Chip, what Obama said was absolutely correct. He COULD be more flexible after the election. That is true of every single president. That is NOT, however, an indication of collusion with a foreign power or trying to coordinate efforts with that foreign government. Doesn’t even sound like it, though you and your ilk have worked your hardest to make it so. In truth, what you are doing is deflecting from the real crime that is being investigated of — and obstructed by — the current administration. The current understanding is that the sitting president has been observed trying to cut a deal with the Ukrainian leader to dig up or manufacture dirt on Biden in order to help the sitting president’s re-election bid. However, even though the IG forwarded this to the DNI as of grave concern, the DNI — under the president’s orders apparently — has blocked the report from being shared with congress as the law requires. THAT is what you are covering up, Chip.
As there is no pressure to campaign for reelection in the second term. what Obama said was true for any reelected president. Is there any other reason that Chip would try to spin an innocuous remark like that as something bad?
That this is being brought up again shows the reason that Obama said it.
Obama said he would have more flexibility to discuss issues after election, “particularly missile defense”. Just mentioning this discussion put Repubs in propaganda overdrive. Discussions about missile defense are normal for presidents, but if it’s Obama, the Repubs will twist it beyond recognition.
Now that Trump has secret meetings with no paper trail and no witnesses, the Repubs and people like Bok think that’s OK.
fantastic. already rolling with the false equivalences. No intelligence officers were so thoroughly disturbed by what Obama said that they felt the need to report it.
More like an invention of alternative facts. If Obama had done anything remotely like this, he would have been impeached faster than a RepubliCON could slide a large campaign donation into his pocket. It must be pleasant in the RepubliCON world of unicorn and butterfly pictures. (The real butterflies are well on their say to extinction. Thanks to the RepubliCON EPA.
…because stating the obvious, that a president has more flexibility after an election than before an election, is exactly the same as withholding military aid to Ukraine until Congress forces him to release it, or to eliminate sanctions and try to put Russia back in the G8 after they were removed for invading Ukraine to begin with, or to give highly classified information to Russians in the Oval Office. And that’s just the stuff that hasn’t been covered up. Bok is either stupefyingly ignorant or deliberately lying. Probably both.
Trump Disciples don’t notice subtle events like when the Ukraine regime changed from being a puppet of Putin to one oriented to the West.
They also don’t notice things like Trump’s campaign manager and first National Security advisor being unregistered PAID FOREIGN AGENTS of the Putin puppet regime.
As my mother would say “Comparisons are invidious.” Obama being an occasional jerk is somehow supposed to excuse The Orange Menace being a sexist, racist, arguably treasonous liar 100% of the time?
braindead Premium Member over 4 years ago
Just another lie by Trump Disciple Bok.
ideations over 4 years ago
Why not address the issue at hand and not diffuse with allegations?
mourdac Premium Member over 4 years ago
Dang, I forgot to get out my hip boots before pulling up GoComics this a.m. and reading strips such as this.
Zebrastripes over 4 years ago
One never knows what lurks in the shadows of the WH…
Durak Premium Member over 4 years ago
How about we see what Trump said before you start making inaccurate comparisons?
cdward over 4 years ago
Chip, what Obama said was absolutely correct. He COULD be more flexible after the election. That is true of every single president. That is NOT, however, an indication of collusion with a foreign power or trying to coordinate efforts with that foreign government. Doesn’t even sound like it, though you and your ilk have worked your hardest to make it so. In truth, what you are doing is deflecting from the real crime that is being investigated of — and obstructed by — the current administration. The current understanding is that the sitting president has been observed trying to cut a deal with the Ukrainian leader to dig up or manufacture dirt on Biden in order to help the sitting president’s re-election bid. However, even though the IG forwarded this to the DNI as of grave concern, the DNI — under the president’s orders apparently — has blocked the report from being shared with congress as the law requires. THAT is what you are covering up, Chip.
walfishj over 4 years ago
Gee Chip, by posting that cartoon you are admitting what Trump did is wrong. Welcome to the sane side of things.
superposition over 4 years ago
As there is no pressure to campaign for reelection in the second term. what Obama said was true for any reelected president. Is there any other reason that Chip would try to spin an innocuous remark like that as something bad?
Darsan54 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Bok’s been doing cartoons like this for a long, long time. Apparently his editors never noticed as the dementia slowly slipped in.
Monchoxyz over 4 years ago
Wrong President right recording.
AndrewSihler over 4 years ago
I don’t see the resemblance.
DrDon1 over 4 years ago
Seems Bok, like Giuliani, is just another sycophant for #45!
Nantucket Premium Member over 4 years ago
That this is being brought up again shows the reason that Obama said it.
Obama said he would have more flexibility to discuss issues after election, “particularly missile defense”. Just mentioning this discussion put Repubs in propaganda overdrive. Discussions about missile defense are normal for presidents, but if it’s Obama, the Repubs will twist it beyond recognition.
Now that Trump has secret meetings with no paper trail and no witnesses, the Repubs and people like Bok think that’s OK.
BubbleTape Premium Member over 4 years ago
fantastic. already rolling with the false equivalences. No intelligence officers were so thoroughly disturbed by what Obama said that they felt the need to report it.
kentmarx36 over 4 years ago
More like an invention of alternative facts. If Obama had done anything remotely like this, he would have been impeached faster than a RepubliCON could slide a large campaign donation into his pocket. It must be pleasant in the RepubliCON world of unicorn and butterfly pictures. (The real butterflies are well on their say to extinction. Thanks to the RepubliCON EPA.
quixotic3 over 4 years ago
…because stating the obvious, that a president has more flexibility after an election than before an election, is exactly the same as withholding military aid to Ukraine until Congress forces him to release it, or to eliminate sanctions and try to put Russia back in the G8 after they were removed for invading Ukraine to begin with, or to give highly classified information to Russians in the Oval Office. And that’s just the stuff that hasn’t been covered up. Bok is either stupefyingly ignorant or deliberately lying. Probably both.
braindead Premium Member over 4 years ago
Trump Disciples don’t notice subtle events like when the Ukraine regime changed from being a puppet of Putin to one oriented to the West.
They also don’t notice things like Trump’s campaign manager and first National Security advisor being unregistered PAID FOREIGN AGENTS of the Putin puppet regime.
Analysis skills.
.
#TraitorTrump
Concretionist over 4 years ago
As my mother would say “Comparisons are invidious.” Obama being an occasional jerk is somehow supposed to excuse The Orange Menace being a sexist, racist, arguably treasonous liar 100% of the time?
jhayesd31 over 4 years ago
Compared to the Blow Job Trump gave him in Helsinki? Of course if you dispute that Trump gave him a B;low Job we can refer to the interpreter’s notes.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 4 years ago
That’s hardly a whistleblower complaint, as the entire world heard it. And Obama never gave away state secrets to the Russians.
Radish the wordsmith over 4 years ago
Its treason for Trump to ask another country to interfere in our election and smear an American political opponent.
Scoutmaster77 over 4 years ago
Wow, the cartoonist just pegged the BS meter.
DeepState over 4 years ago
Weapons of mass distraction…. They weren’t found in Iraq, but they are everywhere in the republican party.
Patjade over 4 years ago
I remember the stink that happened when he said it, too. And yet Obama never did anything on the level of Trump.
fullplatebeta Premium Member over 4 years ago
This is a 2nd grader’s assessment of the situation.
KennethJ.Grider over 4 years ago
Chip Bok needs a road map to help him get out of the Twilight Zone.