franklyscarlett
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And by best parts, I mean pretty much all of it.
StarscreamAndHutch
I had forgotten how a US President was supposed to sound.
oldguyexlurker
I had not forgotten, but have certainly pined for a return to a modicum or more of intelligent discourse.
Kmpapples
HalloIamherenow
It feels like it's been so long since we had a president that sounded like a competent and level headed adult
twfeline
I remember the first few weeks of Trump's reign, when we were all holding our breath, waiting for him to act or say something presidential.
notanonymous
twfeline
Thanks. I had forgotten that one.
Sarahsmomhasgotitgoingon
LaffertyDanie1
I actually thought her speech was even more powerful
tinyfootprints
He came on last night just as I was going to bed. I just couldn't turn the TV off while he was speaking. I miss him a lot.
mrmartini
He should start doing a weekly podcast for those who miss listening to a coherent president ... call it The Fireside Chat.
Rdj326
"Murdered with words"
MantisTobagganMD
Strumming my pain with his fingers singing my life with his words. Killing me softly with his song.
duffusd
As a conservative, God I miss this man
OlderWiser
We haven’t had a conservative President since Clinton.
AsianLeprechaun
This makes me miss him even more.
stabbedintheface
Thanks Obama. No, seriously...thanks.
horseman05
When a President had Class.
turelhimvampire
Barack Obama is going to be looked upon very favourably by the history books. In no small part to Trump dismantling everything he could 1/2
turelhimvampire
2/2 that Obama built. Trump is such a moron the irony will be forever lost on him too.
OverpricedCrayon
I often wonder how Trump will be viewed 50 years from now. I dont expect it to be positive, but I wonder if it'll be cleaned up a little (1
OverpricedCrayon
Due to the simple fact of memories and feelings of what its like right now fading. (2
Emiloo74
Yeah. Look at how people view GW Bush now. He's got a shine he def did not have when he left office.
SunAnvil
ArgoniteTheFirst
Been awhile since this gem has cropped up. A classic
Starfox5
Damn, he can give a speech.
iwantyoutothrowmeaway
P.S. as a white man who grew up around white racists .... fuck you racist scurvy scum morons.
dudedude09
Quite literally, a vote for Trump is a vote against democracy. Surreal.
fudgesickle
If democracy in the USA fails, democracies across the world will be impacted negatively.
awesomazing89
Not American, but the way I've seen the world shift in 4 years, 4 more years of Trump will undo democracy in a lot of countries, not just US
spiffylookingnerfherder
" I'm ok with that. I see a lot of faces out there that deserve to be eaten by leopards."
TheOtto
you're ok with voting for trump? or ok with each vote against him being for defending your "democracy"
Corrodias
I think it was a quote, or an imitation of someone, with the double quotes around it. Granted, it's hard to be 100% sure (Poe's Law).
spiffylookingnerfherder
https://www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace/
TheOtto
That's a lot of crazy topics in there
spiffylookingnerfherder
Oh yeah; it's a trip.
GreaseMonkeyOfLove
That’s as close to an “angry rant” I’ve ever heard him come, and yet it still sounds more presidential than anything trump has said...ever.
OverpricedCrayon
You should listen to the one his wife made, she was getting emotional.
DrKriegersClone
Righteous indignation rant, perhaps.
Sheprador
We need Luther to decipher this.
squirrelfartsy
protools1983
I don’t know, remember when the Senate wouldn’t budge on common sense gun control after the millionth school shooting. Ol Barry had it!
twfeline
I remember the first few weeks of Trump's reign, when we were all holding our breath, waiting for him to act or say something presidential.
spicepoet
Shut down park services, and sell the land since they hate me! Biggest inauguration crowds ever! Fake News! was what we got though.
Sheprador
I wasn’t.
LurkingAtTheOffice
ThePunishersVengefulBrother
I read it in his voice.
LegendofMagnus
But did it take you 40 minutes with the pauses?
Ploty
I wasn't aware, but it's true!
