WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former President Barack Obama on Friday offered a firm warning to the 2020 Democratic primary field. Worried the candidates may be openly pushing the party too far to the left, he urged them to remember the age-old secret of getting elected as a Democrat.
"They've got to save the far-left stuff until after they get elected," Obama said. "You've got to lie a little. 'Mislead' is the better term. You won't get elected otherwise. On the campaign you want to stick with the simple stuff like 'yes we can' and 'change.' Once you're elected, you can basically go full commie."
Historically, Obama is correct. Every single Democratic president since Grover Cleveland has won the presidency by simply lying to the American people - or at least misleading them. It worked then, and it

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