Obama Thread

[Dannylex]

Are people seriously quoting Ted Cruz?

[Dannylex]

9 hours ago, mnino said:

The right hated him from the beginning and hated him even more after he used executive orders to bypass an obstructionist congress and house. The progressive wing of the democrats became disenchanted with his less than stellar performance championing their agenda. Regardless, his approval is extremely high after 8 years in power. I personally think he was miles and miles better than W. Politics here are hyper-polarized so anyone in power is going to be hated. 

I continue to think that Hillary lost because of Hillary. Obama would have easily won a third term against any of the 16(?) Republican hopefuls. Trump could only have won against Hillary in my opinion. If the Democrats had not felt like they owed her the nomination, Bernie Sanders would have been inaugurated next week IMO.

It's easy to have the answers of why Hillary lost once the election is over. One week before the election everyone was like "Oh she has this in the bag, there's no way she could lose to Trump".

[Ciccone's Cheeks]

15 minutes ago, Dannylex said:

It's easy to have the answers of why Hillary lost once the election is over. One week before the election everyone was like "Oh she has this in the bag, there's no way she could lose to Trump".

Not me and was basically saying that until the day before! lol I wasn't feeling she had this regardless of the polls. I was def in a small minority here and got shredded by more than a few here but still went with my gut and was right. I also have no doubt (more than ever) that Biden would've decimated him..possibly bigger than  both of Obamas victories in '08 and '12. Biden from PA was the perfect candidate and voice for 2016 and would've been the perfect personality type to take down Trump hard. Biden/Warren was the dream ticket that should've but never happened. Billary was owed/anointed and the Dems made sure NO else had a friggin chance but her :/  She was total shit in every way- THAT'S why she (and only she)  could've lost to a beast like Trump! lol 

[Gaudet]

President Obama’s final speech: US must battle for LGBT equality around the world

Outgoing President Barack Obama has delivered a passionate call for equality in his farewell speech.

The Democrat, elected President in 2008 and re-elected in 2012, has been a proud supporter of LGBT rights, leading a quiet revolution on equality in the US and around the world.

 

He is set to leave power on January 20, as Republican President-elect Donald Trump assumes the office.

The President delivered his farewell address on Tuesday night, from his hometown Chicago

He told the crowd: “If I had told you eight years ago that America would reverse a great recession, reboot our auto industry, and unleash the longest stretch of job creation in our history …if I had told you that we would open up a new chapter with the Cuban people, shut down Iran’s nuclear weapons program without firing a shot, and take out the mastermind of 9/11 …if I had told you that we would win marriage equality, and secure the right to health insurance for another 20 million of our fellow citizens – you might have said our sights were set a little too high.

“But that’s what we did. That’s what you did. You were the change. You answered people’s hopes, and because of you, by almost every measure, America is a better, stronger place than it was when we started.”

He added: “Democracy can buckle when we give in to fear. So just as we, as citizens, must remain vigilant against external aggression, we must guard against a weakening of the values that make us who we are.

 

 

“That’s why, for the past eight years, I’ve worked to put the fight against terrorism on a firm legal footing. That’s why we’ve ended torture, worked to close Gitmo, and reform our laws governing surveillance to protect privacy and civil liberties. That’s why I reject discrimination against Muslim Americans.

“That’s why we cannot withdraw from global fights – to expand democracy, and human rights, women’s rights, and LGBT rights – no matter how imperfect our efforts, no matter how expedient ignoring such values may seem.”

He added: “Going forward, we must uphold laws against discrimination – in hiring, in housing, in education and the criminal justice system. That’s what our Constitution and highest ideals require.

“But laws alone won’t be enough. Hearts must change. If our democracy is to work in this increasingly diverse nation, each one of us must try to heed the advice of one of the great characters in American fiction, Atticus Finch, who said, ‘You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.’

“For blacks and other minorities, it means tying our own struggles for justice to the challenges that a lot of people in this country face – the refugee, the immigrant, the rural poor, the transgender American, and also the middle-aged white man who from the outside may seem like he’s got all the advantages, but who’s seen his world upended by economic, cultural, and technological change.

