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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
Sun Sep 18, 2016, 04:03 PM Sep 2016

Give Me A Good Send Off? Go Vote

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/09/17/obama_i_will_consider_it_an_insult_to_my_legacy_if_you_do_not_vote_want_to_give_me_a_good_send_off_go_vote.html

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Our work's not done. But if we are going to advance the cause of justice, and equality, and prosperity, and freedom, then we also have to acknowledge that even if we eliminated every restriction on voters, we would still have one of the lowest voting rates among free peoples. That's not good, that is on us.

And I am reminded of all those folks who had to count bubbles in a bar of soap, beaten trying to register voters in Mississippi. Risked everything so that they could pull that lever. So, if I hear anybody saying their vote does not matter, that it doesn't matter who we elect, read up on your history. It matters. We've got to get people to vote.

In fact, if you want to give Michelle and me a good sendoff, and that was a beautiful video, but don't just watch us walk off into the sunset now, get people registered to vote. If you care about our legacy, realize everything we stand for is at stake, on the progress we have made is at stake in this election.

My name may not be on the ballot, but our progress is on the ballot. Tolerance is on the ballot. Democracy is on the ballot. Justice is on the ballot. Good schools are on the ballot. Ending mass incarceration, that's on the ballot right now. ...more


So much is on the ballot. I don't know how to embed the video at the site, but you should watch this speech.
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Give Me A Good Send Off? Go Vote (Original Post) Skidmore Sep 2016 OP
Yes, continue with Obama's policies and defeat the worst candidate in my lifetime. Thinkingabout Sep 2016 #1
My family will respect your legacy and vote. All of us and two more. ffr Sep 2016 #2

ffr

(22,670 posts)
2. My family will respect your legacy and vote. All of us and two more.
Sun Sep 18, 2016, 06:32 PM
Sep 2016

Hillary will continue the progress that PBO started and make new strides to take head on America's challenges. Why? Because she's a giver. She gives, gives. gives. Has done so all her life.

Meanwhile, what has her challenger done for others of his time and dedications. NOTHING. He just takes, takes, takes.

One clear choice. HRC!

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