Obama wrote his final midterm election appeal in the Oval Office, between phone calls from Democrat candidates who begged him to endorse them, and to speak at their campaign events.
(2014-10-29) — With less than a week before the pivotal midterm elections, and with polls showing Republicans may take control of the U.S. Senate thanks to President Obama’s dismal popularity numbers, Obama today made his final appeal to voters.
“Please don’t vote Democrat,” the president said in a video recorded in the Oval Office. “I’m personally asking you to remember what I promised, and what I’ve delivered, and to trust me again when I say, don’t vote Democrat on November 4th.”
The White House said the president’s “Don’t Vote Democrat” message is backed by his record, and his credibility, and was recorded at the request of Democrat Congressional candidates.
“Right now,” said White House press secretary Josh Earnest, “the best thing the president can do to assure election of a Democratic Senate majority is to vigorously oppose Democratic candidates everywhere.”
To drive home the message of the video, Obama then rehearsed his accomplishments:
“If you liked your doctor and you kept your doctor, then please don’t vote Democrat.
If you’re now paying $2,500-a-year less for your health insurance, don’t vote Democrat.
If you feel safer from terrorists and infectious disease, and if America’s enhanced stature around the world — including our restarted relations with Russia, friendship with Israel, and the peace that’s descended on Iraq since I pulled the troops out — if that all makes you feel more secure, then don’t vote Democrat.
If the closing of Gitmo brings tears of joy to your eyes, and if the new civil tone in Washington, and greater brotherhood among racial groups makes you feel part of one nation under God, don’t vote Democrat.
If you look at the NSA and the IRS and they remind you that ‘government is simply what we do together,’ then don’t vote Democrat.
If you’re making more money at work, and spending more time on vacation and leisure, please don’t vote Democrat.
And finally, if your kid found a job right out of college, and you can make your basement a game room and workshop again, please don’t vote Democrat.”