“For white Americans, it means acknowledging that the effects of slavery and Jim Crow didn’t suddenly vanish in the ‘60s; that when minority groups voice discontent, they’re not just engaging in reverse racism or practicing political correctness; that when they wage peaceful protest, they’re not demanding special treatment, but the equal treatment our Founders promised.”

President Obama is by far the most progressive President on LGBT issues in US history.

Despite facing a hostile Congress for most of his Presidency, he signed a federal hate crime law, filed legal briefs that helped bring about equal marriage, overturned Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, helped bring down the Defence of Marriage Act,  banned homophobic discrimination for federal contractors, appointed an LGBT rights envoy, appointed a string of openly gay ambassadors and officials, oversaw a State Department that defends equality around the world, challenged anti-gay world leaders to their face, lit up the White House as a symbol of Pride, held a number of LGBT rights receptions, enshrined protections for LGBT people in healthcare law under Obamacare, issued a directive urging schools to protect LGBT students, helped block a number of homophobic Republican bills, recognised Ellen DeGeneres with a Congressional Medal of Freedom, made the Stonewall Inn a national monument, and led a nation in mourning after the Pulse tragedy.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/01/11/president-obamas-final-speech-us-must-battle-for-lgbt-equality-around-the-world/

[Gaudet]

FACT SHEET: Obama Administration’s Record and the LGBT Community

“We are big and vast and diverse; a nation of people with different backgrounds and beliefs, different experiences and stories, but bound by our shared ideal that no matter who you are or what you look like, how you started off, or how and who you love, America is a place where you can write your own destiny.” President Obama, June 26, 2015

Since taking office, President Obama and his Administration have made historic strides to expand opportunities and advance equality and justice for all Americans, including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Americans. From major legislative achievements to historic court victories to important policy changes, the President has fought to promote the equal rights of all Americans — no matter who they are or who they love. That commitment to leveling the playing field and ensuring equal protection under the law is the bedrock principle this nation was founded on and has guided the President’s actions in support of all Americans. And the progress the Administration has made mirrors the changing views of the American people, who recognize that fairness and justice demand equality for all, including LGBT Americans.

The Obama Administration’s record on social progress and equality includes:

Preventing Bullying and Hate Crimes against LGBT Americans

• Overcoming years of partisan gridlock, the President worked with Congress to pass and sign into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law in October 2009, which extends the coverage of Federal hate crimes law to include attacks based on the victim’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
• The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) collaborated with five other federal departments to establish a federal task force on bullying. One of the results was the creation of the website – >www.StopBullying.gov. The site includes resources and assistance for LGBT youth, including examples of community groups that offer support and options to seek counseling. As part of the first-ever White House Conference on Bullying Prevention, the task force also funded a video called “It Gets Better” to address LGBT youth who have been bullied and are at risk of depression and suicide.
• The U.S. Department of Education hosted five summits on strategies for protecting students, including LGBT students, from bullying and harassment. These events included an LGBT Youth Summit in 2011 and a meeting with transgender students in June 2015, with a sixth summit scheduled for August 2016.

