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to save your Obamatanic

related to, but different from, to save your sinking Titanic:

a) to be concerned, at any and all costs, about your own political legacy when you leave political office, even if said legacy may be a negative one

b) to save your political legacy before saving the decadent morality of your own political party
if you're Barack Obama, G-d may only know how to even try to save your Obamatanic, both definitions a) and b) in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election

obamanatic 

o-ba-ma-nat-ic O-bah'-mah-nāt-ic
Promises of grandure, which are opposite to truth. A false promise of glorius things.
My Dad's promise of getting a mustang for my 16th birthday ended up being obamanatic, i got a rust-bucket with 4 wheels and an 2-cylinder engine.
obamanatic by triclops200 December 12, 2009

obambastically

In a manner pertaining to or particularly resembling President Obama.

syn. obamaesque.
I just brushed the dirt off my shoulders, obambastically.

Obamatanic

your negative, or perceived to be negative, political legacy that you may or may not leave behind when leaving a political office
only G-d can help president Obama deal with his Obamatanic
Obamatanic by Uncle Dimma December 11, 2016

to save your Obamatanic

(related to, but different from, to save your sinking Titanic):

a) to be concerned, at any and all costs, about your political legacy once you leave political office, even if said legacy may be a negative one

b)to save your own political legacy, even it means caring somewhat less about the future of your political party
only G-d may know how to even try to save your Obamatanic , both definitions a) and b) in the case of President Obama in 2016