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sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
Thu May 3, 2018, 09:37 PM May 2018

Obama... Out



I miss his quite calm. I miss a sense of peace. I miss his family. Good souls, beauty inside and out. They brought dignity and honor to our White House. Such a class act.

There was so much laughter and joy.

They gave our WH a little soul and a lot of magic.



So many children.














Heart and Soul



Beautiful



Loved and beloved.

Our President.

And in the end...


Say what you wish. He and his family have inspired future generations.
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Obama... Out (Original Post) sheshe2 May 2018 OP
Thanks sheshe2. Scurrilous May 2018 #1
What kinds of human beings Crutchez_CuiBono May 2018 #2
It seems a life time ago. Thank you. Where did our country go? dem4decades May 2018 #3
I miss him so much.... a kennedy May 2018 #4
. lunatica May 2018 #5
That baby in the "Popemobile"... GoCubsGo May 2018 #6
Me too, GoCubs. sheshe2 May 2018 #8
Me, too! LisaM May 2018 #76
Sigh...our last human President. sigh. dixiegrrrrl May 2018 #7
And please remember the total class of Joe and Jill Biden too Botany May 2018 #70
We can't have a black man showing up BootinUp May 2018 #9
SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!! MyOwnPeace May 2018 #10
They are so classy. Ohiogal May 2018 #11
There will be another SCantiGOP May 2018 #12
A president at home in his White House, knowing he is surrounded by friends DFW May 2018 #13
A good man. sheshe2 May 2018 #15
A Good Man is Hard to Find DemoTex May 2018 #14
To you and Flannery, DemoTex. sheshe2 May 2018 #16
Thanks for the trip! SCVDem May 2018 #17
A slice of normal mcar May 2018 #18
Hey you. sheshe2 May 2018 #20
It's called "Obama: an Intimate Portrait" Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #33
I love that photo loyalsister May 2018 #61
me too....... samnsara May 2018 #19
I miss them all so much... Aristus May 2018 #21
Hey you. sheshe2 May 2018 #22
Hey... Aristus May 2018 #24
Thanks. sheshe2 May 2018 #25
Thank you! Lucinda May 2018 #23
This is the one that still gets me, every time. byronius May 2018 #26
You made me cry a little. sheshe2 May 2018 #30
Me too. What we've lost, for the moment. What we could have been. byronius May 2018 #60
Beautiful...thanks sheshe! NT Docreed2003 May 2018 #27
Thank you! Snackshack May 2018 #28
And ZERO scandals, ZERO corruption, and, as I heard today, calimary May 2018 #29
As simple as ... sheshe2 May 2018 #34
I had tears in my eyes.... chillfactor May 2018 #31
Me to MFM008 May 2018 #51
yo... NatBurner May 2018 #32
Beautiful, sheshe. brer cat May 2018 #35
welcome. sheshe2 May 2018 #87
Wasn't planning on crying tonight. MontanaMama May 2018 #36
Obama wanted to be the president bdtrppr6 May 2018 #37
I've shown you this before, my favorite photograph of the 2008 campaign: George II May 2018 #38
Joy. sheshe2 May 2018 #88
But still in our hearts and minds... Cha May 2018 #39
Thank you, Cha!!! ailsagirl May 2018 #41
You're Welcome, ailsagirl! Cha May 2018 #43
God, I miss them. defacto7 May 2018 #40
He brought respect back to the U.S. from foreign eyes, too. C Moon May 2018 #42
And if tRump lives to be 1000 Grammy23 May 2018 #44
We went from a president who inspires current and future generations... Initech May 2018 #45
Replying thru tears.... sprinkleeninow May 2018 #46
Kick grantcart May 2018 #47
great pics Demovictory9 May 2018 #48
One thing is for certain... KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #49
kick yortsed snacilbuper May 2018 #50
Such class treestar May 2018 #52
From all class to no class. Initech May 2018 #64
Thanks sheshe2, duforsure May 2018 #53
Love this but... llmart May 2018 #54
Oh dear Timmygoat May 2018 #55
Bookmarked Soxfan58 May 2018 #56
Thank you so much. Butterflylady May 2018 #57
Fav post of all time mikeysnot May 2018 #58
He had to walk such a tightrope because he knew the historic nature of his presidency ehrnst May 2018 #59
The racists expected Barack to behave like Dennison has. Marcuse May 2018 #65
beautiful heaven05 May 2018 #62
Ty. I love this. Chemisse May 2018 #63
Thanks. This gives me hope that we will have goodness again. The good are still out there. nature-lover May 2018 #66
My heart swells anew - This is not over. NBachers May 2018 #67
He is a man of grace LanternWaste May 2018 #68
I miss having a real POTUS Gothmog May 2018 #69
What beautiful pictures! NastyRiffraff May 2018 #71
It so often looked like they didn't know there were cameras and an audience. BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #72
Supporting Obama was and will always be a source of pride. SleeplessinSoCal May 2018 #73
Thanks for the wonderful photos - some I've never seen..... northoftheborder May 2018 #74
No Drama Obama. Administration the cleanest in modern history. argyl May 2018 #75
Great pics! They bring a tear, to be sure! JNelson6563 May 2018 #77
The World loved him. sheshe2 May 2018 #79
Amen my dear Sheshe! JNelson6563 May 2018 #81
Backatcha! sheshe2 May 2018 #82
I miss everything about him and Michelle and the girls. smirkymonkey May 2018 #78
One can only hope, smirkymonkey. sheshe2 May 2018 #80
Best followed by worst Ginger42 May 2018 #83
and FLOTUS' bare arms! Yonnie3 May 2018 #84
Hey Ginger. sheshe2 May 2018 #85
You're forgetting the time President Obama was caught chewing gum! Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #89
K&R Gothmog May 2018 #86
Best President in my lifetime Sugarcoated May 2018 #90

