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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThread to watch the Farewell address together!
Last edited Tue Jan 10, 2017, 10:53 PM - Edit history (1)
Link to live blog for those who missed it:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2017/jan/10/barack-obama-final-speech-address-chicago-live
Tks to Suffragette for the link!
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)beveeheart
(1,369 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)riversedge
(70,239 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,986 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Takket
(21,573 posts)lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)rainy
(6,091 posts)bdamomma
(63,868 posts)I knew I shouldn't of started a thread.
President Obama is the greatest we ever had
4 more years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)I think the people started chanting 4 more years to drown out the person shouting.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)RedWedge
(618 posts)riversedge
(70,239 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)Interested in hearing the real story later on...
riversedge
(70,239 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)gademocrat7
(10,658 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)We be going from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the barrel. It is so depressing.
nolabear
(41,984 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)nolabear
(41,984 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)I would die a happy man!
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)nolabear
(41,984 posts)I mean it. We did it together and we'll get through whatever comes together.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)Trump is not my pResident
nolabear
(41,984 posts)uponit7771
(90,346 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)tritsofme
(17,379 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)ecstatic
(32,705 posts)No thanks.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)nolabear
(41,984 posts)3catwoman3
(24,003 posts)He is such a fine human being. I can't bear it that he is leaving.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,986 posts)Yes indeed. I wish those idiot pundits would quit talking about his "legacy" the man is a walking, talking legacy.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)and dethrone what is coming next......................
uponit7771
(90,346 posts)marybourg
(12,631 posts)At first mention, boos erupted.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)"We're all in this together, we rise or fall as one"
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)under pee boy.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)uponit7771
(90,346 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2017/jan/10/barack-obama-final-speech-address-chicago-live
After my election, there was talk of a post-racial America. Such a vision, however well-intended, was never realistic. For race remains a potent and often divisive force in our society. Ive lived long enough to know that race relations are better than they were ten, or twenty, or thirty years ago you can see it not just in statistics, you see it in the attitudes of young Americans across the political spectrum, he says.
But were not where we need to be.
All of us have more work to do. After all, if every economic issue is framed as a struggle between a hardworking white middle class and undeserving minorities, then workers of all shades will be left fighting for scraps while the wealthy withdraw further into their private enclaves. If we decline to invest in the children of immigrants, just because they dont look like us, we diminish the prospects of our own children because those brown kids will represent a larger share of Americas workforce.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)nolabear
(41,984 posts)That gives me hope. He can be a powerful force for good.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)uponit7771
(90,346 posts)bdamomma
(63,868 posts)the force is with him!!!
cbreezen
(694 posts)I can't wait to see what the next chapter in you life brings us!
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)uponit7771
(90,346 posts)hatrack
(59,587 posts)Bringing the FUCKING TRUTH, and in wheelbarrow loads.
Brilliant and breathtaking.
uponit7771
(90,346 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)About Jim Crow and equality.
Standing O.
sheshe2
(83,784 posts)walk in their shoes. my favorite book. To Kill a Mockingbird
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)So true. History lesson here.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)It's a two way street dudes!
JHan
(10,173 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)bdamomma
(63,868 posts)about going to trump supporters bubbles.....................
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)He will be greatly missed.
I cannot accept that he will be replaced with that misogynistic, sexual predator.
3catwoman3
(24,003 posts)The contrast could not be more stark.
IcyPeas
(21,884 posts)I am sure they will repeat it......
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)speaking again from a President. Love him.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)IcyPeas
(21,884 posts)I'll skim this during the applause breaks. (Can you ever imagine trump giving a speech..... like this.....? NO!)
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)Broke to a commercial
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)That's where I'm watching it, but I'm in Chicago and they wouldn't dare not show it here.
The venue is packed.
avebury
(10,952 posts)have not broken away here (OKC).
marybourg
(12,631 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)3catwoman3
(24,003 posts)Damn right they do.
Selective sorting of the facts - good turn of phrase.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)Maybe biggest applause of the night.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)And now onto climate change.
ismnotwasm
(41,986 posts)Damn right we will
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)3catwoman3
(24,003 posts)Or words to that effect.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)nolabear
(41,984 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)It's part of defending American .
nolabear
(41,984 posts)My GOD, the difference. Cheering for freedom and respect, not hate and suspicion.
