He is so patient with idiots...
He is so patient with idiots...
Lord I miss this man!
Is Obama okay? His speech here is so halting and bumbling.
a 60something year old man talking off the cuff to a heckler isnt spitting prose like shakespere?! im shocked!
Are you saying 60 is old?
am i saying 10-15 years from the average age people die is old? yes im saying that qualifies as old. and hes 64.
It’s a matter of perspective. You won’t think it’s old when you get there. 60 is the new 50!
"currently" 😁
He is so cool!
Trump would have already shit himself and grabbed a woman. Obama is presidential.
I love that he said "currently."
Twice, right?
Trump wouldn't know WTF to say. He'd ask what was being referred to, then answer "oh, yeah..." and continue with "have you seen where we are building our new ballroom?"
Thank you Mr. President! #BringBackObama
I love how he keeps repeating currently as if he’s about to make a comeback. 🙏
“I-I-I-I’m not the CURRENT war criminal”
This is what a real President sounds like.
I’m going to try to find this whole interview
Always classy
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Gotcha moment!💙🇺🇸🙏
The shit this man has put up with and continues to put up with is staggering.
Currently? Twice he said it. Probably wishful thinking
it's also over resources. many conflicts throughout history are for resources
Thank you President Obama.
For what?
Fuck do I miss him every single fucking day
Equality and equal rights disgust Republicans. But they’re the only absolute truths recognized in our founding documents. And today we understand them to include humankind and universal human rights.
The fact a former president (and a good one at that which did, in fact, end the GWOT era's raison d'être) is being harassed and heckled like this speaks volumes of how far the USA has fallen that it's given widespread carte blanche to loud, obnoxious, nationalistic clods.
I see no reason to presume it wasn’t someone to the left of Obama either.
You can have nationalists of all political leanings :)
You are, however, a former President, which retains a shit ton of power, and have an astonishingly loyal fan base, so you really could be doing a LOT MORE than these vague talk show appearances.
why not address that topic with guy in office now? If you haven’t noticed their a ton of things here that also need addressed as a result of current occupant and his control of Congress
What power does he have?
Influence.
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Oh grow up.
I don't understand why my question merits this response.
They appear to be pro democrats, but when you search their profile responses, you learn they are pro pot stirrers.
It doesn’t. Childish assholes give that response because they can’t imagine honest engagement
He has a collosal platform and people listen to him. If he speaks in favor of it it moves a lot of people. If he started whipping in favor of doing something it could galvanize action. Granted the government is run by republicans but he could put pressure on congressional dems to fight more.
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As are the protesters. They are also speaking upm they feel he should be doing more. He's a former president, he needs to group a thicker skin instead of doing this "aw shucks I'm just a simple former president, what could little old me do?"
1. You're acting like that is the only thing he said in that forum. 2. OP took exception with the notion that he's not doing more than speaking, and I'm asking what other lever he can pull but isn't.
If you don't think Barack Obama has levers other than doing paid speaking engagements at various symposia, then I don't know what to tell you. And I think it's entirely appropriate to yell and shout and kick up a big stink at him.
Ok, is there any information as to what powers a former POTUS has that you can point to? It seems elementary enough, but I can't find evidence of this. I was always under the impression that a POTUS becomes a private citizen without any particular government power after the term has ended.
It got this response because OP doesn't know what s/he is talking about.
You're the one demanding he take amorphous actions you refuse to define when asked. Who needs to grow up in this exchange??
We're all adults here so let's be adult. What power that matters? He can't order anyone to do anything in the current admin, they aren't his employees. He can only give talks, maybe endorse the next president candidate. But if you're expecting him to do anything with authority you're simply wrong.
Oof. What a hilarious way to tell us all you don't know what you're talking about. I bet you are great at parties.
Can you answer the question?
So, you recognize that your comment was pure BS
You are the one who said it, so please do edify is: what powers does a former POTUS have? Do tell.
No you sybau! What power does he have beyond his voice, which he is using.
His power was already throttled while president. He s just a civilian now.
He had the “power” to force Bernie Sanders out and end the primaries in 2019–which gave us Scump. Then had the power to screw up the last election as well—which also gave us Scump.
I didn't realize he could manipulate Democrats' primaries in this manner. Is that defined anywhere?
Being Obama. He's one of the most famous people on the planet, and the DNC will listen to anything he says.
So in other words, he should be doing what he's doing here, which is to speak up?
How has he spoken up? Where is his statement on Palestine? On the Democrats who were murdered earlier this year by right wing extremists? Or showing support for the new, massively popular progressives that the DNC is trying to shove in a basement?
Saying he should speak up about X or Y topic is a different argument than saying he should be wielding his power (?) instead of speaking.
Like, his power is speaking on topics and influencing decisions through that. He knows extremely powerful people, and still routinely has meetings with them. Fuck off with the "what power does he have" garbage, he's the reason Biden dropped out of the race.
Ok, but OP specifically isn't happy with him just speaking up and not doing more, hence my initial question.
Because he's not speaking up. What is so hard for you to understand.
But he is... Right there in that forum.
So you're just going to dodge around to keep your bad take, cool, bye.
My initial question was "what power does he have other than speaking up?" and I don't see how it's dodging to say that my question hasn't been answered yet.
None. Zero. Wishful thinking by people who completely ignore how our gov’t works; unfortunately
He has a voice and a platform. Lots of followers. I am a big fan. Would love to hear him and Pete Buttigieg punch back with facts and class at every opportunity.
