Barack Obama's Favorite Exhibit

[Niagara]

:sigh:

Such a dedicated and unselfish man.

[Lovie777]

1. K & R...............

[lamp_shade]

2. Golly....

[mopinko]

3. le sigh.

wft is wrong w ppl that they hated him so? i mean, sure, not thrilled, didnt agree. but the hate? sheeesh.

[Niagara]

4. They hated him because of his skin color

I have a particular uncle that was Democratic. Then Barack Obama announced his bid for presidency.

This particular uncle started receiving and sending out these awful and untrue emails about Barack Obama.

In summary, I honestly didn't know who Barack Obama was. My uncle sent me these hateful emails about a man who's name I couldn't pronounce.

I started debunking these emails. The more I learned about Barack Obama the more I liked him. I liked him so much that I voted for him. Twice!

I don't believe that's what this particular uncle wanted or what he was attempting to accomplish.

[MustLoveBeagles]

9. I will never regret my two votes for him

No matter what the MAGA haters do to this country. He will always have been President. They can't take that away from him or us.

[Niagara]

11. Same here, MustLoveBeagles

I've always voted Democratic but I never really paid attention to politics until Barack Obama came along.

I'm not sure if I can put into words about the man but articulate, compassionate, and quick-witted comes to mind for me.

I don't have anything against our other Democratic Presidents or Democratic Congress but there's something about him that stands out for me...not sure if I could ever be able to put into words.

[70sEraVet]

18. I feel I have to qualify your first statement a bit

They didn't hate him JUST because of his skin color -- they hated him because he was a Person of Color who, in their eyes, didn't know his PLACE!
We are now seeing that mentality throughout the Federal government. They are systematically weeding out qualified people who are in positions of power, but whose only 'flaw' is their skin color (as well as women, gays, and trans folks).
When they ended segregation in the school systems in the South, the STUDENTS were integrated, but generally NOT the teachers and Principals. Having a Person of Color in a position of authority over WHITE children was a bridge too far! The former teachers and Principals of the black schools were usually left without jobs. I know of one case where a former Principal fought it in court, and won -- the school, forced to hire him, put him over the transportation department, so that he wouldn't have to be in a position of authority over any white children.

[mopinko]

19. i guess. i cant rly wrap my head around it, tho.

[MIButterfly]

5. President Obama is such a wonderful man and was a great president

I can't wait to go to Chicago to see the Obama Presidential Center. I plan to go early next year.

[MustLoveBeagles]

10. Yes

He was.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

6. Thank you so much!

So touching.

[MustLoveBeagles]

7. I've said it before, I'll say it again

Now there's a real President!

[Skittles]

8. he cared

very deeply

[nuxvomica]

12. Y'know, that should be a requirement for every president

How grounding it would be when a president has a successful day with some policy or law or speech or whatever, the kind of day when they break out the champagne, and then he or she sits down at night and reads a letter from someone who's hurting, or wants to say thank you for some small thing that was life-changing for them that the government did, and just wants the president's ear for a few minutes.

[mountain grammy]

13. Beautiful, just beautiful..

and do we ever need some beautiful..

[rurallib]

14. brings back some great memories!

[mtngirl47]

15. I can't wait to go to Chicago to see the center

I'm mapping out a road trip and trying to get a couple of friends to go with.

The plan is to be tourists in Chicago (you know, the town that all fox viewers are afraid of!) and visit the Obama Presidential Center. And to eat some good food.

[BarbD]

16. A black man in a white man's world.

Worked on his campaign. What I remember the most is his message of Hope and Yes We Can.

[sinkingfeeling]

17. A real President, deserving of the title.