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madaboutharry

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4. It just makes my heart sink.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2018, 09:44 PM

May 2018

There are moments when I actually can not breathe. Every day that President Obama was in office, I woke up knowing that whatever happened things would be ok. Not so now.

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How Trump's Election Shook Obama: 'What if We Were Wrong?' [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2018 OP

The President should remind himself guillaumeb May 2018 #1

K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2018 #2

Absolutely! hurple May 2018 #22

"And, I will go to my grave convinced that hackers adjusted vote totals." LenaBaby61 May 2018 #27

Agreed on all points. guillaumeb May 2018 #47

I'm with you, mon ami. A reason for him not to? sprinkleeninow May 2018 #52

Baseless conspiracy theory nonsense mythology May 2018 #49

Sure there is hurple Jun 2018 #59

In the last 7 elections, Democrats have won the popular vote 6 times n/t SFnomad May 2018 #24

Little consolation.... SergeStorms May 2018 #32

Yay-yesss! Truth. sprinkleeninow May 2018 #40

Ca va comme toujours. guillaumeb May 2018 #48

You right. I'm still in my skin and get weary, but 'haven't fainted yet' sprinkleeninow May 2018 #50

Getting weary means that you are alive. guillaumeb May 2018 #51

We got 'splosions too! Icky slugs on our fence when it gets dark. Yick! sprinkleeninow May 2018 #53

And that he himself treestar Jun 2018 #60

Very true. eom guillaumeb Jun 2018 #62

And came might damn close in three swing states that were influenced by Russian bots and fools. Alethia Merritt Jun 2018 #61

Exactly. eom guillaumeb Jun 2018 #63

We all have to live the consequences of Trump in the White House. Girard442 May 2018 #3

What could he have done? fallout87 May 2018 #30

True but hind sight is 20/20 coulda,shoulda,woulda njhoneybadger May 2018 #33

It just makes my heart sink. madaboutharry May 2018 #4

It has been said PBO's operating mantra in simple terms GusBob May 2018 #5

Did I miss something? Blue_true May 2018 #8

4000+ puerto ricans, who are american citizens, died last year in Maria. at least 4K but msongs May 2018 #11

Ok, thanks. Blue_true May 2018 #17

You didn't miss earlier reporting on the death toll. The administration SEVERELY undercounted deurbano May 2018 #23

The estimated deaths of the citizens of Puerto Rice blogslut May 2018 #12

Hurricane Maria. Puerto Rico 5,000. SammyWinstonJack May 2018 #15

Excellent point fallout87 May 2018 #31

They got tribal because of economic anxiety. Obama was stopped at every turn from applegrove May 2018 #6

Looking for the "Other" was part of the reason why Hitler rose to power. Blue_true May 2018 #14

I agree Trump was an opportunist but he was just taking advantage of what the GOP applegrove May 2018 #16

People who were most concerned about jobs and economy voted Hillary emulatorloo May 2018 #55

The economic anxiety results in scapegoating. Thus the anti immigration applegrove May 2018 #56

First, I'd like to thank him for caring BeyondGeography May 2018 #7

Agreed. MariaCSR May 2018 #10

Don't worry about it Mr. President. Russia had more to do with Trump's election than you did. Tarheel_Dem May 2018 #9

THIS !!!! uponit7771 May 2018 #19

Yep. And if it wasn't just the social media interventions, Ilsa May 2018 #28

We needed Hillary in 08', then Obama. Dawson Leery May 2018 #13

Exactly...and that was my argument during spring '08 Awsi Dooger May 2018 #25

The 2008 primary was terrible. Dawson Leery May 2018 #26

Fake news -- He couldn't have been wrong if he wanted to be rocktivity May 2018 #18

Hindsight is 20/20. n/t cynatnite May 2018 #20

The sickening racism this fine man had to endure is sickening to me, even PatrickforO May 2018 #21

I know how he feels ellie May 2018 #29

I felt the same way when Trump was elected but I didn't take it personally. Hamlette May 2018 #34

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2018 #35

#44 always be a better POTUS than #45 benld74 May 2018 #36

He worked so hard for 8 years.. mountain grammy May 2018 #37

Good words and deeds. KPN May 2018 #45

No matter when Obama became president TlalocW May 2018 #38

Guess I gotta give Maher credit for this one. He just called it too early. Guy Whitey Corngood May 2018 #39

Where President Obama went wrong. Caliman73 May 2018 #41

Cor-rect Crutchez_CuiBono May 2018 #42

Obama (rather we) got Lucky with his Opponents being McCain and Romney JI7 May 2018 #43

One sign of a very intelligent, well-balanced and emotionally mature person is KPN May 2018 #44

I don't think President Obama should feel bad about a damn thing! montana_hazeleyes May 2018 #46

Thanx, Yo, for this contribution. It gave me insight. 👍 sprinkleeninow May 2018 #54

No, President Obama, you were not 10 or 20 years too early. janx May 2018 #57

Interesting Raine May 2018 #58