Standing apart
CNN is all in a lather because Obama has broken precedent by coming right out and saying that Trump is in no way qualified to be president.
It’s one more historic barrier President Barack Obama has shattered.
His vehement warnings that GOP nominee Donald Trump is temperamentally and intellectually unfit for the Oval Office leave Obama standing apart from almost all of his 43 predecessors in the extent to which he has publicly expressed a hostile attitude to a potential successor.
Yes but why is that? Because Trump stands apart in his lack of relevant education or experience, his lack of relevant skills and character traits, his lack of intellectual skills and basic compassion, his lack of seriousness and responsibility.
Obama’s withering dismissal of the opposing party’s nominee in such explicit terms is unique in the modern presidency, historians say.
“This is as aggressive as we have seen. (Obama) is the strongest president in recent decades in terms of intervening in the campaign,” said Julian Zelizer, a professor of history at Princeton University. “Not only is he active; he is making incredibly tough statements.”
Robert Smith, a professor of political science at San Francisco State University, agreed: “Obama’s remarks are unprecedented in modern times for sure.”
As are Trump’s. Horses for courses.
After all, Obama has to live in the country, too. He is possibly as afraid as the rest of us.
Good grief. So stupid. As you say, the point is that the Dumpsterfire breaks precedent. Anyone who doesn’t point that out is complicit. Such as, for instance, *cough* CNN *cough*
The thing is, Trump is uniquely unsuited for the presidency. All people who care about the world must oppose him.
It’s funny–I keep hearing conservatives claim the ‘mainstream media’ is in it for Hillary, but Trump pretty much owes his entire success to faux-objective coverage by CNN, MSNBC and other such outlets, where they’ve become ingrained with reflexive both-sideism to such an extent that they are unable to actually point out how horrific an individual he really is. And they hyped up his early status, making it easier for him to run a no-money-down campaign.