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
2. What kinds of human beings
Thu May 3, 2018, 09:41 PM
May 2018

don't recognize a great and thoughtful man? He is my hero. Does anyone have his and Hillarys addresses?

Botany

(70,281 posts)
70. And please remember the total class of Joe and Jill Biden too
Fri May 4, 2018, 12:56 PM
May 2018

Jill worked very hard to help out vets w/community colleges when the were in the
service or after they got out too.

Look @ Barack and Michelle with all those kids ..... they love 'em so much and the
kids love them right back. You can't fool kids.

BTW I'm not crying some dirt got in my eyes.

MyOwnPeace

(16,887 posts)
10. SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!
Thu May 3, 2018, 09:52 PM
May 2018

Look at each and every one of those photos.

REALLY - LOOK at them!

Now.......................

Can you see IQ45 or any other family member in that same shot?

So.....................

Tell me again,


how are we Making America Great Again?

Ohiogal

(31,657 posts)
11. They are so classy.
Thu May 3, 2018, 09:54 PM
May 2018

Obviously they have a sincere love for all Americans. And it's obvious how much they love each other. They love and enjoy life. They love engaging with people from all walks of life. They are quite hip looking, too!

Compare to that miserable lawless creep who squats in the Oval Office now, and his sour faced spouse who looks like a hostage, and the atmosphere of of fear and hate that they perpetuate.

SCantiGOP

(13,855 posts)
12. There will be another
Thu May 3, 2018, 09:58 PM
May 2018

FDR, Kennedy, Obama - the forces align for common sense and decency every generation or so.
There will be another “Obama,” but I will admit the original was something special.

DFW

(54,047 posts)
13. A president at home in his White House, knowing he is surrounded by friends
Thu May 3, 2018, 10:08 PM
May 2018

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It's been a while................

mcar

(42,206 posts)
18. A slice of normal
Thu May 3, 2018, 10:22 PM
May 2018

My DIL gave us the Pete Souza book. I can barely look at it, it makes me so sad for what we've lost.

sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
20. Hey you.
Thu May 3, 2018, 10:31 PM
May 2018

Be so very proud of what we had with him and his family. Do not look at the loss, he created a future of hopes and dreams for so many of us. It will live on, mcar. It will live on. Truth. The Obamas are not yet done with us.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
33. It's called "Obama: an Intimate Portrait"
Thu May 3, 2018, 11:08 PM
May 2018

It is a great book. It starts out with Obama as a junior senator, in his stark, windowless office in the basement, and runs to his last day in the Oval Office. There are pictures of tough times and happy occasions, pictures of his family. Souza captured great moments. By the end of the book, you KNOW that Obama loved babies. Can you just imagine what a terrific grandfather he will be ?

