Thanks, Barack: Grinning Hillary campaigns with the President - just HOURS after his FBI director cleared her in email scandal

[superbeets]

[h=1]Thanks Barack: Grinning Clinton campaigns with the president - hours after his FBI director cleared her of email scandal[/h]

• The former secretary of state showered praise on Obama, her 2008 rival, who she said she was 'very privileged' to have gotten to know throughout the last decade, as she introduced him
• The president is 'someone who has never forgotten where he came from,' Clinton said. Taking a jab at her current opponent, Donald Trump, she added, 'And Donald if you're out there tweeting its Hawaii'
• Clinton rode with Obama today to Charlotte, North Carolina, on Air Force One. She did not take the plane back with him to Washington. They went their separate ways - but not until after they stopped for BBQ
• This morning FBI Director James Comey announced his recommendation that the Justice Department not bring charges against the former secretary of state; Clinton did not bring it up at the event and neither did Obama

By FRANCESCA CHAMBERS, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN CHARLOTTE, NC
PUBLISHED: 18:11, 5 July 2016 | UPDATED: 00:52, 6 July 2016




Hillary Clinton is 'fired up and ready to go' win November's election now that she doesn't have to worry about a possible federal indictment.
Clinton was grinning from ear to ear as she appeared in Charlotte, North Carolina, this afternoon with President Barack Obama - their first joint event of the election cycle.
The pair latched hands and lifted their hands and gave an upward punch as they posed for the cameras. Waving and pointing they made their way to center stage, the nation's first black president and the woman he hopes will replace him reveled in the spotlight.
The former secretary of state spoke first, showering praise on Obama, her 2008 rival, who she said she was 'very privileged' to have gotten to know throughout the last decade, as she introduced him.
The president is 'someone who has never forgotten where he came from,' Clinton said. Taking a jab at her current opponent, Donald Trump, she added, 'And Donald if you're out there tweeting its Hawaii.'
Obama also went after Trump for his prolific use of the social media platform, saying during his remarks, 'Everybody can tweet, but nobody actually knows what it takes to do the job until you've sat behind the desk.'



.

 

[superbeets]

+20


United front: Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, showered praise on President Obama, her 2008 rival, who she said she was 'very privileged' to have gotten to know throughout the last decade, as she introduced him

+20


Secret admirer: Obama said he was a Hillary convert after their 2008 battle, claiming he 'came away from that primary admiring her even more because during that year-and-a-half, I had a chance to see up close, just how smart she was and just how prepared she was'

+20


Team Stop Trump: Clinton, who received a major boost when the FBI earlier recommended no charges against her over her email scandal hopes to reclaim North Carolina for the Democrats this November; Obama won in 2008 but lost it narrowly in 2012

+20


Hillary Clinton is 'fired up and ready to go' win November's election now that she doesn't have to worry about a possible federal indictment

+20

+20




Eyes on the prize! Obama, who has apparently been impatient to begin campaigning, praised Clinton for being a 'great secretary of state' as he hit the ground running during an electric show in North Carolina

+20


Best of frenemies! After months of waiting on the sidelines while Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders battled it out, Barack Obama hit the campaign trail with the presumptive Democratic nominee to inject some electricity into her campaign

+20


Shot in the arm: Clinton's campaign breathed a sigh of relief after the FBI's announcement as she hailed Obama for going toe-to-toe and taking out Osama Bin Laden back in 2011

+20


Relief: Clinton was grinning from ear to ear as she took to the stage the President at their first joint event of the election cycle. President Obama, who is released from the shackles of campaigning again, will be used in the coming months to attack Donald Trump



.

