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... Different Drummer Aug 2016 #1
I would speculate he and the family feel the same way..n/t monmouth4 Aug 2016 #2
I think just about anyone who spent 8 years doing that job feels the same way. n/t A HERETIC I AM Aug 2016 #5
Don't diminish the significance of this particular president's experience. He has been the most Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2016 #25
I didn't just fall off the yam wagon. A HERETIC I AM Aug 2016 #26
"Last little bit"? He has been treated like shit his entire 7-year term! Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2016 #29
Oh, for fucks sake! A HERETIC I AM Aug 2016 #31
If you were truly paying attention, you would know what he has faced and stop diminishing and Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2016 #34
OK...here comes a hide.... A HERETIC I AM Aug 2016 #35
Your personal insults notwithstanding. I'm not as petty as you and won't alert. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2016 #36
Lol TransitJohn Aug 2016 #37
LOL A HERETIC I AM Aug 2016 #40
Some posts are just a setup to start flame war. R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2016 #67
You took an innocuous comment as an opportunity to derisively wag your finger at them... Act_of_Reparation Aug 2016 #41
... A HERETIC I AM Aug 2016 #42
No. What I'm tired of is people dismissing the racism directed at this president. It's not petty or Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2016 #45
Except no one dismissed it. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2016 #47
Yes, people here at DU will go out of their way to explain away racism. And when confronted, Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2016 #48
Will you please stop? A HERETIC I AM Aug 2016 #50
If the poster said the job is difficult even for people of privilege.. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2016 #55
LOL, keep digging EvolveOrConvolve Aug 2016 #63
Interesting exercise in projection. The people who deny racism are the ones with the blinders on. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2016 #64
Ha! EvolveOrConvolve Aug 2016 #65
Of course they realize how he is treated... Hav Aug 2016 #19
Well that is on you Egnever Aug 2016 #3
This was uncalled for. It has been hard to watch what people have thrown at our President, and Squinch Aug 2016 #8
68 years old madokie Aug 2016 #16
Seems to be on me too then b/c I have found these 8 years to be very ugly. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #22
I saw no reference to a need for protection. LanternWaste Aug 2016 #44
The author of the article lovemydog Aug 2016 #58
Then it is on the author Egnever Aug 2016 #59
Black voices are nonsense now? sheshe2 Aug 2016 #68
Not even close Egnever Aug 2016 #69
Not even close to what? sheshe2 Aug 2016 #70
Sit tight. You ain't seen nuttin' yet with a female prez. especially one named Clinton. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #4
Yes.... Incoming!!!! Squinch Aug 2016 #9
We will be busy. They will not rest. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #23
What a dark and hostile and divisive view. Hortensis Aug 2016 #6
No way! LeftRant Aug 2016 #7
In years to come, it will be great to see his name in the "Top Ten Presidents" lists. Squinch Aug 2016 #11
I'm optimistic about the future too. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #12
President Obama jzola Aug 2016 #27
I am glad that President Obama is not as whiny as the author of the Huffington post piece. Vattel Aug 2016 #10
You think Obama is disrespected? Wait until Hillary takes office. Initech Aug 2016 #13
I disagree. Hillary won't face 1/2 of the hatred this man has received. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2016 #30
We shall see. I do predict a republican meltdown on day 1. Initech Aug 2016 #32
You have far to much faith in Republicans. Lancero Aug 2016 #43
I think they would be more willing to work with HRC than they DID President Obama. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2016 #46
I think it will be worse when she gets in there. Squinch Aug 2016 #51
It was posted without comment. lovemydog Aug 2016 #60
Makes Obama seem like a helpless victim. tman Aug 2016 #14
Oh shut up. gto Aug 2016 #15
Remember that the words were not those of the person who posted the OP csziggy Aug 2016 #17
Please refrain from telling DUers to "shut up" especially one like sheshe2 Bongo Prophet Aug 2016 #20
Well said. narnian60 Aug 2016 #57
+1 jack_krass Aug 2016 #39
I disagree with the writer since I am not ready for President Obama to leave csziggy Aug 2016 #18
While I will be saddened when President Obama leaves office, KMOD Aug 2016 #21
What a downer of an article. MicaelS Aug 2016 #24
History will reflect on him very favorably. liberal N proud Aug 2016 #28
they impeached Bill Clinton Enrique Aug 2016 #33
Clinton took far more abuse melman Aug 2016 #49
Yep, back during one of the many witch hunts... GoCubsGo Aug 2016 #61
Oh BS. Every president gets disrespected. B2G Aug 2016 #38
He's Not Going Away reznor73 Aug 2016 #52
Can you give an example DesertRat Aug 2016 #62
Are you looking forward... bonemachine Aug 2016 #53
Thanks for posting the article, ss2. lovemydog Aug 2016 #54
Any Democrat (and probably McCain too) would have bathed in the same vitriol Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2016 #56
It has been painful for many of us to discover how racist the US really is loyalsister Aug 2016 #66
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