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President Obama: “We know it is Black History Month when you hear somebody say, ‘Heyyyy, Michelle! Giiiirrrrrlllll you look so good!”
fonzworthcutlass
that was Traci Braxton
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Happy #ObamaDay
(photos by pete souza, official white house photographer)
thank you.
Source: nubbsgalore
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12.14.16
Megan Mullally describes meeting President Obama at the White House Christmas party.
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Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has a great new interview with President Obama in Vanity Fair. In the wide-ranging interview, they discuss Abraham Lincoln, Obama’s biggest regrets from his time in office, and how a visit to the pyramids reminded Obama that cable news doesn’t really matter.
But perhaps the most intriguing bit was when, in a brief discussion of Obama’s plans for his post-presidency, Obama hinted that he planned to start speaking out more like an activist than a president.
There are “things,” he told Goodwin, “that in some ways I suspect I’m able to do better out of this office.” He elaborated that because of the “institutional constraints” of the presidency, “there are things I cannot say.”
He went on to essentially say he wanted to use his post-presidential bully pulpit more like an activist than a venerable elder statesman. “There are institutional obligations I have to carry out that are important for a president of the United States to carry out, but may not always align with what I think would move the ball down the field on the issues that I care most deeply about,” he said.
And while vague, this is an intriguing hint that Obama is thinking about being a very different ex-president than we’ve been used to.
klaineandbiscuits
Source: vox.com
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Praise God
drhanniballecter
In case you don’t read it: basically it’s a lot of money given annually to planned parenthood that cannot be touched to keep the facilities open. It clearly states that this money is for things like access to contraceptives and cancer screenings and other care that planned parenthood offers that’s not specifically abortions.
So republicans won’t even be able to vote for defunding planned parenthood. Essentially.
witchymoonhag-deactivated201801
Same.
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willcub
The line that will go down in history.
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have I mentioned lately I fucking love “my terms’re up so I say whatever the fuck I want” Obama?
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSS, MY PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!! DRAG ‘EM!!!!!!
yes. Yes. MORE
Source: mic.com
President Barack H. Obama II 44th President of the United States
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HOW DID BARACK PROPOSE TO MICHELLE
babyferaligator
HE GOT ON ONE KNEE, PULLED OUT A RING, AND SAID “I DONT WANNA BE OBAMASELF”
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pyksii
…he said the thing.
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Why Does President Obama Have to Be “Half as Black and Twice As Good”?
When Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American teenager, was killed in Florida by George Zimmerman, Obama said only that his thoughts were with Martin’s family, that the incredible tragedy made him think about his own kids, that “every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this …” He also said, “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.” Those words were enough to send the conservative wing of this country into a tailspin. Before the president spoke on the subject, the reaction to the tragedy crossed party lines. Conservatives stayed silent, or offered lukewarm support for a full investigation. The moment the president opened his mouth, national mourning was over. Politics took over. Conservative talk-radio hosts and conservative websites tried to vilify Martin, and tried to spin President Obama’s empathy into something dangerous for white America. Newt Gingrich asked, “Is the president saying that if it had been a white who had been shot, that would be okay because it wouldn’t look like him?” No. That was not what he was saying. But the words, coming out of his black mouth, backed with the power attached to his black body, infuriated and scared the shit out of some of white America. The president became a human trigger. What could be a more effective silencer on the issue of race, for him and for his staff, than that?
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Oh, Obama, you try so hard... >.>
But you still signed ACTA.
Source: billydarley
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One night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided to do something out of routine and go for a casual dinner at a restaurant that wasn’t too luxurious. When they were seated, the owner of the restaurant asked the President’s secret service if he could please speak to the First Lady in private. They obliged and Michelle had a conversation with the owner. Following this conversation President Obama asked Michelle, why was he so interested in talking to her. She mentioned that in her teenage years, he had been madly in love with her. President Obama then said, “so if you had married him, you would now be the owner of this lovely restaurant”, to which Michelle responded, “no, if I had married him, he would now be the President.”
bamf.