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Author | Time | Post |
 The Obamas are the finest family to inhabit the White House in my entire life (Original post) |
Fresh_Start | Apr 2016 | OP |
| Firebrand Gary | Apr 2016 | #1 | |
| inchhigh | Apr 2016 | #2 | |
| rjsquirrel | Apr 2016 | #5 | |
| Fresh_Start | Apr 2016 | #6 | |
| Bluenorthwest | Apr 2016 | #7 | |
| Fresh_Start | Apr 2016 | #9 | |
| heaven05 | Apr 2016 | #10 | |
| CrispyQ | Apr 2016 | #14 | |
| IronLionZion | Apr 2016 | #26 | |
| MrScorpio | Apr 2016 | #12 | |
| CrispyQ | Apr 2016 | #15 | |
| MrScorpio | Apr 2016 | #17 | |
| CrispyQ | Apr 2016 | #18 | |
| rjsquirrel | Apr 2016 | #3 | |
| AlbertCat | Apr 2016 | #44 | |
| Mike Nelson | Apr 2016 | #4 | |
| heaven05 | Apr 2016 | #8 | |
| A HERETIC I AM | Apr 2016 | #11 | |
| CrispyQ | Apr 2016 | #13 | |
| JustABozoOnThisBus | Apr 2016 | #16 | |
| In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | Apr 2016 | #19 | |
| Fresh_Start | Apr 2016 | #21 | |
| In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | Apr 2016 | #45 | |
| NBachers | Apr 2016 | #22 | |
| 3catwoman3 | Apr 2016 | #61 | |
| johnp3907 | Apr 2016 | #71 | |
| YoungDemCA | Apr 2016 | #24 | |
| Stonepounder | Apr 2016 | #25 | |
| JDPriestly | Apr 2016 | #39 | |
| jwirr | Apr 2016 | #49 | |
| Egnever | May 2016 | #73 | |
| rateyes | Apr 2016 | #20 | |
| Fresh_Start | Apr 2016 | #28 | |
| katmondoo | Apr 2016 | #32 | |
| rateyes | Apr 2016 | #69 | |
| pressbox69 | Apr 2016 | #23 | |
| yourpaljoey | Apr 2016 | #27 | |
| JDPriestly | Apr 2016 | #36 | |
| phleshdef | May 2016 | #78 | |
| yourpaljoey | May 2016 | #82 | |
| oldandhappy | Apr 2016 | #29 | |
| fasttense | Apr 2016 | #30 | |
| Fresh_Start | Apr 2016 | #33 | |
| Fresh_Start | Apr 2016 | #57 | |
| Rhiannon12866 | May 2016 | #74 | |
| jwirr | Apr 2016 | #51 | |
| tularetom | Apr 2016 | #31 | |
| BobTheSubgenius | Apr 2016 | #34 | |
| mainstreetonce | Apr 2016 | #37 | |
| jwirr | Apr 2016 | #53 | |
| JDPriestly | Apr 2016 | #35 | |
| valerief | Apr 2016 | #38 | |
| Egnever | Apr 2016 | #40 | |
| Fresh_Start | Apr 2016 | #41 | |
| jwirr | Apr 2016 | #42 | |
| Fresh_Start | Apr 2016 | #46 | |
| Rhiannon12866 | May 2016 | #75 | |
| jwirr | May 2016 | #83 | |
| greymouse | Apr 2016 | #43 | |
| Fresh_Start | Apr 2016 | #48 | |
| greatauntoftriplets | Apr 2016 | #62 | |
| Politicub | Apr 2016 | #47 | |
| mahatmakanejeeves | Apr 2016 | #50 | |
| Fresh_Start | Apr 2016 | #52 | |
| mahatmakanejeeves | Apr 2016 | #55 | |
| Fresh_Start | Apr 2016 | #58 | |
| HooptieWagon | Apr 2016 | #54 | |
| Bigmack | Apr 2016 | #59 | |
| Ernesto | Apr 2016 | #56 | |
| Scootaloo | Apr 2016 | #60 | |
| Demonaut | Apr 2016 | #63 | |
| Pakhet | Apr 2016 | #64 | |
| riderinthestorm | Apr 2016 | #65 | |
| Stellar | Apr 2016 | #66 | |
| Skittles | Apr 2016 | #67 | |
| Egnever | May 2016 | #81 | |
| JoePhilly | Apr 2016 | #68 | |
| BlancheSplanchnik | Apr 2016 | #70 | |
| imari362 | May 2016 | #72 | |
| mwrguy | May 2016 | #76 | |
| Lunabell | May 2016 | #77 | |
| phleshdef | May 2016 | #79 | |
| hfojvt | May 2016 | #80 |
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 10:08 AM
1. I thought about this the other day and I got misty eyed.
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Response to inchhigh (Reply #2)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 10:16 AM
Fresh_Start (11,295 posts)
6. I prefer the Obama's to the Carters
Response to Bluenorthwest (Reply #7)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 10:26 AM
Fresh_Start (11,295 posts)
9. yes, nothing shows character like attacking children
Response to Bluenorthwest (Reply #7)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 11:23 AM
CrispyQ (32,370 posts)
14. My right wing mother & I had the worst fight over that.
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Response to Bluenorthwest (Reply #7)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:02 PM
IronLionZion (39,480 posts)
26. The Obama girls were home when someone shot the white house with a high powered assault rifle
Response to inchhigh (Reply #2)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 10:47 AM
MrScorpio (73,355 posts)
12. Let's not talk about Billy, shall we?
Response to MrScorpio (Reply #12)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 11:26 AM
CrispyQ (32,370 posts)
15. It took me a minute to place that.
I worked part time at a grocery store & one Christmas Eve someone came in & said, "They have Billy Beer at the liquor store next door." I knew right then what to get my step-father - two six packs of Billy Beer & a few cans of sardines. The family loved that they got to see/sip Billy Beer. |
Response to CrispyQ (Reply #15)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 11:33 AM
MrScorpio (73,355 posts)
17. I never had any of that stuff
Response to MrScorpio (Reply #17)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 11:35 AM
CrispyQ (32,370 posts)
18. It was a flash fad. Didn't last.
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I hate beer. And sardines.
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Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 10:10 AM
4. I don't judge Presidents on their...
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 10:38 AM
A HERETIC I AM (22,940 posts)
11. This is the first president and first lady that are younger than I am.
