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Home Front: Politix

Obama says Trump 'unfit' for presidency

2016-08-03

[CNN] President Barack Obama
I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money...
offered one of his sharpest denunciations of Donald Trump to date Tuesday, declaring the Republican nominee entirely unfit to serve as president and lambasting Republicans for sticking by their nominee.

The strong rebuke in the White House East Room came after Trump's criticism of the family of a slain Moslem US soldier, along with comments that displayed apparent confusion related to the Russian incursion into Ukraine.

"The Republican nominee is unfit to serve as president," Obama said at a White House news conference with the Prime Minister of Singapore. "He keeps on proving it."

The Trump campaign responded by going after the Democratic nominee as well as the President.

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Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as The Liberatress of Libya and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another John C. Calhoun ...
has proven herself unfit to serve in any government office," a Trump statement said, listing a number of policy concerns. "Obama-Clinton have single-handedly destabilized the Middle East, handed Iraq, Libya and Syria to ISIS, and allowed our personnel to be slaughtered at Benghazi."

Later Trump in an interview with WJLA said of Obama: "He's a terrible president. He'll probably go down as the worst president in the history of our country. He's been a total disaster."

Posted by:Fred

#10 Yes. SOP prior to 1964.
U.S. Elections were a serious roll in the mud. Andrew Jackson offered to "kill any shithead who wanted to fight" . In some very few ways Trump reminds me a bit of Jackson. Of course Jackson kicked the snap of the injuns and ran off Packingham.

Posted by: Shipman 2016-08-03 18:54

#9 Has a sitting President ever Opined on the General Election candidates in this way before because I don't remember any examples.

Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-08-03 14:59

#8 #6 I've always known I would never be qualified to become a cardiologist or an astronaut. Give it a shot Besoeker. In this day and age who knows. Look at Obummer and Hilda. I'm sure you are far better than either one of them. Even comparing you to them is a bit disparaging so I apologize. Forgive me.

Posted by: JohnQC 2016-08-03 13:59

#7 Obama says Trump 'unfit' for presidency

And that comes from a guy who ought to know.

I'm glad for this unendorsement, because everything he touches turns to $hit.

Posted by: gorb 2016-08-03 12:32

#6 I've always known I would never be qualified to become a cardiologist or an astronaut. Perhaps the Champ is speaking from personal experience.

Posted by: Besoeker 2016-08-03 12:17

#5 That didn't stop you, champ.

Posted by: newc 2016-08-03 12:15

#4 Howie Carr shoots this one down.

Posted by: Raj 2016-08-03 11:52

#3 Well if anyone would know about being unfit it is certainly Obola.

Posted by: AlanC 2016-08-03 08:22

#2 That is rich. The community organizer speaks. His record in the Senate was a no-show most of the time (that is a good thing--maybe that was his greatest accomplishment). His record as POTUS will go down in history as the biggest failure of all time--south of Jimmuh by far.

Posted by: JohnQC 2016-08-03 07:41

#1 After all he had to meet a payroll. He had to negociate in good faith. He often had to put his job ahead of his personal desires.

Hmmm... All qualities Obama lacks - even after almost 8 years of on the job training. Some people really don't ever learn.

Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-08-03 01:06

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