Supporting LGBT Health

• In June 2009, President Obama issued a directive on same-sex domestic partner benefits, opening the door for the State Department to extend the full range of legally available benefits and allowances to same-sex domestic partners of members of the Foreign Service sent to serve abroad. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) also expanded federal benefits for same-sex partners of federal employees and allowed same-sex domestic partners to apply for long-term care insurance.
• In March 2010, the Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Obama and ensures that Americans have secure, stable, and affordable insurance. Insurance companies are no longer able to discriminate against anyone due to a pre-existing condition, and because of the law, insurers can no longer turn someone away just because he or she is lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
• The federal website, HealthCare.gov, designed to help all consumers find the health insurance best suited to their needs, makes it easy to locate health insurers that cover domestic partners.
• The Affordable Care Act also makes it easier for people living with HIV and AIDS to obtain Medicaid and private health insurance and overcome barriers to care from qualified providers.
• President Obama developed and released the first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States in 2010, updated it through 2020, and is implementing it to address the disparities faced especially by gay and bisexual men of all races and ethnicities and transgender women of color.
• The President has supported legislative efforts to ban the use of so-called “conversion therapy” against minors and released a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) study condemning the practice. This report, which was developed in collaboration with the American Psychological Association and a panel of behavioral health experts, is the first federal in-depth review of conversion therapy. As SAMHSA reported, variations in sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression are normal. Conversion therapy is not effective, reinforces harmful gender stereotypes, and is not an appropriate mental health treatment.
• HHS funded the Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE) to establish the first national resource center for older LGBT individuals. This center supports communities across the country as they aim to serve the estimated 1.5 to 4 million LGBT individuals who are 60 and older. This center provides information, assistance and resources at the state and community levels.
• HHS now requires all hospitals receiving Medicare or Medicaid funds – just about every hospital in America – to allow visitation rights for LGBT patients. The President also directed HHS to ensure that medical decision-making rights of LGBT patients are respected.

Repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

• The President signed bipartisan legislation to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell on December 22, 2010, allowing gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans to serve openly in the Armed Forces without fear of being dismissed from service because of who they are and who they love, putting in motion the end of a discriminatory policy that ran counter to American values.

Ending the Legal Defense of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)

• In February 2011, the President and Attorney General announced that the Department of Justice would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act’s provision defining marriage as only between a man and woman, leading to the Supreme Court’s landmark decisions holding the Act unconstitutional.
• After the United States v. Windsor decision, in which the Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, the President instructed the Cabinet to review over 1,000 federal statutes and regulations to ensure the decision was implemented swiftly and smoothly by the federal government to recognize the rights of same-sex couples.
• The Administration has long advocated for a Constitutional guarantee of marriage equality for same-sex couples—a position the Supreme Court vindicated in its historic decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.
• In October 2015, after the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced proposed regulations implementing the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision for federal tax purposes to ensure all individuals would be treated equally under the law.
• After the Supreme Court issued a decision in Obergerfell v. Hodges, the Social Security Administration (SSA) began to recognize all valid same-sex marriages for purposes of determining entitlement to Social Security benefits or eligibility for Supplemental Security Income. SSA continues to work closely with the LGBT advocacy community to conduct outreach to ensure that same-sex couples are aware of how same-sex marriage affects benefits.

Protecting LGBT Americans against Discrimination

• In July 2014, the President signed an Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating against any employee or applicant for employment “because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin,” continuing to set an example as a model employer that does right by its employees.
• The Administration has taken unprecedented steps to protect and promote the rights of transgender and gender non-conforming Americans. These actions have included:
  • The release of joint guidance from the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice to provide educators with the information they requested to ensure that all students, including transgender students, can attend school in an environment free from discrimination. Additionally, the Department of Education published Examples of Policies and Emerging Practices Guide for Supporting Transgender Students.
  • The issuance of guidance from the Department of Justice that concluded that the prohibition against sex discrimination in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 encompasses claims of discrimination on the basis of gender identity, including transgender status.
  • Agencies, including OPM, the State Department, SSA, and HHS, took various actions to ensure that transgender Americans were treated fairly and without discrimination in the workplace, in official documents, and in the health care system.