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I'm 2 years and 2 months older the the President and 4 years and 6 months older then Mrs. Obama.
I agree with your sentiment completely. I just like the guy. His sense of humor, hell, his comedic timing is frankly professional grade! His deadpan looks when he is kidding someone...... And this; 
A pic I put up in a thread a little over a year ago. There are so many...his incredibly charming love of children and their instant love for him right back. God dammit, I WANT a Constitutional Scholar as a President, not some dopey, loudmouthed buffoon or Bible thumping nimrod. You're damned right I'll miss him. If he could run again he would win in a landslide, of this I have no doubt. |
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 11:21 AM
CrispyQ (32,370 posts)
13. He has handled the hate & disrespect shown toward him & his family with grace.
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They all have. I am so ashamed of my fellow Americans who have disrespected this man.
On a happier note, has there ever been a president so loved by kids? He's a natural with them. Here's one of my faves: 
Remember when the little black boy asked the Prez if his hair was like his & the Prez leans over & says, "Touch it dude." 
I'm old enough to remember the Carter family & they were a nice family in the WH, too. It would be interesting to do a study & see if having children in the WH encourages other children to pay attention to politics more. ??? |
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 11:28 AM
JustABozoOnThisBus (22,202 posts)
16. One of a few good families in my lifetime.
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 11:39 AM
19. Will you be saying that, after Obama signs the TPP ??
Response to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Reply #19)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 11:46 AM
Fresh_Start (11,295 posts)
21. Yes, I will
Response to Fresh_Start (Reply #21)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:52 PM
45. Good, then ask him for a copy of the TPP !
Response to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Reply #19)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 11:48 AM
NBachers (14,842 posts)
22. To-do List: 1. Join Democratic Underground; 2. Piss on someone's well–intentioned family post.
Response to NBachers (Reply #22)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 02:12 PM
3catwoman3 (20,098 posts)
61. Indeed. I am always...
Response to NBachers (Reply #22)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 11:11 PM
johnp3907 (3,430 posts)
71. My to-do list: 1. Put jackass on ignore.
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2. Enjoy life.
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Response to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Reply #19)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 11:59 AM
25. Hell yes I'll still be saying it!!!
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Just because I don't agree with every single thing that Obama, Michelle and the girls do doesn't mean they aren't great. If I agreed with every thing the President did for the last 8 years it would mean that I had been elected President. Hell, I don't even agree with everything my spouse has done over the last eight days, let alone years (and I can't imagine being married to anyone else). You don't like Obama? Fine, then don't vote for him.
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Response to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Reply #19)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:39 PM
39. Can't stand the TPP, but it has nothing to do with the Obamas as a family.
Response to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Reply #19)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:56 PM
49. Yes, I will because I can dislike his policy without denying
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 11:45 AM
20. I was born in 1960. The Obamas are a fine family, but
Response to rateyes (Reply #20)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:04 PM
Fresh_Start (11,295 posts)
28. The Carters were a fine family
Response to Fresh_Start (Reply #28)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:20 PM
katmondoo (6,300 posts)
32. Jimmy Carter sent Amy to Public School
Response to katmondoo (Reply #32)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 09:24 PM
69. Maybe he believed, as I do, in public education.
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:02 PM
27. Carter was a far far better man than Obama could ever be.
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:10 PM
29. I am grateful for President Obama.
Response to fasttense (Reply #30)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:26 PM
Fresh_Start (11,295 posts)
33. Too young
Response to Fresh_Start (Reply #33)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 01:26 PM
Fresh_Start (11,295 posts)
57. I need to correct that
Response to Fresh_Start (Reply #57)
Sun May 1, 2016, 03:20 AM
Rhiannon12866 (158,529 posts)
74. You're right, she wanted people to see what had been done to him
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After he was shot, she tried to hold him together until they forced her to let go when they reached the hospital. Heartbreaking.
