r/pics • u/JoyousCacophony • 1d ago
Politics Picture posted by President Obama on their anniversary (10/03/26)
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u/Lastburn 1d ago
Obama aged like 20 years while in office and stayed the same age after he stepped down lmao
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u/Morphik08 23h ago
Stress of the office ages all the presidents
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u/PM_ME_UR_PERSPECTIVE 20h ago
It used to only age the president rapidly. Now it ages all of us rapidly.
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u/hughperman 18h ago
It's called outsourcing, why age yourself when you can vampire an entire nation instead?
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u/stol_ansikte 19h ago
Doesn’t age the current president fast enough.
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u/IdiosyncraticSarcasm 16h ago
"The stress of the office ages all presidents, but only those who care."
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u/PandaJesus 23h ago
Though some people not enough.
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u/thefizzlee 21h ago
I don't think he's stressed, he doesn't care enough to do a good job for that
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u/FalafelSnorlax 17h ago
Stress requires an understanding of the responsibility that you have and some self-consciousness about your ability (or lack thereof) to handle it. Trump has neither.
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u/whataloadofoldshit_ 1d ago
Thanks Obama
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u/ManWithASquareHead 1d ago
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u/Phytanic 1d ago
I miss his humility and humor so much. Exemplified class and compassion.
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u/JustTheBeerLight 1d ago
Imagine a president that could read and then was capable of discussing what they just read.
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u/Bingus-Dingus- 1d ago
i was too young to know anything about politics during his time, but lord it would be nice to have someone in office who's more competent than a grade school kid
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u/ElMauru 1d ago
that is the frightening aspect: people growing up thinking this is politics.
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u/Theletterkay 1d ago
People growing up thinking idiocracy is just a boring documentary.
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u/errorsniper 1d ago
God, I really hope he had seen that subreddit at some point.
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u/uberfission 1d ago
There's no way he wasn't aware of the joke. That bit was so on point that there's no way he (or at least one of his staff members) didn't think of this as a way to own the joke and thus end it.
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u/edamommy317 1d ago
I heard an interview with Michelle (I think it was Conan O’Brien) where she joked that anything going wrong in their household was met with “thanks Obama”.
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u/JoyousCacophony 1d ago
Caption: "Happy anniversary, Michelle! I’m still the luckiest guy in the world to be with you."
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u/rbk12spb 1d ago
Compared to the current president's relationship, definitely healthier lol.
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u/ManWithASquareHead 1d ago
Still on 1st wife, 2 normal children.
Drives conservatives mad
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u/justabill71 1d ago
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u/moose2mouse 1d ago
They hate family values or something?
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u/theDarkDescent 23h ago
they hate first, and work backwards from that. They hate Obama, so they figure out a way that they must have to hate his education, his family, his objective successes. Trumps entire first platform was just to undo the good things Obama did simply because republicans were mad about it, not because of any actual policy or concern for the welfare of Americans. Millions of people voted away their own healthcare because it was nicknamed Obamacare. Literally that’s it. Threw away access to healthcare for themselves and their dependents because idiots on Fox News called it Obamacare, and Obama bad. If only they didn’t fuck over so many other people with their idiocy
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u/Marsuello 1d ago
Normal children? But she was caught smoking cigarettes a few years ago!! /s
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u/EebilKitteh 21h ago
Yeah but he wore a tan suit once. CLEARLY he's the bad guy here.
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u/percussaresurgo 1d ago
Everything about the Obamas is healthier than the current president.
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u/Feisty_Standard_2360 1d ago
Any Presidents are healthier than the current one
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u/greenroom628 23h ago
Shit, I'd take the corpse of Jimmy Carter (which still has more integrity in one finger than the whole administration) over the diaper wearing waste of space in the oval
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u/eamus_catuli_ 1d ago
They actually touch! Affectionately!
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u/Xfuck1tX 1d ago
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u/GiraffeLiquid 1d ago
If my husband and I still feel that way after a life of ups and downs and everything between I’ll be pretty happy.
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u/panicradio316 1d ago edited 1d ago
The 2008 US election was awesome. I vividly remember the great vibe it spread everywhere, and I'm from Europe.
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u/DragonHawk23 1d ago
I was allowed the privilege even in rural Midwest (thanks to my librarian who has now passed, what a wonderful woman for so many reasons) because the LIBRARIAN of all people pushed back against the school administration to orchestrate things so that every student could watch his inauguration. I ate my cold pizza and potato smiles while I watched, on a bigass tv wheeled in on a cart, the first black president get inaugurated. There were no black kids in that room. To my memory 1 in that entire K-8 school. But the influence that held on every single one of us cannot be overstated. Mrs. Hilficker, thank you. Bumfuck nowhere Indiana needed you, and you showed out. I miss class in the Oval Office
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u/Theletterkay 1d ago
My school did a mock election and i remember being the only white girl confidently walking over and sitting on the obama side. I had a ton if friends on his side and they were all whooping and hollaring saying i was the only white girl with a brain. Cracked me up.
