Obama Endorses Biden For President | Talking Points Memo

Former President Barack Obama endorsed his former running mate and vice president Joe Biden on Tuesday, delivering a seal of approval that Obama had kept to himself when the race for the Democratic presidential nomination was competitive.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1303681

Welcome back, sir. You’ve been sorely missed.

Michelle, as well…

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He’s back!

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Expect ragetweeting in 3…2…1…

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YES! Just knowing that we will start getting regular messages from Barack and Michelle means so much, particularly during this fucking pandemic, makes me smile.

It’s kinda like the final lines between Rick and Lazlo in Casablanca. “Welcome back to the fight, this time I know our side will win.”

ETA: Hope and Change are back, baby.

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His announcement is incredible - in addition to his oratory skills, he also he makes the case that it’s not only ‘the current administration’ that needs to go - but Republicans in the Senate too.

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OK, the BandWagon is currently loading and getting ready to roll.

You have 3 choices:

Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way!

(actually you have 4: the 4th being, you can pick up your marbles and go home like a petulant child.)

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Gee, an interesting comparison between Obama and Trump. Obama offers comfort, solace, warmth, sincerity … this will put the Orange Dipshit over the edge today.

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As always, a measured and thoughtful action by President Obama. He waited until the nominee emerged on his/her own merits. Didn’t want the Bernie cult to say this was a set up. Knows that Dump’s hardest core base despises him (Obama, that is)–why fire them up when Dump is doing such a good job self imploding? Thanks, Obama.

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To me it sounded like 10 min. of soothing music

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Too late…

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Those good old Obama days…when the scandal was President Obama wearing a tan suit!

Kudos to Former First Lady Michelle Obama!

Dear Non-MAGA Americans…
Choose the BEST candidate, NOT the perfect one…
You know what to do this coming November
VoteBlue because our lives literally depend on it!

When life imitates this art…it is time to unite and fight the cruel, vengeful, incompetent, irresponsible malignant narcissistic tyrant!

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If you thought his last mic drop was epic …

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Sanders’ national press secretary Briahna Joy Gray, among other members of his campaign staff, announced publicly Monday that she was not endorsing Biden.

Good God, what a fucking idiot. Well, a clown is gonna clown.

In this election, you can either support Biden or you can help Trump by doing anything other than supporting Biden. Briahna has chosen to help Trump, like the fucking moron she is.

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I find Biden as a candidate to be less compelling than John Kerry. So I’m queasy.

That said, Trump seems to be coming unglued, so he should be an easier opponent than Bush the Younger.

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Incoming!!!

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Shit gets real now.

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Sadly there is precedent but I’m cautiously optimistic this time around

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One of Obama’s greatest achievements was in increasing the MPG for vehicles. Substantially. That had a huge impact on our environment and carbon footprint.
I don’t think even Trump can derail or set back the ever increasing mpg by manufacturers. Cars compete in a global market, not a regional one.

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