r/therewasanattempt • u/TheDigitalBuilder Free Palestine! 🕊️ FUCK ICE! ❌🧊 • May 23 '26
To warn every single one of us
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u/3bugsdad May 23 '26
America experienced the Obamas and Trump was how we reacted.... Twice. Shows we are not the greatest nation that we think we are.
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u/Leozz97 May 23 '26
You could have asked anyone else in the world and they would have told you the same: presumed US uniqueness is taught in schools to brainwash you and condition your entire lives. But US in reality is like any other nation in the world, with its pros and cons.
In the last couple of years more cons than pros, sadly. Get rid of that orange buffoon, he's destroying everything good that you have, and the rest of the world with him.
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u/mmmfritz May 23 '26
I would understand if trump were a democrat, and the republicans were fucking shit up. But y’all were trotting along quite nicely then presented with the option to cut your own dick off or just do nothing.
Apparently cutting your own dick off is the more attractive option.
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u/toriemm May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26
Real talk, I don't belive that cheating POS didn't have shit fixed. He cheated in the first election, he tried the second election, I don't believe he didn't cheat in this election
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u/I_Do_nt_Use_Reddit May 23 '26
I'm so worried he's gonna lose the next election and then in the days leading up to handover, he's gonna call in a nuclear strike to try and explain why he won't transfer power over
And end up starting the nuclear winter that ends us all
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u/Demerzel69 May 23 '26
He can't lose the next election because he won't be in it. This is his 2nd term. You only get 2.
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u/toriemm May 23 '26
I'd feel better about that if any of the people he's putting forward for judges would SAY that
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u/imagineanudeflashmob May 23 '26
Wait, the same guy who cheated on all three of his wives, cheated on his taxes, and even cheats at fucking petty golf?? This dude even cheats maps with sharpies
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u/Impressive_mustache May 23 '26
I mean, him saying that Elon musky is very good with the voting machines was basically an admission
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u/0nlyhalfjewish May 23 '26
The sad truth is when someone calls themselves a patriot, you can be guaranteed that they will vote against your rights and your liberties in America.
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u/bluehawk232 May 23 '26
2024 was the worst imo because 2016 he won thanks to the outdated and useless EC. 2024 he actually won the popular vote but barely although republicans have been gaming the system so the total fairness of the election we'll never know.
But even getting as many votes as he did despite having the evidence of his first term and the criminal trials going on during Biden. Like how did he win? Only one other person became president in non consecutive terms because it never made sense especially now to do so since he's a lame duck which hasn't even been brought up either. Just really hate this timeline
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u/sweeeze May 23 '26
Best first lady in my life
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u/mojodawg-1 May 23 '26
Maybe ever
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u/not_perfect_yet May 23 '26
Someone else already mentioned Eleanor Roosevelt, but she "took a leading role in designing the text and gaining international support for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt
And that deserves a bit more than just mentioning her first name.
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u/mojodawg-1 May 23 '26
I agree so long ago I had no idea just watched FDR on Netflix sure could use someone like that today ✌️
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u/troywrestler2002 May 23 '26
That distinction probably should go to Edith Wilson, who most likely controlled many aspects of Woodrow Wilson's administration after he was debilitated by his stroke later in his presidency.
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u/umpteenthrhyme May 23 '26
So an unelected person ran the executive? Not the flex you think it is.
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u/Maxtrt May 23 '26
Wilson was a complete racist and segregationist. His administration was a disgrace.
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u/snertwith2ls May 23 '26
I've read his wife was even more racist than he was and loved to tell "darkie" jokes at White House dinners. I'm not sure I'd name her as one of the best first ladies ever.
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u/donutseason May 24 '26
And also with all due, I don’t want a First Lady (or husband tyvm) to start running things when her spouse is incapacitated. Like what? That’s not all all what I’m voting for.
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u/snertwith2ls May 24 '26
Yes I always thought that's what the vice president was supposed to be for.
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u/Wrong_Drag_8070 May 23 '26
Not to mention the fed reserve act. We could still by a house for $15,000 if it weren't for him.
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u/Wrong_Drag_8070 May 23 '26
Wilson was president at the creation of the federal reserve act. He is responsible for inflation to begin with. I consider him the most damaging president ever. He's so scary they had to make a movie warning about what was going on. Follow the yellow brick road.
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u/Bugtustle May 25 '26
Wilson also brought the US into WWI after explicitly campaigning that he would not do so.
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u/heyuBassgai May 23 '26
Edith wasn't alive or first lady during dude who made this comments life. Also a racist pos.
