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A HERETIC I AM

(24,378 posts)
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 04:22 PM Mar 2017

Want to be sad and happy at the same time? The Obama's and children vid

Take 8 minutes and reminisce about this kind and gentle man and his wonderful wife. The contrast between the previous First Family and the current one could not be more stark.


Oh, but how I miss these two

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Want to be sad and happy at the same time? The Obama's and children vid (Original Post) A HERETIC I AM Mar 2017 OP
😔 miss them... Heartstrings Mar 2017 #1
Marvelous. Many thanks to whomever put this together. OldHippieChick Mar 2017 #2
Anybody got a Kleenex or two? longship Mar 2017 #3
I had a big stack of paper napkins... A HERETIC I AM Mar 2017 #4
I just ran out. LoisB Mar 2017 #14
A lot of love has been lost in 2017 world wide wally Mar 2017 #5
The Obamas are real caring people. riverbendviewgal Mar 2017 #6
I love it. sheshe2 Mar 2017 #7
And now that they are gone BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #8
scandal free...I miss them too Demonaut Mar 2017 #9
Thank you, CGK Mar 2017 #10
Now THAT is a MAN who has changed his fair share of diapers! demmiblue Mar 2017 #11
I can't watch. Control-Z Mar 2017 #12
I was never into hero worship or ohheckyeah Mar 2017 #13
My god...the incalculable loss this nation has suffered, and the inordinate dammage being done... Moostache Mar 2017 #15
Babies felt safe in his arms. Heck, I felt safe knowing he was in charge. Not so LoisB Mar 2017 #16
I miss them. Raine1967 Mar 2017 #17
A year from now his favorable rating will be 75% grantcart Mar 2017 #18
For the good times... stillcool Mar 2017 #19
What a wonderful montage... llmart Mar 2017 #20
I MISS THEM. AllaN01Bear Mar 2017 #21
That was a remarkable First Family. We witnessed history. Honeycombe8 Mar 2017 #22
Without term limits he would have easily won a third term. jalan48 Mar 2017 #23
What a lovely video album of a kind and gentle POTUS and FLOTUS northoftheborder Mar 2017 #24
Beautiful family, wonderful memories. democrank Mar 2017 #25
Thanks for making me cry. bhusar Mar 2017 #26
I am crying....again. Doreen Mar 2017 #27
The "terrorist fist jab" at the end was just icing on a sorely missed cake. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2017 #28
Thank you latinaliberal Mar 2017 #29
Watched every minute. Tears nt riderinthestorm Mar 2017 #30
When Trump interacts with kids kskiska Mar 2017 #31
Mahalo for this, A HERETIC I AM! Cha Mar 2017 #32
You're welcome. I'm glad it was so well received. n/t A HERETIC I AM Mar 2017 #33
.. Cha Mar 2017 #42
This is why #45 hatred runs so deep. kytngirl Mar 2017 #34
Drumpf is so jealous of the Obamas.He can't sleep because of it.Thank you God for giving us Obama judesedit Mar 2017 #35
I cried a lot harder... tallahasseedem Mar 2017 #36
Thankyou for this bluecollar2 Mar 2017 #37
President and Michelle Obama are true human beings bluescribbler Mar 2017 #38
What a class act! denvine Mar 2017 #39
this made me cry a little lunatica Mar 2017 #40
I love the Obamas rhiannon55 Mar 2017 #41
OK, now I'm crying. I knew I shouldn't have clicked on this... CTyankee Mar 2017 #43
Thank you thank you thank you Catamount Mar 2017 #44

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)
2. Marvelous. Many thanks to whomever put this together.
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 04:33 PM
Mar 2017

We will never see any of these shots from Cheetohead or Cheetoher.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,378 posts)
4. I had a big stack of paper napkins...
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 04:43 PM
Mar 2017

But I must have swallowed them because I have this huge lump in my throat now

riverbendviewgal

(4,253 posts)
6. The Obamas are real caring people.
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 05:09 PM
Mar 2017

Nothing fake about them. Children can sense this. I miss them. They were kindness and good. The trumps are fake and bad.