 

[superbeets]

'I mean, Sasha tweets,' the president said, making a reference to his 15-year-old daughter. His daughter doesn't believe that's a qualification to sit behind the Resolute Desk, however, he said. 'You can't fully understand what it means to make life and death decisions until you've done it. That's the truth,' Obama stated.
Continuing, Obama said, 'But I can tell you this, Hillary Clinton has been tested. She's seen up close what's involved in making those decisions.'
She's been in the meetings at the White House and has seen the consequences of decisions that did not work well, Obama said. 'And there has never been any man or woman more qualified for this office than Hillary Clinton - ever - and that's the truth.'
Closing out his remarks Obama noted that he is term-limed and said, 'I couldn’t be prouder than the things we’ve accomplished together, but I am ready to pass the baton.'
Neither Clinton nor Obama brought up the Justice Department's investigation to her secret server. The White House they did not discuss it on the flight down to North Carolina, either.
This morning FBI Director James Comey announced his recommendation that the Justice Department not bring charges against the former secretary of state.
What she did was 'extremely careless,' he said, but it is the FBI's opinion that 'no reasonable prosecutor' would bring a case against her.
A spokesman for Clinton said in a statement afterward, 'We are pleased that the career officials handling this case have determined that no further action by the Department is appropriate.
'As the Secretary has long said, it was a mistake to use her personal email and she would not do it again, ' said Brian Fallon, a former Justice Department flak who now serves as national press secretary for Clinton's presidential campaign. 'We are glad that this matter is now resolved.'
The matter has not been 'resolved' yet, however. The FBI recommended that Justice Department prosecutors not pursue charges, but Attorney General Loretta Lynch has yet to formally weigh in.


.

A spokesman for the State Department acknowledged the fact this afternoon at his daily briefing, telling reporters asking about the probe, 'We need to wait and see what the Justice Department decides to do now in the wake of the FBI investigation before we move forward one way or another.'
The White House was also careful not to get stuck with the hot potato. The president's spokesman dodged questions on the way to North Carolina about Comey's assertion that Clinton was 'extremely careless' with her handling of classified material.
'The president is aware of the news,' White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said.
Earnest told reporters aboard Air Force One that the White House did not know that Comey would act on the matter today. With the case under review at the Justice Department, the president's spokesman was wary about wading any further into the issue.
'People might conclude that the president has a lot of personal affection for Secretary Clinton. People might conclude that the president has a lot invested in the success of her campaign. With regard to the ongoing work at the Department of Justice, we have made clear time and time again that neither President Obama nor the White House is involved in that investigation,' Earnest said.

.

 

[superbeets]

+20


In her corner: Obama's campaigning for Hillary is as strong an endorsement from a sitting President in years; in recent years the likes of John McCain suffered because of President George W Bush's unpopularity while before him Al Gore distanced himself from Bill Clinton

+20


Embarrassing dad: At one point during his stump speech, President Obama appeared to give away that his teenage daughter Sasha in fact tweets, as he took a shot at Donald Trump - 'Everybody can tweet, but nobody knows what it takes to do the job until you've sat behind the desk. I mean, Sasha tweets'

+20


Ready to pass the baton! Obama said he had run his last campaign but he was looking forward to handing the keys of the White House over to Mrs Clinton after eight years, his former secretary of state

+20


Showdown in the Tarheel State: An energized Obama again used his speech to hit out at Trump, calling him 'the other guy' and dismissing the presumptive Republican nominee by saying it is 'not a reality show'

+20


Silence is golden: At no time in her remarks did Hillary bring up the Justice Department's investigation into her secret server. The White House said that she did not discuss it with President Obama on their flight down

+20


The president is 'someone who has never forgotten where he came from,' Clinton said. Taking a jab at her current opponent, Donald Trump, she added, 'And Donald if you're out there tweeting its Hawaii'

+20


Always time for some BBQ: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton stop for lunch at the Midwood Smokehouse following their campaign event in Charlotte; they ordered some food and greeted and surprised customers with hugs and handshakes; Obama compliment North Carolina for its good food during his speech