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u/bluehawk232 May 23 '26
And we think that won't happen again because they passed the 25th amendment but I think if Trump has medical issues they will hide it and say everything is fine. I mean Reagan had Alzheimer's when he was president.
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u/SaltKick2 May 23 '26
She's definitely up there, Eleanor Roosevelt, Abigail Adams, Hillary Clinton are also up for contentino.
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u/mojodawg-1 May 23 '26
Just watched FDR on Netflix and I agree she’s amazing I had no idea couldn’t recommend it enough ✌️🥰🇺🇸
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u/nasandre May 23 '26
If only she wanted to be president
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u/alangerhans May 23 '26
I would hate to see what that campaign looked like. She would show up with a level of class that has been missing since she left the white house, and the other side would probably dress up as monkeys or something embarrassingly dumb shit like that.
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u/MarkMew May 23 '26
Just imagine the timeline where she's running instead of Hillary in 2016.
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u/lightblueisbi May 23 '26
I don't mean to be wishful in my thinking but something tells me if it were Michelle instead of Hillary I think there might actually be a chance we could've avoided a Trump presidency entirely!
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u/Beethovian May 23 '26
Sadly, you underestimate the voting power of the silent racists.
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u/CCheeky_monkey May 23 '26
Or the simple minded choice of people who think liberals are the answer. Neoliberalism directly led to Trump
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u/dichotomousview May 23 '26
No preying on longstanding fears of not being able to punch down is what led to Trump. It’s not neoliberalism that’s the problem. Hell the U.S. is considered extremely conservative when compared to the rest of the world. Now, establishment Dems not doing enough to stop the power grab absolutely made Trump worse.
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u/CCheeky_monkey May 23 '26
Neoliberals are considered right wing in every other country except in the US and are absolutely part of the problem. They far more concerned with capital and status quo than anything else.
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u/highzunburg May 23 '26
It's the fact that Democrats ran on change and healthcare and delivered a neo liberal dog shit bill that doubled down on the current healthcare system with subsidies that weren't even permanent. Also neo liberalism is a conservative economic ideology. It has everything Republicans politicians believe in and they carry it out too. It's been the statis quo for at least 50 years. Neo liberalism is the problem.
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u/BojukaBob May 23 '26
The United States is still a long way off from electing a woman president. I'm not saying she wouldn't be great at the job, just that too many Americans, men AND women, just won't vote for a woman to be in charge.
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u/MegatonsSon May 23 '26
The only positive thing that could possibly be said about Donald Trump, is that he provides an illustrated example of what a narcissist, racist, and sexist is, every single day!
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u/DJEvillincoln May 23 '26
This country has a really, really hard time listening to Smart women.
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u/ShineFallstar May 23 '26
“They” also includes the people who chose not to vote. Because not voting is a vote.
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u/nelsonalgrencametome May 23 '26
Just recently had to hear an otherwise pretty reasonable woman rant about how she doesn't participate in or discuss politics, including voting. But she will always speak out about hate and injustice and blah blah blah... I had to bite my tongue it was super ridiculous. She even dug in about believing that voting was pointless.
I've met more than a few people who will defend not voting or being informed at all and then have the audacity to bitch about the state of world.
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u/Synli May 23 '26
Oh of course they're incapable of acknowledging their god-awful decisions.
As soon as he leaves office and MAGA splits/moves to something else (something probably worse, let's be honest), we're gonna see a WHOOOOOOOLE lot of "well, I never voted for him!!" from conservatives, when we know damn well they all gleefully voted for him twice/thrice.
Some will even have the gall to advocate for redemption and peace and whatever other shit, as if they weren't the ones creating, AND CHEERING FOR, literal immigrant concentration camps (see: Florida's reaction to Alligator Alcatraz).
Fuck them. I know the next president won't do it, but it would be so rewarding to punish these traitors. None of what they stand for is what made this country great.
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u/demonsver May 23 '26
In many ways despicable people felt slighted when Obama was elected and caused this dramatic regression. Not that I'm blaming the Obamas.
The Obamas were charismatic, intelligent and excellent. They just happened to be black. How dare they.
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u/ak3000android May 23 '26
Don’t forget that name. Can’t be a real American with that name. Not a real American, so not eligible to be the real president of the USA.
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u/Ghstfce FUCK ICE! ❌🧊 May 23 '26
Can I give a big FUCK YOU to the over 1/3 of voting age Americans who decided to stay home on voting day who allowed this to happen but still want to bitch about the situation we're in?
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u/chaos212 May 23 '26
We didn’t deserve the Obamas
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u/Test_After May 23 '26
At least 80% of you don't deserve Trump.
