r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 16h ago

Soft Paywall Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency - “Imagine if I had done any of this,” the former two-term president said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks-silence-on-trumps-unimaginable-presidency/
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u/Ok_Information_9382 16h ago

No. He wouldn’t have. He’s Black

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u/JadedAsparagus9639 Indiana 16h ago edited 15h ago

Yeah the first black person had to be absolutely perfect to get elected, and Obama was. They wouldn’t have made fun of him wearing a tan suit for months if they had anything else on him

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u/KarlBarx2 14h ago

Absolutely perfect in his personal life. Obama was certainly not perfect as a President, but the public doesn't care about policy, so the most common criticisms of Obama are, quite literally, skin deep.

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u/bp92009 13h ago

That's not true, he also (checks notes) wore a tan suit and (checks again) asked for Dijon Mustard that one time.

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u/The_300_goats 16h ago

He's only half black. Is that why they're going after the penguins?

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u/terryducks 14h ago

Nah, it because penguins are not wearing ties.

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u/sabedo 13h ago

one drop of black blood in this country makes you black.

that's the sick standard they came up with

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u/DevelopmentGrand4331 14h ago

There’s also an asymmetry in the types of people we’re talking about. MAGA people are particularly conformist, dumb, and uneducated, and used to being indoctrinated into believing silly stuff. There isn’t really a comparable group among Democrats, or at least not such a large uniform group.

They’re too inclined to want diversity and non-conformity.