Obama not standing for re-election!

[lighthorseman]

I know this sounds crazy.

I know it goes completely against the grain of mainstream political opinion.

I know you probably haven't heard this anywhere else before.

But I don't think Barack Obama will be on the Democratic ballot as a candidate for re-election to the presidency.

And I know he's not going to win a second term.

Just look at the way he is already second-guessing his announcement to run again.

In an interview that aired on the "Today" show earlier this week, he said this: "There are days where I say that one term is enough."

Aside from the typically lousy syntax – "days where" – why would a sitting president who has already announced his determination to seek re-election be musing about not running?

I think he is reconsidering.

I think he knows he has no chance to win because of what he has done to the economy.

I think deep down in his heart he knows he has no record on which to run again.

Think about it. What are his accomplishments? Obamacare? Two-thirds of Americans want it repealed.

Thoroughly researched for three years, the book that made Obama blink on birth certificate: Jerome Corsi's "Where's the Birth Certificate?: The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President"

What are Americans going to say when asked the question, "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" You can almost hear the resounding chorus of "no."

I can't recall a presidential election in my lifetime in which I was more certain the incumbent had no chance to win. It's one of the safest bets you can make. I don't know about you, but I'm literally making important plans around real change taking place in 2013.

Listen to what else he had to say in that "Today" interview:

•His family is not "invested" in him being president and would be fine with him not seeking re-election.


•"Michelle and the kids are wonderful in that if I said, 'You know, guys, I want to do something different,' they'd be fine. They're not invested in daddy being president or my husband being president."


•He says his wife would be the first one to encourage him to do something "a little less stressful" if she no longer thought that what they were doing was worthwhile for the country.
Do you understand what Obama is doing here?

It's so obvious, I think most people are missing it.

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I know it has nothing to do with the guy's sanity or otherwise, but is that the porn star-est moustache in the history of facial hair, or has he just been rimming someone with diarrhoea?

[Armand Tanzarian]

Coming from the guy who STILL doesn't believe Obama is born in the United States, I think I'll go with the side of reality here.

[storymoron]

Someone should send him and email and offer him a $10,000 wager on Obama's reelection. See how confident he really is here.

[Damen]

Oh look, WingNutDaily. Moving on.

[dakotabob]

Thanks for the insight, Ron Jeremy!

[the sandman]

Porn-stache aside, did anyone else read the whole thing? This guy is just another rabid Birther spouting as truth what he desperately WANTS to be true rather than what is actual reality. And his Greek Chorus of ditto fans in the comments section is just his personal form of ego masturbation.

I mean seriously, he takes Obama to task for vacation time. Remember Bush? The last Repub in the White House who took more vacation time than any President in the history of the nation? More than Clinton, Bush Sr., and Reagan combined. Hell, Bush spent 1 out of every 4 days in office on vacation. And then he willfully misinterprets law and legal precedent in order to justify his Birther claims.

Oh, and he blames the economy on OBAMA...entirely forgetting that it was BUSH who pushed us off the cliff. While I certainly do not agree with everything Obama has done, he is trying to get us back on the road, and the Repubs and Tea Party asshats biggest criticism seems to be that he hasn't fixed the problems THEY caused instantly.

[Thejebusfire]

Oh please, if Bush jr can get re-elected than anyone can get re-elected.

[Ian1732]

For a moment, I was shocked. Then I saw the dude's silly mustache.

[Mlle Antéchrist]

Jun 23, 2011 9:51:57 GMT -5 the sandman said:

This guy is just another rabid Birther spouting as truth what he desperately WANTS to be true rather than what is actual reality. And his Greek Chorus of ditto fans in the comments section is just his personal form of ego masturbation.

This. Full stop.

[verasthebrujah]

I think he knows he has no chance to win because of what he has done to the economy.

Dow Jones the week Bush took office: 11,722.98
Dow Jones the week Obama took office: 8,281.22
Dow Jones as of this week: 12,004.36

Net change under Bush: -2688.29
Net change under Obama: +2969.67

I think deep down in his heart he knows he has no record on which to run again.

whattheheckhasobamadonesofar.com/

Think about it. What are his accomplishments? Obamacare? Two-thirds of Americans want it repealed.

About half of Americans are against or opposed to the policy (www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/obama_and_democrats_health_care_plan-1130.html). It would be a steep assumption to believe that everyone who doesn't like the plan wants it repealed.

Thoroughly researched for three years, the book that made Obama blink on birth certificate: Jerome Corsi's "Where's the Birth Certificate?: The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President"

Suck it

I can't recall a presidential election in my lifetime in which I was more certain the incumbent had no chance to win. It's one of the safest bets you can make. I don't know about you, but I'm literally making important plans around real change taking place in 2013.

You must not be very old. In 1968 Johnson dropped out because he realized that he was likely to lose the Democratic Primary. In 1980 Carter lost to Reagan 489 to 49 in the Electoral College. To clarify, Carter got fewer electoral votes than Obama would (will) for winning California.

You're especially stupid if you consider the vice presidents to be the incumbent after a president has been termed out (which isn't particularly uncommon, as the vice president is running on the president's record). In 2008, which was presumably in your lifetime, no incumbent even ran. Why? Cheney actually knew that he had no chance to win. The "actually" in the previous sentence is apparently necessary because you cannot distinguish between actuality and what you hope happens.

[zupper]

I think Mario should have stayed with plumbing rather than being political analyst.

[Distind]

I'm really being reminded of a lot of the liberals I knew(including myself) when Bush's second election came up. That said, good luck booting out an incumbent.

[Amaranth]

Jun 23, 2011 15:25:41 GMT -5 Distind said:

I'm really being reminded of a lot of the liberals I knew(including myself) when Bush's second election came up. That said, good luck booting out an incumbent.

Did you hope, or start writing pieces about how Bush was finished? Because while I was hoping, I certainly never expected that to be reality.

[dasfuchs]

Jun 23, 2011 15:25:41 GMT -5 Distind said:

I'm really being reminded of a lot of the liberals I knew(including myself) when Bush's second election came up. That said, good luck booting out an incumbent.

I think the biggest difference between the two would be when it was Bush, there were reasons for what was being said. Now, against Obama, most of it seems to be lies and all out party politics

[Smurfette Principle]

Jun 24, 2011 10:56:34 GMT -5 dasfuchs said:

Jun 23, 2011 15:25:41 GMT -5 Distind said:

I'm really being reminded of a lot of the liberals I knew(including myself) when Bush's second election came up. That said, good luck booting out an incumbent.

I think the biggest difference between the two would be when it was Bush, there were reasons for what was being said. Now, against Obama, most of it seems to be lies and all out party politics

This! Bush pushed the country into an unnecessary war (considering where we found Osama, it's probably two) using lies and political spin, passed unconstitutional laws, authorized illegal wiretapping, allowed for the torture of prisoners of war in defiance of the Geneva Convention, implemented an absolutely stupid method of trying to improve test scores, ruined the economy with tax breaks for the rich, and bungled the recovery for a natural disaster. And he still got reelected. Obama is trying to undo all the damage that Bush did, and is actually doing something, and he's being vilified. Sure, he's not perfect (I'm still angry at him for his stance on gay marriage), but he doesn't deserve to get beat on for stuff that isn't true.