Former President Barack Obama, the last Democrat to captivate the party’s base, got on the phone.

Even after got ratfucked and became an open zionist to curry favor, they're still erasing him

Absolute silence during genocide and concentration camps, but of course he shows up for this

One of the great villains of the 21st century for sure.

thinking about when Obungler broke the NBA strike with his phone calls

Are we thinking it was a "i'll pay you $100 to fuck off" type phone call or a "If you look in the folder you were just handed you'll find some interesting pictures of your family taken from predator drones" type phone call

i hope he asked obama why gitmo is still open and then hung up when he started talking.

Nice campaign ya got there

But let me be clear

The interest from the closely guarded world of Mr. Obama and those around him is the clearest sign yet that Mr. Mamdani is likely to be embraced by the Democratic mainstream, whether the party’s leaders and donors like it or not. It comes at a time of dueling visions among voters, Democratic politicians and donors over the future of the party.

It seems very possible that Obamaworld views [Mr. Mamdani]: not as a threat or a liability, but as a promising figure in a Democratic Party with a pressing need for fresh blood.

For the americans here, the labour party was held by right wing labour ever since Blair. Corbyn got the labour leadership because some people suggested it would be a good idea to have the left wing voice in the leadership contest as an influence for party ideas. They believed it didn't matter and that there was no way he would win so it would be totally harmless to have him there and absorb his ideas into the party for greater popularity.

Next thing they knew, he was party leader.

I know the Dem party is structured differently but their belief in harmlessly absorbing Mamdani seems like a similar kind of arrogance leading to a critical mistake as was made with Corbyn. The biggest difference being that he can't run for president obviously.

Don't do it! Don't turn into a lib!

Embrace, extend, extinguish.

i'm not going to panic about this. it just smells like the dems are desperate and running out of ideas

i was expecting them to discretely push for de-naturalization but that would obliterate their own party leadership and i don't think we're there yet

Obamna

Mr. Axelrod said he found the reaction of much of New York’s political establishment dispiriting and outdated. “‘Scare the hell out of people and maybe we can get them to vote for our deficient politics,’” he said, describing the approach with brutal efficiency. “That’s not a politics I want to be associated with. That’s not a politics I think prevails.”

Say what you want about Obama-world, but at least they are the only democrats who actually know how a campaign is supposed to be run.

I'm, uh, in your walls

First it was . Then hanging out. Now .

He's going to

Jesus fuck - they're all getting in on the act.

The interest from the closely guarded world of Mr. Obama and those around him is the clearest sign yet that Mr. Mamdani is likely to be embraced by the Democratic mainstream, whether the party’s leaders and donors like it or not. It comes at a time of dueling visions among voters, Democratic politicians and donors over the future of the party.

[...]

It seems very possible that Obamaworld views [Mr. Mamdani]: not as a threat or a liability, but as a promising figure in a Democratic Party with a pressing need for fresh blood.

[...]

Others in Mr. Obama’s orbit have also shown a keen interest in Mr. Mamdani and his campaign. Jon Favreau, who served as Mr. Obama’s speechwriter, and Dan Pfeiffer, a former senior adviser, have been in communication with the Democratic strategist Morris Katz, among Mr. Mamdani’s closest aides.

David Axelrod, who served as Mr. Obama’s chief campaign strategist and senior adviser, was also curious. Last month, he stopped by Mr. Mamdani’s campaign headquarters, then in the Flatiron neighborhood of Manhattan, to meet the candidate and his staff, and see things for himself.

“What I found when I went over to that office was a familiar spirit that I hadn’t seen in a while of just determined, upbeat idealism,” Mr. Axelrod told me. “You may not agree with every answer he’s giving, or every idea he has, but he’s certainly asking the right questions, which is how do we make the country work for working people?” He said Mr. Mamdani’s ability to inspire young Americans, who feel economic uncertainty acutely, was critical and something the party at large needed to reckon with.

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Reached for comment about the call, Mr. Mamdani’s communications director, Jeffrey Lerner, who worked in the Obama White House, drew a comparison between the two men. “Much like my former boss, Zohran embodies thoughtful leadership, moral courage and a unique ability to inspire hope in those who’ve been left behind by politics as usual.”

IT'S AFRAID

Beginning to wonder if HAARP was just a smokescreen to distract people from the actual breakthrough, granting Barack Obama the power to geas people.

uhhh let Cuomo smear.

The only way this could turn out good is if Mamdani forces Obama to bend the knee.

The touch of death

Always remember, DSA stands for Democratic Sellouts of Amerikkka.

RIP

he will now appear on pod save America and denounce rent control