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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWas President Obama just a dream?
Sandwiched between a really bad President and one who wasunbelievablyexponentially worse?
It sure as hell feels like it somehow.
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Was President Obama just a dream? (Original Post)
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2017
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democratisphere
(17,235 posts)1. Obama who?
I just woke up.......
cilla4progress
(24,717 posts)2. I know
Im afraid so.
greyl
(22,990 posts)3. I hear ya, but no. He was a touchstone of what is actually possible here.
Meaning, anyone can be elected President, and there are truly excellent people in the USA who want to serve the public interest.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)4. I really dont know where this goes. Im very scared.
LeftInTX
(25,126 posts)5. Sure feels like it
I remember the night he was elected.
I was crying. It felt like a dream.
It felt like our national nightmare was over.
Then, the Tea Party arrived.
I guess the nightmare was real.....and Obama was the dream