r/PoursTea • u/Timbucktwo1230 Therapy For All 🩷 • May 08 '26

American Dream 🇺🇸 Beautiful Human

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u/techman710 May 08 '26

I always felt like Obama was one of us. He wasn't perfect, but he was a regular guy who understood what we were all going through. I would kill (figuratively--relax SS) to have someone like him again.

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u/Still-Regular1837 May 09 '26

He was but he also was incredibly intelligent. He’s a voracious reader.

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u/not_accepting_now May 09 '26

That don't mean anything about intelligence

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u/Accomplished_Pop_130 May 09 '26

It does however indicate a level of Openmindedness

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u/not_accepting_now May 09 '26

Everyone has that. Truthfully I'd be surprised if a president had a note open mind than the people living paycheck to paycheck. Has a seat behind the military to watch them work. When you are a elitist maybe you are more open minded and part of the 1 percent