Taking Steps to Ensure LGBT Equality in Housing and Crime Prevention

• In 2009, HUD commissioned the first-ever national study of discrimination against members of the LGBT community in the renting and sale of housing. The Department also launched a website to allow citizens to offer comments on housing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Since then, HUD has continuously worked to address LGBT housing discrimination.
• In January 2012 and in 2015, the President issued a final rule and subsequent guidance to ensure that the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s core housing programs and services are open to all persons regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
• HUD’s Equal Access Rule makes it clear that housing that is financed or insured by HUD must be made available without regard to actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status. It also prohibits owners and operators of HUD-funded housing, or housing whose financing was insured by HUD, from inquiring about an applicant’s sexual orientation or gender identity or denying housing on that basis. In addition, the guidance makes clear that sexual orientation and gender identity should not and cannot be part of any lending decision when it comes to getting an FHA-insured mortgage.
• In 2013, HUD teamed up with the True Colors Fund to give LGBT youth a safe space to be their true selves. Over the next two years, the initiative has developed and evaluated strategies to prevent lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth from becoming homeless or intervene as early as possible once they do become homeless.
• The Justice Department issued guidance stating that Federal prosecutors should enforce criminal provisions in the Violence Against Women Act in cases involving same-sex relationships.
• In December 2015, the Department of Justice issued Guidance on Identifying and Preventing Gender Bias in Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. The guidance serves two key purposes.  First, it aims to examine how gender bias can undermine the response of law enforcement agencies to sexual assault and domestic violence.  Second, it provides a set of basic principles that – if integrated into law enforcement agencies’ policies, trainings and practices – will help ensure that gender bias, either intentionally or unintentionally, does not undermine efforts to keep victims safe and hold offenders accountable.

Advancing and Protecting the Rights of LGBT Persons around the World

• The Obama Administration continues to engage systematically with governments around the world to advance the rights of LGBT persons. The Administration’s leadership has included various public statements and resolutions at the UN.
• President Obama has also issued a presidential memorandum that directs all Federal agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of LGBT persons.
• The Department of State continues to grow the Global Equality Fund, a multi-sector public-private partnership to advance the human rights of LGBT persons globally.  Since the Fund was launched in December 2011, it has allocated over $30 million to civil society organizations in 80 countries worldwide. 
• USAID, the U.S. government agency primarily responsible for delivering international aid and assistance, launched the LGBTI Global Development Partnership and "Being LGBTI in Asia," and funded a range of LGBTI human rights programs. In 2014, USAID released its LGBT Vision for Action, a document that communicates USAID’s position on LGBTI issues to internal and external stakeholders.
• In February 2014, USAID appointed a USAID Senior LGBT Coordinator to ensure that the promotion and protection of LGBTI rights is fully integrated into all aspects of USAID's vital work overseas. 
• In February 2015, the U.S. State Department appointed the first-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons to lead and coordinate U.S. diplomatic efforts to advance LGBTI rights around the globe. 
• The State Department revised its Foreign Affairs Manual to allow same-sex couples to obtain passports under the names recognized by their state through their marriages or civil unions.

Recognizing LGBT History and Contributions

• On May 28, 2014, the Department of the Interior announced a new National Park Service theme study to identify places and events associated with the civil rights struggle of LGBT Americans and ensure that the agency is telling a complete story of America’s heritage and history. The results of the theme study are expected later this year.
• On June 9, 2015, the Henry Gerber House in Chicago, IL was designated a National Historic Landmark. Once the residence of noted gay rights activist Henry Gerber, the home was where the nation's first chartered LGBT rights organization, the Society for Human Rights, was formed in 1924. The Henry Gerber House is one of nine LGBT sites that have been designated as a landmark or historic place during the Obama Administration.

 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/06/09/fact-sheet-obama-administrations-record-and-lgbt-community

[Guest Pud Whacker]

why isnt anyone talking about the vindictive exit of Obama and Cubans escaping a communist regime? no celebrity has touched it and certainly nobody here. 

i assure each and every one of you, if that was Trump - the thread would be on its fourth turn over. 

[XXL]

1 hour ago, Pud Whacker said:

why isnt anyone talking about the vindictive exit of Obama and Cubans escaping a communist regime? no celebrity has touched it and certainly nobody here. 

i assure each and every one of you, if that was Trump - the thread would be on its fourth turn over. 

Speaking about what Obama has actually done while in office is somewhat automatically taboo. I refuse to be labelled a right winger for the simple fact I dare to have a critical opinion on policies implemented whether they come from a Right admin or Left admin

Nobody seems to be talking either about the US last minute opening of the eyes moment about Israel with that UN security council "vote by abstention", which is no opening at all but a cynically designed calculation within the context of the Syrian conflict, the Iran/Saudi Arabia stand off and the preparation of the ground for an open confrontation with both Russia and China.

