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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsInvoking the specter of Adolph Hitler, Obama warns in a speech about complacency.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171206/BLOGS02/171209933/invoking-the-specter-of-nazi-germany-obama-warns-against-complacencyAmerican democracy is fragile, and unless care is taken it could follow the path of Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
Mixed in with many softer comments, that was the somewhat jaw-dropping bottom line of Barack Obama last night as, in a Q&A session before the Economic Club of Chicago, the Chicagoan who used to be president dropped a bit of red meat to a hometown crowd that likely is a lot closer to him than the man whose name never was mentioned: President Donald Trump.
Obama's comments came after a series of playful questions from moderator and Ariel Investments President Mellody Hobsonin the great Batman vs. Superman debate, for instance, we learned Obama sides with Batmanbefore she eventually asked him what he's learned as a world citizen of sorts.
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Invoking the specter of Adolph Hitler, Obama warns in a speech about complacency. (Original Post)
pnwmom
Dec 2017
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Egnever
(21,506 posts)1. God I miss that man
One thing he's learned is that "things don't happen internationally if we don't put our shoulder to the wheel," Obama said, speaking of the U.S. "No other country has the experience and bandwidth and ideals. . . .If the U.S. doesn't do it, it's not going to happen."
A sane adult getting harder and harder to remember what that was like.
pnwmom
(109,009 posts)2. Me, too. I like to think he's still working for us behind the scenes. nt
Upthevibe
(8,083 posts)3. Miss him so much.............
thegoose
(3,115 posts)4. Well, look where we are
A filthy, corrupt bastard squatting (and I mean it in every sense of the word) in the White House while the Puke party marches in goose step behind him. Meanwhile, Democrats are throwing their own overboard?
Scary times, folks.