2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumOn inaugural eve, Obama’s most virulent foes want the celebration stopped
Eldon Bell, a retired Air Force officer and physician, is making no plans to see Barack Obamas second inauguration, in part because Bell considers the president arrogant and dishonest, but more so because Bell is not yet persuaded that the swearing-in will occur at all.
Whether I watch depends on whos being inaugurated, says Bell, 78. If its this guy, probably not, because I dont pay much attention to illegitimate things.
At this late date, Bell and his fellow believers in the notion that Obama was born overseas or is otherwise ineligible to be president still expect some court somewhere to buy into one of their theories. After more than 100 court cases, no judge has.
Even after Obama convincingly won reelection despite four years of low popularity ratings, a sluggish economy and a highly motivated opposition, advocates of various counterfactual theories about the president hes a foreigner, hes a Marxist, hes a Muslim say theyre sticking to their fight.
This inauguration is a mistake and those who permit it to happen will have to live with their own consciences, says Bell, a former Washingtonian who retired to South Dakota.
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southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)Bush but I watched the parade when he was sworn in. Such sour crybabies. You would think a man who is so educated wouldn't fall for this kind of shit. How disappointing. The president is getting the last laugh. I mean how stupid can these people be. They look so silly.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)seems like such a waste
Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)Remember when people like this were just cranky old coots who lived down the road? Thanks to the internet, theor idiotic ramblings can reach a world-wide audience and brain-dead conspiracy theories will never die. Because somebody out there is always willing to give them a little bandwidth, and off the story goes through social media -- Hey! Don't Forget! Obama might be a foreigner!
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)rocks, or they are willfully spreading disinformation.
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)This guy likely supported GW who sauntered up to the mic on an elaborately crafted stage in a cod piece and uniform pretending to be a war hero revealing the epitome of dishonest and arrogant.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)but that have made how he really feels obvious.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,942 posts)by giving these people too much ink in the press.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)second time.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)....but not voter fraud. At least not in the snippet of the article posted in the OP.
jenmito
(37,326 posts)"BREAKING! Two Huge Announcements On BHOS Eligibility!"
It was SO much fun throwing it back in their faces asking what happened!
WeekendWarrior
(1,437 posts)They lost. They're history. Don't newspapers have something more interesting to write about instead of inventing "news?"
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)Filibuster Harry
(666 posts)he would stay or leave South Dakota when Obama's face is put on Mount Rushmore?? We all know that answer don't we?