Ep. 2421 - Obama’s Back And He’s Taking Control
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What does Barack Obama want to reclaim after the Trump era?
Barack Obama was a horrible president, a terrible radical, and the best liar in modern American history, bar none. Because while Barack Obama promoted the most radical policies, racial polarization, socialization of the healthcare system, surrender abroad, abortion, trans-radicalism here at home, Then he was defeated by Donald Trump. There would be no Donald Trump era without the far left insanity of the Obama era. So we tend to think of Trump as the defeat of Barack Obama. But what if the Obama era is just beginning again? What if Donald Trump defeating Obamaism was not return of the Jedi? It was a new hope. Sure, President Trump blew up the Obama death star in 2016. But what if Barack Obama is back and building a newer, larger, more powerful death star?
What if what comes next in this story is the Obama empire striking back? Well, that's not what if. That is the reality. Barack Obama and his radical boys are taking over the Democratic Party. They are radical. They are vicious. And yes, they are incredibly talented. And yes, they can win. That's what comes next in this story if we don't stop it. This is The Ben Shapiro Show.
So Barack Obama has been back in the headlines a lot recently. You'll remember that he went and read books to children with Zoran Mamdani. And then he sat down with The Late Show, with CBS, with Stephen Colbert. And, you know, they were jokey jokey because this is what you do. The thing about Obama is that he is wildly talented, so unbelievably talented that every Democratic politician since the Obama era has lived under Obama's shadow. He is charming and he is kind of avuncular in his approach. And here he was with Stephen Colbert.
I'm looking for a new gig soon. Uh-huh. And a lot of people tell me I should run for president. Well, you certainly have the look. Thank you very much. You have the hair. Well, for the record, I think it's a stupid idea. How dumb do you think it is for people to say that I should run for president?
Well, you know, the bar has changed.
That is true. At times, subterranean. I don't have to limbo so low?
Let me put it this way.
I think that you could perform significantly better than some folks that we've seen.
All right. Yeah. I have great confidence in that. Thank you very much. Is that an endorsement? It was not.
OK, so again, Obama is really, really good at this. Even I, who think that Obama was the death of modern American politics, acknowledge how talented Barack Obama is. And you can see it in clips like this. But here is the thing. People perceive Barack Obama as moderate because he is charming and because he is unthreatening to people in his affect. But Barack Obama is, was and continues to be a radical leftist, a radical leftist. The most important clip from this interview with Stephen Colbert is the one where he says there is no divide. He's not wrong about this. There is no divide between liberals and leftists. Many of us have been pointing out that there seems to be a conflict inside the Democratic Party between kind of old school liberals and the hardcore left.
Zoran Mamdani is not reflective of the entire Democratic Party. There's a John Fetterman wing of the Democratic Party. Barack Obama says no. Zoran Mamdani is the leadership class of the Democratic Party. There is no conflict between the leftists and the liberals. Here he was explaining to Stephen Colbert. You look at somebody like Mamdani, who I think is an extraordinary talent.
He wants people to be able to afford housing in New York. Well... You know, I would assume liberals in New York want the same thing.
And so I don't worry as much about some of these issues within the Democratic Party.
What I'm more interested in for Democrats is, do you know how to just talk to regular people like we're not in a college seminar, right?
You know, can you talk plain English to folks about... I think that's one of the powers that Mamdani has. That's correct. Is that he also, not only does he talk like a normal person, but he lives a normal life, but he also, he names what is obviously wrong.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What does Barack Obama want to reclaim after the Trump era?
0:00–4:27
2
How has Obama's influence shaped the Democratic Party's direction?
4:27–11:37
3
What role does Zoran Mamdani play in the current political landscape?
11:37–30:26
4
How does Barack Obama frame the Trump era in his narrative?
30:26–44:15
5
How does the episode address the state of race relations in America?
44:15–54:10
Speakers
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