Re: Thoughts on Obamas presidency in light of election?

Re: Thoughts on Obamas presidency in light of election?

Re: Thoughts on Obamas presidency in light of election?

Re: Thoughts on Obamas presidency in light of election?

Re: Thoughts on Obamas presidency in light of election?

Message edited 11/2/2016 7:27:03 PM.

Thoughts on Obamas presidency in light of election?

wont miss him or his wife with the devil eyes

Thoughts on Obamas presidency in light of election?

I shouldn't be shocked by the disgusting racism on this thread but yet again I am.

It's apparent many people have no concept of what "race relations" even means but they like to claim that they are so knowledgeable on black experiences because of their black friend from 7th grade.

Please disabuse yourself of the notion ant you are somehow enlightened to the systemic oppression and silencing that black people have been subjected to for hundreds of years because your black coworker calls you homegirl because the black man at the supermarket was a really nice guy and it surprised you!

If you have no interest in racism beyond the surface, don't get in the way of people who are actively dismantling and calling it out. If you don't have to give a crap about racism don't think your ignorance goes unnoticed either.

Black people did not create racism and they do not benefit from it. It is not their responsibility to say, hey white people let's be cool and forget about all the horrific, fuckked up shit you've done to us for hundreds of years and then blame us for. If you think Barack Obama had a responsibility to get black communities to unite and sing kumbaya with the white people who call them the n word behind their backs, who turn up their nose at black communities, who always claim to be "not racist" while eying the black man in the parking lot you are the people who keep racism alive because you just want it to go away while still believing all your racist ********.

I lived in that racist bubble and shattered it. There are many many people invested in our black communities and whose hearts break every time Sam Hunt or Sandra Bland become a hashtag. So miss us with your anecdotes and pithy commentary. If you don't like Obama that's fine. It being ignorant is your own fault and even he can't help you with that.

Thoughts on Obamas presidency in light of election?

I didn't vote for him either time, but I would lady keep him instead of the other two bozos

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No matter how you feel about him right now, I'm sure that everyone will be wishing he was back in office in a few months from now.....

I think he did fine. Not great, not horrible. Just fine. It was nice having a president who was so well spoken and had such charisma. Having to listen to either Trump or Clinton for the next 4 years is going to be horrible.

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I think he is a very good man that really wanted to make big, positive changes in our country. I think he tried his hardest but was met with resistance every step of the way. I swear if had said the sky was blue Congress would have shut him down and said it was red, just because. I am not a fan of his foreign policies and think he should have been more aggressive with some other countries and kept us out of some others affairs all together. I always felt like he was lecturing or playing Risk, but he needed to be more decisive and take action instead.
I think his family is beautiful and real. Real class acts (even if one smokes pot ). He had his pulse on the younger generations, something that most presidents could never achieve, nor cared about. I think that has brought a lot of younger people into being more political and understanding they can have a voice and should use it. I think he will go on to do great things and be a real humanitarian, like Jimmy Carter. And I'd take a 3rd term over Tweedle Dumb or Tweedle Dumber any day!

How anyone thinks he is directly responsible for the current state of race relations is beyond me. All he did was show people of color they have a voice and they CAN achieve many great things. The fact that he had the opportunity to use his race to shine a light on racial inequality should be applauded. He never once said anything to "stir people up" or that wasn't an actuality about race. The unfortunate thing that came about was the opportunity for the racists and bigots to blame him for it all, instead of addressing and accepting their own attitudes and acknowledging the problems. The fact is most of them just could not handle the fact that a black man got ahead and was elected the President twice. Just look at some posts on this thread. The racism is blatant and sad. And they use Obama as an excuse for it. Don't tell me for one minute that the majority of shenanigans that went on, still go on, in Congress was NOT due to the color of the man's skin. Don't tell me we'd be short a Supreme Court Justice if the sitting POTUS was white.

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Posted by BaseballWidow

I think he is a very good man that really wanted to make big, positive changes in our country. I think he tried his hardest but was met with resistance every step of the way. I swear if had said the sky was blue Congress would have shut him down and said it was red, just because. I am not a fan of his foreign policies and think he should have been more aggressive with some other countries and kept us out of some others affairs all together. I always felt like he was lecturing or playing Risk, but he needed to be more decisive and take action instead.
I think his family is beautiful and real. Real class acts (even if one smokes pot ). He had his pulse on the younger generations, something that most presidents could never achieve, nor cared about. I think that has brought a lot of younger people into being more political and understanding they can have a voice and should use it. I think he will go on to do great things and be a real humanitarian, like Jimmy Carter. And I'd take a 3rd term over Tweedle Dumb or Tweedle Dumber any day!

How anyone thinks he is directly responsible for the current state of race relations is beyond me. All he did was show people of color they have a voice and they CAN achieve many great things. The fact that he had the opportunity to use his race to shine a light on racial inequality should be applauded. He never once said anything to "stir people up" or that wasn't an actuality about race. The unfortunate thing that came about was the opportunity for the racists and bigots to blame him for it all, instead of addressing and accepting their own attitudes and acknowledging the problems. The fact is most of them just could not handle the fact that a black man got ahead and was elected the President twice. Just look at some posts on this thread. The racism is blatant and sad. And they use Obama as an excuse for it. Don't tell me for one minute that the majority of shenanigans that went on, still go on, in Congress was NOT due to the color of the man's skin. Don't tell me we'd be short a Supreme Court Justice if the sitting POTUS was white.

