Barack Obama considering making public address to urge Dems not to vote for Bernie

Yes please.

Good. He's not even a democrat.

I doubt Obama would give such a speech. While he may feel that way personaly, i doubt he would directly name Sanders

Good. I'd rather have Obama for 10 years more. Bernie needs to go away.

He should have fucking done it last time but live and learn.

Bullshit. Obama would never step in like that, nor should he.

Why do Dems even let Bernie run for their ticket when he won't even call himself a Democrat in the Senate?

I’ll take one for the team! Bernie is a lazy fuck and everybody hates the guy! If I had to choose between Bernie and that asshole Donald, I would have to drink a lot of wine before voting that old sack of shit Bernie.

He should have stepped in when he knew Russians were hacking the election. But he didn't want it to look he was favoring Clinton, because she was the one affected by it. If he didn't step in then, when it was warranted, he sure as fuck isn't going to step in when it has to do with looking like he's in any way circumventing the will of the people.

People don't see this?

We’re gonna lose

How would he be circumventing the will of the people, R9? Each primary voter controls his/her own vote.

However, I do think that if he does this, and Biden wins, we'll hear "Obama helped steal the nomination from Bernie" forever.

He’s not going to say don’t vote for Sanders, but he can do something to boost Biden’s profile while not outright endorsing him.

Sanders wanted Obama primaried in 2012, don’t forget.

He won't do this. He should and so should every other sane person but I don't see Obama would be so overt when most people can see how much of a mistake Bernie would be.

He would never do this.

R11, trying to sway people away from one candidate is a very bad idea. And Obama isn't stupid.

Leaked by people around Obama to try to force his hand.

What people around Obama would think that would work, R16? Bullshit.

It would be his worst political mistake.

And it will never happen.

Fox.

A trusted source of news about Barack Obama since 2015

Someone is lying about that, op.

The source in question lied about winning the Pulitzer Prize

What R20 said. And the Russian bots.

Thank you for being the first person to point that out, r20. Blocking OP.

Anyone who even considers voting for Trump is a damn idiots.

Op is a Dumpster. Ff!

Everyone F&F and block OP!

This is the same story that's been kicked around since late last year. I recall reading it on HuffPost and calling bullshit back then.

To be clear and reiterate what has ;already been said: Gasparino is a Fox weasel who has lied about being a Pulitzer Prize nominee. From Wikipedia, with citations:

Gasparino has been touted as a "Pulitzer Prize nominee" in his bio from Fox Business, which said he was "nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in beat reporting" in 1992, when he was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal.[13] The same claim is made by his agents at the HarperCollins Speakers Bureau[14], and on the website of his publisher, Simon and Schuster.[15] In a promotional video in 2008 for CNBC, his former employer, Gasparino declared, "I am: a writer, son of an ironworker, son of New York, Golden Gloves prospect, a Pulitzer Prize nominee..." In 2012, Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter Bill Dedman of NBC News pointed out that Gasparino had been one of hundreds of entrants in the Pulitzer contest and had never been one of the nominees, which are chosen by Pulitzer juries.[16][17][18] The Pulitzer Prizes board warns entrants against claiming to be nominees: "Nominated Finalists are selected by the Nominating Juries for each category as finalists in the competition. ... We discourage someone saying he or she was 'nominated' for a Pulitzer simply because an entry was sent to us."[19] Gasparino initially responded to NBC, "I was nominated by the wsj sir." Later that day, Fox changed his bio, saying that his work "was submitted for the Pulitzer."

This is nothing more than Fox propaganda.

F/F OP

Fake news to piss of bern victims into voting for Trump again.

I don't believe that one bit.

[quote] Why do Dems even let Bernie run for their ticket when he won't even call himself a Democrat in the Senate?

Would we want him running as an independent and pulling votes away from the Dem nominee?

Another nail in the coffin for Democrats in November.

Republicans won't even have to worry about having a big inauguration ceremony for Trump in January.. They can save their money to help get DJT Jr. the nomination in 2024, it's his for the taking since Democrats can't seem to find anybody to take on paper tiger Trump family.

r34 Gawd help us if Bernie gets the nomination and then gets destroyed

This is Fox bullshit designed to gin up trouble between the Bernie crowd and the "establishment" Democrats.

