this, I have to wonder if Trump is ever going to hold a press conference.

He probably hates talking in front of an audience that doesn't cheer and clap for him after every three words.

 

[JP_]

I can't tell if the fact that he's still optimistic when faced with all this bullshit is admirable or not. Or if he has no choice but to appear that way.

Feels like the latter.

 

[Dmented]

Kind of hilarious. The more he moves his hand as he talks, the more the cameras are clicking. Lol.

 

[SpaceWolf]

I can't tell if the fact that he's still optimistic when faced with all this bullshit is admirable or not. Or if he has no choice but to appear that way.

He absolutely has no choice. Whether that's how he actually feels as well is another matter.

 

[John Rabbit]

Watching this, I have to wonder if Trump is ever going to hold a press conference.

Probably going to send Reince out there.

 

[Chumley]

Toothless and pathetic conference. The reason liberals just lost everything in the election is because of a response like this. Obama has no backbone.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Kind of hilarious. The more he moves his hand as he talks, the more the cameras are clicking. Lol.

Yeah. They are trying to get unique pictures, so any movements they click the hell out of so they can get the "one" picture that no one else got.

 

[B-Dubs]

So the Russian involvement was ceased some time back- media went to town with the email leaks in the meantime and more or less helped Trump win by hammering Clinton endlessly.

Pretty much, which we all already knew. Between that and Comey's letter, here we are.

How the Russian hacking wasn't a giant story I will never know, it was probably the biggest story of the election and it went uncovered.

 

[Ultryx]

Toothless and pathetic conference. The reason liberals just lost everything in the election is because of a response like this. Obama has no backbone.

Lol.

 

[GuyKazama]

You're referring to Obama as a comedian, the man who ruled competently for 8 years, scandal-free?

While better than all the recent Presidents, Obama still had scandals (stolen from some article):

1. Operation Fast and Furious
2. Benghazi
3. The IRS targeted conservative organizations
4. The DOJ seized Associated Press phone records as well as phone and email records from Fox News reporter James Rosen
5. The NSA conducted mass surveillance against American citizens without a warrant
6. The Obama administration paid ransom to Iran for hostages, and lied to the American people about it
7. Hillary's email scandal
8. The Environmental Protection Agency poisoned a Colorado river
9. The EPA also broke federal law in promoting a regulation
10. The General Services Administration scandal
11. The Secret Service scandal

source: http://www.dailywire.com/news/10982/obama-says-hes-had-scandal-free-administration-aaron-bandler

 

[BitStyle]

We got hacked, we will get hacked again, and there really aren't any consequences for interfering in U.S. elections.

That's what I what learned from this past election

 

[BrutishMrFish]

He's still standing by Comey.

For fuck's sake. He's been harder on Hillary.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Watching this, I have to wonder if Trump is ever going to hold a press conference.

State of the Union is gonna be amazing.

 

[SilentRob]

Kind of hilarious. The more he moves his hand as he talks, the more the cameras are clicking. Lol.

Oh god, you are right.

 

[Arrogant Bastard]

So do you guys just want him to act like Donald Trump because you are so mad at Donald Trump for how he acts? Is...is that it?

So we have to agree to this false dichotomy or is there a possibility for another avenue?