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Posted by JP826

Posted by Pumpkin1

Posted by eroxgirl

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Posted by JP826

Hated him from day 1... Happy to see him go!

Bye Bye! So long... farewell! Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Was going to post the same, glad somebody beat me to it. The change monkey can go take a long walk off a short pier for all I care.

It's amazing that for the first african american president, we now have some of the worst race relations ever.

Calling an African American person a monkey is horrific, offensive and everyone's favorite word: RACIST. Seriously, you could have picked 348723987237 derrogatory terms without going there.

Also, I think racial tensions being as charged as they are is a sign of improvement. When people talk about how there was none of this 20 years ago, they don't understand that that was not because things were better. They may have been 'better' for me as a white person, but they were absolutely not better for people of color. Change doesn't come about quietly, it comes with noise and disruption of the status quo. Pick any point in history when things got better for any group and you'll see it was acheived through protest, fight and often times violence.

That people of color are feeling strong enough to organize, speak out and yes, even riot is a sign that things are improving. As a group, they wouldn't be able to stand up if they were still afraid of being lynched for vocalizing their opinions.

I like Obama - can you tell? I'll miss him.

DON'T FEED THE TROLLS!

Trolls HOW exactly? Because someone has an opinion that differs from hers?

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I find him personally very charming and agree that it's been nice to have a smart, well-spoken, personal-scandal-free role model in the White House.

I just have major issues with policy decisions: the Iran deal and the plane-loads of cash, the mind-boggling expansion of spying on the populace and the huge data facility out West with the capacity for 1984-like invasion of privacy, the executive order granting amnesty to illegal immigrants without a major immigration overhaul in place so that could be part of a more comprehensive plan, the record-shattering campaign donation hauls from Wall Street.

I voted for him the first time, but the second time I cast a 3rd party protest vote because I felt confident that he would win NY.

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Skipping over a lot of replies and will catch up later, I'm sad to see him go. I agreed with a lot that he did, but I wish he would have done more in / for Syria. Taking the rebel side was an easy (and questionable) way to not get involved. I mean I understand why he did it, but it's a humanitarian crisis at this point. I also disagreed with the way Bill Clinton did not get involved with Rwanda, so there's that.

The FACTA (FBAR in particular) also bothers me and that happened under Obama. I don't like how that affects my husband, who is not a US citizen or green card holder. I feel that is a violation of privacy even if my name is also on the account. There is no exception to this rule. But this is more of an expat issue, so I get how no one here would understand this.

I'm going to miss him as a President. The US was much better respected when he was President than GWB. at least that's what I've seen being abroad for close to 13 years.

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Re: Thoughts on Obamas presidency in light of election?

Posted by BaseballWidow

I think he is a very good man that really wanted to make big, positive changes in our country. I think he tried his hardest but was met with resistance every step of the way. I swear if had said the sky was blue Congress would have shut him down and said it was red, just because. I am not a fan of his foreign policies and think he should have been more aggressive with some other countries and kept us out of some others affairs all together. I always felt like he was lecturing or playing Risk, but he needed to be more decisive and take action instead.
I think his family is beautiful and real. Real class acts (even if one smokes pot ). He had his pulse on the younger generations, something that most presidents could never achieve, nor cared about. I think that has brought a lot of younger people into being more political and understanding they can have a voice and should use it. I think he will go on to do great things and be a real humanitarian, like Jimmy Carter. And I'd take a 3rd term over Tweedle Dumb or Tweedle Dumber any day!

How anyone thinks he is directly responsible for the current state of race relations is beyond me. All he did was show people of color they have a voice and they CAN achieve many great things. The fact that he had the opportunity to use his race to shine a light on racial inequality should be applauded. He never once said anything to "stir people up" or that wasn't an actuality about race. The unfortunate thing that came about was the opportunity for the racists and bigots to blame him for it all, instead of addressing and accepting their own attitudes and acknowledging the problems. The fact is most of them just could not handle the fact that a black man got ahead and was elected the President twice. Just look at some posts on this thread. The racism is blatant and sad. And they use Obama as an excuse for it. Don't tell me for one minute that the majority of shenanigans that went on, still go on, in Congress was NOT due to the color of the man's skin. Don't tell me we'd be short a Supreme Court Justice if the sitting POTUS was white.

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When they go low, we go high.

Message edited 11/3/2016 9:42:10 AM.

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IMO he will go down as the worst president in modern times.

Although, he didn't have any Lewinsky type scandals,
I would hardly say he had a scandal free presidency.

Benghazi
IRS
Sebelius demands
class warfare

List can go on... That being said, every president has something.

Thoughts on Obamas presidency in light of election?

I don't think many of the posters on here understand how government actually works and what powers the president possesses. Google the sun king complex. Their is far more limited in scope than most people realize. Many of the things Obama is being blamed for were not in his control.