MiraIsABear
I listen to his books on audible regularly just to hear his calm soothing voice saying smart and meaningful things
uoeno
vranky
Bet you can’t do it in your head withTrumps voice
Acrage
We all did. Such a powerful, much needed voice.
AirKav
Me too
dissembler1
We watch vids, esp him at the WH correspondence dinners, where he laughs at himself. Ahh, nostalgia
theyallwenttoMexico
I didn't but it didn't make it any less potent or compelling. Truth is truth.
Inarticulated
I'm.. gonna pre, dude. I'm gonna fucking pre.
GodzillaBoomingMarketOfDiabetes
Saneeee
gunnLX
I'm gonna fucking pre dude
MilkIsForBabiez
I read it in Donald Duck's voice
ThePunishersVengefulBrother
Love it!
MilkIsForBabiez
And I love you!
ChristosMylordos
For some reason, I read it in the voice of the guy who plays him on Epic Rap Battles of History
Br0doSwaggins
I hope they do another Epic Rap Battle for this year's election
Flowerlady0
Complete with vocal fricatives
ThePunishersVengefulBrother
I'll have to hear that. Ha.
1MAW4KEN0W
Who didn't
ScrewYouAndTheDildoYouRodeInOn
I was reading it in his voice but at some point I wasn't conscious of, it because Morgan Freeman
FractalChainsaw
I wanna see Luther's version.
MalcomTheIncubus
Samuel L Jackson’s would be good too.
ayjayn
or just Anansi -
andBingowashisNameOh
Fantastic character. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman is also an incredible book (he wrote American Gods, in case you didn’t know).
GenevaCat
I miss hearing such an eloquent, well thought out speach.
Vazzz
Digitalblade
Contrasting these two men, watching the video, I realized just how different the size of their hands are
busterkittwhistle3
But most importantly, Barack’s decency and intellect. Like oxygen to a drowning man or a man on a ventilator.
OMFGWhatHaveWeDONE
I miss functional government.
idahobeef5360
It was never functional, you just weren't paying attention.
Snooj
I'm not functional but I still get up in the morning and do my best.
OMFGWhatHaveWeDONE
Well, it's difference of being slightly out of shape and having cancer. You can safely ignore one, but the other, not so much.
filben7
More division from the former Muslim in chief, amiright? Stick to shania law and taking our guns! /S just in case.
busterkittwhistle3
Nope!!!
busterkittwhistle3
By the thats Sharia jaw.
busterkittwhistle3
I think you mixed up the law, with Shania Twain.
wlfman
It would be upvote worthy if there weren't people in the country who actually think this way... Too real to be funny.
TheCaptain00
Shania Law: everyone has to listen to Canadian country music.
VenomousFangs
Gold Jerry!
Snooj
You really can't tell any more, it's frightening. I get a lot of downvotes for comments that used to be obvious jokes.
youknowthatonepersonwiththeface
Folks have been emboldened to say the first stupid thing that pops in their head by this administration
ifyouoralovedonehavebeendiagnosedwithmesotheliomayoumaybe
Nearly four years later, he's still a better president than the current one.
Arcanum3000
A jar of mayonnaise left in the sun for 12 hours would be a better President than the current one.
Snooj
Because at least most people would have the common sense to that garbage in the trash.
ifyouoralovedonehavebeendiagnosedwithmesotheliomayoumaybe
Hella facts
MoralRectifier
Burnt Toast 2020!
AngryGraphicDesigner
Presidential AF! God I miss a president that can talk in complete sentences.
idahobeef5360
Don't vote for Biden then, he clearly can't!
CaptainStevenRogers
And Trumpty starts 12 sentences at once and never wraps up a complete idea.
FuriousBakedPotato
Neither can trump, though?
TheOtto
At least Biden doesn't sound like a 5 year old throwing a tantrum.. which by the way mister orange in chief sounds like
thegoodnoches
The fuckin boomers that say he "ruined the country" are as clueless about the world as they are about PDFs.
OverpricedCrayon
I have a fellow millennial friend that say Obama is the worst president we've ever had. When pressed for specifics though he can't give any.
idahobeef5360
You are 100% wrong!