This is who we are. THIS.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Vulcan like. Have still not cried. Too pissed off.
ismnotwasm
(41,986 posts)3catwoman3
(24,003 posts)Damn right !!!
3catwoman3
(24,003 posts)...speaking now.
On the flight to Chicago, he expressed some concern about "getting through" the speech. He is doing just fine.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)nolabear
(41,984 posts)ecstatic
(32,705 posts)Unfortunately.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)Malia in tears really got to me.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,854 posts)Thank you for your strong character, President Obama!
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Who IS he? Jerk!
suffragette
(12,232 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Never mind!
nolabear
(41,984 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)The Obama's are such incredible parents.
IcyPeas
(21,884 posts)I love Michelle too. and the daughters. geez. I love these people.
GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)Fucking killing me.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)True Dough
(17,305 posts)Barack is all class. Michelle is all class.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)A sad ending because he'd just go out and get another wife.
Also Rosebud is important because "Spielberg paid a lot of money for it"
suffragette
(12,232 posts)From an interview with Orson Welles:
it was intended consciously as a sort of social document, as an attack on the acquisitive society, and indeed on acquisition in general."
https://m.
Quote is within the 1st 3 1/2 minutes when he is discussing his intent with film/character.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)And yeah, it seems the only things he likes was it was about "a guy like me" ( and I'm
Sure because it is on other people lists)
But there's a lot he doesn't get.
IcyPeas
(21,884 posts)3catwoman3
(24,003 posts)Jill Biden, too, I think.
Me, too.
BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)uponit7771
(90,346 posts)demmiblue
(36,855 posts)nolabear
(41,984 posts)IcyPeas
(21,884 posts)ecstatic
(32,705 posts)Malia is desperately fighting back tears!
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)Cue the waterworks!
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)i am going to miss President Obama And VP Biden!!!!!
IcyPeas
(21,884 posts)mvd
(65,174 posts)I did not always agree with President Obama on tactics, or even policy. But he is classy and intelligent - the opposite of the Big Con. Good speech!
nolabear
(41,984 posts)3catwoman3
(24,003 posts)eom
WinstonSmith4740
(3,056 posts)Didn't see her afterward, and absolutely no comment or question so far by the media.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)Maybe staying with a friend.
PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)demmiblue
(36,855 posts)nolabear
(41,984 posts)3catwoman3
(24,003 posts)I have not felt this unwilling to accept reality since my brother died way back in 1978, at the way too young age of 23. That probably sounds melodramatic, but that event filled me with this same incredulity - this can't be happening, this can't be happening, this CAN'T be happening.
dhill926
(16,339 posts)marybourg
(12,631 posts)lamp_shade
(14,834 posts)bdamomma
(63,868 posts)AND YES WE WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
randr
(12,412 posts)marybourg
(12,631 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,391 posts)sung about 2 minutes to 9 EST--and the family coming on stage afterwards with Joe and Jill.
BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)They are still going with the handshake line... saw Jesse Jackson about 5 minutes ago along the front. Will be hitting the bed shortly though!
Richard D
(8,754 posts). . . the 22nd amendment.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)Outgoing: grace and truth and style and class.
Incoming: grunting and infantile and corrupt and abusive
And on the very same evening.
mnhtnbb
(31,391 posts)Martin Eden
(12,869 posts)But I can't fend them off, like an approaching nightmare from which there is no waking up.
VOX
(22,976 posts)He wasn't perfect, but damn, he was always fair, honorable and decent. Clearly one of the best presidents this country has had.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)I unashamedly love this man!
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)uponit7771
(90,346 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)just chillin'!
Lady_Chat
(561 posts)can't stop crying, going to miss him so, and his beautiful family and Joe and Jill Biden and their family. Heartbreaking to know who he is going to be replaced by, makes me feel sick.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Can't imagine Donald ever saying thank you.
I'll miss them.
I'm so glad he didn't try to tell us to get behind PEEOTUS. He just told us to be good citizens.
hibbing
(10,098 posts)It took him a while to get going after the idiots trying to interrupt, when he talked about those that fear change, very powerful. Change did come, and now I do fear the change that is coming.
Peace
Cha
(297,272 posts)✔ ?@danpfeiffer
Obama may be leaving office in 10 days but his vision is the future not the past
4:48 PM - 10 Jan 2017
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https://twitter.com/danpfeiffer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Thank you for your, bettyellen
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)My husband and I both cried more than once.