It's Obama's fault

[Onlooker]

Obama was/is a great president. But, as leader of the Democratic Party, he presided over the destruction of the Party at every level, from local to federal, and to this day he continues to enable the Republicans by doing what he can to legitimize Trump. His campaign team did outstanding work for Obama, while letting the Party fall to pieces over the last 8 ears. It his team that has put America at risk, and Obama is the one responsible.

While he did so much for the United States, it basically will all be washed away because of his supreme failure to protect the Party itself. At this point, we can't hope for anything from the weak, divided, and powerless Democratic Party. Instead, we have to hope that activism slows down the Republicans, that Trump's eccentric thinking gives us a few breaks, that the aging Supreme Court holds onto to it's moderate/conservative tilt, and that somehow the Democrats find fresh, courageous leadership from a party in ruins to rebuild from the bottom up.

I don't blame Hillary or Bernie in the least for what happened. Sure, they made mistakes, but even with their mistakes we should not be in this position at all. I blame Obama. He failed us, and with his weak-kneed approach to Trump, Obama continues to fail us. Obama's approach to Trump reminds of Bill Clinton's outreach to Rush Limbaugh early in his presidency. Limbaugh took that outreach and turned it against the Clintons in the fiercest way. That's what bullies do. That's what Trump will do to Obama's legacy and to our rights.

We used to say that Obama was a chess player who was always two moves ahead of the opposition. Well, now in the words of chess Obama is just a patzer.

[uponit7771]

1. Any postmortem without the mention of Comey, voter suppression and Russia being MAJOR factors is

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... a postmortem lacking objectiveness.

Its rational to think those 3 played more of a factor than the rest seeing those three are DOCUMENTED as factors and not speculation no?


tia

[StevieM]

6. ITA. In the end, the Republicans are always the establishment.

And it's hard to beat all the king's horses and all the king's men.

[JI7]

2. he didn't destroy anything. many white people could not accept a black president and voted for the

piece of shit who questioned his legitimacy .

[sheshe2]

3. OMG.

You just said it all...

tears

[betsuni]

4. A "Thanks, Obama" gif come to life.

[StevieM]

5. Barack Obama has been a great president and he had good job approval numbers on Election Day.

His biggest mistake--hands down--was appointing James Comey as FBI Director.

[uponit7771]

7. ... or not putting him on notice that he's being investigated himself for fuckng with this election

[rainy]

8. It's the fault of money in politics

If politicians weren't puppets of those who give them money they could actually represent us and they could be bold knowing we had their backs. But we don't matter because they need big doners to stay in office.

[NWCorona]

10. There's definitely that. I always thought that Obama was extremely honest when

He talked about how dirty he felt from chasing big money.

[NWCorona]

9. Is this satire? To say that it's Obama's fault while forgiving Hillary and even Bernie

Isn’t fair in my opinion. I was actually quite surprised at how hard the Obama's campaigned for Hillary.

[Dems to Win]

11. Obama told us 'America is Greater Than It's Ever Been!'

I was ready to throw my shoe at the TV when I heard that "America is Greater Than It's Ever Been" line from the convention.

Like poking a stick in the eye to young people drowning in student loan debt. A slap in the face to everyone who had lost their homes to foreclosure fraud by the big banks while Obama stood by and watched. A smug putdown to everyone in economic despair. A tone deaf statement to Rust Belt families living among empty factories, where they can remember earning a living wage.

Democrats were so focused on how awful Trump was, they felt they had to say the opposite of anything Trump said. They let Trump set the agenda, in a negative way. I just wonder how they could not have thought this through.