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Home Front: Politix
Obama closes out campaign by talking about himself 89 times during Chicago appearance
2018-11-06
[American Mirror] Barack Obama is ending the midterm campaign by the way he started: Talking about himself.

A lot.

During a Sunday appearance in Chicago, the former president referred to himself no fewer than 89 times during a roughly 46-minute speech.

"First of all, you notice my throat is a little iffy," Obama began, lamenting about the amount of campaigning he’s been doing this season.

Noting he was trying to sing backstage with an opening act, Obama said, "I realize now I’m not a professional singer."

Being back in Chicago, he said, "I have some amazing friends I haven’t seen in a while."

He couldn’t help but talk about his own election a decade ago, saying it was 10 years to the night that he had "a small event in Grant Park, and you had just elected me the 44th President of the United States."

"The victory didn’t belong to me, it belonged to you," he claimed.

Recalling his time in office, he said Republicans left him a mess, "And I had to grab a broom."

Talking about a previous campaign stop earlier in the day, he said, "I was telling some folks in Gary (Indiana), you know, Michelle come home and I’m like, doing the dishes. And Michelle be like, and I’m like, look honey, I’m doing the dishes. And she went ’Boy, you haven’t done the dishes in a month. What did you do wrong?’ Cause she knows I’m trying to put some spin on something."
Posted by:Besoeker

#13  Wasn't there something about the stupid not knowing they're stupid?
Posted by: Big Trotsky7274   2018-11-06 16:40  

#12  chief dances with egos
Posted by: newc   2018-11-06 15:15  

#11  While Stacy tries to take away firearms, the Black Panthers are open carrying rifles with scopes while they campaign for her.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2018-11-06 13:49  

#10  OH MY just listen to the variety of speech? I,I,I,I,I,me,me,me,me,me,,Uh,Uh,Uh,Uh,Uh AND MYSELF? WHAT a J.O. this bathhouse BOI is. Now is he going to ayers out??
Posted by: ranture   2018-11-06 13:41  

#9  Why do I automatically assume that whenever he starts with a prefacing clause, such as "Let me be perfectly clear..." or "First of all,...", then:
Everything after that preface is mendacious [bovine fertilizer]??
Posted by: magpie   2018-11-06 12:38  

#8  Breitbart had a video of Baraq at some rally, I think in Georgia. I tried watching and listening but the guy is so full of shit that I couldn't take it anymore. I had to turn it off.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-11-06 12:14  

#7  If Dems win the house they potentially could elect Obama speaker of the house instead of Nancy.
Posted by: airandee   2018-11-06 11:32  

#6  Michelle come home and I’m like, doing the dishes. And Michelle be like, and I’m like

As fake as Hillary Clinton’s Arkansas southern accent.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-11-06 11:08  

#5  Shit Midas is staying away from the swing states I see...
Posted by: regular joe   2018-11-06 10:15  

#4  "First of all, you notice my throat is a little iffy,"

that's how he starts off with all his dates
Posted by: Frank G   2018-11-06 07:36  

#3  Just showing how many ways you can say, "I'm a liar".
Posted by: Woodrow   2018-11-06 06:15  

#2  No, if Stacey wins today, Georgia will soon be renamed iBama.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-11-06 02:29  

#1  He does love himself. Can we start calling him iBama?
Posted by: SteveS   2018-11-06 02:24  

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