The "Gosh, how I miss this man" President Obama appreciation thread.
He starts to talk and I realize again what this country has done and how far we have fallen in so short a time.
Obama's presidency may be America's high point.
Right now is a new low.
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a change moment, so depressing problems are not foremost in my mind. So wonderful to see our man step up to lead, to unify and excite. And not least to explain to those who haven't been listening to other leaders just what we stand for and what we need to do.
I'm sad that Hillary can't be out also. Must be very frustrating for her, but of course setting the right on fire is not what's needed right now. We need as many as possible wishing their leaders said what ours do and the rest -- they need to be depressed. 
💙as well as starred at this fundraiser for these wonderful Democratic candidates. She's also now weighing in on Kavanaugh via Twitter, when she had to stay silent during Gorsuch's hearing. She's just done a whole series about Kavanaugh's egregious and profoundly dishonest rulings on the EPA and greenhouse gasses. He's for greenhouse gasses all the way, of course.
Hope this will build to Hillary joining Obama in the field. Itm, this speech at University of Illinois - wow!
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anything BUT mindless ritual to those battling. We may still win. Don't believe the MSM who say Kavanaugh's doing okay. Our warriors are severely handicapped but have some heavy ammunition and are fighting to force Kavanaugh's withdrawal or defeat at the vote.
Which is where the electorate comes in. Midterms in only 2 months, probably only a little over one when the vote is taken. Itm, we'll be releasing compromising and eye-opening documents to the people all month.
And remember, only about 24% of our electorate are now Republican. Most conservatives who've left the party used the need to get another conservative on SCOTUS as a reason/excuse for voting Trump, and they achieved that. Polls show those same people already don't like Kavanaugh, and we're working on increasing that to justifiable alarm at the prospect of this authoritarian, anti-regulation extremist on the court.
It's a matter of showing them that, in the process stripping away the plausible deniability of Republican senators who pretend not to know. Like Murkowski and Collins, who both promise to protect women's rights while pretending not to know Kavanaugh will vote with a probable 4 others to criminalize abortion.
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Wasn't that saying about living in interesting times supposed to have been a curse?
It’s seemed like Senate hearings for every scum republican has been just formality and the pukes go ahead and confirm even after blatant stupidity (DeVos) or shameless lying (Pruitt) I fear the same dynamics will happen with Kavanaugh.
Now, I admit, I don’t watch any media...just get caught up here. I know it’s a battle, every sane person is weighing in the fight...but...I fear the feckless pukes in power.
We need that blue wave come November!!
Pass me a doughnut, please!
ones, but please, help yourself to that sugar glazed one. 
Kavanaugh committed perjury back in 2004 and 2006 during his hearings for the appellate court, but we didn't have the emails then to prove it. That link Laurence Tribe gives is to an article by a staffer who wrote memos that were stolen and Kavanaugh twice denied receiving.
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Sobering, though, Tribe also retweeted an editorial by Eugene Robinson that we are now already in constitutional crisis and only the voters can save us now. The Republicans will break our democracy to save themselves and serve their donors if they think they can get away with it.
Thanks so much for posting! 
I was enthralled when I watched it a few days ago. They had apparently recorded it not long before they left the White House. I have never been inside the White House (and sure as hell ain't going in there now), so that was a great "tour" - and especially to get a truer feel for the actual room size while not being physically "there" - at least when viewing on the VR headset.
(it's sad to realize the place has now been defiled. 
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With the best tour guide ever! Just hearing his voice is reassuring! This definitely deserves its own OP - and I completely agree with you about the present occupant and his minions, makes me cringe every time I think of them in The People's House... 
but wasn't sure if people had already seen it and I was the last one who hadn't. 
But since he is back on the road - I will probably go on and do it. 
Edit to add - will wait a bit because people are posting his current speech in there so don't want to interfere with that!
And you can count on a K&R from me! 
I edited my previous post to say I would wait a bit because people are posting videos of his latest speech so don't want those to fall off the front page!
Since I post the late night comedians there, there's not much competition at that hour, LOL. But lots of folks look at the list of videos on the Latest/Home Page, so competition Is definitely a consideration and this is a video that everyone should see, especially with the best tour guide on the planet! 
and I usually "sit" on that page as my DU "homepage" to get the news and the trending stuff too.
Occasionally, a video won't show up there and those do tend to be overlooked - or duplicated. But I read Skinner's answer to this in AtA and he said it's "a glitch," so I always check...
I've been posting there for awhile and that was my first hosting gig, so I'm happy to share my experience! 
he could really identify with different demographic groups very easily and comfortably.
Who didn't vote for him but follow him around to his rallies because they can be on TV. 
It makes absolutely no sense. 
They say it's because he is the only one who has rallies. HE IS THE ONLY ONE TO EVER START HIS NEXT CAMPAIGN THE DAY AFTER HE WAS SWORN IN. This is not a good thing, hell they don't get it.
and out of this "funk." He's come out to lead, and notably especially those 4 out of 5 younger voters who seemingly didn't believe their votes mattered in 2016. Not just the inheritors of our nation someday but citizens needed on the lines right now.
So nice to hear this wonderful, sensible and decent man speaking of what sensible and decent people need to be doing.
And if you do that, if you get involved and you get engaged and you knock on some doors and you talk with your friends and you argue with your family members and you change some minds and you vote, something powerful happens. Change happens. Hope happens. Not perfection, not every bit of cruelty and sadness and poverty and disease suddenly stricken from the Earth. There will still be problems, but with each new candidate that surprises you with a victory that you supported, a spark of hope happens. ...
You can be the generation that at a critical moment stood up and reminded us just how precious this experiment in democracy really is, just how powerful it can be when we fight for it, when we believe in it. I believe in you. I believe you will help lead us in the right direction, and I will be right there with you every step of the way. Thank you, Illinois. God bless you. God bless this country we love."
COUNTDOWN TO MIDTERMS: 59 days...!
In both he and Michelle. I'm very proud we have them as our standard bearers, along with the Carters and Clintons.
Zero apologies for any of our past Presidents and First Ladies, but instead pride, uplift of spirit, and joy.......
I miss having a grownup in the Whitehouse.