[MeakMaker]

Obama was truly a gift from God after those war-some Bush years. I don't care what people say but maybe people in the US don't realise how much America was hated when Bush was in power. Obama changed that. He truly brought hope to the whole world. The fact that that racial barrier was broken once for all meant so much to people who believe in equality for anyone.

Of course conservatives hated him and they tried any tricks to get rid of him or just humiliate him. He responded with such class and dignity like only a true president would do. 

Good luck with racist Trump now. 

[Nessie]

On 14/01/2017 at 8:16 PM, MeakMaker said:

Obama was truly a gift from God after those war-some Bush years. I don't care what people say but maybe people in the US don't realise how much America was hated when Bush was in power. Obama changed that. He truly brought hope to the whole world. The fact that that racial barrier was broken once for all meant so much to people who believe in equality for anyone.

Of course conservatives hated him and they tried any tricks to get rid of him or just humiliate him. He responded with such class and dignity like only a true president would do. 

Good luck with racist Trump now. 

 

The nobel peace prize winner Obama engaged directly or/and indirectly in wars just as much as Bush. 

Under the Obama presidency the US bombed 7 countries at least: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Lybia and Syria.

[MeakMaker]

3 hours ago, Nessie said:

 

The nobel peace prize winner Obama engaged directly or/and indirectly in wars just as much as Bush. 

Under the Obama presidency the US bombed 7 countries at least: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Lybia and Syria.

Zzzzzzz 

[ULIZOS]

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[MeakMaker]

Seriously if all you can do is look at the US foreign politics to dismiss Obamas legacy you're just completely ignoring the fact the US meddling in the Middle East has always been in the agenda despite of who is in power. You guys expected Obama to bring world peace to the entire world? Some of you are just haters pushing their biased agenda to undermine all the good things Obama did. 

 

[ULIZOS]

1 hour ago, MeakMaker said:

Seriously if all you can do is look at the US foreign politics to dismiss Obamas legacy you're just completely ignoring the fact the US meddling in the Middle East has always been in the agenda despite of who is in power. You guys expected Obama to bring world peace to the entire world? Some of you are just haters pushing their biased agenda to undermine all the good things Obama did. 

 

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[MeakMaker]

2 minutes ago, ULIZOS said:

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Jeez are you obsessed with me? 

[ULIZOS]

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[Icykiller]

On 14/1/2017 at 3:16 PM, MeakMaker said:

Obama changed that. He truly brought hope to the whole world. The fact that that racial barrier was broken once for all meant so much to people who believe in equality for anyone.

This is really stretching things a bit too much. 

Whatever the world 'hoped' soon banished. Obama made zero impact on racial barriers across the globe, his strives for 'peace' in the Middle East amounted to a prolonged status quo, and his presidency has deported most people than any other. Apart from the last minute Cuba and Israel affairs that two posters already brought in, I fail to see how Obama made a deliberate positive impact outside his country, sorry.

[MeakMaker]

32 minutes ago, Icykiller said:

This is really stretching things a bit too much. 

Whatever the world 'hoped' soon banished. Obama made zero impact on racial barriers across the globe, his strives for 'peace' in the Middle East amounted to a prolonged status quo, and his presidency has deported most people than any other. Apart from the last minute Cuba and Israel affairs that two posters already brought in, I fail to see how Obama made a deliberate positive impact outside his country, sorry.

I must have said it wrong. The fact that he was elected broke that racial barrier. For the first time ever African Americans saw one of their own become president. And for people say he didn't do this or he didnt do that let's not forget how the opposition always worked against him. Everybody knows that. 

[spazz]

Obama blocked RT from posting on Facebook

 

[KalamazooJay]

He broke racial barriers. He destroyed them. 

But his opposition was all too quick to reconstruct them into these almost impenetrable barriers that were higher, larger, and harder to overcome. 

His policy achievements are muddled. But the symbolism of his presidency will never be erased. 

