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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 06:41 PM Dec 2017

Obama should be arrested for implying Trump needs a filter, Fox Business host suggests


By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. December 2 at 4:42 PM

Call it an unwritten rule — a matter of decorum among the small fraternity of men who once held the title “leader of the free world.”

Before he left office, Barack Obama said his goal was to steer clear of the political spotlight — as George W. Bush had done when he left the White House — giving the new president room to govern without Obama's shouldering into every debate with the megaphone that being a former commander in chief affords.

But a Fox Business commentator said Obama violated that unwritten rule with a recent comment about Trump’s tweets. What’s more, according to Fox Business host Lou Dobbs, that violation should merit arrest.

“I think U.S. marshals should follow [Obama], and anytime he wants to go follow the president like he is and behave [like that],” Dobbs said on his show Friday. “I mean, this is just bad manners. It’s boorish and it’s absurd and he doesn’t realize how foolish he looks.”

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/12/02/obama-should-be-arrested-for-implying-trump-needs-a-filter-fox-business-host-suggests/?utm_term=.d50142aa66f9
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Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
1. Fox already destroyed the fabric of our country. Mostly, they
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 06:47 PM
Dec 2017

cover STILL, Hillary's emails, and lock her up, if there is news damaging to Repubs.

tikka

(762 posts)
3. An unwritten law against criticizing past presidents that trump has broken plenty of times
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 08:03 PM
Dec 2017

doesn't apply evidently as far as Dobbs is concerned. What a tool for for saying Obama should be arrested.

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
6. Republicans are black & white thinkers: either I love you or you should die
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 01:58 PM
Dec 2017

they can't comprehend "I disagree with him, but he has the right to say it."

area51

(11,909 posts)
7. "... It's boorish and it's absurd and he doesnt realize how foolish he looks."
Tue Dec 5, 2017, 02:09 PM
Dec 2017

That line describes Trump.

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