It would be inappropriate for the president to endorse a candidate in the middle of a primary (Reply #28)

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Sun Mar 27, 2016, 04:58 AM

davidpdx (22,000 posts)

28. It would be inappropriate for the president to endorse a candidate in the middle of a primary

He won't do it because he's smart enough to know he'll need to endorse the nominee as soon as one of the two candidates concedes. Saying he should do it is undermining how intelligence he is.

Also it would be saying fuck you to the states who have not voted, one of which is Oregon. So you really are interested in disenfranchising voters? Maybe you might want to rethink what you are saying.

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98 replies	Author	Time	Post
President Obama: Please Endorse Hillary Already [View all]	ericson00	Mar 2016	OP
HAHAHAHA	ForgoTheConsequence	Mar 2016	#1
McGovern lost because his VP pick underwent electroshock for Bipolar and still suffered from it!	TheBlackAdder	Mar 2016	#29
There were more reasons for the loss than just this. nt.	Trenzalore	Mar 2016	#33
No. McGovern lost because Nixon.	JackRiddler	Mar 2016	#50
I think Obama is going to pull a Warren on Clinton: sit this one out	Betty Karlson	Mar 2016	#64
Which is the proper course of action.	Chan790	Mar 2016	#75
Couldn't agree more with you.	Betty Karlson	Mar 2016	#78
Which would be the Presidential thing to do.	Kittycat	Mar 2016	#90
I'm fine with that.	Betty Karlson	Mar 2016	#91
I agree.	Kittycat	Mar 2016	#97
Not this shit again.	beam me up scottie	Mar 2016	#2
someone who praised Fidel Castro during the Cold War and hasn't apologized is morally unfit	ericson00	Mar 2016	#4
What about someone who praises Kissinger?	ForgoTheConsequence	Mar 2016	#5
Mic. Fucking. Drop.	Lizzie Poppet	Mar 2016	#38
INDEED!	John Poet	Mar 2016	#80
You are known by the company you keep.	Lizzie Poppet	Mar 2016	#81
Let's not forget her praise for Nancy Reagan's "silent AIDS activism"	Betty Karlson	Mar 2016	#92
Yeah...that one really ground my gears.	Lizzie Poppet	Mar 2016	#94
And I guess this is the rationale for rigging elections in favor of Hillary?	AZ Progressive	Mar 2016	#6
Didn't Hillary praise the war criminal Kissinger and make him her confidante?	beam me up scottie	Mar 2016	#8
She got props from Dick Cheney, too.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2016	#77
Someone who votes for war because they got money	NWCorona	Mar 2016	#10
I dont want someone who will start WWIII and give superpowers to big corporations in the White House	AZ Progressive	Mar 2016	#15
What an odd thing to say given what happened this week	libtodeath	Mar 2016	#42
So is this who you want as your role model?	Armstead	Mar 2016	#44
Wow, are you clueless IMO. nt	Logical	Mar 2016	#51
I like Fidel Castro and his beard.. Bod Dylan	Tierra_y_Libertad	Mar 2016	#55
Well played...	Docreed2003	Mar 2016	#83
This thread is useless without music!	beam me up scottie	Mar 2016	#85
But would it be OK to go visit Fidel NOW?	John Poet	Mar 2016	#79
Bernie didn't "Praise Castro" and you know it.	Ken Burch	Mar 2016	#89
Has Hillary apologized for her IWR vote or her friendship with Henry The K?	hobbit709	Mar 2016	#96
This current red scare effort is beyond beating a dead horse:	Betty Karlson	Mar 2016	#65
LOL!	beam me up scottie	Mar 2016	#84
The sulfurous odors inform us the ungulate came from infernal climates.	Betty Karlson	Mar 2016	#87
Catbox logic	Fairgo	Mar 2016	#3
LMAO!	beam me up scottie	Mar 2016	#14
lol!	Segami	Mar 2016	#25
Thread win	Mnpaul	Mar 2016	#35
Perfect!	bvf	Mar 2016	#56
I rec'd the OP to the Greatest page so more people would find your response. n/t	femmedem	Mar 2016	#71
Also, bookmarking.	ForgoTheConsequence	Mar 2016	#7
Bernie would result in a McGovern margin defeat for the Republican!	jfern	Mar 2016	#9
McGovern wen't against an incumbent president during a prosperous time	AZ Progressive	Mar 2016	#11
Not to mention, McGovern ran (and his VP was sabotaged) BEFORE Watergate broke.	strategery blunder	Mar 2016	#21
