Tue Jul 10, 2012, 10:01 PM

Tx4obama (29,015 posts)

Win or Lose Obama Declares He Will Never Run for Office Again

Article and video here: http://www.politicususa.com/win-lose-obama-declares-run-office.html

In Iowa today President Obama stated that whether he wins or loses in 2012, he will never run for office again.

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Win or Lose Obama Declares He Will Never Run for Office Again (Original post)	Tx4obama	Jul 2012	OP
And who can blame him? The hatred would be too much for ANYONE, win or lose.	Liberal_Stalwart71	Jul 2012	#1
His last political campaign, sure.	AJTheMan	Jul 2012	#2
He would be a brilliant nominee for Supreme Court--still young in 2017 when President Clinton	WI_DEM	Jul 2012	#6
Right on!	AJTheMan	Jul 2012	#7
Yep! My thoughts exactly!	Kahuna	Jul 2012	#18
William Taft did it.	longship	Jul 2012	#12
And Taft was happier than he ever was as presidentm	Brigid	Jul 2012	#25
I was going to post the same thing AJ	SoFlaJet	Jul 2012	#21
Well ...	demwing	Jul 2012	#3
if he lost he could run for president again such as Grover Cleveland did.	WI_DEM	Jul 2012	#5
Or he could return to the Senate, as Andrew Johnson did. n/t	gkhouston	Jul 2012	#22
Why would he?	liberal N proud	Jul 2012	#4
Because if he lost in 2012 then he would still be the best person for 2016.	Tx4obama	Jul 2012	#8
The SCOTUS is not running for office	liberal N proud	Jul 2012	#17
I did NOT say 'The SCOTUS' is 'running for office'. You must have read my comment wrong. n/t	Tx4obama	Jul 2012	#23
Doesn't need to	Maximumnegro	Jul 2012	#9
I saw the speech/rally. He was just pointing out the obvious-that he's running now for	jenmito	Jul 2012	#10
I'll bet the RW got besides themselves with glee once Obama	Jamaal510	Jul 2012	#11
Most Presidents don't run for anything ever again	struggle4progress	Jul 2012	#13
President Grover Cleveland ran again and won.	Tx4obama	Jul 2012	#14
I think the reason why Cleveland ran again	Art_from_Ark	Jul 2012	#28
Dollar to donuts BO goes to Goldman Sachs	blkmusclmachine	Jul 2012	#15
Military-industrial complex	Rosanna Lopez	Jul 2012	#16
This message was hidden by jury decision.	Whiskey_Dude	Jul 2012	#20
Too ridiculous a contention to deserve a response.	DemocratsForProgress	Jul 2012	#30
+1	treestar	Jul 2012	#34
you are lost.	veganlush	Jul 2012	#31
yeh, like you know, you the insider...	Whisp	Jul 2012	#36
This message was hidden by jury decision.	Whiskey_Dude	Jul 2012	#19
There's nowhere to go after you win the Presidency.	MrSlayer	Jul 2012	#24
I think he would be good in the Supreme Court	riverbendviewgal	Jul 2012	#26
Washington will be in his rear-view mirror when the time comes	BeyondGeography	Jul 2012	#27
Well, in 2017, he will have all this time to give to his daughters...	Amonester	Jul 2012	#29
Ex-President can be a full time job anyway	treestar	Jul 2012	#35
People will still turn out in droves to hear him speak...nt	and-justice-for-all	Jul 2012	#32
I don't think there have been many presidents who have run for office after the presidency . . .	markpkessinger	Jul 2012	#33

Response to Tx4obama (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 10:04 PM

Liberal_Stalwart71 (13,858 posts)

1. And who can blame him? The hatred would be too much for ANYONE, win or lose.

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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 10:10 PM

AJTheMan (288 posts)

2. His last political campaign, sure.

Doesn't stop him from being nominated to Supreme Court.

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Response to AJTheMan (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 10:20 PM

WI_DEM (32,524 posts)

6. He would be a brilliant nominee for Supreme Court--still young in 2017 when President Clinton

nominates him.

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Response to WI_DEM (Reply #6)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 10:27 PM

AJTheMan (288 posts)

7. Right on!

Sounds good to me.

