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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama's parting words: 'We're going to be OK'
Source: CNN, by Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer
Barack Obama used his departing words as President Wednesday to offer an assured -- if not entirely optimistic -- outlook for a country governed by Donald Trump.
"At my core I think we're going to be OK," Obama said as he concluded his final news conference at the White House. "We just have to fight for it, work for it, and not take it for granted."
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In his question-and-answer session with reporters, Obama said that after two terms of political warfare with Republicans, he was emerging unbowed in his faith in the US and its citizens. But he continued to express concerns about his successor's stance on Russia and his readiness for office.
"I believe in this country. I believe in the American people. I believe that people are more good than bad," Obama said. "I believe tragic things happen. I think there's evil in the world, but I think at the end of the day, if we work hard and if we're true to those things in us that feel true and feel right, that the world gets a little better each time."
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Read it all at: http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/18/politics/obama-final-news-conference/index.html
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Obama's parting words: 'We're going to be OK' (Original Post)
yallerdawg
Jan 2017
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As am I, Lisa. I am sliding into retirement and was SO HAPPY at the thought of Madame President
CurtEastPoint
Jan 2017
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Skittles
(153,160 posts)1. yes, I'm sure they will be just fine
DavidDvorkin
(19,477 posts)2. The wealthy will be okay
Not so, the rest of us.
LisaM
(27,812 posts)3. No.......
I thought that was going to be one of the happiest days of my life, seeing a woman I'd admired for a long time sworn in as our first Madame President. Not only will that not happen, Hillary Clinton will never be president now. I guess the jury's out on how "OK" I'll be, but I'm still feeling the wound.
CurtEastPoint
(18,644 posts)4. As am I, Lisa. I am sliding into retirement and was SO HAPPY at the thought of Madame President
Now we have this shitbag.