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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI don't know about you, but I've been waiting for this shot across the bow by President Obama.
Its been a long time coming and the dumpsters are throwing a fit.
I cant imagine what will come out of his mouth tonight. Its going to be an epic meltdown.
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I don't know about you, but I've been waiting for this shot across the bow by President Obama. (Original Post)
onecaliberal
Jul 2020
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doc03
(35,148 posts)1. What did he say?
onecaliberal
(32,483 posts)3. I'm sure his remarks are online already. I will look for them.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)2. Waiting on his presser
Coming up eventually
CTyankee
(63,769 posts)4. Oh, it'll probably be yada yada about delivering a political speech at a funeral, ain't it awful...
but it will be ignored.
2naSalit
(86,048 posts)5. Here...
onecaliberal
(32,483 posts)12. Thank you!
Blecht
(3,803 posts)6. It would be helpful to post a little info in an OP
Copy and paste a sentence? A small paragraph?
eleny
(46,166 posts)7. Obama's John Lewis eulogy was amazing
Too bad you missed any bit of it.
Blecht
(3,803 posts)8. I will watch when I have time.
What was the shot across the bow?
Or is that too much to ask?
eleny
(46,166 posts)10. I'm not going to spoil it for you
It surprised me that he went as far as he did. Heck, even the Shrub doled out a black eye to the administration.
onecaliberal
(32,483 posts)11. You really need to watch.
Blecht
(3,803 posts)9. Some content
"Bull Connor may be gone, but today we witness with our own eyes police officers kneeling on the necks of Black Americans," Mr. Obama said. "George Wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal government sending agents using tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators. We may no longer have to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar in order to cast a ballot, but even as we sit here, there are those in power who are doing their darnedest to discourage people from voting."
Mr. Obama said that Lewis knew that maintaining "democracy isn't automatic; it has to be nurtured, it has to be tended to."
"Like John, we don't have to choose between protest and politics. It's not an either/or situation, it's a both/and situation," Mr. Obama continued. He excoriated the states that raised obstacles to voting after the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act, saying it was "not a mystery or an accident" that these states mainly made it difficult for minority Americans to vote.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/john-lewis-funeral-congressman-live-stream-today-2020-07-30/
whathehell
(28,968 posts)13. So good to see and hear him today - - As usual, he was great.
crickets
(25,896 posts)14. We've been waiting for what seemed forever for Obama to speak out
and today he did - beautifully expressed, exquisitely timed. It was perfect.
Links to Clinton, Bush, Obama and Pelosi eulogies in their entirety, plus Carter letter
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213831434