Thanks to a “leaked” phone call, former President Barack Obama is back in the news. Although he has been conspicuously noncommittal for most of this election cycle, Obama’s agenda for 2020 is finally revealed. Obama and the rest of the Democrat establishment are ramping up efforts to block the re-election of President Donald Trump. True to form, they are relying on misinformation, repeating lie after polished lie, until it sounds like the truth.
Obama’s Agenda, Part 1: Gather the Troops
Speaking privately to 3000 former members of his administration, the ex-President made several strong comments leveled at his successor. He criticized President’s Trump’s supposed mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic, blasting his response as “tribal,” “anemic” and “spotty.”
But Obama saved his largest criticism for the Justice Department. The DOJ dropped the charges against Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, who briefly served as National Security Advisor for President Trump.
Obama used these as a jumping-off point, saying he would be taking a more direct role in the election. But let’s take a look at each of his major claims.
Obama’s Agenda, Part 2: Stoke Coronavirus Fears
Obama took aim at President Trump’s America-focused response to the COVID-19 crisis. “What we’re fighting against is these long-term trends in which being selfish, being tribal, being divided, and seeing others as an enemy — that has become a stronger impulse in American life. And by the way, we’re seeing that internationally as well,” he said.
“It’s part of the reason why the response to this global crisis has been so anemic and spotty. It would have been bad even with the best of governments. It has been an absolute chaotic disaster when that mindset — of ‘what’s in it for me’ and ‘to heck with everybody else’ — when that mindset is operationalized in our government.”
The REAL Coronavirus Response
Those remarks sound damning. However, they ignore the truth about how President Trump reacted with urgency and accuracy. They also leave out what top Democrats were doing while the President took action.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany destroyed Obama’s remarks when she said, “President Trump’s coronavirus response has been unprecedented and saved American lives. While Democrats were pursuing a sham witch hunt against President Trump, President Trump was shutting down travel from China.”
“While Democrats encouraged mass gatherings, President Trump was deploying PPE, ventilators, and testing across the country.”
Obama’s Agenda, Part 3: Imply Legal Favoritism
The former president made ominous accusations about the dismissal of charges against Flynn. “The news over the last 24 hours I think has been somewhat downplayed — about the Justice Department dropping charges against Michael Flynn,” he told theObama Alumni Association.
“And the fact that there is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free. That’s the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that basic — not just institutional norms — but our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk. And when you start moving in those directions, it can accelerate pretty quickly as we’ve seen in other places.”
Phrased just so, it sounds like the legal process is at-risk due to political, even Executive, meddling. He insinuated that because Flynn, convicted of a serious crime, was getting off “scot-free”, we are on the road to disaster.
The REAL Flynn Story
However, Obama, who touted understanding of the law, purposefully misspoke. Flynn was not convicted of perjury. On the contrary, as part of a plea bargain, Flynn plead guilty to making false statements to the FBI. That is a very distinct difference.
Even Special Counsel Robert Mueller said in his report that Flynn should receive little to no jail time and that he “deserves credit for accepting responsibility in a timely fashion and substantially assisting the government.”
Then there is the issue of overreach during the Mueller investigation. As the Justice Department’s federal filing noted, FBI agents did not have a justifiable reason to question National Security Advisor Flynn about his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak in the first place.
In other words, they pushed ahead with questions they had no right to ask, and then filed charges when someone above their pay grade didn’t give them information they weren’t entitled to at all.
Obama’s Agenda, Part 4: Jumping In
The ex-President used these as reasons for his re-entry into the political arena. “That’s why, I, by the way, am going to be spending as much time as necessary and campaigning as hard as I can for Joe Biden,” he said.
“So I am hoping that all of you feel the same sense of urgency that I do. Whenever I campaign, I’ve always said, ‘Ah, this is the most important election.’ Especially obviously when I was on the ballot, that always feels like it’s the most important election. This one — I’m not on the ballot — but I am pretty darn invested. We got to make this happen.”