The presumptive Democratic nominee's campaign breathed a sigh of relief today nonetheless as it prepared for its first event with Obama and Clinton.
As Clinton's campaign chair John Poesta deplaned Air Force One, he told reporters in North Carolina, 'It's a great day.'
Clinton was in high spirits, too, as she introduced Obama at her rally. She hailed him for going toe-to-toe with foreign leaders and taking out Osama bin Laden. Obama has kept America 'safe and strong,' she said.
'Compare that to Donald Trump. Can you imagine him sitting in the Oval Office the next time America faces a crisis?' she asked her audience. 'Donald Trump is simply unqualified and temperamentally unfit to be our president and commander in chief,' she said to loud cheers.
Bringing it home, Clinton said, 'So here in North Carolina this election is our chance to say our country is better than this.'
Clinton said she would 'build on the vision for America that President Obama has always championed' if she wins the White House, building bridges instead of walls like the one promised by Trump on the border with Mexico.
'We don't call the country we love a disaster or a laughing stock. We know America is already the greatest country on earth,' the Oval Office candidate proclaimed.
She brought up the early patriots who signed the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Democrats will hold their nominating convention later this month and said, 'they knew we would all rise or fall together.'
'Now nobody who looked like Barack Obama or me would have been included back then, but we're here today because the story of America is the story of hard-fought, hard won progress,' she said, eliciting an uproarious applause and cheers of her name.


.

 

[superbeets]

+20


Let's do this: Obama appeared champing at the bit to get out on the campaign trail; Like many Democrats presumed at the start of the campaign, the nomination would have been long wrapped up, a testimony to the tenacious campaign run by Bernie Sanders

+20





Obama gave Clinton a ride - that her campaign has to pay for - to North Carolina this afternoon on Air Force One; Donald Trump had earlier incredulously asked who was paying for the flight

Clinton told the large audience, packed into the Charlotte Convention Center, 'I don't know about you, but we are fired up and ready to go,' borrowing Obama's 2008 slogan. We are 'ready to win this election,' Clinton said.
Obama had been sitting casually on a stool as Clinton talked him up. He joined in chants of 'Hillary' as he took his turn at the mic.
'I'm fired up. Hillary got me fired up! She got me ready to do some work,' said Obama, reciting his 2008 chant.
The president recalled another time he and Clinton campaigned together, in 2008, as they transitioned from enemies to friends after their bitter primary that year. 'We went to Unity, New Hampshire -- just in case people missed the point,' Obama said today.
He professed to have admired her when they served in the U.S. Senate together and said, 'I came away from that primary admiring her even more.'
In the 18 months they were competing for the Democratic nomination, Obama said he 'saw the passion that she feels for anybody who’s experienced injustice, anybody who’s faced discrimination, anybody who does everything right and still can’t seem to get a fair shot, whether it was workers who had lost their jobs, or kids unable to afford college.'
'And you could tell it was personal to her because she had seen struggles in her own life. She had known challenges in her own life. And she could identify and empathize with people who were doing the right thing and wanted to make sure that they got a fair shake.'
Obama said that he 'had a front-row seat to her judgment, and her toughness, and her commitment to diplomacy' when she served as his secretary of state.
'I saw how deeply she believes in the things she fights for. And I saw how you can count on her, and how she won't waver and she won't back down. And she will not quit, no matter how difficult the challenge and no matter how fierce the opposition,' he said, complimenting the former first lady and U.S. senator.
Last month, as the Democratic primary ended, Obama endorsed Clinton in the battle for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. No fan of Republican Donald Trump, the outgoing president committed to campaigning for his former Senate colleague.
Today he said of the election, 'This isn’t even really a choice between left and right, or Democrat or Republican. This is a choice between whether we are going to cling to some imaginary past, or whether we're going to reach for the future. This is about whether we have an America that works for everybody, or just a few people.'
Espousing his love for North Carolina, which he said has great food, great people and great college basketball, Obama said he intended to stop in a local BBQ place before he returned to Washington, D.C.
He made good on that promise later, taking Clinton to Midwood Smokehouse, a few minutes away from the afternoon's rally site, for an early dinner before they went their separate ways.
The president ordered pulled pork, brisket and a few sides, his aides said. Clinton ordered a chicken and ribs combo from the establishment.