The south is just weird.
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u/TractorFan247 1d ago
I miss the Obamas so much. I miss people with maturity in leadership and a President abd First lady actually being in love with eachother.
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u/Lola-Ugfuglio-Skumpy 1d ago
I mean, Joe Biden had a lot of struggles but he and Dr. Jill definitely seem to be in love. They’re not Barack and Michelle in love, but who is??
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u/pc_jangkrik 18h ago
Not an American, but i miss politician that see people as people. Not just numbers nor tools
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u/The_TerryGantnerWay 1d ago
Bought a sundae at McDonald’s when the results came in that he won. The ice cream machine was working! Thanks Obama!
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u/snuff3r 1d ago
My entire company was in the lunch room watching. I saw so many tears of happiness that day. This is in Australia, and we had one American in our company. He was the only one still at his desk, working, and man was he angry - he was a very proud GOP supporter.
As a sign of just crazy different our country's politics are, noone even understood what he was so pissed about. Politics ain't that charged over here, so it made no sense.
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u/MartinScorchMCs 1d ago
It was great. I loved it as a white American. I hoped it would be the final nail in the coffin of racism but the opposite happened
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u/Spider-man2098 1d ago
Every action has its equal and opposite reaction. But hopefully, this is more of a ‘two steps forward, one step back’ situation.
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u/LittleBlag 20h ago
Does it feel like only 1 step back? I’m asking genuinely. As a non American it feels like a lot more regression but I won’t pretend to be an expert on policy or everyday American life
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u/MagicNakor 1d ago
I'm Canadian and I sought out and saved the TIME issue with Fairey's portrait. It's hard to express the feeling in retrospect but that election was a watershed moment.
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u/veryverythrowaway 1d ago
Fox News told us back in those days that the whole world lost all respect for us when we did that. Now look.
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u/ScallionAltruistic23 1d ago
I'm an Australian and it granted so much respect to America. Now it's all gone. I know there are good Americans but the whole country is absolutely done for me (and millions of others), I'll never trust the US again.
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u/manofmystry 1d ago
I volunteered for his campaign. It was electric.
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u/norcalruns 1d ago
Every speech made me cry. The hope he gave us, and still gives us is priceless. What a man, what a couple, and what a time to experience.
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u/anfroholic 1d ago
I was in Grant Park on election night. It was really something.
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u/CaydeTheCat 1d ago
So was I. The feeling was just like 10K volts going through us. It was amazing.
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u/ChepaukPitch 1d ago
I remember when the elections were called around noon and someone shouted landslide and we were so jubilant. We were in India. It was a whole another vibe. Obama was so charismatic. He still is.
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u/BBs_a_flyin 1d ago
I was traveling in Europe for a few months after he was elected and you guys were stoked. I was too. Good times
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u/MythicJerryStone 1d ago
It's so refreshing once in a while to go back and watch old speeches and debates from the Obama-era. I just don't know if we're ever going to get that back.
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u/Blazanar 1d ago
So do I and I was a Canadian highschool student lol.
It was so cool, you know, before the financial collapse that same year but it was cool! Not that I'm blaming Obama for that, obviously.
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u/Cutthechitchata-hole 1d ago
That shit pissed off the right so much we are still sufferimg the consequences. They say he made them that way. Why? Just by being an amazing man or because he's a man of color?
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u/Chrono_Convoy 1d ago
Anything but that tan suit
What a scandal
Now let’s check in on the current -
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u/AGrandNewAdventure 1d ago
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u/gideon513 1d ago
Nah she deserves it
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u/Lyndon_Boner_Johnson 1d ago
#FuckMelania (and not in a good way)
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u/JoyousCacophony 1d ago
#DeportMelania
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u/Cj_cruzz 1d ago
Many say the best and most qualified Einstein visa immigrant ever. Truly deserving.
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u/BaldursFence3800 1d ago
Glad to see this starting to be used.
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u/YourmomgoestocolIege Jade is the best, jade is life 1d ago
It's almost straight up out of a mockumentary. I just wish it really were.
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u/OwnerOfCat 1d ago
The Marines assigned to this post should really consider switching to brown gloves.
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u/Lost-Procedure93 1d ago
I wish I could wake up tomorrow to find that Obama is president, my Dad is still alive, my husband is still alive, and NONE of this nightmare AKA Trump ever happened. Oh what joy, what bliss!!!
