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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Before I die, I'd like to feel admiration for a living President [View all]sheshe2
(86,096 posts)45. Thanks mcar.
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You wouldnt know one if you saw one, because you did for 8 years just now and didnt
Actor
May 2016
#1
Agreed, but stating that no President has satisfied the OP hints at mean-spiritedness, imo.
randome
May 2016
#70
You have no clue "why". And don't even guess. I voted for Obama twice because I hoped
floriduck
May 2016
#64
don't forget Obama also put Arne Duncan in charge of education. It's been one
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#111
He's technically one of the best legislative presidents in US history but go ahead and keep
uponit7771
May 2016
#53
FYI: FDR's New Deal programs were great . . . but if you were black many of them excluded you
brush
May 2016
#83
I am a decade older than you. I adored Carter, if mostly for his smile and his wonderful wife, who
GreenPartyVoter
May 2016
#4
the ONLY ONE to get the Israelis and Palestinians to sit down and put pen to paper.
NWCorona
May 2016
#44
Utter bullshit. Disgracefully bashing Our Democratic President with that ad hom
redstateblues
May 2016
#31
I never voted for him... but he had better ideas than the democratic candidates.
basselope
May 2016
#114
Sanders thought the same and democrats disagree with him by the tune of 3 million votes
uponit7771
May 2016
#55
no really, its over 3 million votes... and yes dems left the party for RayGun. They're the same
uponit7771
May 2016
#103
There is no Sanders movement. His political revolution is an empty bumper sticker slogan
redstateblues
May 2016
#37
All the more reason why the relentlessly have vilified him! The PTB cannot stomach
brewens
May 2016
#24
This thread does serve one useful purpose if nothing else. It points out the basic difference
Trust Buster
May 2016
#35
If nothing else, this single post can be extrapolated to every supporter of both candidates.
RadiationTherapy
May 2016
#52
Nope, I was a Hillary supporter in 2008 and I admire President Obama today.
Trust Buster
May 2016
#58
If you can't admire the first black person to become president you have my condolences.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2016
#36
As president I admire John Kennedy most of all. I would also have to say Ike, Bill Clinton,
doc03
May 2016
#48
LBJ has a great legacy IMO if you can exclude Vietnam....which of course, we can't.
StevieM
May 2016
#98
Poor you - at least we had JFK, but then he was assassinated. Carter was pretty good, Clinton was
kerry-is-my-prez
May 2016
#67
I admire President Obama and I expect to admire the next President Clinton, too. n/t
pnwmom
May 2016
#81
It's interesting how President Obama is viewed on DU versus "the real world."
PragmaticLiberal
May 2016
#92
+1, Sanders has sold them a figure from Unicornia and not reality, I think that's where he hurts the
uponit7771
May 2016
#104
Has there ever been a President that garnered 100% admiration from 100% population?
Sheepshank
May 2016
#110