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badhair77

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15. The intended audience for the entire program was the class of 2020.

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #4)

Sat May 16, 2020, 09:12 PM

May 2020

Nobody does hope and change better than Obama but he had to throw in a healthy dose of reality or he would have been criticized for being too positive. I taught high school seniors for 36 yrs and I thought he did a good job of aiming his message at that age group.

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Well, I'm in tears and he's only been speaking for 3 minutes. n/t [View all] Raven May 2020 OP

"No one does big things by themselves." muntrv May 2020 #1

There was a little burn in there for MF45. sinkingfeeling May 2020 #2

👍🇺🇸 Budi May 2020 #3

Sorry, it sounded like he made a speech for the high school crowd. And not even the dhol82 May 2020 #4

when something uplifting takes place chillfactor May 2020 #7

Did not think it was that uplifting. dhol82 May 2020 #10

Just hearing MFM008 May 2020 #19

President Obama already gave a college commencement speech today. CottonBear May 2020 #9

Thought I heard there was one scheduled for June 6. dhol82 May 2020 #11

There's another online event planned for June. I don't know who is speaking. CottonBear May 2020 #17

The intended audience for the entire program was the class of 2020. badhair77 May 2020 #15

It was short and sweet .... CatMor May 2020 #16

Let me add a big shout out for LeBron James rurallib May 2020 #5

Right there with you! madamesilverspurs May 2020 #6

Very, very nice. The whole thing. I'm so glad they did this. Squinch May 2020 #8

Sorry, seemed too contrived. dhol82 May 2020 #12

Yes, you have already given your opinion. Are you going to make sure each of us Squinch May 2020 #14

I truly enjoyed it and President Obama SharonClark May 2020 #13

I loved it and my high school senior did too! onecaliberal May 2020 #18

I loved every minute of it. kacekwl May 2020 #20