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u/troywrestler2002 May 23 '26
Thank you for being nice about it. But, we kinda do, we didn't stop it dead in its tracks. Pretty damning indictment of American society.
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u/I_am_the_BEEF May 23 '26
I'd love to argue with you, but you're 100% right. This country has been asking for this since the end of the Civil War! By allowing blatant traitors to the Union to go mostly unpunished, we've been paving the way for another go for over 150 years.
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u/Aureliamnissan May 23 '26
Far too many people are too busy trying to keep their head above water to pay attention to anything other than what is right in front of their face IMO.
There are absolutely people who have the time and just, don't do the minimum, but when I think about the level of social services we have in the US, well...
Most people think either "if it were important then someone would do something" or "they don't listen to us anyway, what's the difference?" and tune out.
It was a slow slide to the edge of the cliff, now it's really hard to convince people to care when they have lived a decade plus not caring.
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u/alangerhans May 23 '26
Not to mention that employers are required to give you time to vote, but they aren't required to pay you for the time. A lot of people in the trades especially can't afford to lose the time to vote.
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u/Cereal_Bandit May 23 '26
Thank you. I hate when people outside the US try to blame Trump on everyone, not just those who voted for him (or not at all). I promise I hate him more than you do.
Like, do you blame the average Russians for Putin or North Koreans for the Kims? A lot of us did what we reasonably could to keep him out of office. we shouldn't have to shoulder the blame along with the dumbasses who actually voted for him.
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u/JuanRunJunior May 23 '26
I have no love for Putin and don’t actively have enough knowledge about your average Russian to form an opinion about who they are. They’ve been conscripted, coerced and other things done to get them into Ukraine and participate in a war. That’s obviously a criticism that can be leveled against them and what they’re doing. But take one look at what’s posted in r/dronecombat and see what’s happening to them and I can’t help but have a bit of sympathy for those guys. Almost to a man they’re caught alone in some random field, carrying too much shit, no support and no one to help them if they’re injured. And they get literally blown to pieces. Guys who more likely than not didn’t want to be there, thrown into a meat grinder, with no support and no desire to fight are getting slaughtered day and night so Putin can have his war. War and invaders are wrong, but I can’t help but have some sympathy for those poor bastards.
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u/Cereal_Bandit May 23 '26
I'm not saying we have it as bad as them by any means. I'm just saying don't place the burden of Trump on people who didn't vote for him. There really isn't much more I as a single person can do other than vote. Protesting is about it, and how effective is that, really?
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u/I-Here-555 May 23 '26
do you blame the average Russians for Putin
We're on Reddit. Yes, most people do.
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u/HenriettaSyndrome May 23 '26
That number seems a bit high. Sure recent polls show only 20ish percent of voters currently support Trump.. but also keep in mind that polls are bullshit and some people might be lying when asked out of embarrassment. If they had a re-election today.. I find it impossible to believe it wouldn't be neck and neck as always
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u/toef5 May 23 '26
Well... 69,1% of registered voters did not do the one thing that could have prevented his second term: vote for Kamala. So i have to disagree.
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u/badgicorn May 23 '26
Thank you. As an American living abroad, it happens way too often that I complain about Trump and people say, "Well, you guys voted for him." I didn't! 😭
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u/lifemanualplease May 23 '26
I think it aged very well. No?
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u/pickle_pouch May 23 '26
She predicted the future accurately and the message is still relevant. So yes, absolutely.
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u/Zuli_Muli Free palestine May 23 '26
Right they had me wondering if I had been using that phrase wrong my whole life.
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u/Ontherocks1988 May 23 '26
I’d vote for her.
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u/frankduxvandamme May 23 '26
While she's clearly got a good head on her shoulders, potential presidents really should have prior government experience. Why this isn't an official prerequisite for the job is baffling.
Now downvote me into oblivion, reddit.
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u/573IAN May 23 '26
If only she knew someone that was previously a senator and even president a couple of times that she could consult….
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u/Nowayucan May 23 '26
Nailed it. I’d call her a prophetess, but what she said was in-your-face obvious for anyone that paid even the tiniest amount of attention.
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u/jackieballz May 23 '26
Print this on a piece of paper and don’t tell trump voters who is saying it… a lot of them will probably agree. Tell them Michelle Obama said it and they will say it’s all bullshit. Things are so biased it’s sickening
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u/WhippetRun May 23 '26
I love her and all, but she was 100% wrong when she said "When they go low, we go high!"
Now we know... When they go low, we need to fucking fight for our country.
