Keith Ellison: Obama deserves blame for Democratic losses

Apr 20, 2017 22:29

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Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) said former President Obama is partially to blame for the Democrats’ poor showing at the polls in 2016 ( Read more... )

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blackjedii April 21 2017, 11:22:13 UTC
Yeah I mean it wasn't like there was a head of the DNC or statewide parties or Clinton making her own machine in some capacity pretty much since she lost or a whole bunch of Democratic governors or PACs or
nah

let's blame Obama.

or maybe Russia.

that works too

y'all all get an F for effort

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executivehpfan April 21 2017, 13:57:05 UTC
Keep passing that buck

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meadowphoenix April 21 2017, 14:28:54 UTC
All this Monday morning quaterbacking from people who hadn't deigned to say anything before. Unh, uhn, uhn.

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backincharge April 23 2017, 10:35:49 UTC
Except people were talking about it before the 2016 election.

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meadowphoenix April 23 2017, 17:14:31 UTC
lmao, boo, if you can't accompany your comment with an article/or the knowledge of an article of Ellison complaining about Obama's disinterest before the election, then you understand this comment is either useless (and frankly uselessly defensive) or it betrays a deep misunderstanding of monday morning quaterbacking,I hope.

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moonbladem April 21 2017, 15:48:41 UTC
"He’s great at getting himself elected but should’ve worked much more closely with Congress, and I think in 2014 we had record low voter turnout."

Ummm... excuse me? The GOP-controlled House absolutely refused to work with him, Turtle O'Connell vowed he'd be a one-term President and they actually took pride in bring obstructionist. Not to mention, during his entire two terms as President, they worked as little as possible, even shut down the freaking government! Obama should have worked closely with Congress? He tried! Many times! They simply threw it back in his face!

And the low voter turnout? Blame the Democratic voters for that, not him. I can only speak for myself, but I do vote every chance I get, even during mid-terms, but Democrats are notorious for not voting during mid-terms, unlike Repugs. Which is how that vile Ted Cruz managed to become Senator.

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moonshaz April 21 2017, 18:34:19 UTC

I agree with every word. I also strongly believe that putting the blame for Trump's win on ANY ONE thing is misguided and counterproductive. And trying to make Obama the scapegoat is possibly rhe most counterproductive tactic I've seen yet.

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backincharge April 23 2017, 10:36:51 UTC
lol, he has been blaming the DNC. That's why he ran for crying out loud.

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