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he could be using his voice to condemn the Israeli genocide of Gaza instead of using his voice to eulogize a far right racist influencer
But that just means you take exception about him not speaking up on a particular topic. OP insinuated he holds power beyond speaking up, and my question is what that is.
I think he's making the point that in the US the people in power and the people behind them, oligarchs and maga, believe that the few are more important than the many. Some are more important than others is the same belief that is held in some middle eastern countries.
I'm not OP. speaking is power. and it matters what he chooses to speak up about and what he chooses to stay silent about. he's staying silent about an ongoing genocide when it's obvious his voice and influence would have a massive impact.
Delusional stuff little buddy. Just delusional.
Which former president, besides Trump, wielded any significant power? This isn’t on Obama. In fact, him becoming more involved would be counter-productive.
Where is W? How is any of this Obama's issue to fix? While people yell and demand it of him? While he could be doing a LOT LESS, I don't think he could ever do enough to satisfy some people.
he was imperfect, but god how I miss his decent, lucid, and educated trains of thought!
It is not oct 7th it is the response to it. The response to oct 7 was and is over the top, it is a war crime and israel is committing genocide and the USA is supplying the bullets.
His point is that all of this comes from the same place. Tribalism will kill us. That said, what's happening now is an abomination and is morally reprehensible.
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Is white hair directly related to stress? Asking for a friend
Possible. But they com in with a darker color hair but when they leave it is silver or white. They also have been in office for 8 years so I would think it is just the normal passage of time.
I've noticed that becoming president whether left or right, ages the person dramatically
I cannot believe America wanted to go from Obama to what blob sits in the oval right now
So much class. The orange moron couldn’t possess that kind of intelligence or class if he tried.
If Trump runs again, so should Obama.
Now🤔...if I was a conspiracy theorists...I'd be trying to scream from the rooftops that he said he "CURRENTLY" isn't the president and in charge of foreign policy...and what can that MEAN????😱 But...I'm not lol.😉
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Too bad that didn't apply to Afghanistan and the war there. And all the drones that his administration used to kill people during his administration.
We shouldn't have been there in the first place. Our troops were there so President Obama had to make the decisions to support our allies and protect the troops.
Obama has blood on his hands, and that of an American citizen child: - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing...
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You're terrible at this.
If you only see imperfection, your lens is clouded. He did a lot of good and is well respected by many.
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"if you only look at his wanton murders of his own population you wont get the whole picture" 🆗
I wonder what kind of life you must have, with all that's going on in the country and the world, for this to be your primary in the moment. 🤔 I assess the totality of his 8 years and compare it to what we have now. We had it good. Feel free to disagree in silence. 🔇
You have many labels.
not any cool ones
in the moment that you made light of the bloodthirsty imperialist whose aesthetic you appreciate murdering my countrymen yes that is exactly my first reaction. why it aint yours i will never know his murders of citizens of other countries gall my heart but when govt of the people kills the people,
You are a disgusting piece of shit
Your point? Perfection is for Dems? Presidents are omnipotent? There’s no comparison here and now, as sad as it is
this is what you reduced people being murdered by your blue idols into. You're spineless.
Not my idols. Not then. Not now. I also did not especially love that more than a million died from Covid after disbanding our pandemic team it’s not a zero sum game. We need to vote better. And Hold the right people accountable We should not parrot propaganda. Nor ignore the perils
Kate’s got nothing but more of that. Might as well talk to the wall
Kates a troubled soul. Seems to like conflict. Sad
lmfao this could be written by Trump himself. Will that make you reflect on your idiocy and selfishness? Probably not
Blue maga doesn't know how to self-reflect, they only know how to use their privilege to gaslight others into believing that their right to live is a purity test. It's disgusting. It's exactly what Dr. King warned us about from the Birmingham jail.
There's no we with you. You're a genocidal pos.
Better spineless than without a thinking process.
@miq.moe
What good is a thinking process to an itty bitty worm
I know right. Not what we need in the senate.
How so?
kate is a bot
What you useless liberals call perfection we call minimum moral standards.
You call it perfection as a way to dodge direct and material demands we made. I remember demanding that you and your shit party to defund ICE while in power and instead, you gave them record amounts of money. Fascist pos
“Remember when the most controversial thing Obama ever did was wear a tan suit?” *conveniently forgets when he knowingly extrajudicially killed an American child on foreign soil
How they "*conveniently forgets when" TRUMP "KILLED" HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS AMERICANS 2019, 2020, and CURRENTLY. CURRENTLY, MAGA got us here, because they chose to KILL Palestinian People for Land, Money & Power to appease Authoritarian Netanyahu, who has BEEN playing USA like a fiddler for years!!
Biden killed more with COVID than Trump, and spineless Dems doing little for the people beyond crumbs is what got us MAGA.
No human being is perfect. If you're expecting that from anyone, you have only profound disappointment ahead. Looking at the sum total of the man, I respect him and admire him. You better hope someone bothers to do the same for you.
Obama’s legacy is drone murder, mass deportation, children in cages, and US Imperial violence. He is a war criminal as guilty as Bush and deserves to be held to task for the crimes he is enormously guilty of. He should not be admired or indeed even respected.
Now speak on Trump/Fotus Legacy. I'm all 👂🏾👂🏾 ears..
Fortunately for him, you get one opinion, not the power to define his legacy. The sum total of his life's work will do that. I wager many more tears will be shed for him than you. Now...into the cone of silence with your comrades. 🔇
His legacy is that of empowering ICE and concentration camps
Now speak on Trump/Fotus Legacy. I'm all 👂🏾👂🏾 ears..
