Obama and Colbert had some fun in the Obama Presidential Centre Oval Office replica before they sat down to talk about the Centre opening in June. A lot of people ask Colbert if he's going to run for president. He and Obama laughed about it, although when Colbert said, how ridiculous is it, Obama's answer was a bit cryptic - that he'd certainly be a lot better than "some folks".
He sure would. He'd be great at messaging, at reaching voters and connecting with them, at international relationships. He'd bring back quality jazz to the White House. And he'd pick a really good team to help with the hard stuff!
Let's not forget, Zelensky was a comedian and look at him now. The most powerful leader in the West. Loved and respected by millions. Seriously, it's doubtful that Colbert would want to do it. Whatever he does, he has a bright future ahead of him. It's painful to see him go, though, and to have witnessed him being sacrificed to CBS's sycophancy and greed. All these media giants who have bowed to Trump couldn't see past their noses. He's wildly unpopular now, in the US and round the world. People loathe him, and MAGA's finished. The dirt will rub off on whoever pandered to them.
It's good to see the inimitable Obama speaking out. The Presidential Center is going to be brilliant. An out-picturing of his unflagging committment to social justice and equity. And, by the way, it's non-partisan. Obama talked about how worried he is for the Republican Party, not just Democrats (1.16 in the clip). So many people around the world worship him, for good reason, but it's never gone to his head. Which is why everybody worships him, of course. That and the fact he's a very likeable, loveable fella and a class act through and through.
Going back to the fun conversation between him and Colbert, there was an Interesting discussion about it on CNN. John King was on the panel. I always appreciate what he has to say. He pointed out that Mamdani was able to reach voters where they were at, and Democrats can do it everywhere. Obama’s advice was to talk to voters in their language, simple English.
By the way, who's idea was it to put tweets up on the CNN screen during this discussion and to include Scott Jennings? He's a nasty piece of work. Manipulative, aggressive towards others. He used to come on The Context with Christian Fraser a lot and he was irritating even then; he criticised Trump quite a lot but never really committed himself to anything. And never offered any interesting insights. Then I guess he realised he could make real money if he switched sides and voila. He appeared on CNN. Put a lot of people off with his crude unqualified support for the man he once said was an authoritarian.
He's still trashing Trump behind his back, though, according to Miles Taylor, who worked in the 1st Trump administration but is now a passionate critic.
Fortunately on this show Jennings' tweets were outnumbered and outsmarted. Which would be easy for a donkey. The others had something intelligent to say but as always Jennings was just vapid and petty. Of all the Republicans that CNN could have brought into their teams he's the most ridiculous choice. He's not insightful and he irritates everybody on panels.
Maybe that's the idea. CNN top boss ordered a Republican to be included. Lower down the chain, whoever had to make the decision ground their teeth in frustration and decided to pick somebody who would put everybody off the GOP. Not that any help is needed really. Trump's doing that all on his own.
Notwithstanding cheating and foreign interference, I’ll never understand fully how America could have gone from the Obamas in the White House to the Trumps. Twice. Maybe it was the cheating and the foreign interference, but why did anybody fall for it? The power of grooming, I suppose. What’s comforting is that the spell is broken. Trump, along with his sycophants, will end up in history’s trash bin, a shameful stain on America.
But Obama's legacy is already cast in stone and it can only improve time as he gains in stature with his ongoing commitment to America's democracy. Thank God.
