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Tens of Thousands Gather to Hear President Obama Speak in Berlin NBC News (Original Post) blue-wave May 2017 OP
70,000 people, according to CNN. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #1
Wow. dalton99a May 2017 #2
"Germany is evil" type numbers BeyondGeography May 2017 #3
I am so glad Obama got a great reception riversedge May 2017 #4
I think Obama did this to mitigate the damage that he Alice11111 May 2017 #5
Would that we could. 3catwoman3 May 2017 #7
Yeah, he made some mistakes, but I teared up watching Alice11111 May 2017 #11
But why? Why would President Obama do any thing to help the traitor? DK504 May 2017 #9
Obama's speaking was Not to help DT, but to help USA... Alice11111 May 2017 #12
How I long for the time when a deeply thoughtful & highly intelligent person represented us on the.. Tarheel_Dem May 2017 #6
Germany loves intelligent people LittleGirl May 2017 #8
Tens of thousands turn out in Brussels to protest the traitor. HA! DK504 May 2017 #10
My, MY! Doesn't Obama Look A Lot Like Nelson Mandela When He Smiles??? panfluteman May 2017 #13
President Obama! Cha May 2017 #14
Mahalo, blue-wave Cha May 2017 #15

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
5. I think Obama did this to mitigate the damage that he
Thu May 25, 2017, 07:47 PM
May 2017

Knew DT was going to do. I wish we would amend the Constitution so he could be President again.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
11. Yeah, he made some mistakes, but I teared up watching
Thu May 25, 2017, 10:04 PM
May 2017

Obama's speech and the crowd. I don't think he did it to throw shade on DT, but he did it to say this is the real USA. These fucking Repubs should resign, if they care a whit about this country, rather than disabling it (take a cue from LBJ, who didn’t run again, &Nixon). Well, they won't.
We are about to have hand grenades thrown at us from his war room. It is going to get worse, unimaginable.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
12. Obama's speaking was Not to help DT, but to help USA...
Thu May 25, 2017, 10:13 PM
May 2017

He implied, this is who we are, not what DT says at NATO.

As to his mistakes, I think he thought Hillary would win, he was threatened by McConnell, he didn't want to harm his legacy, and he thought it might backfire. He is human, but stll a million times better than what we have.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,207 posts)
6. How I long for the time when a deeply thoughtful & highly intelligent person represented us on the..
Thu May 25, 2017, 08:04 PM
May 2017

world stage.

LittleGirl

(8,261 posts)
8. Germany loves intelligent people
Thu May 25, 2017, 09:57 PM
May 2017

And our President is not only intelligent but compassionate toward our fellow men and women and children.

if only #45 could be some of that. But he will never be that way. He doesn't know the meaning of those words.

panfluteman

(2,054 posts)
13. My, MY! Doesn't Obama Look A Lot Like Nelson Mandela When He Smiles???
Fri May 26, 2017, 12:55 AM
May 2017

And, like Nelson Mandela, he is becoming an icon of resistance, of America's collective conscience holding out for the greatness that is in all Americans - and which can hopefully be brought out again. Also, a shining personal example of the truth of Martin Luther King's words that we should judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character.

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