There would be no Trump if Obama upheld his promises made rather than breaking his promise to enshrine Roe. By his doubling down on funding Bush JRs ICE and subsequent forcible hysterectomies on migrants. Trump is blunt, stupid evil. Something the Democrats dont care to beat
When you make a dumbass argument like this, its a way for you to say without it saying thay you dont give a damn about the issues we are bringing up. Just say you dgaf about the crimes. He just let you brunch in peace.
What event was this?
True in those cases. In some cases, people spark conflicts as a pretext for war & genocide. Evidence in the form of funding & support in advance, and knowledge beforehand. In all cases, they should be investigated carefully. And corrupt leaders can never be trusted.
Was Obama drunk here?
Give me a chance to vote for him again. Please.
The fact there's only one Obama is so sad, we need more men and women like him to be running things.
I'll vote for Michelle if she runs
This is how you handle dissenters. Obama is such a class act. We forget what real leadership looks like.
Obama is just a small bean
A CLASS ACT WOULD NOT SUPPORT GENOCIDE!! HOW ARE YOU PEOPLE STILL SO HOLLOW!?
Handle performative actors
He's a piece of shit. Palestine has every right to fight back against the brutal occupation they've been under for over 75 years.
barack both-sides-are-to-blame obama. take that shit home.
I miss him. I live in Europe and I'm not even American. This man is in a class all of his own. He could not go low even if he tried.
"Handling dissenters" is what fascists do fyi
Awkward, poor choice of words. Ugh, Deidre.
thanks troll!
I thought he was a socialist...I don't even know anymore 🙄
No it’s what citizens do.
You're in a cult. I wish you well.
Who says irony is dead?
"Eating food" is also what fascists do. Just bc fascists do a thing doesn't mean it's illegitimate to do that thing in another context
Okay this is the most moronic reply yet, congratulations
Oh, FFS… FYI….handling dissenters with words is NOTHING like handling them with actions.
You're referring to the way Trump is handling those who contradict his beliefs and orders correct?
Obviously it includes Trump.
So you contend that Obama is a fascist? Define “handling dissenters” and explain how it makes Obama a fascist.
I know we're supposed to try and engage with them but some things are fruitless.
Note that there was no response
When they’re IN POWER you dumbasses
I am far left. I had many issues with Obama, including on the use of drones and immigration, but there is really nothing he can do here. Trump certainly wouldn't listen to Obama on anything lol.
Actually we need to protest and discomfort every single member of the political and economic elite, especially about things like genocide.
Yes, what's happening in Gaza is plain genocide, and both parties were complicit in it. Biden and Trump both. And they all need to be held accountable and prosecuted.
Great, let's start by focusing that energy squarely on people who are actually in positions of power instead of former office holders--and are the primary culprits, like Trump who openly embraces Netanyahu's efforts to take over Gaza.
this right here 👆
Obama has a great deal of influence with Dem politicians and Dem politicians are an enormous part of the problem.
So, you're saying Obama is a fascist?
Since you clearly didn’t watch the clip - Obama handled the dissenter by directly addressing and talking about Gaza and the root cause of it as a private citizen. How is any of that remotely fascistic?
Sure, if we pretend the plain meaning of the words used are somehow different from what they actually are.
Literally the opposite you absolute buffoon
It's okay, little buddy. Your ignorance will not be challenged this or any other day, just keep being a blithering moron.
Why are MAGAts so angry? 🤣🤣🤣
That one claims to be a socialist, but fascist enablers of all stripers are gonna fascist enable.
Jfc read a book.
Pretty sure this is what full Tanky looks like. They want to destroy the party to rebuild it. Not a super great time for doing that, if you ask me.
Many of them come from privileged backgrounds, so they couldn't care less what it takes to achieve accelerationism and how many poor and marginalized groups suffer in the process.
And most of them don’t do much more than scream at people on social media.
"handling dissenters" is what fascists want to do to Obama. So that's certainly a conundrum.
No, silencing dissenters is what fascists do. Obama didn't silence that individual, he merely pointed out the folly in the disseter shouting at him. Apples and oranges.
Tell that to Deirdre dipshit
Exactly
Its always two dumb bitches saying exactlyyyyy
Why are you so angry?? 🤣🤣🤣
Lots of reasons 🤷♂️
What a charming guy. Horseshoe theory applies on occasion here
And they say women are too emotional. 🙄🙄🙄
Well, we have a president and cabinet filled with highly emotional men, so we already know that's not true.
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"Handling angry assholes" is probably more apropos.
"If youre not angry, youre not paying attention" is a saying older than either of us, champ
And it’s the mantra of people who have no real solutions - they just want to complain and expect other people to fix it even if the solution is unrealistic.
It’s way too easy to troll these days. Calling someone “champ” in a derogatory manner doesn’t add anything to the debate, but it sure does rile people up. Follow that with “simpleton” or some other ad hominem, and baby, you’ve got troll stew going! Look at all these responses!
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Does "handling the misdirected anger of assholes screaming in a crowded room" work better for you, my pedantic friend?
Settle down. Chill.
Take it up with Deirdre, simpleton
Precisely. The poor word choices began with them.
Control yourself, kid- don’t bring me into your bullshit.
Dustin u really shouldn't be calling anyone simpleton, that's the equivalent of saying anyone who doesn't think like u is wrong
You're probably a real hoot at parties dustin....
The point is time and place. That audience guy was grandstanding. Obama was right in that there's not much that he can do from his platform. Do you think this admin is going to listen to Obama and act on his advice when he's probably on their top ten to arrest list?
This is why the left will never have a political movement that isn’t just leeching off of another. You have no idea how to talk to people and build popular support.
