Thanks, SummerSnow.

With all the stories being posted about Trump, I jumped at opening this to see this amazing family. Such dignity and class... I do not want them to leave.

great meme!

we go high.

Classy family

Nailed it.

hoping i dont have to miss them for long, as i hope the will be coming home to chi.

Hell, even a snake's belly goes high when you compare it to what Trump did today...

God bless the Obama family. They've been Wonderful!

Perfectly said

Thank you

proud that I help elect them to our House, Barack to our leadership.

Awesome President, awesome first family. The whole world, for the most part, agrees with me on this

much like the Kennedy family. Maybe one day one of their daughters will be President.

While suffering eight years of abuse from the worst America has to offer.

But the words in that meme cannot be denied. I wonder... Will there be any shred of guilt or remorse shown from the other side of the aisle? They can't be all so devoid of decency that they can't even see it in others can they?
They should all be embarrassed by not only their own behaviour towards him but the army of racists and bigots they helped encouraged against him.

From the GOP? Never.

of that. And Michelle has been a great First Lady. Both parents have done a tremendous job of raising their two daughters.

I'm proud that I've lived during this time Obama has been president.

I am just crying.

Thanks Aristius. I love them.

And Joe Biden is like a special kind of bonus family member. He's like America's uncle...

These two men are so close. They are like brothers. I wonder how many times Obama called him in to bounce ideas and strategies off him?

yes they are.

What a beautiful picture.

Got something in my eyes.

Love your posts.

It is so painful to hear stories of hate towards them.

On the radio today, a caller told Michelangelo Signoreli that the day after inauguration in 2009, a coworker got up and announced that the nation couldn't heal until someone "shoots that n***** in the head." The caller took the racist aside to get a feel for his intent. He realized it wasn't a threat, per se, but he called the Secret Service anyway. The SS picked up the racist and grilled him for several hours, but they couldn't arrest him without a threat.

I'm so grateful that we've come far enough to elect a Black man, twice, to the highest office, and nominate a brilliant woman to run as leader of our party for the same. But these assholes, spewing hate and violence, having no shame, take the air out of me. Then I realize we are still a nation of ignorant, hate-filled people.

Such hatred, and they had awakened only one morning in the WH.

WTF is wrong with these people?

yep, always have been, their FUHRER(racist furor)just emboldened them, big time. Just to see a buffoon like him incite violence againt women and PoC shows me how low we have sunk, so far. We all have a chance to strike back in November against the ignorant hateful racists currently flexing their muscles. I hope our passivity will not be our undoing as it has been for the last 7+ years.

Per your assessment of our First Family, I raise a toast....HEAR!! HEAR!!

important parts of DU: associating with like-minded people and knowing they are out there.

I imagine we'll have a few tribute threads over the next 5 months.

They will be missed ...... A very classy family

Thanks for posting

We will never see another first family like this one. They are too exceptional to come again.

Yes they did.

JFK and Barack have been the classiest presidents we have known...

Bernie and Elizabeth...get on the stump and lets put this to bed...

Where r u Bernie?????

Repeal the 22nd Amendment NOW!

some major Obama withdrawal issues once this amazing family leaves the WH!

The only thing that will help is to elect the first woman President in November. But even then, it'll take some time.

I have been feeling it for months now. Yes, I want Hill as our next President, awesome. That does not negate the pain I feel for his leaving.

They are beyond the pale for weathering the hatred and bigotry...love them! Totally classy at all times...no matter what crap was thrown their way the last 8 years! Will miss them!

Endless grace under fire.

never attain,
. . . . .

and never even really understand.

says with total disbelief "What has happened to the US?" we can say with sorrow "We don't know, we are very sorry, but with pride "We gave the world eight years of a real leader who cared not just about his country but about all of you."