Well that was a few minutes of absolutely nothing. I'm very disappointed..n/t

[monmouth4]

[MFM008]

1. But are u surprised?

[SHRED]

2. Milk toast

[elleng]

3. But being addressed in response to first question,

likely planned.

[spanone]

4. is it over where you are?

[monmouth4]

6. No, he's "answering" questions. Such pablum..n/t

[Warpy]

5. I didn't bother watching

because I called it yesterday and knew if I was wrong, I could watch it on YouTube later.

[Generator]

7. Yep he has "hope" that Mr. Trump will...

fill in the blank. Sure. And what was the guy's name before Hitler was selected? Did history think well of him? Did what he did matter? Just wondering. Obama has done so much good but this is the end. It's not going to work.

[sarisataka]

19. Kurt von Schleicher

He was Chancellor for just over a month and proved to be rather incompetent. He was however a key factor in the intrigues that shifted power from the German Parliament to the Presidency, creating an autocracy. That is something the Nazis took full advantage of once they were put in power.

Von Schleicher supported Hitler for Chancellor because he hated Hitler's main competitor Franz von Papen. Von Schleicher believed he would be appointed Minister of Defense in return for his support. Unfortunately for Herr Schleicher he had been dealing with Ernst Röhm, the head of the SA, behind Hitler's back. He hoped to take advantage of power struggles within the Nazi party but his actions were not as secret as he thought and he was assassinated during the Night of the Long Knives.

[Generator]

20. Thanks! I love people who know their history

That's not Obama of course. (sounds more like the Republcons though supporting Trump because they hated Hillary) But what if someone is worse than Trump next? I just can't see a good outcome any time soon.

[sarisataka]

21. European History in the Interwar Years

was one of the most fascinating classes I even took. While many factors present in Europe, especially Germany, are very different than the present U.S. there are eerie parallels in the political landscape.

[Hekate]

8. It's certainly not over, unless your fingers are in your ears

Lalalala

[femmocrat]

11. What are you hearing that the rest of us are not?

He can't wait to get out of there and t-rump will not do a thing.

[Hekate]

12. I'm participating in other threads here at DU. They seem to be listening to what he's saying.

For one thing, a press conference does not end woth the opening statement, as several in this thread have implied. This one is still going on.

[femmocrat]

13. Yes, and I am still watching it.

It's a lot of reflection and zero action.

[femmocrat]

10. What a lot of nothing.

He didn't even mention Comey. Nothing about retaliation against Putin. Nothing.

[Hekate]

14. That was the "chest-thumping" bit -- he doesn't do it, and it does not serve us to do it

He said we will probably not know. In other words, this is covert action. You know: secret. Like Bin Ladin -- we knew nothing until the bugger was dead.

[femmocrat]

15. Well, we'll see.

Maybe he does his best work while on vacation.

[LAS14]

16. You should have listened to the whole thing. Did you want a state of the union speech?

[femmocrat]

17. Still watching.....

Not hearing what you are, I guess. I wanted more than he gave us, let's leave it there.

[mythology]

18. What you likely wanted isn't supported by the facts

Russia didn't cause Clinton to lose or Trump to win. There was never a chance that Obama was going to declare martial law or issue an executive order overturning the results. There was nothing to justify such a step.

[flamingdem]

22. The only fact I'm sure of is

.. we're fucked