If you're gonna get all pissy about it when someone responds to you in kind, then kindly keep it in your pants, chum.
You think you had something here huh, chummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmP
Perhaps a martini in each hand? 🍸
Man, you trigger easily. Now, are you using "champ" & "chump" interchangeably? Or are you confused on the meaning of each word?
If you feel the need to respond like this, then I clearly had something.
you support genocide?
"Champ?" "Simpleton?" "chummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmP?" “Blocked by 242 people today. Thanks, Obama. 🙄 260😭Ha! I'll take it!”
That was a surprisingly easy block, thanks for drawing them out.
He handled it right into comparing an attack from an occupied people into genocide because both sides. He is a coward.
Just block him. I did.
You suck at follow through. Oreo concurs.
Obama spent record amounts of money expanding ICE. Without Obama and his actions, ICE wouldn't be as strong as it is now
Take it easy genocide jeremy
Have a great time accomplishing nothing, dude.
You’re picking a terribly pedantic argument. You should stop wasting everyone’s time.
No shit, but pay attention to *methods*
You seem like a bot or a punk but ... That one handles dissent does not make one a Fascist. It's the methods that distinguish right and wrong. Fascist methods lean towards heavy-handed and violent. Obama is not that.
he didn't handle dissent ge pointed out it was misdirected #truth matters and pointing out the truth aims to silence lies
But trump wasn't there, so no fascists. unless you mean the guy yelling
Oh shut the fuck up
No, they put them in gulags. Leftists are as soft whiny babies as Trump
No. Silencing dissent is what fascists do. Having them fired from their jobs for being critical is what fascists do. Obama never did that. Trump does.
In fact Obama directly addressed the man’s concerns and talked about the root cause of the issue.. as a private citizen. Obama continues to not do that.
How soon they forget what they voted for.
Wasn't trump supposed to end this war on day one? 🤨
Ikr? I believe nothing coming from his lying lips
Not really
Real leadership would have been prosecuting George W. Bush and Dick Cheney for high crimes and prosecuting Wall Street executives to crash the global economy and not doing Standing Rock, along with starting with Medicare for All instead of the Heritage foundation’s insurance scam…
Almost willing (almost) to let Trump run for a 3rd Term since it would allow Obama to challenge him. But I’m sure GOP would find some way to invalidate Obama’s insanely lopsided victory over the 🍊 🤡
I have not forgotten what real leadership looks like. The felon in the White House is a daily reminder of just how far we have fallen.
Multiple times a day. I'm so exhausted.
It was a mealy mouthed answer. His start date for the Gaza conflict is Oct7th, it actually started decades earlier. There’s no doubt Obama would have also facilitated a genocide like Biden did.
I'm afraid so. Did anyone ask him outright how he might have responded?
Not that I’ve seen.
It doesn't matter how he would have responded; he's not in office. Stay focused on the present.
If you don’t sufficiently analyse the problem Democrats will never recover. This is one of the root causes with their unpopularity. This shows the problem isn’t new.
Is this a joke?
Is what a joke?
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Am I alone in being unable to playback video clips?
No. It’s horrible. Best bet is to click on another post then come back to the post with the video
Yeah, Bluesky gets very glitchy.
I was wondering why they all stop
I thought becoming a paid subscriber to @atrupar.com would eliminate the issue.- I’m willing to pay for the guys’ work because it’s convenient and to the point, but it didn’t resolve the issue. Must be a Bluesky problem. - a very annoying one.
Ah, but what was the shout?
Where can this full video be found. Be nice to watch a classy give and take in full
Never seen him at a loss for words.
I imagine he has to be a lot more careful with his words than he would normally. These are strange days.
Notice how he takes time to think and measure his words before he speaks.👍💙
Geez, and we thought Biden's speech had slowed down.
He's choosing his words very carefully.
The legally trained intelligence of Obama gifts him with the ability to formulate cogent arguments on the draw and he beautifully lays out the idiocy of the My tribe v. Your tribe mentality that leads to so much suffering 👏
Currently not the President, but future Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
I like how he said currently.
you're a u.s . president forever weasel
RAISE YOUR VOICE ♥️
Yeah, Let them know ur not the one!!😂
And slaughtering women and children and men. You left out that part. :/
Yeah, he's smooth. But he's still doing the Dem establishment approved AIPAC-lite. Before you even hint at the atrocities being committed by Israel, you've got to preface it with the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th. It's important to reinforce the myth that that's when it started.
Thanks for saying it! Reading the comments is like whatever he says is flawless. It's bs and that's why we're where we're 🤦🏻♀️
True. Still, ex presidents could be more vocal on Gaza etc. Lead! Instead, of being busy as a Big Hollywood producer. They all get rich as ex presidents. Funny thing.
As if the current administration would listen??
Exactly!🙄
America loves its celebrities Tv, movie, sports, music and political. This worship serves as a "weapon of mass distraction," diverting public focus from significant societal and political issues, a strategy that has been effectively used by figures like Donald Trump to gain political power.
If we could, Obama should be the King; and not the other wannabe dictator King
Obama is striving mightily to keep it civil.
I weep thinking how for 8-years we had a president and first family that reflected the ideals of a more perfect union. Unfortunately the GOP and its growing wind bag generating machine actively worked against the progress made up to that point. Now it’s actively undermining our democracy.
Where can I watch the entire talk?
Found it: www.c-span.org/program/publ...
It makes me so sad to think my country went from a man who is so intelligent, so eloquent and so caring to someone who doesn’t read, doesn’t care about anyone but himself, can’t speak in complete sentences and has no concept of history and the Constitution.