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u/vivariium 23h ago
Ugh my heart goes out to you. My dad passed right after Trump was elected the first time. I hadn’t started dating my partner yet at that point though. I can’t even imagine… sending you hugs
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u/rustfungus 1d ago
I miss them.
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u/Nippelmoe 1d ago
Many people I know do and I don't even live in the US...
Edit: typo
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u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener 1d ago
I'd say a lot of the other world leaders and governments do too. Even if they disagreed on policy or trade, they likely saw him as not only more reasonable to deal with and a proper statesman, but also more dependable with regards to honoring agreements, whether they were his own or from prior administrations. Sure, some people who know how to manipulate Trump can get what they want out of him, but it's like dealing with a chaotic agent in that you never know if he will suddenly go back on his word if he finds it isn't good for him financially or personally. He will throw allies under a bus if it gains him anything.
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u/peazley 1d ago
That’s because that’s how normal politics/business works. You come to an agreement and hold it. You do this to keep the relationship going forward. You compromise. You don’t always get your way, but you gain respect between parties so that you can work together in the future.
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u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener 23h ago
It just shows that Trump doesn't understand a positive sum game, only a zero sum one where someone has to be the loser. He has no concept of both parties getting something they want out of the deal and collectively everyone walking away better for it. It's in the language he uses and the shit "deals" he makes.
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u/wjandrea 1d ago
you never know if he will suddenly go back on his word
As Mark Carney said, his agreements are signed in pencil.
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u/64590949354397548569 1d ago
The best show on earth became a nightmare to everyone.
I need fill up my car.
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u/ThrowRA-James 1d ago
Best president in our lifetime
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u/wireknot 1d ago
Kennedy, Carter & Obama have been the best 3 in my lifetime. But yeah, I get ya.
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u/Aggravating_Speed665 1d ago
How is it you're still awake at this hour?
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u/Black08Mustang 1d ago
They may be in California and just finished the late news at 6.
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u/GlitteringLocal6507 1d ago
Whenever either of them pop up on my screen again I feel relieved until I remember 😢
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u/PastaSaladOverdose 1d ago
Same. Obama always gave me hope that maybe our country was healing. Incredible speaker, always drove the point home with a personal touch.
Can't say I feel the same way now.
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u/sweatboxy 1d ago
Trolling Trump every single
day by being happy, decent and successful human beings.
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u/Fair-Juggernaut-3812 1d ago
He can pull every shit con in the book but there’s not one to make someone actually love you. I’m sure that’s driven him crazy his whole life.
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u/sweatboxy 1d ago
He hasn’t got a single friend in the world, not even a dog.
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u/Aggravating_Speed665 1d ago
Tbf he did have one friend but he had him 86'd in NYC during custody.
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u/mouthsmasher 21h ago
Every time I see a picture of the Obamas I can’t help but think, “I have never seen nor could I ever imagine a similar photo of Donald and Melania Trump.” In photos of the Obamas you can always sense genuine happiness, warmth, joy, care, or love. You will never see Trump or Melania smile like this, much less when they’re together in the same photo.
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u/_Fizzgiggy 23h ago
I sure miss the Obamas. They were so classy. Imaging your major scandal being wearing a tan suit???
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u/SweetLoLa 22h ago
Wholesome vibes for sure. Truly miss it. It’s unfortunate that the American government is a long running sham of shady money and the tainted/henious values of immoral rich people bc he could have been the true change we needed.
Anyways, hoping tomorrow is the day! 🤞🤞
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u/MyEggDonorIsADramaQ 21h ago
Have you forgotten she wore a sleeveless dress for her portrait? (clasping my pearls)
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u/SockMonkeyLove 1d ago
Dang, she is still stunning. They really do seem like a happy couple.
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u/sawyerandwinn 1d ago
I came to see if anyone else commented this specifically. Absolutely beautiful person! Not that it matters, just a compliment 😊
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u/ericbewildered 1d ago
I dont care what anyone thinks ...
An older couple being that happy in love still after all those years?
I grew up in the Midwest. I appreciate that shit.
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u/sawyerandwinn 1d ago
I just thought the same thing. so sweet. I love that they still seem so happy together
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u/anothergenxkid 1d ago
Our most eloquent modern president and his equally charismatic wife!
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u/traugdor 1d ago
I didn't even vote for him and I still miss him.
EDIT: to clarify, I wasn't old enough to vote for him. :)
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u/sawyerandwinn 1d ago
same I was a little kid when he was in and didn't know how good we had it. I was in early middle school when it all went downhill lol.
