OH, GO AWAY – AT 11:48 A.M. ET:  President Obama has apparently not been formally notified that his term is almost over and that he loses his White House wi-fi password.  From the Washington Examiner: 

President Obama used his final weekly address in 2016 to make it plainer than ever that he won't retire quietly once Donald Trump is sworn in as president.

Couching his address to the nation as assurance that he will remain committed to defending the "progress" achieved by his administration, the president made it crystal clear that he intends to be a thorn in President Trump's side after the official handover of power on Jan. 20.

Offering the clearest indication yet of his plan to be active on the political scene after he is ostensibly back in private life, Obama said Saturday, "As I prepare to take on the even more important role of citizen, know that I will be there with you every step of the way to ensure that this country forever strives to live up to the incredible promise of our founding — that all of us are created equal, and all of us deserve every chance to live out our dreams."

The words were an implicit rebuke of the inequality and retrograde policies that Democrats claim will be on the agenda of Trump and the GOP when they take over a unified Republican government next month.

When Obama expected, and most polls indicated, that Hillary Clinton was going to win the White House, the president suggested that he looked forward to a quiet retirement. But now he says his plans have changed. The unmistakable suggestion is that Obama claims he needs to stay active to guard the nation against Trump's predations.

COMMENT:  "I will be there with you every step of the way..."  Geez.  Has he been invited?  Obama's ego is vastly greater than his abilities.  He considers himself an indispensable man.  He might reflect on an old French proverb, "The graveyards of the world are filled with indispensable men."

I guess he wants to be another Jimmy Carter.  Most people have higher ambitions.

December 31, 2016