I wish you still were President Obama! The UK has fallen to its knees along with the Monarchy to this monster betraying Canada! Republicans are unrecognizable as a Party other than Nazi 2.0 Party. Brown shirts all over. The country needs you! As a Vice President and advisor to fight these fascists!
Easy to shout at a guy who won't throw you in the gulag.
Exactly. We know they hurt. But take that shit out on ChatGPT or something. 😒
That's the way the entire right feels about gay, trans, POC and women..."less than us"
people groveling before Obama in these comments are so spineless and mindless. he has a huge platform! what has he done to try use his influence against the genocide of Palestine by Israel, the US and the rest of the Fourth Reich? nothing, in fact he supports Israel’s “right to defend itself”.
Fuck Off
you’re a genocide supporter
How stupid are u Stew?
Facts
We need Obama back, as this country is as bad as ever
What a great communicator
As he should have told that fool out in the audience 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙈.Upset with the former president but content and peaceful asf with the current one🤔🙈🤣🤣🤣🤣.
Anyone know what was being shouted out, just out of interest??
Does that mean he might be again? If trump tries for a third term I hope so!
I'll be watching this in full on his Youtube channwl.
I miss intelligence in the WH. A dunce is leading America. Give it its dunce cap and sit it in the corner.
I love how he said “currently” like if they open the door for the possibility of a third term he will jump in!
Maga is the epitome of the tribalism Obama spoke about. Us against them. Zero sum. Someone with that mentality should *never* be President.
Since the SC is apparently okay with unlimited presidential terms...I'd vote for Obama a third time. Wouldn't you?
I love Obama, but he's a lousy speaker when it's not scripted.
whoa... good on ya. talking about mindset in this way.
The full program is on MSN and is great
October 7th is Putin's birthday. Apropos of nothing accept that Vlad, and terrorists in general, love those types of symbolic dates.
Obama is such a great speaker. He was a true gem as president.
I wish you were the president!
“You bought it, now you have to own it.” These people in the crowd just want to complain and not confront their own flawed thinking and choices.
No shit Sherlock. I found that out as a 12-year-old boy standing in a temple for hours, listening to a rabbi dictate a diatribe of bullshit. Tribalism is a downfall of mankind.
I miss having an eloquent president
@barackobama.bsky.social Just hollow words with no impact. You need get actually actively involved and DO something to stop this madness, such making the necessary phone calls to mobilize. History calls only once.
History already called, he answered, white voters said no.
He was actively involved & talked himself hoarse before November 2024. He tried then to do something to stop this. Blame the majority of white voters, they should have done something. Fact, Dems haven't won the white vote since the passage of the Civil Rights Act. NOT a coincidence.
No he doesn't LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. All he gotta do now is stay black and die.
Obama: High intelligence and competence, high moral character, pure class, best President since JFK.
No American president has ever had any of those qualities
Complete bullshit. Plenty of American Presidents have had those qualities. They include Lincoln, TR, FDR, Eisenhower, JFK, Carter and Obama.
Fdr literally had internment camps
most u.s. presidents could be charged with any number of crimes - in the last 60 years all (including obama) have been responsible for millions of civilian deaths through bomb strikes, sanctions etc etc i don't argue w/liberals. they never admit this stuff. at least not when it's one of "theirs".
What was being yelled at him?
From what I've seen in other clips, someone was trying to blame what's happening in Gaza on him. "Why aren't you stopping this?" Dude, he's NOT the President.
JFC man... Folks like him are annoying
Beset by ignoramuses.
Exactly this. Tribal mentality is the problem. I do not feel kinship to a TRIBE, I feel connection and kinship to people who share my ideals. Truth. Justice. That's what we should be about. IDEALS not tribes.
He's not President of the US "currently"! 🤔
Calm, always cool Obama. He is missed.
I keep getting videos that just freeze and won't play further at the 1-minute mark. Driving me nuts.
Same. I have to back out of the post, come back in, restart the vid, forward to where it froze and hit play. For a 3-min vid, I have to do it at least three times. I can’t figure out if it’s my phone or the app, but it’s damned annoying. Esp since I only press play on the vids I really want to see
Sure wish he was....sigh
💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Maga will try to hold anybody accountable for this s*** show Except the person who is Currently the President.🤣🤣🤣🤣
I miss him. I miss his ability to critically sink. I miss his compassion and empathy. I miss that he was a president for all Americans, not just the ones that agreed with him.
*think
I miss thoughtful sentences
This is why Obama shall always remain a great President, unlike the fascist scumbag currently in office. 86/47 Reject fascism! Revolution is now or never! 🌊🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈🟧🩸🌍💙
I LOVED most of this. Hamas and the Oct 7 attack are a direct result of ISRAEL DEHUMANIZING people. Trapping them in an open air jail and denying basic humanities. Then it got worse and worse until someone rose up! Oct 7 was NOT deserved by all of it's victims. IT WAS DESERVED BY EVERY ZIONIST!
You literally just made his point.
Trying to drive it home for those that didn't all the way get it.
Do you get it? Feels like you don't?
Ok, explain please.
Don't dehumanize any group of people.
They are very much dehumanizing themselves! I'll stop when they stop, Not until they stop!
“They”. You really don’t get it, do you?
Yes, I absolutely understand. Our way of life is under DIRECT attack by a specific group of people. That group of people does not include me or most people on this site. Hence referring to that group as “ They”! I did not choose fascism, “they” did! When they stop the hate I will too. Them first!!