BumRushDaShow

(129,508 posts)
8. And now that they are gone
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 05:39 PM
Mar 2017

the WH has been defiled by a presence that hates everything and everyone he looks at except himself and his money.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
12. I can't watch.
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 05:47 PM
Mar 2017

I'm still not there. I am unable to face this great loss of ours without overwhelming feelings. Feelings I just can't deal with right now.

K&R

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)
13. I was never into hero worship or
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 05:49 PM
Mar 2017

Celebrity crushes, but this old lady has her first celebrity crush on President Obama and hero worship for his wife.

Moostache

(9,897 posts)
15. My god...the incalculable loss this nation has suffered, and the inordinate dammage being done...
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 05:53 PM
Mar 2017

That drove home in too much heartbreaking detail...the cliff we have drove over is unbelievable.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
18. A year from now his favorable rating will be 75%
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 06:37 PM
Mar 2017

10 Years from now their will be a rock opera about those 8 years

llmart

(15,553 posts)
20. What a wonderful montage...
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 06:44 PM
Mar 2017

Reminds me of how much we had and how much we've now lost. They were a wonderful family and were loved by so many people. Their smiles were so real and sincere. I am an old lady who is afraid we'll never see the likes of them again in the White House.

You could never find two more opposite families occupying the People's House.

I hope they know how much we loved them, admired them, appreciated them for what they did for America and our image around the world. I also hope that some day the rest of the world will forgive us for this awful person(s) that took their place.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
22. That was a remarkable First Family. We witnessed history.
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 06:48 PM
Mar 2017

This must be what it felt like to be alived during the time of FDR. (And there were plenty of fools then that thought FDR was the devil. He LOVED getting their goat and fighting with them.)

northoftheborder

(7,574 posts)
24. What a lovely video album of a kind and gentle POTUS and FLOTUS
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 07:03 PM
Mar 2017

whom children obviously loved, and who loved them.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
27. I am crying....again.
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 07:24 PM
Mar 2017

I want our 1st family back. You would never ever see Beelzebub doing that. Yeah, he might do it but it would never be true about it and just be a very fake look at me. Obama and his family are full of love, caring, and being very true. I want them back.

latinaliberal

(102 posts)
29. Thank you
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 09:37 PM
Mar 2017

I needed this. I am reminded of 8 years of honesty, compassion, respect for others. We will never see photos like these with the vulgarian. Because children know.

kskiska

(27,047 posts)
31. When Trump interacts with kids
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 10:22 PM
Mar 2017

he grabs them roughly by the shoulders and shakes them. Even his own son shrugs him off.

kytngirl

(99 posts)
34. This is why #45 hatred runs so deep.
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 02:09 PM
Mar 2017

He knows he can never, ever be what President Obama was and is...kind, gentle, forgiving, respected, cherished, and most of all...loved by many.

judesedit

(4,443 posts)
35. Drumpf is so jealous of the Obamas.He can't sleep because of it.Thank you God for giving us Obama
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 02:15 PM
Mar 2017

and family for 8 years. We miss them more than words can say. What we have in the White House now is nothing short of shameful. Most embarrassing for the majority of Americans and the world.

bluescribbler

(2,123 posts)
38. President and Michelle Obama are true human beings
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 03:05 PM
Mar 2017

The children who were old enough to remember touching and being touched by the President and First Lady will carry those memories for the rest of their lives. It's hard to think of a greater gift these two people could have bestowed on those young citizens.

denvine

(802 posts)
39. What a class act!
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 03:54 PM
Mar 2017

I miss them so much! The video brought tears to my eyes! Thank you for sharing the video.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
40. this made me cry a little
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 04:09 PM
Mar 2017

I miss them so much! I have both their pictures up in my cubicle so I can see them all day long.

rhiannon55

(2,671 posts)
41. I love the Obamas
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 04:11 PM
Mar 2017

Thank you for the wonderful reminder of how wonderful they are. Kids know love when they feel it and they feel it with Barack and Michelle Obama. I miss them SO much.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
43. OK, now I'm crying. I knew I shouldn't have clicked on this...
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 07:16 PM
Mar 2017

I am wiped away with my sorrow and my grief over losing these two wonderful people and how they touched the lives of so many Americans.

I still cannot wrap my head around how HRC lost to Trump, that evil man.

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