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dionysus

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21. Hey, he'll be around for a long time to come! He did America proud...

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Fri Jan 13, 2017, 03:04 AM

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It is literally heartbreaking to see the last few days of the obama presidency [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 OP

Beautifully said! Stellar Jan 2017 #1

I spent the first few days after the election Ava Jan 2017 #2

I'm angry and sad. We got cheated out of a great president La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #3

exactly Ava Jan 2017 #4

That we did. n/t Lucinda Jan 2017 #6

Damn. That cartoon just made me all teary-eyed. Hekate Jan 2017 #7

Comey and Sanders supporters who refused to vote for Hillary, that' is what happened. n/t secondwind Jan 2017 #11

She ran a great campaign. She had to in order to have the whole race won decisively with 11 days StevieM Jan 2017 #15

Lol, uh huh. THANKS BERNIE!11!ELEVENTY! dionysus Jan 2017 #22

Simple. Racism, sexism, homophobia, greed, all underpinned with fundi xianism. Grey Lemercier Jan 2017 #24

That cartoon made me cry. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #30

KNR Lucinda Jan 2017 #5

I agree Priyanka. I couldn't watch his farewell speech, it was making me too sad what we are still_one Jan 2017 #8

It is heartbreaking. At 69, I just hope I can live to see my country survive the Trojan Horse Hekate Jan 2017 #9

So true! trixie2 Jan 2017 #10

I haven't been here much, yet stopped in for your thread. sheshe2 Jan 2017 #12

We hold these truths to be self evident... lambchopp59 Jan 2017 #13

Probably the best President ever... yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #14

I think Obama is great but what about Lincoln and FDR? StevieM Jan 2017 #16

well just my opinion but to me ... yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #17

It is a horrible stain on his legacy, no doubt about it. I actually discussed this on FB recently. StevieM Jan 2017 #18

still, putting Japanese Americans, those who were born here yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #19

Agreed. It is a national disgrace. StevieM Jan 2017 #20

IT was more than that... yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #23

That and the NewDeal basically shutting out women and POC.... bettyellen Jan 2017 #28

I don't disagree that there was a lot of injustice back then, and there still is a lot of prejudice. StevieM Jan 2017 #34

Praise for the new deal should ALWAYS be tempered with the acknowledgement.... bettyellen Jan 2017 #35

Our society was extremely sexist and patriarchal back then. Much more so than today. StevieM Jan 2017 #36

Ha ha- it WAS sexist and patriarchal? The New Deal perpetuated and enshrined racist and sexist bettyellen Jan 2017 #37

I don't see why you seem to be upset with me. I don't think I am lacking in empathy. StevieM Jan 2017 #38

Hey, he'll be around for a long time to come! He did America proud... dionysus Jan 2017 #21

We will never see a president Uponthegears Jan 2017 #25

I say top 3 for sure and given the obstruction, his not being white in a white Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #26

Cannot agree more nt Uponthegears Jan 2017 #39

This says it all for me :(.. JHan Jan 2017 #27

I'm walking around pissed and grumpy already missing him The Polack MSgt Jan 2017 #29

I think the true America is leaving with him. Doreen Jan 2017 #31

K&R ismnotwasm Jan 2017 #32

I agree. He has been the best in my life. LeftInTX Jan 2017 #33

I have vague recollection of Clinton, clear ones of bush and obama La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #40

It just makes me mad Jamaal510 Jan 2017 #41

Yup La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #42

We entered a golden age under Obama. We're going to enter the dark ages under Trump. Initech Jan 2017 #43