This is like the Russia Ukraine war. If Russia puts down their guns there will be no war. If Ukraine puts down their guns there will be no Ukraine! There is very obvious right and wrong and you are chastising me for categorizing the evil that currently threatens my existence! Get on team democracy!
The Hatfields and the McCoys, on steroids.
His name hasn't been on a ballot in thirteen years. They still want him to be a Magic Negro.
Especially when they either voted FOR this or stayed home!
Just the dumb ones
Wouldn’t be surprised if he voted for Russian grifter Jill Stein, but here he is yelling at a man that has one vote like him 😡
And don't forget, they, the Dems, left him no choice. He had to show them. Had to show us all. 😑
That's right
Word. Monique nailed it when she wrote this: www.theroot.com/obama-doesn-...
Barack the Magic Negro was a skit. Go shout during a stein appearance. Too bad you'll have to wait 3.25 yrs.
Im just a smol bean former pwesident and a leader of mwy pawty and a billionaire, what influence do I have? 😢
He isn’t the leader and there has been another President since him but yeah he knows he has influence but his point, which it’s important—people don’t hold the GOP to account so much that they know they can say stuff like he was President in 2018 Instead of Trump.
Correction. What you are is a troll. It must feel heavy to be so dark-hearted that this is what entertains you. It might be contagious. 🔇
Leftist dipshit.
Who is the guillotine for
King Louis and Robespierre.
That is even more of a jackass reply than I hoped for
Where is hiding his billions?
Epsteins island
So Obama’s billions are on epstein’s island?
Did I stutter
Congrats, you've proven my suspicions that you are a contrarian troll in spite of your claims to (ironically) the contrary. Buh bye...
Wow. Intelligence is so very much welcomed and sorely missed. Keep speaking Mr. President.
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Omg that first picture 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I know, huh. 🥺
I hate the idea of zoos. Captive animals for our entertainment. We are sick.
💯‼️😖 Only one exception for me, some zoos are equipped to take in wildlife that would not survive without intervention, for example, cougar kittens whose mother has been killed. But in general, I hate the idea of captive animals being entertainment.
I volunteer at a zoo, & I can assure that our animals would not have survived in the wild. Our habitats are built to the needs of each species and are meticulously maintained. The health & wellbeing of our animals is of utmost importance as is our commitment to conservation.
It literally makes me hurt 😓
It’s hard to look at.
You can criticize Obama, but you cant put him in the same box as the person currently destroying the box and everything in it.
I can do both
They knew it but did it anyway
He wasnt great at foreign policy, by all accounts he wasnt particularly interested in it and didnt really pay attention to the advice he was given. But he was stil a million times better than Trump and behaved in a relatively orthodox manner.
he dropped so many bombs. bin laden was practically our guy
Missed u though
i uhh missed you, too? mountain man
Fucking moron in every crowd
I'll bet he mentally added "So sit down and shut the fuck up."
Class
He speaks the truth!!
When we used to have a President who could think and express himself logically and rationally without the constant need to demonize others. This is just one of the reasons why selecting for intelligence in a candidate is so important.
I miss when we had a man with class as president. Not some incompetent man who has no place in politics.
Love the man. But the repeated “currently” seems a bit odd.
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He’s so sane. Refreshing. Isn’t it???
Say what you want about him, but it was nice to wake up every morning and not be stressed out waiting for yet another shoe to drop.
obama still has it. he is absolutely correct and its a shame everyone cant just get along.
Yes. Tribalism, taken to an extreme, becomes hatred, becomes war, becomes genocide. It reduces any who are not part of your tribe. It doesn't matter who "you" are, what your tribe is - if you deny the humanity of those outside the tribe, you are just as bad. Keep that in mind as we try to live
through the next few years. Do we want to be dozens of little tribes fighting each other while the largest tribe takes aim and pulls the triggers that make us fight each other? Or do we want unity, so that human rights and peace can prevail? Can we end tribalism in the name of humanity?
Let's not discount the way hate and division hides behind religion. youtu.be/EOkiK-_EFuI?... youtu.be/EOkiK-_EFuI?...
great song!
I saw him here in February and he played it. Cried through the whole thing.
He shouted at Obama because if he tried to do it to Chump, he'd be arrested.
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It hurts how much I miss having a president that represents the entire country and thinks before speaking
Obama nailed it. Again.
True, but the policies you set in motion still shape the world we’re living in. You don’t get to just wash your hands of it now — history remembers and so do we.
If only he had preference or concluded with MOFO! IMO! Just a thought how much ‘flavor’ that would have brought! 😂🤷🏽♀️
He has so much class
“Currently“? 🤔 #Obama2028
"...currently."
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“The mind set that some people are more important than others” He said all the things right there but yall didn’t hear em though.
perfect? No, but he was so very much a step in the right direction and now we find ourselves fallen off the cliff.
the every day reminder that he is the idiot President who caused the war in Ukraine, and his 2013 refusal of the French offensive in Syria caused millions of Syrian deaths, and a refugee crisis in Europe foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/11/o...
What led up to this...
The blame falls on hate. The same hate that Trump breeds. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2025/09/ever...
We should always be wary of political leaders spreading hate. And yet,people keep on being taken in & many end up committing horrendous crimes. Will humans ever learn to keep away from supposedly "strong" leaders such as Hitler, Mussolini, Franco & now Netanyahu & Trump? Hate is a terrible adviser.
Well put. I wish I would have wrote that.
Thank you. :)
But it is nothing in comparison with your spot-on analysis. It reminded me of books I read quite a while back, such as "Sophie's choice", as well as a German writer called Ernst Wiechert. If I remember correctly, he was a teacher who spoke against Hitler when the burning of books took place.
