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'Obama take the wheel' (Original Post) bigtree May 2020 OP
He is so darn likable! Phoenix61 May 2020 #1
yep, yep bigtree May 2020 #2
Too cool. Just too cool. n/t Laelth May 2020 #3
Very good! Baked Potato May 2020 #4
Very inspiring Bayard May 2020 #5
Liked how he put dumpie down without ever using his name, a real gentleman KS Toronado May 2020 #6
I felt so much hope watching this yesterday Politicub May 2020 #7
And that means a lot! tavernier May 2020 #8
This is so true IcyPeas May 2020 #9
In a way he could take the wheel. panader0 May 2020 #10

Bayard

(22,061 posts)
5. Very inspiring
Sun May 17, 2020, 11:28 AM
May 2020

And not just to graduating seniors. You can tell he actually means what he's saying, and not just holding forth for his own sake.

Can't wait till he hits the campaign trail for Biden!

Politicub

(12,165 posts)
7. I felt so much hope watching this yesterday
Sun May 17, 2020, 01:08 PM
May 2020

And some sadness remembering how things used to be.

He was addressing the Obama generation. The graduating seniors knew Obama as president for most of their lives.

tavernier

(12,380 posts)
8. And that means a lot!
Sun May 17, 2020, 01:44 PM
May 2020

To me Eisenhower was always a kind of father figure because he was president when I was a kid. Yes, my folks were republican, but politics was never discussed so I never saw him as anything but a leader of my country, and things were pretty good. I think that’s how most high schoolers look on Obama now, except those raised in racist homes.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
10. In a way he could take the wheel.
Sun May 17, 2020, 03:53 PM
May 2020

If he was televised often with words of intelligent wisdom, like Cuomo but Obama
would have a larger audience, he could take charge. People would be inspired.
It would drive trump crazier.

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