ProcrastinatingWork
eh, maybe 20% wrong...at the most
FuriousBakedPotato
10%, tops.
dragonherder
No he's 100% right. Obama fixed a woefully broken economy and Trump road on his coat tails for awhile as far as economic growth goes.
mindstorm8191
You say we're wrong, but have no argument to back it up? Do you want to convince us or just continue shouting?
RememberTheDarkTimes
GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE NW.
TheOtto
based on your comments you sure do like the taste of fascist boots
Ginoawesomesauce
Okay boomer
PersonalityFire
https://imgur.com/user/idahobeef5360/index/worst
ThaEnder
Gross.
OverpricedCrayon
Please elaborate
sotowan
Miss that man... i remember when you had to have good grades and know how to read a write to be president. Damn i miss those times
tronicles
People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy. -Batman Begins Don't walk away this year. Stay in line. Vote blue.
STGxDante
He has those credentials. His daddy paid for them.
dwideshruud
Person, woman, man, camera, tv
truehaggerty
“covfefe”
sciencebasedlifeform
But....Biden.....
HFlashman
It‘s not about Biden (or his age), it’s about voting Cheeto Hitler out.
sciencebasedlifeform
I agree with this statement
sunyudai
"read a[nd] write"... I guess you can still be a Senator.
DarthMaulOfAmerica
I voted for Romney in 2012 and I couldn't agree more. A guy you could respect, often regardless of his policies
PoppySiddal
Plus he had binders full of women. And magical underwear. And yet looks like a superhero next to the orange guy.
DarthMaulOfAmerica
To be clear, my compliments were to Mr. Obama despite having voted for his opponent that year
BatmansUnderPantsAreSoSoft
I wasn't even much of a fan of his policies he was putting into place, but at no time when he opened his mouth did I give a sigh or get
DepressedYetBlessed
“Mission accomplished.”
BatmansUnderPantsAreSoSoft
angry he was our president. He never embarrassed us as a whole. I was mostly pissy because his healthcare idea damn near bankrupted my
BatmansUnderPantsAreSoSoft
parents.
dragonherder
Honestly it likely would of been worse, but it could also be the state you live in (if it is red) denying medicaide expansion
SecretlyASiberianHusky
You do realize that was never the case? The requirement is birth in the US and 35. That’s it. You’re making the office more than it is.
STGxDante
That's like saying we're most likely going to have a 5y.o. as the next pope... Clearly there is vetting to get the "best" people for the job
STGxDante
Best being highly subjective. It's politics after all, which is and has proven to be mostly corrupt.
TavisMcNamara
All other requirements are not in stone, but in the people. What low are we willing to accept? They were absolutely requirements. ->
TavisMcNamara
We just never set them as law.
Allthegoodnamesweretakenbeckygod
Or spell potato
TheBlaineGame
Right. How the same people who lamented that idiot can support an even bigger imbecile is beyond me
NotTheChad
Or covfefe
NotTheChad
E*
waargarbl
awesomespeler
I shouldn’t love the guy... but goddammit, George...
DepressedYetBlessed
Were you part of the protests back when he was President? Where the hell did that left go. Fuck War, and Fuck Bush.
awesomespeler
I was in Iraq 03-04. My hometown is Austin and Ann Richards was a friend of the family. I feel my original comment was profound enough
quzar
Consensus among those I know who were (I was) is that he was an absolute stooge to President Cheney.
DepressedYetBlessed
He was the fucking President!! The nazis are prosecuted for following orders, Bush gave the orders. No. Fuck him
Gerthquake
Fuckin George was an eloquent orator, a fucking lyrical genius, a wordsmith, when compared to Trump.
CptRobotNinja
Yeah but was he the voice of a generation?
WorkerLurker
He had good speechitude
uoeno
I liked all of those 3 examples in particular.