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Response to fasttense (Reply #30)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:59 PM
51. I liked their public persona and I think they brought a level
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:19 PM
31. I don't know how old you are but that's a pretty low bar
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:28 PM
34. I think you can make a strong case for either...
Response to BobTheSubgenius (Reply #34)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:38 PM
37. The first WH family I remember was named Truman
Response to mainstreetonce (Reply #37)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 01:04 PM
53. The Truman's were not all that bad except that they were
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:39 PM
38. You must not have been born before 1980. nt
Response to Egnever (Reply #40)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:47 PM
Fresh_Start (11,295 posts)
41. Exactly nt
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:48 PM
42. I agree but I am older and I think Jimmy Carter and his
Response to jwirr (Reply #42)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:53 PM
Fresh_Start (11,295 posts)
46. I am also a fan for President Carter
Response to jwirr (Reply #42)
Sun May 1, 2016, 03:30 AM
Rhiannon12866 (158,529 posts)
75. I also think the Obamas are a wonderful family, love Michelle and the POTUS is a caring Dad
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But I agree with you about the Carters, a very close family, all the boys, plus Rosalynn and Miss Lillian, worked on his campaigns. I'm currently listening to his autobiography ("A Full Life"
on audio, read by the author himself, and learning so much I never knew about him. It really has been a full life, from his childhood on the farm to his Navy career to his early runs for office. I think I'm on disc #5 and he's just become president! LOL. I recommend it highly.  |
Response to greymouse (Reply #43)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:54 PM
Fresh_Start (11,295 posts)
48. I'm sorry I don't know the reference. nt
Response to Fresh_Start (Reply #48)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 02:59 PM
greatauntoftriplets (173,646 posts)
62. That was Jimmy Carter's mother.
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:53 PM
Politicub (12,111 posts)
47. I'm already having Obama withdrawl
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:58 PM
50. I liked the Ford family.
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No one was going to tell Betty what she could say. The kids were decent too. They were all likeable people.
For a while, this was the presidential residence: 
Gerald R. Ford Jr. House 
In a scene reminiscent of a 60's family sitcom, Gerald Ford, now President of the United States. leaves home for work at the White House as wife Betty waves goodbye. 
School children walk past the house of President Gerald Ford in Alexandria, Virginia. 
"Gerald, that lawn isn't going to mow itself." Gerald R. Ford in Alexandria — Remembering Our 38th President After Ford died, his body was brought back to DC for a few days. I went down to watch the motorcade go by. A few days later, about noon on a cold winter day, the plane often used as Air Force 1 flew west, taking him away forever. I saw the plane fly over Alexandria. People on board could look down and see where the family used to live. |
Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #50)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 12:59 PM
Fresh_Start (11,295 posts)
52. thanks for sharing
Response to Fresh_Start (Reply #52)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 01:20 PM
55. It didn't hurt that Steve was an excellent babe.
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Of course, it's wrong to think that, but you be the judge:
The Fords at home in Alexandria the night he became president. (L-R) First Lady Betty Ford, Steve, Jack, Susan, and President Ford. 
Betty Ford had a what-the-hell moment—and an accomplice in photographer David Hume Kennerly. |
Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #55)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 01:29 PM
Fresh_Start (11,295 posts)
58. how did I not know that at that time
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 03:14 PM
Demonaut (8,447 posts)
63. he's ok
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 04:42 PM
64. I've had two. The Carters and the Obamas.
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 05:31 PM
66. K&R nt.
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LAST CALL
eta forgot pic from HuffPo: 
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Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 07:28 PM
Skittles (144,668 posts)
67. will this swooniness soon be over
Response to Skittles (Reply #67)
Sun May 1, 2016, 06:15 AM
81. Not likely
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It will only be getting louder as this admin comes to a close. There's a lot of people here that are going to miss this family. Myself included.
Better start the blood pressure medicine now  |
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sat Apr 30, 2016, 10:38 PM
70. Me too.
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I really REALLY don't want him to go! "We won't see his like..." Sigh.... :'( but, if I were to try and look at it from a higher perspective, I would say the most important thing is to take his example as you would look to anyone you deeply admire, and try to live up to it. Or at least to some of it. I can imagine President Obama himself giving that advice. |
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sun May 1, 2016, 12:40 AM
72. Very Classy Family
I needed a hankie when he was inaugurated in 2009 and will need one when he leaves in 2017
P.S. Saw a thread in the AA group that mentioned an Obama leaving office support group......think I will need to check it out...  |
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sun May 1, 2016, 03:35 AM
76. Greatest president, finest family
Response to Fresh_Start (Original post)
Sun May 1, 2016, 03:47 AM
77. Obama is such a nice man with a beautiful family.
