a warm hug

[sheshe2]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

https://theobamadiary.com/2017/05/08/a-warm-hug/

Thank you, Obama~

[SunSeeker]

1. K & R

[sheshe2]

3. :)

[gademocrat7]

2. K&R!

What a great human being.

[sheshe2]

4. That he is gademocrat

[byronius]

5. Every day under Trump makes Obama glow more brightly.

Dude's a God.

[Sunlei]

6. Some good music, enjoy Aretha Franklin at the Kennedy center. Obamas were there.

Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors this year, paying tribute to Carole King, who helped co-write the song she performed &quot You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman." The Kennedy Center Honors took place on December 6th in Washington, D.C., and just aired on TV last night, hence the circulation of this footage.

[sarge43]

8. Michelle and Barack Obama, Carol King and Aretha Franklin

Can you get all that class into one room without it going super nova?

[sheshe2]

9. That was one sweet clip...

Thanks for the repost, Sunlei.

[Hekate]

7. Thank you, sheshe

It has been a horrible week, and my heart is breaking for my country.

This afternoon I found myself telling someone that I thought we had turned a corner when we elected Barack Obama -- not that we were "post-racial" or any of that woo-woo stuff, but just made a big step forward. And now it turns out that every bit of ugliness this country can lay claim to has just been festering beneath the surface...

So now, a couple of hours after that conversation, I recalled the fierce battles at DU over whether Obama should be elected in the first place. One of my responses at that time was this: Of course he's not perfect, but post-Bush, he will give us a chance to repair this country. A chance, that is all, and if we elect the Republican, we will have none.

I think we are about on the cusp of finding out whether or not we have completely squandered that chance.

Well, as Obama would be the first to say, our hope lies in ourselves... Imua.

[sheshe2]

14. I am glad I was not here then, Hekate.

He had me when he was the keynote speaker....said to myself, now there is a President. I admit when he announced I felt he was to young for the job...however the more I listened to him the more I was convinced it was the right thing for him and for us.

I know it sounds crazy, but I knew without a doubt that he would win the Presidency... both times. Not a doubt in my mind.

...............

Read this Hekate...

I wish I could have bottled the look in his eyes so all the people I know, and don't, who feel dishearten now, who are so fearful of what comes next, and who feel a sense of loss, know he is absolutely not, under any circumstances, going to stop fighting for what we believe in.

"I'm going to take a little vacation," he said, "get a little sun, but then we are right back at it. "

He told me about the work he will be doing on youth and families, on getting more people engaged in voting, on protecting liberties. Then he said the words that meant the most to me: "The best is yet to come."

http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2017/01/obama-best-is-yet-to-come.html

...............

We are not done yet. Not by a longshot.

[Wounded Bear]

10. K & R ...... nt

[BlancheSplanchnik]

11. Oh, she! Now you got me choked up!

we're all in need of a warm hug!

I love those tweets. Always dignified, Always Presidential.

[sheshe2]

17. He stood for us, Blanche.

Our President.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

19. yep ❤️

💞

[Kleveland]

12. It brings tears to my eyes.....

Every time I see a pic or video of him, or read his words.....

Why do the hateful ones in this country refuse to see the hope, unity, and humanity that he represented?

No, he is not perfect... but who among us is?

Perfection is an illusion.

Ignorance is not, look around.

And God knows.... look at the current administration!

Talk about spiteful, willful and delusional ignorance!

Pray.

[spanone]

13. Thanks sheshe2....needed that.

[hunter]

15. Obama exudes competence, confidence, integrity, and thoughtfulness.

However you regard the U.S.A. (I think we lean right) Obama is clearly one of our greatest Presidents.

It's a bloody shame that 40% of the U.S. population can't see beyond the cesspools they live in, of racism, fascism, death cult religious beliefs, and anti-intellectualism.

Trump and Pence are evil moron clowns, knobs, and tools.

I've no sympathy for the deplorables. They hate Obama because he wasn't "white" in their world view.

The only black guys they tolerate are politically inept, people like the Ben Carson and Clarence Thomas.

[grantcart]

16. Yeah thanks Obama

No really, thanks!

[luvMIdog]

18. I miss him. Thank you for making me feel safe and hopeful President Obama

miss you

[brer cat]

20. K&R

[NCTraveler]

21. Thank you, Obama. nt.