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Bruce » 30 Jun 2023, 7:00 pm » wrote: ↑

30 Jun 2023, 7:00 pm

Much like Lincoln, Obama had a penchant for using the powers granted him to protect and save the least of us, and he did those acts without fanfare.

My favorite was in the early part of his Presidency, Michelle visited a grade school and a third grade Hispanic student told her

My mom has no papers

https://youtu.be/OXUbAWnFCQY

 Fox News had picked up that exchange and by the time Michele returned crying to the White House there was a hue and cry raised for Obama to deport the mother.

According to legend, Obama called his ICE director (who was also catching hell to deport her) and asked 

How many undocumented immigrants do we estimate are here in this country?

11 million, Mr President

Good. I’m ordering you to discover who that little girl’s mother is, and after, you’ve deported all 11 million of the others like her first, bring me orders to deport her, and I’ll consider it then, and only then. Until then, she stays.

Bruce » 30 Jun 2023, 5:44 pm » wrote: ↑

30 Jun 2023, 5:44 pm

She was the daughter of a water plant employee and a secretary at Spiegel’s raised in the South side of Chicago.  She graduated Harvard Law, had two beautiful daughters, and became America’s First Lady for eight years.

Here is what she said, verbatim:

Mrs. Obama’s Statement:

Back in college, I was one of the few Black students on my campus, and I was proud of getting into such a respected school. I knew I’d worked hard for it. But still, I sometimes wondered if people thought I got there because of affirmative action. It was a shadow that students like me couldn’t shake, whether those doubts came from the outside or inside our own minds.But the fact is this: I belonged. And semester after semester, decade after decade, for more than half a century, countless students like me showed they belonged, too. It wasn’t just the kids of color who benefitted, either. Every student who heard a perspective they might not have encountered, who had an assumption challenged, who had their minds and their hearts opened gained a lot as well. It wasn’t perfect, but there’s no doubt that it helped offer new ladders of opportunity for those who, throughout our history, have too often been denied a chance to show how fast they can climb.

 Of course, students on my campus and countless others across the country were — and continue to be — granted special consideration for admissions. Some have parents who graduated from the same school. Others have families who can afford coaches to help them run faster or hit a ball harder. Others go to high schools with lavish resources for tutors and extensive standardized test prep that help them score higher on college entrance exams. We don’t usually question if those students belong. So often, we just accept that money, power, and privilege are perfectly justifiable forms of affirmative action, while kids growing up like I did are expected to compete when the ground is anything but level.

 So today, my heart breaks for any young person out there who’s wondering what their future holds — and what kinds of chances will be open to them. And while I know the strength and grit that lies inside kids who have always had to sweat a little more to climb the same ladders, I hope and I pray that the rest of us are willing to sweat a little, too. Today is a reminder that we’ve got to do the work not just to enact policies that reflect our values of equity and fairness, but to truly make those values real in all of our schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods.

 I’m proud to have voted twice for her husband.

 And so sorry, we can’t have him back.

Bruce » 30 Jun 2023, 9:32 pm » wrote: ↑

30 Jun 2023, 9:32 pm

In my entire life, I’ve only worshipped Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama as President.

I didn’t agree with all the policies of either man but each man had a charisma that I’ve seen in no other President in my life.

Both men were contradicting their own party almost constantly. Reagan granted amnesty to three million Mexican immigrants. opposed assault weapons, raised Social Security payroll taxes and was a staunch advocate of public education, and even elimination of nuclear weapons.  Obama opposed gay marriage, reparations, universal one payer health care, and prosecuted fully a war against Muslim terrorism and opposed fully Russia’s invasion of Crimea.

Many of the Republican Party loves Putin today because Obama hated him, then.

And Reagan’s hatred of Russian aggression, needs no explanation.

Majik » 01 Jul 2023, 10:17 am » wrote: ↑

01 Jul 2023, 10:17 am

Using AI to attempt political subversion of The Republican's leading Presidential primary candidate is Election 
interference ....
Ain't that right Bruce....????

roadkill » 01 Jul 2023, 10:43 am » wrote: ↑

01 Jul 2023, 10:43 am

You don't really expect Bruce to answer honestly do you?   

roadkill » 01 Jul 2023, 10:43 am » wrote: ↑

01 Jul 2023, 10:43 am

You don't really expect Bruce to answer honestly do you?    ;)  

Majik » 01 Jul 2023, 10:55 am » wrote: ↑

01 Jul 2023, 10:55 am

Hell, I don't expect a reply .....nevermind an honest reply....

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