FartPoweredPogoStick
Some of you are too young to know what his presidency was actually like. I urge you to educate yourselves.
sputniknoodle
I remember him, although he wasn't my president and I was young. I gathered he was a bad president, but not a bad man. I miss that.
captcoldcrush
Oh his presidency? A fucking unholy nightmare mess, I remember that. But I also remember him dodging those shoes with a little smirk
AHeatonWriter
Thank you! It says something when people begin romanticising him. Better than Trump? Yes, but let's not forget how low that bar is.
Yuken
By the way. With a two party system, is there a scenario where the nation isn't divided? I feel like it's built in the system.
KingKelloggTheWaffleHaggler
It's almost like the parties want it that way..
twfeline
Not divided in the way, and to the extent that we are now. We're on the edge of revolt. That's very unusual and very wrong.
Seanspeed
If you've been paying any attention,the US has literally never been more divided since the Civil War. This isn't an inherent two party thing
Hatrax
No. It used to be that the parties had ideological differences, but one wasn't made up of grifting traitors. It used to be I could vote 1/
Hatrax
for my choice and if they lost, I could still sleep at night. Now it's life or death. Also, a two-party system isn't the root of the 2/
Hatrax
problem. It's first-past-the-post voting that does it. Any such system inevitably results in a two-party system. Check out this link for 3/
Hatrax
a good summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo
feryooday
Damn. this makes me almost proud to be an american again
wormfood
That's how I felt reading Mattis' letter.
NeteaPolyDruidMom
Kind of wanted to cry myself
TheBlaineGame
Almost
ceallaigh
Almost...
johnrocks
why would i be proud of where i'm born, that has nothing to do with me
Arcania85
Vote and you might get it back
KingAardvark1st
I'm not sure anything can do that for me anymore, but damn if it doesn't make me miss him. I miss not being ashamed.
MyWifeCallsMeChungus
Aussie here, head up, go vote, help make it better.
KingAardvark1st
Oh, that was the plan, I'm just not excited or proud. But yeah, I'm still doing what I can
DepressedYetBlessed
So Trump was the breaking point? Slavery, genocide of natives, illegal wars, prison population, treatment of minorities - no, it was Trump.
feryooday
who said they’re proud of Trump?
GoIIum
It is the point where the US started walking back. It was never great. It's greatness came from a desire for a better future.
TheCharedLizard
well knowing trump be wants to bring that all back
DepressedYetBlessed
Yeah, I think he wants to be a dictator. But he’s not. He hasn’t even invaded the Middle East, but he’s somehow worse then Bush?
TheCharedLizard
Bush didn't on his own invade the middle East and also didn't destroy and kill his own country for profit
Steampunkjajunk
Enough is enough dude. Fuck trump
StartedAtTheBottomNeverLeft
Im proud to be American, even though right now I'm not proud of my country. But we will heal as long as we pull together and dump Trump.
KillerAids
This country is in shambles because the left is burning it down. That is neither Trump nor his voters.
DrunkenDaveIsDrunk
How has the left been burning it down? Did the left stifle the covid response? Did the left make it more expensive for china 1
DrunkenDaveIsDrunk
to buy our exports and thus further damage the economy?
KillerAids
So you're saying that the left isn't literally burning down cities at this very moment? IMO thats much more extreme than Chinese sanctions.
pandemicmodedad
Did the left suggest that the country should stop testing for covid so the number would go down?
pandemicmodedad
You guys need to go another level and make an example of him so this kind of gov never can come into power again.
GodzillaBoomingMarketOfDiabetes
We are almost dieing of disentary
OtherErinFromTheOffice
We're trying, friend. It's so difficult, right now.
pandemicmodedad
Im surprised with how many lives hes ruined that noone tried to kill him yet.
MoveAwayAccordingly
I'm sure there were attempts, but stopped before they got close enough to execute. Secret service usually does their job well.
OtherErinFromTheOffice
There are always attempts. Even Obama had some. Secret Service/CIA must be doing something right, at least.
