"Obama Favors Warren Over Clinton": True or False?

[Jackpine Radical]

If that Klein hit piece in the WP wasn't sufficiently smelly just on the merits of the author and the source, I offer the following (at the risk of raising the wrath of the DU chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dead Horses):

By Adam Chandler, The Wire
07 July 14


The New York Post leads with a story today about a secret plan for President Obama to throw his support behind Sen. Elizabeth Warren for the 2016 Democratic nomination instead of Hillary Clinton. Let's have a look at this.

Edward Klein writes:

Publicly, Obama has remained noncommittal on the 2016 race, but privately he worries that Clinton would undo and undermine many of his policies. There’s also a personal animosity, especially with Bill Clinton, that dates from their tough race six years ago."

I would say the first red flag here is that Obama, despite having initially campaigned from the left, has governed (to the frustration of some) largely from the center. This is where Hillary perches. This idea that a Clinton presidency would "undo and undermine" the president's policies just seems silly.

More at http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/24637-qobama-favors-warren-over-clintonq-true-or-false

[samsingh]

1. false

[HERVEPA]

2. Unknown

[rurallib]

3. originated with Murdoch's NY Post

where there is less truth than FUX NOOZ.

like all Murdoch, this one is bullshit.

[The Magistrate]

4. Not Only False, Sir, But Known To be False By The Hack Who Wrote It Up

His purpose is to impede Sec. Clinton's election as President, and he thought this canard might contribute to his cause.

[Jackpine Radical]

7. I absolutely agree.

I considered the question in my subject line to be a rhetorical one.

[Autumn]

5. False. The only thing different about Obama and Hillary is their gender.

That she would undo his policies is just stupid if anything she would cement them.

[Historic NY]

6. So next stop see FAUX news....

its like joseph goebbels propaganda works , create a story, plant a story, get another news story about it out there and pretty sonn it true.

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Yes, it's fascinating--in a nauseating sort of way--to watch the process.

[daleanime]

9. Don't care....

The question is who do I favor?

[Scuba]

10. The author's contention that Obama and Hillary are "largely from the center" undermines his cred.

[Jackpine Radical]

11. Well, the center of the Overton Window, anyway.

The Overton Window stretches from the far-left position of privatizing and reducing "entitlements" like Social Security, to the moderate-right position of eliminating them entirely.

[bemildred]

12. Political babble. nt

[Algernon Moncrieff]

13. False

Politics is politics. Bill Clinton threw his support behind the President in 2012 and made one helluva speech at the convention. All of that was done in the reasonable expectation that the Obamas would support the Clintons in 2012. Also, the Rodhams are old-school Chicago politics, and the President has his roots there.

[herding cats]

14. This is nothing but a cheap fiction written by a hack.

It's just another attempt to cut Hillary off at the knees before 2016 and try and create a divide among Democrats. This is just an example of the GOP's best laid plans for 2016. They seem to think they can toss out some BS here and there and they're going to string us along by our noses, just like they've done to their own base for decades.

[Jackpine Radical]

15. No argument from me.

[herding cats]

16. I hope I didn't come across as harsh.

My reply wasn't directed to you personally, nor was it intended to be overly harsh. It just ticks me off when a Republican hack is trying to tell me what I should believe to help further their cause.

[Jackpine Radical]

17. I posted this trying to short-circuit the BS. Some posters seem

to have misunderstood my intent. Not you in particular.

[herding cats]

19. Ed Klein is a BS king and a veteran of smear jobs.

I guess some folks here may not have known who he was before this. One thing is for sure, the ones who didn't will after today.

[winter is coming]

18. False, and obvious shit-stirring. Obama's not going to endorse anyone before we have a nominee.

Punning on "Warren" to imply "war"? That's bullshit. If both Warren and Clinton decide to throw their hats in the ring, that's not a war: it's a primary season.

[bigtree]

20. deliberately false