Democrats in Panic Mode
Yet the truth of Obama’s agenda is not really shaped by any actions of the Trump Administration. Rather it is a form of damage control made necessary by former Vice President Biden’s own current status, public gaffes, and now, sexual assault allegations. A perfect storm of historic proportions threatens the possibility of Biden victory in November.
The coronavirus lockdown has the ex-VP sitting on the sidelines, instead of campaigning. He gives speeches online in a desperate bid to stay relevant. Yet unlike President Trump, he doesn’t have any actual authority or responsibility. Right now, all he has are empty words.
Perhaps keeping Biden off the campaign trail and the debate stage is a blessing in disguise for the Dems. In speeches, he regularly loses his train of thought, going off on rambling tangents that make no sense.
Finally, there are the disturbing sexual assault allegations made by former staffer Tara Reade. Her story is credible enough that there is currently an official police investigation underway. It looks bad for Biden, because witnesses and court records show that Reade first mentioned the situation decades ago. This isn’t a too-convenient-to-be-true claim right before the election.
The real truth of Obama’s agenda seems to be saving the Democrat Party. He is trying to shift the focus away from the fact that once again, the Left is backing the wrong candidate.
obama already has three brown eyes, two that wink, and one dat stink. What’s another hole gunna hurt.
B.O. had better “tread lightly”. The Justice Department may someday soon find it’s back-bone, do what’s right, and come after him with charges. How the hell he’s gone this long without being charged has millions of Americans scratching their heads with bewilderment, disbelief, and frustration!
I feel urgency to see obama in prison where he belongs!
IF THE GOVERNMENT WILL FILE SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST ONE OR MORE OF THE OBAMA STAFF, YOU MOST LIKELY WILL SEE OTHERS START TALKING IN ORDER TO STAY OUT OF JAIL.
I watched Disney explain nuclear power with mousetraps and ping-pong balls. He threw one ping-pong ball in the middle of all of them. I was 5 years old and was in awe. This is what will happen to both sides of the aisle in Washington. They are all dirty but all it takes is one ping-pong ball. I refuse to answer on the grounds it may incriminate me. It won`t apply here. It will be the ones who talk up first that will save themselves.
There is enough treason to keep the hangman busy for years.
Obama will be the disgrace of America,Evil Muslim,Anti America,Race baiter and a cold blooded criminal
As long as the muslim fake EX president is not locked up( Should be hung for treason )He will keep being a disruption to our president. He is an evil man controlled by satan & should be put on some island in some unescapable prison where no one knows where he is. He has divided this country with racism & is still trying! He is an arrogant a_ _ hole that thinks he’s still president!
O’Bumbler needs to be in Gitmo with his muslim buddies ! The damage he has done to race relations set us back at least sixty years .His “Recovery” from the Recession (courtesy of Soros), should have taken 1 to 2 years instead of 8 years. Just to get to the “New Normal ” Trump doubled the economy in 3 years, until Biden
got the Chinese to send us the Wu Flu !! Now we have a choice between Dementia Joe and Pres. Trump, the
choice should be crystal clear !! KAG 2020 !!
As I see it many Corrupt people are being investigated and they are already throwing other’s like Comey under the Bus and it will be just a matter of time before they throw Obama and Hillary under the Bus ..
They as well as many other’s will be facing Serious Charges provided the GOP can take back the House and Keep the Senate to finish cleaning the Swamp because the Corrupt Democrat;s will stop at Nothing to Destroy Our Country..
I think Obama should play a huge part in the next election, since it was he who kicked off the worst crime in the history of the US. He laments the loss of the rule of law, typified by the favoritism shown to General Flynn. While there was a short circuit in the rule of law, it happened prior to Flynn’s indictment when Obama got his gang of thugs to falsely accuse Flynn of a crime, when he knew damned well that he (Obama) was the only one breaking the law. The part he should have to play in the 2020 election is to return to the rule of law, by parading him through the various media outlets in handcuffs and an orange jump suit. Democrats scream that, “No one is above the law” and this action would give proof to that idea. I find it appalling that two criminals like Clinton and Obama should wreak so much havoc on our system of government and still be allowed to carry on with their crime into the next election.
they only prosecute the peeon