One can't truly discuss the McGovern race without discussing what happened to the Democratic party	Kip Humphrey	Mar 2016	#59
Oh puhlease.	TDale313	Mar 2016	#12
The New Republic: What Democrats Still Don’t Get About George McGovern	JonLeibowitz	Mar 2016	#13
this type of post actually hurts your candidate	JI7	Mar 2016	#16
Idk man...	RepubliCON-Watch	Mar 2016	#17
Obama should have had a Sister Souljah moment with OWS?!?	JonLeibowitz	Mar 2016	#18
To some apparently any criticizing of Corporate Government is far left	Armstead	Mar 2016	#45
Bless your heart, K&R for sheer effort	Fumesucker	Mar 2016	#19
i see we are the only two to have recc'ed this. A shame, it was a highlight of my evening.	JonLeibowitz	Mar 2016	#23
bwaaaaahhaaaaahaaa! Way to go ericson00!	delrem	Mar 2016	#20
Brilliant satire of the typical screeds of Hillary supporters' pablums.	JonLeibowitz	Mar 2016	#22
You should cross post in the Hillary group if you haven't already...	Kalidurga	Mar 2016	#24
President Obama!! Ignore Democracy! Take away our right to vote!! Intervene in US Elections! HURRY!!	jillan	Mar 2016	#26
NO. The President should STAY OUT OF IT!	John Poet	Mar 2016	#27
LOL -- busy with Fidel	Armstead	Mar 2016	#46
It would be inappropriate for the president to endorse a candidate in the middle of a primary	davidpdx	Mar 2016	#28
Right. Inappropriate, premature.	Hortensis	Mar 2016	#58
His job is to win the nomination	davidpdx	Mar 2016	#86
Subject: Obama.	Hortensis	Mar 2016	#93
You do realized that the primaries are not over, don't you?	stone space	Mar 2016	#30
It is a long way to November, President Obama still has a lot to be accomplished. Not time for him	akbacchus_BC	Mar 2016	#31
This post: Gretchen Weiner wing of the party strikes back	Mponti	Mar 2016	#32
Hahahah	EdwardBernays	Mar 2016	#34
Sour grapes for breakfast!	morningfog	Mar 2016	#36
FFS, even with the huge lead hill has you people sure the hell whine a lot. nt	Logical	Mar 2016	#37
Maybe he's waiting for the FBI to conclude their investigation.	Vinca	Mar 2016	#39
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA	Karma13612	Mar 2016	#40
"Help me Obi Wan Kanobi you're my only hope!"	Bluenorthwest	Mar 2016	#41
You sound dcesperate	Armstead	Mar 2016	#43
Obama is very asshamed of his 1st term Foriegn policy	Gwhittey	Mar 2016	#47
Don't expect that endorsement to garner the results you want	ibegurpard	Mar 2016	#48
Steaming puddle of diarrhea is all this post represents.	cherokeeprogressive	Mar 2016	#49
LOL.	aikoaiko	Mar 2016	#52
Perhaps he doesn't want his legacy to be endorsing an indicted candidate.	HooptieWagon	Mar 2016	#53
That's the thing. If he endorses her...	Barack_America	Mar 2016	#82
Rec'd for the comedy gold in the thread. n/t	femmedem	Mar 2016	#54
It's a beautiful morning, isn't it? n/t	bvf	Mar 2016	#57
When you get up in morning and hear all the birdies singing..........	nolabels	Mar 2016	#62
I doubt an endorsement by President Obama is coming before the end of the primary ...	1StrongBlackMan	Mar 2016	#60
A primary endorsement by a sitting President would be so unprecedented that it would do more harm	Recursion	Mar 2016	#61
Not completely unprecedented	democrattotheend	Mar 2016	#73
This thread could be the next Kudzu	Sky Masterson	Mar 2016	#63
"...call out the crazies on our side..."	CrispyQ	Mar 2016	#66
No.	ChairmanAgnostic	Mar 2016	#67
This OP is a great example of the adage: Lie down with dogs, get fleas.	lumberjack_jeff	Mar 2016	#68
Not that they'd admit it. n/t	bvf	Mar 2016	#70
WHO WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT?..A lifeline call for Hillary?	Jefferson23	Mar 2016	#69
We were going to be gone	timmymoff	Mar 2016	#72
:-) that HRC is that weak that you have to beg Obama	Jackilope	Mar 2016	#74
A few things:	Arkana	Mar 2016	#76
Why should he have denounced OWS?	Ken Burch	Mar 2016	#88
"There's desperation in the air. It stains all your clothes and no detergent gets it out"	hobbit709	Mar 2016	#95
I imagine he'll want until it's absolutely clear who has the nomination and then he'll endorse	gollygee	Mar 2016	#98

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