Is it legal and proper that the President campaign for his chosen successor?

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Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

LOL! You assumed that I didn't read the actual law, did you?

I'll use CNN's tactics of "Comey didn't violate the law but he violated the spirit of the law" and say that Obama may not violate the law but he certainly violated the spirit of the law.

Yes. I assumed you didn't know what you were talking about. And you still don't.

You can't violate the "spirit of the law" if you are one of the only two explicitly-stated exceptions to the law.
You aren't making any sense.

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Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Did you send this to Harry Reid also? He seems confused about it, as are many of the shills here.

No doubt that Reid is "confused about it", given the FBI director's flagrant violation of the law.

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by Merge

No doubt that Reid is "confused about it", given the FBI director's flagrant violation of the law.

Only if Comey's action had no basis.

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by Merge

Yes. I assumed you didn't know what you were talking about. And you still don't.

You can't violate the "spirit of the law" if you are one of the only two explicitly-stated exceptions to the law.
You aren't making any sense.

You need to send your complain to CNN. I am just using their tactics.

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Originally Posted by sickofnyc

...Was it proper for a reality TV celebrity to start the birther movement?

trump didn't jump on the birther crazy train till 2011, long after it's origins in 2008.

he didn't start it but he definitely was it's most high-profile supporter.

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Originally Posted by Merge

Another low information, poorly educated Trump-Supporter, I see.

Do your research before you make a fool out of yourself:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ral-employees/

lol. How amusing is it to see someone attack a poster for being low information, poorly educated, and foolish, and at the same time, using WaPo as a credible source?


The laughs just keep coming.

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Of course it's legal. In fact, it's the norm. I think I read that it was considered unusual that Eisenhower didn't go to bat for Nixon.

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Originally Posted by blisterpeanuts

I know that previous presidents have done it, but is it really appropriate for the sitting President to be flying around the country in Air Force One and campaigning for one of the candidates to replace him?

NPR, a liberal news outlet, reports that Obama is campaigning more strongly for his successor than any previous President.

Obama went so far as to announce that Donald Trump is not fit to be President, ironically right after Hillary Clinton's disastrous "basket of deplorables" speech in which she derided half of Trump's followers as deplorable and unredeemable in front of a group of cheering celebrities.

In my opinion, the President is being paid to be the President, not the leader of his or her party. Whether you support Hillary Clinton or not, is Obama doing the right thing?

Yes, it is.

In fact it is normal. Politicians almost always campaign for other members of their own party, some of course with more enthusiasm then others lol. In fact it is so common that I think most of us just ignore these type of endorsements because they are basically expected.

I think it actually carries more weight if the politicians does the unexpected and endorses/campaigns for someone of the opposite party. But this is rare and I think it happens more on the state/local level.