Say it ain't so, Obama.

[Odoreida]

‘One of the greatest Americans’: Mike Pence, Barack Obama and others pay tribute to Billy Graham
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/02/21/pence-carter-bush-and-other-leaders-pay-tribute-to-billy-graham-longtime-pastor-to-presidents/

[kentuck]

1. FFS.

Why can't everybody hate the same people that we do??

[Angry Dragon]

2. Hate everyone.......problem solved

[rownesheck]

5. Hey!

that's what i always say!

[IluvPitties]

3. Obama is a classy dude.

[Motley13]

4. none of them mentioned that he was a money grubber

Remember the movie Elmer Gantry, that he who he reminds me of

[unitedwethrive]

6. Heck, people said nice things about Nixon when he died...

it's the polite thing to do. Look at it as a challenge to try and pick out the good parts of someone's life while ignoring the bad. I can only think of a few people in history where this approach wouldn't be appropriate.

[NCTraveler]

11. There were a whole lot of nice things that could be said about Nixon. nt

[heaven05]

7. all I know

And give him some respect for, is that back in the day of segregation of the races, he did let AA in his sermons and mix with the white Christians. He did offend many of the 'superior' race, but he did not care. That's what I will remember about this man.

[BannonsLiver]

8. I guess it's shit on Obama day again

Is there a calendar kept for these days so I can do something else with my spare time?

[HipChick]

10. Exactly..

[ProfessorGAC]

12. I Had It On Calendar!

It was supposed to March 6th
How'd it change?

[Blue_Adept]

13. The purity brigade has to have their moments

[underthematrix]

9. Pettiness is a vice of the privileged. President Obama always keeps it classy.

[oasis]

14. "When they go low, we go high". Decency is an Obama family trait. 💐

[cwydro]

15. Obama met with Graham when he was president too.

Graham was a registered Dem his entire life.

[Tanuki]

17. Yes...here is an intersting account of the visit

Pete Souza, as always, captured it with an excellent photo

https://img.thedailybeast.com/image/upload/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_1439,w_2560,x_0,y_0/dpr_2.0/c_limit,w_740/fl_lossy,q_auto/v1492458774/articles/2013/11/07/when-obama-visited-billy-graham-each-man-prayed-for-the-other/131107-billy-graham-obama_g1xnnp


https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-obama-visited-billy-graham-each-man-prayed-for-the-other


...."
had no idea what to expect when we walked into that living room. I had heard stories about this great man of God: how he had counseled presidents and ministered to millions of souls around the world, never missing an opportunity to share the gospel. But I also knew that he had been ill, and in the twilight of his years. I thought that our visit might be limited by his health and age.

But what I found in Billy Graham surprised me greatly. Sitting in his old wooden chair, body hunched over but mind as sharp as ever, Graham effused something I hadn’t felt in as full a measure from another person before, or encountered since: he had an overwhelming, driving, powerful…humility. In fact, he was the most humble person I had ever met. His first words to President Obama were, “I am so proud of you!”, quite a sentiment from one of the greatest preacher who’s ever lived. He went on to say that he had followed the president’s career for years and had been praying for him every day. He related to Obama a story about President Truman (I won’t go into the details here, because it was a cautionary tale about keeping presidential advice private!)

Reverend Graham drew the meeting to a close by earnestly thanking the president for making the trip up the mountain. (We learned later that President Obama was the first sitting president to actually visit Billy Graham at his home, a fact surely not lost on Reverend Graham.)

Graham’s last words, were, of course, a prayer. President Obama drew close and Reverend Graham sidled up to the president in his sitting chair. Graham offered a beautiful prayer, one for the ages. But when the prayer reached its conclusion, something happened that shocked me: President Obama starting praying for Reverend Graham.".....

[rusty fender]

16. Graham was a hateful gay hater,

but I don’t fault Obama for being nice to a dead hater, as long as the hater is...

I dance on his grave

[bluestarone]

18. i gotta here say WHATEVER OBAMA CHOOSES TO DO I SUPPORT!!!!

he has his reasons and i love the guy!!!

[SharonClark]

19. Love Obama and his graciousnes toward Graham.

Billy Graham inspired people, maybe even our beloved President.
On the other hand, trump-humper Franklin Graham scares people.