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u/Pops_Perkins 1d ago
Trump will consider this an escalation. Some how this is also Canada’s fault
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u/64590949354397548569 1d ago
Let's see what FOX says.
It's Biden"s fault
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u/Project_XXVIII 1d ago
No no, us Canadians are more than happy to shoulder the blame, we’re good like that.
Sorry.
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u/ReniSquire 22h ago
The last President that was respected by the rest of the world.
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u/jeffwinger_esq 16h ago
Crazy work. The only reason Russia didn’t take Ukraine in 2022 is because Biden martialed Europe to help. That is respect.
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u/icare890 1d ago
This is what a real president and First Lady looks like. I miss them and the world as it was back then. Hope we can fix this mess.
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u/0_IceQueen_0 1d ago
President Obama defined class and integrity in office. You don't know what you've got till it's gone. 😪
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u/junkeee999 19h ago edited 15h ago
Remembering when normal people occupied the White House. And agree or disagree with his policies, still treated the office with dignity, never spoke ill of predecessors, even when he had every reason to, was president of all Americans, not just a select group of them and screw the rest.
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u/Available_Slide1888 18h ago
"No ma'am, he is not (an arab). He is a decent family man, citizen, who I happen to have disagreements on fundamental issues with"
John McCain
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u/Captain_Chorm 17h ago
McCain and Bush Jr would be considered liberals in this modern era.
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u/xGsGt 22h ago
Obama one of the last great leaders we had its a shame everything went down to shit after him
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u/EruvadorTurambar 1d ago
Still say she was the most beautiful first lady of my life.
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u/ProfessionalCLA 1d ago
They look so fit and happy, meanwhile the orange fuck is fat and has dementia.
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u/ShantyLady 21h ago
I hope his smile stays electric until the day he passes on. It's so friendly and so bright.
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u/Miserable-Land-9203 1d ago
They packed up all the class, and took it with them when they left the Whitehouse.
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u/pmojo375 1d ago
He was such a cool dude. And his whole being president thing wasn't all that bad either.
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u/wrongitsleviosaa 1d ago
He wasn't perfect but he was really fucking cool, and 2016 was the last time the world had respect for America. Not to dunk on Joe, he wasn't terrible, but dear God y'all are gonna need like 30 years to recover from the last 10 and the next 2.
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u/Zerowantuthri 17h ago
I swear they just keep getting better looking. The both of them. Sure they have aged but done it in the best way possible. She looks sooo much younger than she is and Barack has aged like a fine wine. That salt-and-pepper hair suits him well. Both are in excellent shape.
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u/PeB4YouGo 1d ago
Canadian opinion here, for what it’s worth, I thought the US was heading in the right direction when he was voted in and throughout his presidency, he was respected by the world. We miss him too.
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u/BlubberyGiraffe 1d ago
You love to see it. This is why he lives tent in free in Dorito Mussolini's dome because of the this. A genuinely happy man with a genuinely wonderful wife, living a genuinely happy life.
All the while he slowly rots, unable to make anyone happy, with his body resembling scrambled egg in a sock.
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u/No-SkillBill 1d ago
She’s still a stone-cold fox, insane those MAGA nut jobs equate her to anything otherwise
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u/DrHarrisonLawrence 1d ago
I still have conservative idiots saying her shoulders are too big. What a bunch of fuckwads
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u/604wrongfullybanned 1d ago
He was in London and they routed the motorcade a different way than announced. My friends gf was in a black cab and the black cabbie had been stopped so the motorcade could pass and he kept excitedly saying "I SEEN HIM!" Even in a random pharmacy in London they turned it up when he gave his speech in Berlin, I remember it like yesterday
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u/LagerthaFreya 1d ago
It's heartwarming to see a picture of a First Couple who obviously love each other!
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u/Daedelus451 1d ago
Such a great looking couple, very loving and smart and honest. I am married 31 years to the same woman, with her 35 years, and I read a great article about the Obamas and it struck me, me and my wife are similar. “We argue, sure, when i wrong Michelle shuts me down” hahaha that made me smile, my very smart wife lets me know when i am wrong and i let her know when she is wrong, we bicker, we love, we laugh, we love each other and damn, I miss this great couple and I miss Barack Obama running our country with integrity and honesty.
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u/Ok_Replacement4702 1d ago
Don't know what you got
'Til it's gone
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u/kwaping 1d ago
No, we knew
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u/sincerelyryan 1d ago
We totally did. We were on cloud 9 living our lives not having to keep up daily news. It was like being a kid and getting a great stable dad. If anything I don't think we knew how many floors the elevator could possibly go down.
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