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In reply to the discussion: Obama Doesn't Owe This Country Shit [View all]sheshe2
(89,422 posts)77. He is a brilliant man.
another tradition to politics, a tradition (of politics) that stretched from the days of the countrys founding to the glory of the civil rights movement, a tradition based on the simple idea that we have a stake in one another, and that what binds us together is greater than what drives us apart, and that if enough people believe in the truth of that proposition and act on it, then we might not solve every problem, but we can get something meaningful done.
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
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So Cornell is back to not having completely irrational contempt for President Obama?
BannonsLiver
May 2018
#67
When have the country ever expected a former President to fix the mistakes of the current one?
Blue_true
May 2018
#13
I remember teeth gnashing by late March. They didn't even give him 3 full months before the attacks
Afromania
May 2018
#25
And I remember those folks saying "oh we're only holding his feet to the fire"
stevenleser
May 2018
#82
Besides, I'm pretty sure he IS working quietly to help the Resistance, just not seeking
tblue37
May 2018
#18
Bashing Obama started AT ONCE on DU i went to balloon-juice b/c the commenters viewed him positively
bobbieinok
May 2018
#80
he will be busy raking in the big bucks, made possible by his being president. If he
msongs
May 2018
#45
Guarantee there will be a claque here pissing and moaning that No True Dem works for big money...
Hekate
May 2018
#54
The Fusion Media Group playbook: 1. Publish some clickbait garbage on one platform
oberliner
May 2018
#61