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https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/07/17/obamas-era-as-the-democrats- messiah-is-officially-over-n4941836

Last week, Barack Obama gave some advice to his party, and it�s
astonishing how quickly his words turned into a self-inflicted political
wound. He was once hailed as the Democrat Party�s unifying figure, but
Obama�s recent scolding of his own party�s base didn�t just flop � it
sparked a backlash even his defenders can�t ignore.

As PJ Media previously reported, during a ritzy gathering of party elites
in New Jersey, Obama dismissed the rampant frustration among liberals,
telling them to show �a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less
whining and being in fetal positions.�

"And it's going to require Democrats to just toughen up,� he said.

Predictably, the base didn�t take it lying down, and frankly, I can�t
blame them. This is the same party that cooked up the Russia collusion
hoax, impeached President Trump twice for no legitimate reason, weaponized
the justice system to try to throw him behind bars, sent the FBI to raid
his home, tried to remove him from the ballot, and unleashed such venomous rhetoric that it helped inspire not one but two near-assassinations. It�s
hard to imagine how much more aggressive they could be.

Even pillars of the leftist media couldn�t stomach it. Whoopi Goldberg
publicly unloaded on Obama for his patronizing lecture.

�Let me remind everybody who was out on the front lines marching, when we
had the giant marches that went on. It was the people. The people went
out. They were not navel-gazing. It was older people who were saying, �Why
are you touching my Social Security,�� Goldberg claimed, even though
Social Security isn�t being touched. �It was not people whining; it was
about people saying, �Why are you taking these rights away from my child
when my child was born here?��

Whoopi wasn�t the only one on the left to speak out against what Obama
said.

�Barack Obama said we need to toughen up. Sean, I think what we need to do
is sober up,� former Democratic strategist Dan Turrentine told Sean
Hannity on Fox News. �After the last election, the two things everyone
said Democrats needed to do was, one, get over Trump derangement syndrome,
and two, moderate on social issues and things like immigration. But what
have we done? Any time any member tries to do it, the base screams.�


The real problem isn�t a lack of emotional fortitude; it�s a party out of
touch with ordinary voters, addicted to its own sanctimony and incapable
of moderating its agenda.

Exclusively for our VIPs: Why 2026 Looks Bleak for Democrats

When Barack Obama starts getting heat from his own side, you know the
shine is wearing off. For years, Democrats treated him like a political messiah: untouchable, above reproach, the party�s ultimate unifier. But
now, even the base is pushing back, and the criticism isn�t coming from
the fringes; it�s from within the ranks of legacy media and longtime strategists. That�s not just backlash; it�s a warning sign. Obama tried to lecture his party into �toughening up,� but all he really did was reveal
how fragile his influence has become.

When the cult of Obama starts to crack, it says more about the state of
the Democratic Party than any Republican ever could.


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November 5, 2024 - Congratulations President Donald Trump. We look
forward to America being great again.

We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.

Every day is an IQ test. Some pass, some, not so much.

Thank you for cleaning up the disasters of the 2008-2017, 2020-2024 Obama
/ Biden / Harris fiascos, President Trump.

Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.

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