He ended up in Buchenwald, but was finally released & eventually got back to writing. It also reminded me of what some of my relatives went through. My parents were children in occupied France during WW2 & had many memories.
I sometimes wonder if they are going to someday try and silence people like me. The thought of that inspires me more right now. I am an 72 year old man trying to make a better country for my grandchildren. Sometimes it is frustrating because sometimes I think no one is reading or listening.
Well, we have made our feelings very clear publicly on BlueSky. So, I guess that if we do end up in a dictatorship, we might be spotted as the "enemy". You would be more exposed than me with 30 000+ followers, but I guess a dictatorship would first go after the ones with millions of followers.
Still, your amount of followers tells me many people listen to you. So, you certainly should not feel that no-one listens to you. Many of us do. It is really good to listen to a calm & peaceful voice when there is so much anger & violence around us.
Like you, I worry about the future of the younger generation & the mess we are leaving them with. Sadly, my husband & I did not produce any offspring, but we still ended up with lovely nephews, nieces & their children. Their future is what matters now.
Thanks. I am just trying to bring some common sense into this world.
Yup. What us little guys have to say sometimes is better and has more common sense than most guys with millions.
You can say that again. It seems to me that having too much money has given some billionaires grandiose delusions, has also made them barking mad & in urgent need of an empathy transplant. :(
Thank you.
President Obama could fart a more articulate sentence than Donald Trump could speak.
Link to this whole discussion please???
He was replying to someone outside screaming something like “Genocide”…I was in audience and we could barely understand it. Thankfully, Obama is gracious and addressed it.
What the USA thinks it's #1 in (and its actual rankings): Life Expectancy: 46th FreePress: 42nd Healthcare: 30th Education: 26th Happiness: 23rd Freedom: 17th What the USA is #1 in: Military Spending Number of Billionaires Incarceration Bankruptcy filings Medical debt Gun deaths
"Number 1" line is a coping mechanism. Always has been. Other countries focus on solving problems and being better, we focus on appearances and our low self esteem. Also being number 1 isn't always good either. We do have the high score in school gun violence.
Oh how we need him or someone of his caliber in US Leadership today!
I miss the Obama's so much! Respect. Empathy. Intelligence.
The do something gang really think shouting at PBO, HJ & CS are going to make up forget they’re the ones who got us into this mess.
Omg spit it out man! Jfc no doubt he fancies himself an orator 🙄
No doubt you fancy yourself clever.
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As is often the case, he hits the nail on the head. I've been thinking a lot about that "zero-sum mindset" lately. It is clearly animating everything the Republicans and Donald Trump have been doing. The world doesn't have to be zero-sum. Curing cancer is not zero-sum.
We wish you were, Mr. Obama
If he was, we were not in this mess.
#Obama3rdterm
Now that is how a true President speaks!
Sure, do miss President Obama and Biden
The whole clip is great
Great at skirting responsibility and blaming occupied people for their own slaughter.
Do you disagree with his assertion that the conflict in Israel is built on a foundation of tribal contempt from both groups? Do you actually think that the people who purposely killed civilians on October 7th had no agency, because they were “occupied people?” Did they have no agency in 1936 also?
If you read the history of the past 140 years in what is now Israel, it is quite clear that what he’s saying is exactly correct, mutual tribal contempt for the other group is the foundation of the conflict.
The translation for what Jews were called by their neighbors was “children of death” because whenever power changed hands or any violence took place there, they took the brunt of it, for 2000 years they were a weak and powerless group regularly looted and slaughtered.
When the Zionists arrived from Europe they also believed themselves superior to the local population and assumed they would help civilize the place. Both side thought they were better than the other, just like he said.
Israel is an apartheid state committing ethnic cleansing and genocide. Period. Full stop. There is no other topic related to the Zionist state that's worth having. Their actions cannot be justified.
I agree, but Hamas would be also also, they just don't control the territory. I disagree, his point is worth making, contempt is the root of all inhumane atrocities, we must strive not to hold other tribes in contempt, Israel is the cautionary tale. I agree, they cannot.
Israel is a white supremacist ethno-state. I'm afraid they need to be held in contempt by the entire world.
JFC 🤦🏼 This gasbaggery again 💨 Go awaaaaay 🛩️🌋
The only person I heard being blamed was Trump, rightfully so. Yet people have all the ire for someone who hasn't been president in roughly a decade.
I can explain. Obama sold out the country. He gave Isreal the hardware & tech to do a genocide, bailed out Wall Street instead of main street, gave us expensive heathcare instead of universal care, then after entering office in debt he left leaving worth tens of millions of dollars. He gave us Trump
Trump voters gave us Trump
No, neoliberal policy gave us Trump.
You are a Nazi
Lol gimme a break
You don't think that Dems crafting policy that helps the donor class at the expense of the working class is what created an environment that allowed the rise of fascism? The Dems & the GOP share the same donors. Are you the blind or ignorant of history? Like how do think fascists come to power? JFC
I'm a janitor. Quit lecturing the working class about what is best for us. What is wrong with you?
What's best for you? Do tell.
I love how many “Marxist” accounts like that one have nothing but rant after lecture after rant. They don’t know shit, they haven’t done shit, and they expect us all to bask in their received wisdom.
They are also racists as hell and forget black people are the working class as well often. I have yet to meet a leftist in real life who has ever been as poor as I am funny that.
Those bastards! /snark/ www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
This argument is essentially, "here's crumbs, now shush." No.
