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[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Not hard to beat Trump

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Also beats him in Nobel Prizes.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Meh, Obama got a Nobel peace prize and apparently sold it to buy more drones.

I mean, technically he got the thing but it cheapened the meaning of that Nobel prize to the point where it meant nothing anymore

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 19 points 1 week ago

Obama has something else that is much bigger that trumps.

spoilerIt's his smile. Obviously trump always looks do sour.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems -1 points 1 week ago

Whatever libtard, they both posses a Nobel peace prize.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The 22nd Amendment explicitly prohibits anyone from being elected president

i am not sure they have read that amendment correctly 😂

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The 22 amendment prohibits either of them from running.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

they also have this quote i am quoting above literally, about the amendment preventing ANYONE from running, which is what i am laughing at.

[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

... from running for a third term.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Obama beats Trump

hah, wouldn't that be nice. Bet Barrack has a mean right hook.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yet another headline that I am disappointed to find is only a metaphor.

He’s a lefty so that left hook is probably more powerful.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I'm surprised it's still only an 11 point spread. I'm thinking a lot of that 33 percent are uneducated whites.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I wonder what percentage of people responding to this poll actually bothers to vote?

A link to the polling website just says they polled “1002 US adults”. No mention of whether these people voted in the last election, or if they are even eligible to vote. Even on the linked data table.

Also look at the suspect Fox News numbers mentioned in the article. 30% of Fox viewers dislike Trump enough to vote for Obama??? Doubt it.

Also 77% of the people who claim to be Republican in the data table claim they would vote Trump. 11% “some other candidate”. So really, nothing has changed.

https://researchco.ca/2026/01/26/amendment/amp/

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Soooooo.... Obama '28, why not?

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

because of the constitution.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 week ago (3 children)

If they nullify the part that stops Trump from running a 3rd time, then nothing stops Obama from running a 3rd time.

[–] EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Then he could enact the legislation he always wanted since 2007, and also restore the rule of law.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've seen it mentioned that they would try to claim it only applied to consecutive terms, so Obama, Bush, and Clinton would be out.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

If they run again in the next cycle, it won't be a third consecutive term.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

No no, because “reasons”.

Yeah, that obsolete piece of paper ain't working so well for 'Murica...