+20


Happy Huma? Hillary's top aide Abedin can't wipe the smile off her face after her boss dodged a bullet earlier in the day; this is despite the FBI saying that Hillary and the State Department had been 'extremely careless with very sensitive, highly classified information'

+20



Sweet relief! James Comey, the director of the FBI, announced just hours before the rally that the bureau will not recommend federal prosecution of Clinton for her use of a private email server to store what turned out to be thousands of classified documents in her emails



.

 

[superbeets]

The former Obama administration official was just beginning a speech at the National Education Association in Washington, D.C. this morning when Comey presented the FBI's findings at a press conference and made no acknowledgement in her address of the breaking news.
Speaking from the FBI's headquarters in Washington, Comey said his bureau found no evidence that Clinton or her lawyers 'intentionally deleted' government emails from her private email address and server that they did not first provide to State.
Comey said, 'Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.'
At least seven email chains contained information that Comey said 'any reasonable person' in Clinton's position 'should have known that an unclassified system was no place for that conversation.'
Still, he said, the FBI could not find any previous cases that dealt with the mishandling of classified information 'that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts.'
The law enforcement official warned, however, that the bureau's findings are not meant to 'suggest that in similar circumstances, a person who engaged in this activity would face no consequences.
'To the contrary, those individuals are often subject to security or administrative sanctions,' he stated. 'But that is not what we are deciding now.'
Republican White House candidate Donald Trump said the Obama administration official showed 'bad judgement' in deciding that the Justice Department should not indict Clinton.
'The system is rigged. General Petraeus got in trouble for far less. Very very unfair! As usual, bad judgment,' Trump said Twitter immediately after the declaration.
He said in a follow up tweet: 'FBI director said Crooked Hillary compromised our national security. No charges. Wow! #RiggedSystem'
The Republican National Committee said that while the FBI head said not to prosecute Clinton the bureau's 'findings are a glaring indictment of Hillary Clinton’s complete lack of judgment, honesty, and preparedness to be our next commander-in-chief.'
The national party contended that Obama's Justice Department was 'never going to prosecute Clinton’s criminal behavior because they are counting on her to deliver their failed agenda a third term.'
'Between the Attorney General’s private meeting with Bill Clinton last week, to President Obama’s active support for Hillary Clinton’s candidacy, the American people will rightly be left second guessing whether justice was really served,' Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement.
The Obama White House had long said that it was not involved in the FBI's investigation and that the president's endorsement of Clinton would have no bearing on the law enforcement agency's probe.
Comey's well-timed announcement on Tuesday, which the White House said today that it did not know about, did however put Clinton in the clear before she hopped aboard the president's plane for the relatively short flight to Charlotte.
It also ensured that the White House would not get questions on the matter on camera until Wednesday.
When the president travels, his press secretary holds what is known as a gaggle on Air Force One with the small group of reporters whose turn it is to travel with Obama on the government aircraft. Unlike the regular daily briefing at the White House, the on-the-record session is not filmed.



.

 

[superbeets]

What a sad end to his presidency this clown show is...

.

 

[festeringZit]

I can't think of two more disgusting human beings.

 

[superbeets]

Trump's fury over Obama's Air Force One lift for Hillary Clinton to joint campaign event as he asks 'who's paying?'

• The Republican White House hopeful blasted the use of the government aircraft for political purposes as a 'disgrace'
• Taxpayers will have to foot some of the bill - the president is required to take Air Force One whenever he engages in air travel
• Clinton camp says it will pick up its share of costs, as is standard practice
• Obama and Clinton are campaigning in Charlotte, North Carolina, today
• Clinton got a new lease on life this morning as the FBI said it would not recommend charges over servergate

By FRANCESCA CHAMBERS, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN CHARLOTTE, NC
PUBLISHED: 16:08, 5 July 2016 | UPDATED: 23:43, 5 July 2016




President Barack Obama gave Hillary Clinton a ride from Washington, D.C. this afternoon to a joint campaign event in North Carolina and Donald Trump is furious about it.
The Republican White House hopeful blasted the use of the government aircraft for political purposes as a 'disgrace' and asked on Twitter, 'Why is President Obama allowed to use Air Force One on the campaign trail with Crooked Hillary? She is flying with him tomorrow. Who pays?'
Taxpayers will have to foot some of the bill - the president is required to take Air Force One whenever he engages in air travel - but the Clinton campaign says it will also pick up its share of the costs.

