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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBarack and Michelle's twitter pages
Sounds like he may be using his twitter @BarackObama account more so for those interested here's both of their pages.
https://twitter.com/barackobama
https://twitter.com/michelleobama
cilla4progress
(24,589 posts)over.
I'm beginning to believe they will be called upon to lead this country out of this mess we've quickly found ourselves in.
Bucky
(53,795 posts)Nothing against the Obamas personally, of course. But if we are dependent upon great individuals, instead of the ability of the public to generate new leaders from among ourselves, then the whole idea of having a republic instead of a monarchy was a flawed experiment.
cilla4progress
(24,589 posts)I don't think I meant them solely or at the head. But more as elder statespeople.
Bucky
(53,795 posts)I'm still having trouble getting my head around the idea that a guy 2 years older than me is an elder Statesman. But yes, we definitely need to tap into our institutional memory of things that historically work.
herding cats
(19,549 posts)duncang
(1,907 posts)Retweets, likes can help spread the word.
And that also goes for your favorite news people. Chris, Eugene, Joy, Keith, Lawrence, Rachel, etc.
https://twitter.com/TheLastWord and https://twitter.com/Lawrence
https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid
https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann
https://twitter.com/maddow
https://twitter.com/chrislhayes
https://twitter.com/Eugene_Robinson
canetoad
(17,089 posts)Over 87 million followers. How cool is that?