Obama blasts 'politics of division' on return to campaign trail

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters




By John Whitesides

Reuters / 23 minutes ago


(Reuters) - Former President Barack Obama, back on the campaign trail on Thursday for the first time since he left the White House, called on voters to reject a growing "politics of division" that he said was corroding American democracy.

Without mentioning Republican President Donald Trump by name, Obama told campaign rallies in New Jersey and Virginia that voters could send a powerful message about the type of politics they want by backing Democrats in Nov. 7 elections in the two states.

"What we can’t have is the same old politics of division that we have seen so many times before, that dates back centuries," Obama told a cheering crowd in Newark, New Jersey, that chanted: "Four more years."

"Some of the politics we see now, we thought we put that to bed. That’s folks looking 50 years back," Obama said. "It’s the 21st century, not the 19th century."

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[BeyondGeography]

1. Generic to the point of meaninglessness

Republicans are the problem, Mr. President. Please try to be less vague.

[LisaM]

2. That pretty much sums up my thoughts.

I like Obama better when he gets a little more specific, though I know that isn't his style.

[Stuart G]

3. k and r..nt

[surrealAmerican]

4. Wait, what's his problem with the politics ...

... of the 1960's?

Today seems much worse in comparison. Where's the JFK of this century?