+6


President Barack Obama gave Hillary Clinton a ride from Washington, D.C. this afternoon to a joint campaign event in North Carolina and Donald Trump is furious about it

+6


Taxpayers will have to foot some of the bill - the president is required to take Air Force One whenever he engages in air travel - but the Clinton campaign says it will also pick up its share of the costs

The Republican White House hopeful blasted the use of the government aircraft for political purposes on Twitter

Air Force One costs more than $200,000 an hour to operate, government oversight group Judicial Watch estimates.
Clinton's campaign would have had to pick up some of the tab regardless of whether the candidate was on the aircraft as Obama is making the trip for purely political purposes, CNN has explained.
Exactly how much Clinton will be expected to pay is unknown. And unless the White House couples future campaign appearances with official events, her campaign will be on the hook for a hefty sum once all is said and done.
At least one member of Congress speaking at the event did not hitch a ride with the president to avoid a similar political firestorm. Congresswoman Alma Adams, whose district includes Charlotte, flew commercial from Washington to North Carolina on Tuesday morning.
Despite an assurance from Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill that the campaign would follow 'standard practice' and 'cover its portion of the costs,' Trump ripped into his political opponent this morning for taking the trip on Air Force One.
'Taxpayers are paying a fortune for the use of Air Force One on the campaign trail by President Obama and Crooked Hillary,' he said on Twitter.
The president's spokesman told reporters travelling with Obama and Clinton on the plane today that the Democratic National Committee would pay Clinton's share.
'The White House of course follows all of the rules and regulations that apply to presidential travel.,' said press secretary Josh Earnest.
Obama was appearing with Clinton on the trail for the first time today since she clinched the Democratic nomination.
The president and his former secretary of state flew to Charlotte from Washington after she delivered a speech to the National Education Association.
Obama is coming back to Washington early tonight. Clinton is continuing on alone to Atlantic City for a campaign event on Wednesday morning.




As Obama prepared to make his foray into the general election, the FBI announced the findings of its investigation into Clinton's email setup.
Director James Comey said Clinton's behavior allowed for 'potential violations' but 'no reasonable prosecutor' would recommend charges.
It's up to the Justice Department to make a final decision, but Attorney General Loretta Lynch has already said she'd accept the bureau's decision.
The FBI probed ended three days after Clinton announced that she voluntarily met with the FBI to discuss its investigation into her email setup.
The 3.5 hour-long meeting at the FBI headquarters in Washington on Saturday morning took place entirely in secret on a weekend Clinton, who had no public events, was away from her travelling press corps.
Her campaign acknowledged Saturday afternoon that she sat down for a chat with the feds that morning, and she told MSNBC's Chuck Todd in a phone interview later that day that she was 'pleased to have the opportunity to assist the department in bringing its review to a conclusion.'
The FBI said it was in no rush to come to close the Clinton case, but the timing of its Independence Day weekend interview of the former cabinet official hinted at an attempt to wrap up the probe before the Democratic National Convention.
The bureau was under heavy pressure to make its decision swiftly following Lynch's admission that she let Bill Clinton on her plane when they were both at the airport in Phoenix, Arizona.

