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But remember obama is 25 points more popular than donald trump. that s a pretty good margin. he can go head to head with him and trump can insult him and say he fell asleep in his speech, whatever he wants to say. most americans are siding with obama. most americans, including large numbers of republicans on twitter today were nostalgic for president obama because as fdr said the presidency is preeminently a place of moral leadership. now the ex-presidency is that place for moral leadership. and the contrast between a president of impeccable character and proven good judgment, a former president of impeccable character and proven good judgment and a current president who is of the lowest character of anybody that s ever held the office is very striking and something that democrats can capitalize on. ben, how long has obama been waiting to make this speech? ....
That s a pretty good margin. he can go head to head with him and trump can insult him and say he fell asleep in his speech, whatever he wants to say. most americans are siding with obama. most americans, including large numbers of republicans on twitter today were nostalgic for president obama because as fdr said the presidency is preeminently a place of moral leadership. now the ex-presidency is that place for moral leadership. and the contrast between a president of impeccable character and proven good judgment, a former president of impeccable character and proven good judgment and a current president who is of the lowest character of anybody that s ever held the office is very striking and something that democrats can capitalize on. ben, how long has obama been waiting to make this speech? a long time. ....
Twitter today were nostalgic for president obama because as fdr said the presidency is preeminently a place of moral leadership. now the ex-presidency is that place for moral leadership. and the contrast between a president of impeccable character and proven good judgment, a former president of impeccable character and proven good judgment and a current president who is of the lowest character of anybody that s ever held the office is very striking and something that democrats can capitalize on. ben, how long has obama been waiting to make this speech? a long time. i see him all the time still. look, part of it was deference to the norm of a normer president not criticizing a successor. part of it was he wanted to let over democrats express their voices and step forward and fill some of the leadership void. but it s all hands on deck now between now and the midterm election. this is important to see if we ....
Why? part of it is people say gosh compared to donald trump, george w. bush looks good and also because he s handled his ex-presidency with great dign y dignity, working with wounded warriors, painting and only talking seldom. today it was with matt lauer. they re good friends and said yeah, i don t like the games he s playing with putin. he didn t say it forcefully but the words were there. he s not going out of his way to give a speech against donald trump. he s on a book tour because of his artwork and i think actually the bush former president bush spoke in a way that a lot of republicans will be happy to hear. ari, i want to play for our viewers what former president bush said when asked about the media. i consider the media to be indispensable to democracy. ....
Out, george w. bush got an upward tick. gosh, compared to donald trump george w. bush looks good, but also because he s handled his ex-presidency with great dignity. painting, and only talking seldom. today it was with his buddy matt lauer, they re very good friends. i think he spoke to the heart defending first amendment rights. i don t like the games trump s playing with putin, he didn t say it forcefully, but the words were there. he s not going out of his way to give a speech criticizing donald trump. he s on a book tour, because of his artwork, and he knows he s going to be asked these questions. i know the bush former president bush spoke in a way that a lot of republicans will be happy to hear. i want to play what former president bush said when asked about the media. ....