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Response to WI_DEM (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 07:56 AM

Kahuna (26,403 posts)

18. Yep! My thoughts exactly!

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Response to AJTheMan (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 12:25 AM

longship (17,721 posts)

12. William Taft did it.

Supreme Court justice after being president.

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Response to longship (Reply #12)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 11:19 PM

Brigid (10,590 posts)

25. And Taft was happier than he ever was as presidentm

I think that was what he really wanted. And Obama? He'd be great on the Supreme Court!

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Response to AJTheMan (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 10:21 AM

SoFlaJet (7,645 posts)

21. I was going to post the same thing AJ

He'd make an EXCELLENT Justice and would drive the party of white guys right over the edge....and this coming FROM a white dude

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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 10:11 PM

demwing (10,985 posts)

3. Well ...

duh!

To what political office do you aspire after you've been President?

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Response to demwing (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 10:19 PM

WI_DEM (32,524 posts)

5. if he lost he could run for president again such as Grover Cleveland did.

Some former presidents have seriously considered running for the senate--Harry Truman did for example.

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Response to WI_DEM (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 12:54 PM

gkhouston (21,642 posts)

22. Or he could return to the Senate, as Andrew Johnson did. n/t

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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 10:12 PM

liberal N proud (43,767 posts)

4. Why would he?

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Response to liberal N proud (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 10:36 PM

Tx4obama (29,015 posts)

8. Because if he lost in 2012 then he would still be the best person for 2016.

I believe that President Obama WILL win in 2012

So, that just leaves the Supreme Court for him after he leaves the Oval Office - and I do hope that a future Democratic president will appoint him when a seat becomes open

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Response to Tx4obama (Reply #8)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 06:38 AM

liberal N proud (43,767 posts)

17. The SCOTUS is not running for office

It would be nice to see him sitting there with his intelligence.

I think that the crap he has endured running for office would discourage anyone from running.

It would me.

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Response to liberal N proud (Reply #17)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 05:46 PM

Tx4obama (29,015 posts)

23. I did NOT say 'The SCOTUS' is 'running for office'. You must have read my comment wrong. n/t

Last edited Wed Jul 11, 2012, 05:47 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 10:38 PM

Maximumnegro (920 posts)

9. Doesn't need to

Since he'll be able to make 500 trillion dollars in speaking fees anywhere in the world.

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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 10:39 PM

jenmito (37,080 posts)

10. I saw the speech/rally. He was just pointing out the obvious-that he's running now for

his second term as president. He'll either win or lose. That's all.

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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 12:16 AM

Jamaal510 (3,180 posts)

11. I'll bet the RW got besides themselves with glee once Obama

announced this. We absolutely cannot give the bad guys on the other side the satisfaction of pulling a Jimmy Carter on him.

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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 12:31 AM

struggle4progress (71,494 posts)

13. Most Presidents don't run for anything ever again

John Quincy Adams, of course, went back to Congress

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Response to struggle4progress (Reply #13)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 12:54 AM

Tx4obama (29,015 posts)

14. President Grover Cleveland ran again and won.

Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms (1885–1889 and 1893–1897) and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland

Quote from his wife:

As Frances Cleveland left the White House, she told a staff member, "Now, Jerry, I want you to take good care of all the furniture and ornaments in the house, for I want to find everything just as it is now, when we come back again." When asked when she would return, she responded, "We are coming back four years from today."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland

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Response to Tx4obama (Reply #14)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 11:44 PM

Art_from_Ark (16,927 posts)

28. I think the reason why Cleveland ran again

is that he had won the popular vote in 1888, and he felt he could probably win his native New York as well as the Solid South to give him an electoral victory in 1892.

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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 02:27 AM

blkmusclmachine (2,895 posts)

15. Dollar to donuts BO goes to Goldman Sachs

or one of the other faux Too Big To Fails.

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Response to blkmusclmachine (Reply #15)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 02:36 AM

Rosanna Lopez (308 posts)

16. Military-industrial complex

Unfortunately, Obama has indeed sold out in many ways.

What disturbs me most of all is that Obama has not only refused to abolish the police state apparatus which built up under George W. Bush but has expanded it further!

He has allowed the Military-industrial complex that Dwight Eisenhower warned us about in January 1961 to get even bigger and more powerful.

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Fri Jul 13, 2012, 12:21 AM

DemocratsForProgress (319 posts)