[billiejean]

 

He made history being the first non white president, but I wouldn't say he destroyed racial barriers, sadly, it seems race relations have been awful for the past 4 or so years. 

[Gaudet]

The so called "neutrals" with their double standard attitude, too scared to openly admit what they stand for yet they keep on pandering on the same beliefs and people each time.

Hypocrite and cowards.

[MeakMaker]

Forgive And You Will Be Forgiven 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/these-1715-people-deserved-second-9655643

 

[MeakMaker]

 

Goodbye Barack Hussein Obama II 

[billiejean]

2 hours ago, pjcowley said:

The so called "neutrals" with their double standard attitude, too scared to openly admit what they stand for yet they keep on pandering on the same beliefs and people each time.

Hypocrite and cowards.

Name them?

[spazz]

[KalamazooJay]

17 minutes ago, spazz said:

Oh sweet Jesus. 

I used to give you the benefit of the doubt with most of your posts. I assumed you were being "ironic" or trying to stir the pot or being devils advocate. But you sealed the deal with this unimaginablely ignorant and blatantly untruthful meme. A MEME! 

The fact that you're celebrating the departure of a man like Obama (who CERTAINLY has his flaws) for Trump is pretty astounding. Here's a man filling his cabinet with one war monger after another, yet you remain conspicuously silent. 

So either you step up to the plate and exonerate individuals from both sides of the aisle for committing the same crimes you seem to be so passionate about, or kindly just stop altogether. You come across as slightly more tolerable than Sean Hannity. 

[spazz]

1 minute ago, KalamazooJay said:

Oh sweet Jesus. 

I used to give you the benefit of the doubt with most of your posts. I assumed you were being "ironic" or trying to stir the pot or being devils advocate. But you sealed the deal with this unimaginablely ignorant and blatantly untruthful meme. A MEME! 

The fact that you're celebrating the departure of a man like Obama (who CERTAINLY has his flaws) for Trump is pretty astounding. Here's a man filling his cabinet with one war monger after another, yet you remain conspicuously silent. 

So either you step up to the plate and exonerate individuals from both sides of the aisle for committing the same crimes you seem to be so passionate about, or kindly just stop altogether. You come across as slightly more tolerable than Sean Hannity. 

Calm down

obama is a cunt and I was waiting his departure since 2011.

stop lamenting him he is not a fucking saint.

[KalamazooJay]

30 minutes ago, spazz said:

Calm down

obama is a cunt and I was waiting his departure since 2011.

stop lamenting him he is not a fucking saint.

Show me where I lamented his sainthood. 

I simply asked you to direct your outrage to the current administration that is going to double down the international policies that Obama followed. The same policies that make him a war criminal according to you. 

So either you're willfully ignorant or a blatant partisan. Or both. 

I expect the same scrutiny from you regarding Trump to prove otherwise. 

[ULIZOS]

3 minutes ago, KalamazooJay said:

Show me where I lamented his sainthood. 

I simply asked you to direct your outrage to the current administration that is going to double down the international policies that Obama followed. The same policies that make him a war criminal according to you. 

So either you're willfully ignorant or a blatant partisan. Or both. 

I expect the same scrutiny from you regarding Trump to prove otherwise. 

Every time someone from the other party is elected in the U.S. people in the Middle East think things are going to get better for them, for whatever bizarre reason 

Both parties bomb the shit out of sovereign countries and meddle in their affairs. Neither one cares. Spazz will find that out soon.

[spazz]

7 minutes ago, KalamazooJay said:

Show me where I lamented his sainthood. 

I simply asked you to direct your outrage to the current administration that is going to double down the international policies that Obama followed. The same policies that make him a war criminal according to you. 

So either you're willfully ignorant or a blatant partisan. Or both. 

I expect the same scrutiny from you regarding Trump to prove otherwise. 

Lady Gaga is more entertaining than his speeches TBQH

He is a war criminal and he will enjoy the millions $$ he got from Qatar and Saudi Arabia & probably he will triple-elected after 4 years