DepressedYetBlessed
Look, I hate Trump as a person, but what has the gov done that is so terrible? Bush started a fucking war and now gets love on Imgur. ffs
doomedlord656
I mean, im trying the devil's advocate but even I can see trump has done some shitty stuff, such as introduce huge conflicts of interest
doomedlord656
across basically every aspect of government. Exploiting them. Possibly undermining the mail system right before an election (evidence that
valanthos
He's systematically weakened all of the government's public services by placing private sector bug wigs in charge of the public services 1/#
valanthos
they compete with. He's protected and supported racists, rapists and pedofiles while condemning those who stand against them. He's 2/#
firehawkcultist
What's infuriating is Bernie was an actual candidate to vote for and not just a "at least he's not trump", his policies were actually for
Seanspeed
What's infuriating is people like you trying to push false narratives in order to push apathy. I often the feeling many of you Bernie
firehawkcultist
1st, none of what I said is false. Secondly this is for political action. We have republicans objectively hurting the country and democrats
firehawkcultist
just saying "well at least we're not as bad" while doing barely minimal without having feet put to the fire. I'm arguing for that fire
firehawkcultist
While we're vocally angry (as we should be), Bernie supporters sucked it and voted clinton and again will vote biden but get blamed by those
firehawkcultist
who're the true apathetics and ignorants
SlothMasterJ
Bernie die hard here, sooo voting for Biden. Fuck Trump.
Seanspeed
diehards would rather see Trump win just to feel better about yourselves.
firehawkcultist
every American but instead dnc chose for us Biden who like trump opposes both universal healthcare and even medicare for all while we're in
HaveGinWillBabble
Baby steps, I guess. Progress is progress.
firehawkcultist
Baby steps are infuriating when there's literal and objective better options but the dems obstruct that and only offer baby steps
firehawkcultist
the middle of a pandemic. Then come this convention, while Bernie gets to speak, he gets less time than fucking Kasich both a republican and
firehawkcultist
a literal schill. But they frame him as "moderate" for finally speaking out against trump what a high bar we've set for us.
omnicorpse
Well..even that's better than all those republicans like Ted Zodiac Cruz who opposed Trump before election and then went on to suck his dick
Ginoawesomesauce
Bruh... Bernie lost. Twice. He's 78 years old and will never be president. Get over it
TheOtto
Yet it's still better than Trump. A lifless box would still be a better outcome for the US compared to 2nd term Trump.
dedkoala
People need some sense of certainty to bring themselves to vote, this speech gives some sense of certainty for people to vote. Seeing 1/
dedkoala
messages like this tears that away. Depite your intent, you're creating the exact cynicism Obama is talking about. The exact cynicism 2/
dedkoala
that stops people from being bothered to vote, and the reason Trump may still win this election. 3/3
Camelspotting
Americans don't like policies that benefit every American.
firehawkcultist
Yes and no, they like policies that aid them but they're brainwashed to believe everyone else who uses that aid doesn't deserve any.
tduds899
Can't benefit everyone. The money has to come from someone.
Camelspotting
Who doesn't a more robust economy benefit?
tduds899
Those who are working and giving out more for other people's life choices then they are getting back in return.
Seanspeed
It's fucking horrendous people are upvoting your garbage. The DNC did not choose Biden. Voters did. And you've obviously not paid any
Seanspeed
attention to Biden's actual policy positions, you just repeating bullshit you hear others parrot. And now also spreading bullshit about
Seanspeed
convention traditions like so many other ignorant people who, again, just parrot bullshit they hear from others rather than being informed.
Seanspeed
People like YOU are why people dont vote and you're everything Obama is speaking up against. YOU are a direct cause for much of the
OverpricedCrayon
The DNC are a bunch of numbskulls that like to punch themselves in the nuts over and over and wonder why it keeps hurting.
Seanspeed
The DNC had nothing to do with Biden winning. Stop spreading dumbass conspiracy theories, ffs.
OverpricedCrayon
Simmer down. I'm not talking about Biden winning the nomination that, was fair n square. I'm talking bout its ability to lead the party.
Seanspeed
Your comment was in direct agreement with one saying that the DNC chose Biden for us. Also a bullshit claim that they dont support universal