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2016 Postmortem

MerryBlooms

(11,770 posts) Wed Jul 27, 2016, 10:55 PM Jul 2016

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Not only one of the greatest Presidents of our times, but one of the greatest men of our times

President Barack Obama!

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Not only one of the greatest Presidents of our times, but one of the greatest men of our times (Original Post) MerryBlooms Jul 2016 OP

He and Michelle are the best couple, ever! NT Ilsa Jul 2016 #1

Absolutely!! MerryBlooms Jul 2016 #3

President Obama is one of those... 3catwoman3 Jul 2016 #2

It's hard to give him up, but feel so blessed to have him. MerryBlooms Jul 2016 #4

He really is the best so far. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #5

It's hard to type through the tears. MerryBlooms Jul 2016 #6

Like FDR, he took us through one of the worst times in decades. Ilsa Jul 2016 #7

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)

1. He and Michelle are the best couple, ever! NT

Reply to MerryBlooms (Original post)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 11:00 PM

Jul 2016

MerryBlooms

(11,770 posts)

3. Absolutely!!

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 11:01 PM

Jul 2016

3catwoman3

(24,007 posts)

2. President Obama is one of those...

Reply to MerryBlooms (Original post)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 11:01 PM

Jul 2016

..."they broke the mold when they made him" kind of people. As has been said by others here, we will not see his like again.

MerryBlooms

(11,770 posts)

4. It's hard to give him up, but feel so blessed to have him.

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 11:03 PM

Jul 2016

aikoaiko

(34,172 posts)

5. He really is the best so far.

Reply to MerryBlooms (Original post)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 11:04 PM

Jul 2016

He always asks us to be better in an authentic way.

MerryBlooms

(11,770 posts)

6. It's hard to type through the tears.

Reply to aikoaiko (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 11:06 PM

Jul 2016

An exceptional beloved man.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)

7. Like FDR, he took us through one of the worst times in decades.

Reply to MerryBlooms (Original post)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 11:14 PM

Jul 2016

We were on the edge of a great depression that would have made the 1930s look like a tea party. The republicans would have let the auto industry fail, and millions of people lose their jobs. Barack Obama remembered that there were people in those jobs.

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