Obama chides 2016 candidates for ‘ridiculous,’ ‘sad’ remarks!

President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Monday, July 27, 2015, at the National Palace in Addis Ababa. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Ethiopia.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Insisting that Americans deserve better, President Barack Obama chided Republicans Mike Huckabee, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on Monday for a series of campaign-trail attacks that he said would be “ridiculous if it weren’t so sad.”  (Yes, Obama finally hit the nail on the head and admitted America deserves better than what we are getting with his leadership.)

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In some of his first commentary on the budding race to replace him, Obama accused the candidates of violating a time-honored American tradition of not playing “fast and loose” on topics of grave concern like foreign policy. And he said that regardless of which party wins the White House, he wants to ensure he’s turning over the keys to someone capable of seriousness and honesty.

“We have robust debates, we look at the facts,” Obama said during a news conference in Ethiopia. “We just don’t fling out ad hominem attacks like that because it doesn’t help inform the American people.”

Obama has largely avoided wading into the increasingly turbulent debate over who should be the next president. But during a news conference with Ethiopia’s prime minister, Obama was asked about criticism from Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, and seemed eager to add his take.

A day earlier, Huckabee said Obama was so naive about Iran that he agreed to a nuclear deal that would “take the Israelis and basically march them to the door of the oven,” a reference to crematoria in Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust.

Obama suggested the tough rhetoric was a ploy by Huckabee to “get attention” or to push Trump out of the headlines.

“It’s not the kind of leadership that’s needed for America right now,” he said.  (Yes, that is true – Obama’s  leadership is dragging our country down.)

Trump, whose poll numbers are on the rise, has drawn consternation from the Republican Party over provocative comments he’s made about immigrants and his GOP rivals, which some Republicans say could hurt the party’s prospects in 2016.

Obama also singled out Cruz, the Texas senator, for suggesting in the wake of the nuclear deal that Obama — not Iran — is the leading state sponsor of terrorism.

“These are leaders in the Republican Party,” Obama said incredulously. He warned it was creating a culture that would stifle good politics and policies in the U.S. “The American people deserve better. Certainly presidential debates deserve better.”

Unprompted, the president also brought up how Trump had dismissed Arizona Sen. John McCain’s reputation as a war hero because he was captured in Vietnam. Trump said he liked “people who weren’t captured.”

Praising McCain’s heroism, Obama said the Republican Party was shocked at Trump’s remark, but added that it grew out of a culture where those types of comments are tolerated.  (You get as good as you give!  Yes, Obama needs to protect McCain because he is a Republican Rino and helps Obama out at every turn.)

“When outrageous statements are made about me, a lot of people outraged about McCain were pretty quiet,” Obama added.

Although Obama reserved his toughest rebuke for Republicans, he said both parties needed to approach the campaign with decorum. So far, the Democrats competing for the nomination have mostly avoided the type of caustic attacks that have become commonplace in the GOP primary more than a year out from Election Day.

I like this word Obama uses called “decorum.”

Definition of decorum – behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety.  (Obama needs to practice what he preaches.)

Interesting  Obama would use this word since the Democratic Party and Obama have this thing caused words policy – don’t do as I do – do as I say do with my pen and phone producing illegal executive orders.

America must remember what we have been through in the last six years which was caused by Obama and his Muslim Progressive Democratic Party and the Elite Republicans.  We must not elect a politician; but, elect a businessman who knows how to adjust the direction of our country.  If we elect a politician we know there will be no change because these people are tied at the hip with lobbyists and the Chamber of Commerce.

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