Don't fall for it.

R34, you're going overboard. It's bad, you're being ridiculous suggesting DJT, Jr will be the next president. Fuck off with that shit.

"Fuck off with that shit."

Right back atcha, slick.

Democrats and their candidates seem hell bent on getting in a circular firing squad. This stupidity and Democrats insistence on ideological purity tests lead to defeat in 2016, will do so again in November, and probably again in 2024, allowing the Trump family dynasty to continue.

The Trump "dynasty"? It must be wonderful, R38, to have such clairvoyance that you can see into 2024, but if you can't see that the Republicunts want one of their own back in the WH when it's feasible, you're misjudging your Nostradamus-like prowess. Yeah, the Democrats fuck up a lot. And going after each other is part of any election cycle on either side. I don't have a lot of faith but banging on like there's such a thing as a Trump "dynasty" really is stretching credulity to the limit. He IS the dynasty, hunty.

Yeah, good, okay Fox.

I think Fox would love a Trump dynasty almost as much as R34/R38 secretly wants it.

Pretty

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Obama,

Really,

But

Unity

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Totalitarians

This sounds like White people drama. Obama, please don’t stick your good name into this mess. Plus, it does no good because the Hillary wing has 3 strong(-ish) candidates Biden, Warren & Pete. Two of the theee need to go before we can take that death shot to Bernie and his down ballot poison of an agenda. We have Supreme Court seats to win, now isn’t he time for socialism experiments.

This is complete BS. Obama would NEVER do that. And this "scoop" came from that idiot Gasparino and Fox News. So the credibility of this is about zero.

Can we stop with this dynasty crap r34. Every single Trunp clone has fallen flat in race after race. Only Trump can be Trump. Just like a black male Democrat doesn’t make one an Obama. For that matter, the Bernie dingleberries all lost against the establishments candidates in 18 or lost to the Republican. Trump is a PR wizard. Don Jr is a certified idiot without a quarter of the PR skills or “self-made” stories that make Trump like Teflon. His supper will fracture when he leaves office. If he makes it to 2024, the Trump coalition will splinter as the Party moves forward without that bull in he china shop. One way or another, Trumpism and his kids have an expedition date closer to 2024.

Don Jr, will be on Palin’s irrelevant territory in 10 years.

Are you drunk R45?

Cuz ya sound drunk.

I am r46. But primarily, I’m stuck on the subway and had trouble proof reading on my phone. I felt like sending my message anyway.

If true, which I doubt, Bernie can make sure the country remembers how Republican lite, Obama, kept trying and trying and trying to cut Social Security and how he made sure there was no SS cost of living for 2 years straight. That's what happens when you elect a so called Democrat like Biden or what's her name, that Amy one.

R45 proves the old adage about opinions and assholes.

That is only going to make him more appealing!

Obama has already thrown shade at Sanders and his supporters several times over the last few months, so let's please stop with the "Obama would not do that" BS.

Biden was his right hand man VP for eight years. You really think that if the chips were down, he would just let Biden collapse without trying to help? And to someone who publicly called for him to be primaried back in 2012?

No, he wouldn't outright tell people not to vote for Sanders. That's never been his style. But he would make it very well clear where he feels the democratic party should be headed if he had to. And from what he's said the last few months, that's not going to be with Sanders nor his supporters.

I'm betting Obama could support Warren though. He's the one who brought her in to run the CFPB.

Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for anyone from the Obama administration to endorse Biden. The top-level people are staying out of it, obviously, but even the lower-tier people have been quiet. I honestly don't think he has such a high reputation among the Obama people.

Obama's people are probably still recovering from the bruises they received from Hillary's campaign. She had some key players from the Obama team, the only Dem to win the WH in the 21st Century, but refused to listen to their advice. She ran a disorganized lackluster campaign. She didn't even listen to Bill's warnings. Without a strong centrist, I can see why the Obama people are just staying out of this. None of the top candidates are worth putting your career on hold for a kamikaze campaign against Bernie or Trump.

[QUOTE] You really think that if the chips were down, he would just let Biden collapse without trying to help?

Yes, that’s exactly what I think.

This is not true, don’t fall for it please.

R45 is right.