President Biden & his Administration had the best recovery from the Covid pandemic in the world. Also handed over a good economy to the GOP regime - Gang Of Pedophiles or pedo defenders www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Posting propaganda memes isn't an argument
WE WERE HERE THE WHOLE TIME. WE WITNESSED EVERYTHING. In your words, "JFC" are you just an arrogant TROLL, or a sop for the fascists?
JFC, delete your account.
She is the dumbest person alive
Do tell, counselor. What's dumb about what I posted?
The expensive healthcare part for one. Do you even remember the before times? Shit was prohibitively expensive. Do you remember the healthcare debates of 2009? He tried first for Universal. Wasn’t politically feasible.Then attempted the public option. Also wasn’t politically feasible.
I appreciate you making this argument. It's a legit argument on its face. However, they did not try for universal care. In fact Obama & leadership opposed it from the start. They were beholden to donors on the issue. They had the votes, but chose not to push for it. Obama rejected single payer.
This POLITICO piece was written contemporaneously in 2009
Everything
Okay lib
Okay op
Thanks. I appreciate it.
oKaY LiB
No arguments, just memes and identity politics. That's why you keep losing.
You are a stupid person making stupid arguments. You deserve nothing but memes and old crappy ones at that.
Shit lib
You're still posting.
rAdiCaL MaRxiSt
So are you, shit lib.
Omg shut up
GFYS. The block button is right there, shit lib.
You can't even spell Israel correctly
Always a gentleman
What did the person say? I have played it several times and can’t hear it clearly enough.
Damn, being the President of the United States ages you beyond your years and people wondered WHY Michelle Obama had enough, maybe @kamalaharris.com is actually the “winner” in all of this, avoiding the Stochastic Terrorism of the #MAGA cult
“Currently” 😃
HE has control..... SO FOREIGN POLICY BITES BACK!! THE WORD IS NO!! CURE YOUR COUNTRY!! x
He rules.... Even when He doesn't.. #Hiswifelethimsaythat
IF HE TRIES FOR A 3RD TERM! YOU ARE IT!! x GAME ON!! XXX
Now that’s Presidential Material! 💙💙💙💙
Yes, it is👍🏾
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I will never understand the people that act like a previous president is responsible for magically fixing the current one's shit...
Okay but it’s disingenuous to omit over 75 years of chronic violence by suggesting that this timeline began with 10/7, although coming from the President who oversaw possibly the most bombings in the region, that is perhaps expectable.
The two-state solution is dead because of Trump and voters in Dearborn, Michigan.
Those voters in Dearborn are now scared because our police have partnered and are training with ICE. We even have our own ICE detention facility. There are regrets.
Nope
It's back on the table. Europe will make it happen. The rest of the world will follow. Trump (or more accurately Miller) will be left floundering.
Go yell at Trump and see how you get treated by a fucking dictator.
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Always a class act.
Yes, he is👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
And they are also bombing the shit out of those children. Foolish man. I expected more
My $deity, the difference between Obama ad-libbing it and Turd just trying to read something written for toddler brains...
I cried watching this. miss this decency so much.
Why
these reactions are CRAZY
I really miss this man!
BUT YOU'RE THE REASONABLE PARENT SO OF COURSE WE COMPLAIN TO YOU!
His pauses are getting longer.
Because more now than ever before in human history, words/gestures are used to smear individuals and their messages. It is necessary to take time to pause to carefully consider and use the most appropriate words possible so as to not misspeak and have soundbites used against them and their messages.
WE NEED THIS NOT A 🤡💩
Refreshing to hear a man think before he speaks
"currently". One can wish.
someday we need to have thoughtful leaders again.
It’s so refreshing to listen to someone who methodically thinks before they speak and then articulates their point in a constructive manner. I miss that so much.
That's education versus no education.
Brains vs brainless.
That'll do. Lol.
Such absolute *class*! I miss that so much. #ObamaClass
You have no idea how much I miss a President who is smart, thoughtful, and insightful...and can articulate a complicated subject. Or, maybe you do.
Damn, I miss this man. ❤️🥺
I’m with Obama and Waltz, no one is better than, and mind your own damn business.
*Walz
*Walz. No "t".
Thank you, my bad..too mad
This is what a statesman looks like.
To think we had this level of intelligence and thoughtfulness in the Oval Office not that long ago compared to what is there now simply breaks my heart.
If The Felon gets to run for another term...here is Our Candidate!
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He wouldn't put his family through it again.
Strange times call for Great Sacrifice. Michelle could do what ever she wanted and still be better than the garbage we have now.
He doesn't want to be our candidate. He won't be our candidate. Begging him to be our candidate is selfish. Same with Michelle. They're done.
Times change. All good men rise to meet the moment.
If I was Obama I wouldn't. But maybe he's that kind of patriot. But of course if they wipe their fascist asses with the constitution like that anyway, they'll make sure *only* Turd can run for a 3rd time.
I'm with you on that. American citizens aren't vested enough in democracy to warrant the constant abuse the presidency entails.
Times have changed and the AH in chief won’t even finish this term.
It's not like the runner-up is an improvement. 🙄
True that. But he doesn’t have “it“ with the cult
True. But he's in good with the dark tech bros.
Who are all on notice.
Broligarchs. We still hold the power to choose where we spend our cash. Elmo and the rest of the real parasites suck our hard earned tax dollars and always have their hand out for more Who says we need an iPhone 17?
I came here to say this. If the sex offender/child rapist runs again, Obama should run again!
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His "Fire it up" speech breaks my heart bone everytime I hear it. I miss competent leadership.
"Currently"? Would he run against Trump if Trump forced a change in two-term only rules?