My favorite picture is of little 5-year old Jacob Philadelphia. His father, Carlton, former USMC, on staff to the White House National Security Council, on the last day of his two-year stint. He brought his wife and two sons in to meet the President. Little Jacob had just one question for the President. "Does you hair feel like mine ?" Obama said, "Why don't you see for yourself ?" and bent down for the child to touch his head. The expression on Jacob's sweet face is one of surprise, as if to say, "Wow, just like me."

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
61. I love that photo
Fri May 4, 2018, 11:13 AM
May 2018

He probably had no idea what a special moment that would be. But it says so much about his character and what it meant for him to be in office.

sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
30. You made me cry a little.
Thu May 3, 2018, 11:03 PM
May 2018

However, no matter how bad it is now, I refuse to give up hope.

Yes we can.

calimary

(80,693 posts)
29. And ZERO scandals, ZERO corruption, and, as I heard today,
Thu May 3, 2018, 11:03 PM
May 2018

from one of the TV talking heads, not a single Special Prosecutor/Special Counsel. Not a one. The Obamas were as clean as trump & comp are filthy.

chillfactor

(7,566 posts)
31. I had tears in my eyes....
Thu May 3, 2018, 11:05 PM
May 2018

as I looked at each picture.....President Obama was an educated, intelligent man......a family man with a beautiful wife and two gorgeous daughters, He was surrounded by intelligent people in his cabinet and had many friends. I miss him and his family so much.

Instead we now have a dufus, unstable, pathological liar in the white house who has NO friends even if he sold his soul to the devil to deal for a friend.

MontanaMama

(23,238 posts)
36. Wasn't planning on crying tonight.
Thu May 3, 2018, 11:47 PM
May 2018

Darn it. I miss them so very much. The people’s house has been defiled since they left. 😩

 

bdtrppr6

(796 posts)
37. Obama wanted to be the president
Thu May 3, 2018, 11:51 PM
May 2018

and then followed through to do the job at hand. He left America better off than it was.

Drumbf wanted to be PRESIDENT/KING, while doing absolutely nothing but playing golf. He will leave America near disaster and total collapse.

Cha

(295,899 posts)
39. But still in our hearts and minds...
Thu May 3, 2018, 11:55 PM
May 2018

Yeah, he dropped the mic!





And, his beautiful family!



Mahalo for your OP, she!

Grammy23

(5,807 posts)
44. And if tRump lives to be 1000
Fri May 4, 2018, 12:32 AM
May 2018

He could never get the love, respect and admiration we feel for Barack Obama and his wonderful family. They were REAL. When they laughed, we laughed. If they cried, we cried. He was a true leader who cared as much for us as we did for him. It will take a long time before we see the likes of a genuine person to lead us the way he tried to lead. My biggest regret is that the Congress did not support him or get behind him as they should have. The things they could have accomplished together would have been amazing. But the shame is on them. He did his part to try to make us safe and be proud of him and our country. And I will miss him always. May whatever life holds for all of the Obamas be good and bring them health and happiness.

Initech

(99,909 posts)
45. We went from a president who inspires current and future generations...
Fri May 4, 2018, 12:35 AM
May 2018

To a president who is a gigantic asshole and inspires assholes to be even bigger assholes. Talk about a huge drop off in quality.

sprinkleeninow

(20,133 posts)
46. Replying thru tears....
Fri May 4, 2018, 12:52 AM
May 2018

He called out to and acknowledged India Arie in the video.

India Arie and Anthony David. Love, love, love.

Miss you real bad Barack, and your exemplary family.

"I believe that, Heaven must be like this...."
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duforsure

(11,882 posts)
53. Thanks sheshe2,
Fri May 4, 2018, 05:10 AM
May 2018

What a nice way to start the morning seeing President Obama and his family. We were so lucky to have had such a great person and family in the White House representing the American people. They are such a class act, and so smart , and so down to earth, and unlike now they are the most loved and respected family, so thanks for the great way to start this morning before all the chaos, and corruption is further exposed today.

llmart

(15,499 posts)
54. Love this but...
Fri May 4, 2018, 08:12 AM
May 2018

as much as I agree with everything posters have said on here about this amazing President and his family, I am thinking about the future. It's great to always remember this amazing time in our history, but as Democrats we need to start thinking about where we can find the next Obama. We need to have sincere, caring, intelligent candidates to put up for President and Vice President for 2020. We can't keep looking backward and waxing nostalgic without looking forward and finding future leaders.

