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sheshe2

(83,770 posts) Tue Aug 9, 2016, 06:04 PM Aug 2016

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The Obamas. [View all]

I will miss this first family that weathered unprecedented hatred that no other Presidential Family ever had to. They had far more class than their detractors. They rose far above it.

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The Obamas. [View all] sheshe2 Aug 2016 OP

They will be missed. SummerSnow Aug 2016 #1

Gawd, yes. sheshe2 Aug 2016 #2

and never replaced. lindysalsagal Aug 2016 #17

A wonderful family! mcar Aug 2016 #3

Thanks so much for this!!! CherokeeDem Aug 2016 #4

I'm bawling........and gonna miss them sooooooooooooooooooooooo much. a kennedy Aug 2016 #5

K&R! napkinz Aug 2016 #6

when they go low, mopinko Aug 2016 #7

She'll be remembered for that madokie Aug 2016 #10

yup. mopinko Aug 2016 #13

Boom! sheshe2 Aug 2016 #16

ikr? mopinko Aug 2016 #20

Yes we can and yes we do! calimary Aug 2016 #34

K & R st17011864200074656 Aug 2016 #8

They make me Proud madokie Aug 2016 #9

Amen. Cary Aug 2016 #11

I think the Obamas will provide generations of true service to our country... Unrepentant Fenian Aug 2016 #12

Displaying the best of what American has to offer DFW Aug 2016 #14

I may not have agreed with all he did or didn't LiberalLovinLug Aug 2016 #15

"Will there be any shred of guilt or remorse| awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #22

Hear, hear. yardwork Aug 2016 #18

I second that. Obama will go down in history as a great president. There is no doubt at all PatrickforO Aug 2016 #19

I don't have the words to express my admiration for the President and his family. So here: Aristus Aug 2016 #21

Me. sheshe2 Aug 2016 #24

Me too. Aristus Aug 2016 #25

They... sheshe2 Aug 2016 #27

I started crying when I saw that. Ilsa Aug 2016 #30

They are brothers, sheshe2 Aug 2016 #31

OMG! She, that's heart rending. longship Aug 2016 #52

Beautiful family. Ilsa Aug 2016 #23

Tears... sheshe2 Aug 2016 #28

I was driving and couldn't pull over to let it out. Ilsa Aug 2016 #29

per your last line of post heaven05 Aug 2016 #48

Thank you! This is one of the most Ilsa Aug 2016 #49

Wonderful family :) Kathy M Aug 2016 #26

Thanks. I needed that. K&R fleabiscuit Aug 2016 #32

They graced us with their presence. brer cat Aug 2016 #33

They are ours~ sheshe2 Aug 2016 #35

They graced us. sheshe2 Aug 2016 #37

The very best ailsagirl Aug 2016 #36

SO TRUE !!!! Dolly123Jimmy Aug 2016 #38

K&R... spanone Aug 2016 #39

Ab-so-EFFING-lute-ly!!!!!! Missn-Hitch Aug 2016 #40

Lol! sheshe2 Aug 2016 #41

I know that I personally will have BlueMTexpat Aug 2016 #42

Hey Blue. I am with you. sheshe2 Aug 2016 #43

Love, Love, Love them! I can't believe how much I'm going to miss them Upthevibe Aug 2016 #44

Obamas alicenuffer Aug 2016 #45

When they go low, we go high... Stellar Aug 2016 #46

I second that emotion heaven05 Aug 2016 #47

Hi heaven~ sheshe2 Aug 2016 #54

I'm going to miss them, too. Granny M Aug 2016 #50

They exemplify the Class that Trump will always wish for, annabanana Aug 2016 #51

When the rest of the world locks Aug 2016 #53