+6


As Obama prepared to make his foray into the general election, the FBI announced the findings of its investigation into Clinton's email setup. He and Clinton are seen here on the tarmac at the Charlotte airport

+6


Taxpayers will have to foot some of the bill - the president is required to take Air Force One whenever he engages in air travel - but the Clinton campaign says it will also pick up its share of the costs

+6


The term-limited president will stand at her side regularly throughout the fall as Democrats look to defeat Trump, above, Obama's spokesman indicated Friday

The White House has kept the investigation at arms length, telling reporters ad nauseam last week that the Justice Department probe is taking place independent of the president.
He has not used his authority to get an all-clear for Clinton, his spokesman said as he went to battle over the optics of the former president's meeting with Lynch and the current president's endorsement of a candidate under federal investigation.
The president can now campaign for Clinton with a clear conscience in light of Comey's announcement - which the White House says it did not know was coming down the pipeline.
Clinton also has a new lease on life. Democrats will not officially nominate her to top the party's ticket until the Philadelphia convention at the end of this month. Lingering doubts about her ability to compete in the fall could have convinced some Democrats not to stay in her corner.
Obama will speak on her behalf there, as he did today in Charlotte. The term-limited president will stand at her side regularly throughout the fall as Democrats look to defeat Trump, Obama's spokesman indicated Friday.
The Charlotte and Philadelphia speeches are expected to be the only times he campaigns for his one-time rival this summer, however.
'Once the general election is fully engaged and as the attention of the country begins to focus on the presidential election, the President's opportunity to make a visible case for Secretary Clinton will increase,' Earnest said.

+6


Clinton also has a new lease on life now that the FBI says it doesn't think she should be prosecuted. She's seen her greeting supporters awaiting her arrival with Obama at the Charlotte airport



.An Obama-Clinton event been in the works for weeks. Planned initially for mid June in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the team effort was postponed indefinitely after the Orlando shooting at a gay night club.Clinton's campaign announced last week that the rally had been moved to Charlotte this Tuesday.
Trump is also in North Carolina today, in Raleigh, a city Clinton visited two weeks ago as she tried to shore up support in the swing state.
Obama won North Carolina in 2008, then lost it to Mitt Romney by a close margin in 2012 when the state moved to the right, electing a Republican governor to lead its majority Republican legislature.
Clinton is trying to flip North Carolina once again and is running an ad in the state that vilifies Trump.
The ex-Obama administration official will get a second push from the White House on Friday in the form of Vice President Joe Biden.
Biden will campaign for her in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the colorful vice president who enjoys telling stories from his youth was born and raised.
Scranton is special to Clinton, too - her father, Hugh Rodham, also called the Pennsylvania town his home. Clinton's grandfather worked in a lace mill there and her family routinely came to visit from Illinois.


Read more:

• Hillary Clinton to ride Air Force 1; Donald Trump asks who pays - CNNPolitics.com

.

 

[superbeets]

I can't think of two more disgusting human beings.

Guesser DaFinch.

.

 

[superbeets]

View image on Twitter

Follow
Paul Ryan
✔@SpeakerRyan

While I respect the professionals at the FBI, this announcement defies explanation. No one should be above the law.
5:32 PM - 5 Jul 2016

• 
  
• 
  3,9833,983 Retweets
• 
  4,8334,833 likes

​

 

[ScottL]

Today was an easier than usual day for the world's bulimics.

 

[The Guesser]

I can't think of two more disgusting human beings.

I can. You and the Terrorist Supporting, Kid Touching supporting POS. Add Casper and you have a trifecta. Add the Sick, No LIfe Brit Twit, and you hit the superfecta. Add Lying WELCHING Ace and you hit the Pick 5.

 

[The Guesser]

But But But, I thought Obama hated Hillary and couldn't wait to throw her under the bus. Just another one the usual idiots down here fucked up on.

 

[busterhyman]

so you think because obuma didn't throw hillary under the ''so called'' bus-that they're buds. his only choice.trump wants to wipe out everything he has done in his 8 years.

 

[The Guesser]

so you think because obuma didn't throw hillary under the ''so called'' bus-that they're buds. his only choice.trump wants to wipe out everything he has done in his 8 years.

I don't think they're buds. I think they're respectful colleagues, who grew to respect each other, if not actually like each other.

 

[The Guesser]

Guesser DaFinch.

Make up your feeble mind, you no life sick Brit Twit. I thought we were just one guy.