We can never let this happen again - this nightmare that we have in our White House now and the GOP Congress who do not have the nation's best interest in their hearts. It is a stain on our republic what happened in 2016 and every one of us needs to concentrate on fixing the problems with our election processes so that no foreign government can ever interfere again, no one party can gerrymander districts to suit that party, no one in the Democratic party stays home on election day because their preferred candidate didn't win the primary, and on and on. This is what we need to focus our attention on.

What the GOP did to President Obama was abhorrent and was a detriment to the good people in this country who truly want to see us move forward and take up the mantel of being the world's leaders once again.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
59. He had to walk such a tightrope because he knew the historic nature of his presidency
Fri May 4, 2018, 09:36 AM
May 2018

If he appeared to get upset at all, he would have been dismissed as one of those "angry black men." The Right wing FUROR over the report he slapped a table while talking to Boehner was unbelievable.

And he knew when to let his sense of humor shine, and when the gravitas of the office was neccessary.

There may be those who say it would be "refreshing" to have someone in office that will say, "Kiss my ass" or drop a mic during official duties, or get aggressive in the media like Avenatti does, but he understood that others would indeed do that for him.

God, how I miss the respect for intellect, the arts, education and the basic dignity of human beings that the Clinton and Obama White Houses brought us.

I feel now like I did after 9/11, like we are never going to have that again.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
68. He is a man of grace
Fri May 4, 2018, 12:44 PM
May 2018

He is a man of grace, of kindness, of empathy, of education, of discipline, of class, of dignity, and of so much, much more.

I doubt we will see his like again for a long while. Left or right.

northoftheborder

(7,566 posts)
74. Thanks for the wonderful photos - some I've never seen.....
Fri May 4, 2018, 02:17 PM
May 2018

A man, and family, with honor, dignity, compassion, intelligence, sense of humor and fun, empathy-----

None of these things are in the White House today. A bunch of rooms filled with vulgarity, spitefulness, dishonesty, meanness, avarice, greed, .....

argyl

(3,064 posts)
75. No Drama Obama. Administration the cleanest in modern history.
Fri May 4, 2018, 03:59 PM
May 2018

Battling a Congress who thought obstruction and making him a one term President was their goal.

He's already in many Top Ten list of greatest Presidents. He'll rise in these lists is my belief.

God, I miss him.

JNelson6563

(28,151 posts)
77. Great pics! They bring a tear, to be sure!
Fri May 4, 2018, 05:51 PM
May 2018

One of the many moments during his presidency that made me stop, watch and maybe shed a sentimental tear was his trip to Ireland! How they turned out and cheered for him just warmed my heart (my family's Irish).



 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
78. I miss everything about him and Michelle and the girls.
Fri May 4, 2018, 06:01 PM
May 2018

They are so superior to the Trumps in every way possible. It's like night and day. I can't believe how low we have sunk. I don't know if we will ever be so lucky to have a family like that back in the White House in my lifetime.

Ginger42

(59 posts)
83. Best followed by worst
Fri May 4, 2018, 06:21 PM
May 2018

Trump would be awful under any circumstances, but having our best president immediately followed by our worst makes the contrast so much starker. I miss every single damned thing about Obama and his family.

Then again, we do have to remember the big Obama scandals. That time he had Dijon mustard on a burger, and when he wore a tan suit.

Rhiannon12866

(202,970 posts)
89. You're forgetting the time President Obama was caught chewing gum!
Fri May 4, 2018, 11:42 PM
May 2018

Talk about scandals!

Welcome to DU, Ginger42! Good post!

Sugarcoated

(7,707 posts)
90. Best President in my lifetime
Sat May 5, 2018, 02:07 AM
May 2018

and he looks so much greater sandwiched in-between such complete and utter failures

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