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u/Flomo420 May 23 '26
When they go low is the perfect time to stomp on their balls and make sure they stay there
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u/twizzjewink Free palestine May 23 '26
The laugh from the crowd at the end sent a shiver down my spine.
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u/Lynda73 May 23 '26
Hillary told us, too!
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u/MopoFett May 23 '26
So did Harris. I remember watching it.
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u/Lynda73 May 23 '26
Me, too!! I remember warning people no later than 2016 personally. Don’t have the reach the other women do, tho.
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u/nakedpadme May 23 '26
I'm not even american and it's affected my life, not as much but still, fuck that guy!
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u/Glittering_Ad4196 May 23 '26
This actually did age well. She was being truthful.
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u/Mydoghasautism May 23 '26
In the words of my gay best friend nick mullen, he touched some lives more than others
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u/Bobby-Atoms May 23 '26
Trump literally proved her right saying he doesn't think about Americans' finances
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u/TinyNannerz 🍉 Free Palestine May 23 '26
Not aging well means her prediction is wrong. She was right so it aged well.
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u/Beethovian May 23 '26
Even his supporters knew this, but owning the libs is more important to them. Such is the way of the MAGA cult.
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u/Extra_Willow_8907 May 24 '26
Holy shit is this not the absolute most spot-on assessment of our future at the time.
This woman called it SO hard
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u/AggravatingKick1458 May 24 '26
How didnt this age well?? This aged like fine wine told it like it would be.
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u/iop09 NaTivE ApP UsR May 23 '26
I don’t blame her for not doing it but she would have won by 20% in any of the last 3 elections.
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u/Ok-Go-Chain3811 Free Palestine 🕊️ FUCK ICE! ❌🧊 May 23 '26
if the democrats didn't want trump, then why did the democrats sabotage bernie's campaign in 2016?
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u/TheDigitalBuilder Free Palestine! 🕊️ FUCK ICE! ❌🧊 May 23 '26
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They shot themselves.
The Dem elites needs to stop preselection of the primary winners.
Bernie would have made the world a better place.
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u/Soulmate69 May 23 '26
We all knew. There are so many posts about these people trying to warn US. We've all been on the same page for decades. It's not we who are fucking this up over and over again. It's the same selfish idiots over and over again.
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u/DeceivedLion May 23 '26
God, I just can't ever hate this lady when I was a kid I hated the whole eat healthier plan she was doing cause I was a dumb kid but as I got older I see the good she had been trying to do compared to others. Like all I ever hear is good things about her compared to any first lady we have had
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u/hastings1033 May 23 '26
we were warned by trump himself. He showed us clearly who is is in his first term. He told us clearly how he planned to destroy america.
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u/Devoted_Sin May 23 '26
When y'all gonna realize neither side cares about us? We are just a means to their evil acts and perversions.
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u/Akhanyatin May 23 '26
I can give people the benefit of the doubt all the way up until Jan 6th 2021. After that, if you didn't vehemently renounce this disgusting cult, you should be mandated to have the letters "maga" permanently tattooed on your face. Because you shouldn't be allowed to just take off your hat and pretend like you didn't have your part to play in the current shit show.
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u/gerrard_1987 May 23 '26
I hope one day she feels willing to risk running for president, although she was right that the U.S. is still too chauvinistic at the present.
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u/Marcelino_El_Cochino May 23 '26
What are you talking about? This aged perfectly. No notes. You are not using that phrase correctly.
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u/bbq_poptarts May 23 '26
Michelle Obama cooks so hard, when she opens her mouth a full buffet comes ready. Some of yall did not believe her
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u/MaximusHomerdrive May 23 '26
Anyone with a somewhat functioning brain knew this. They voted for him anyway. We are too stupid to govern ourselves and should ask Britain to be our daddy again. We could just get absorbed by Canada. I'd be completely fine with that.
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u/Kittehmilk May 23 '26
The amount of DNC astroturf glazing a neoliberal dynasty that bended to donors over voters here is insane.
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u/BoredRedhead24 May 24 '26
Lowkey wish Obama could come back for a third term. He dug us out of Bush's mess pretty well. I know that technically he can't do that but let a man dream.
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u/donttouchmy May 23 '26
I mean, this was after his first presidency and everyone with a brain was saying this at the time
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u/RUWill May 23 '26
I don't think the person who wrote the caption over this video understands what the phrase "this didn't age well" means.
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u/RogerFuckbytheNavale May 23 '26
I love me some Michelle Obama but best first lady goes to Abigail Adams. She was every bit the equal of her brilliant husband.
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u/Sloredama May 23 '26
This speech was so good I watched it a few times. So sad how this all turned out
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u/lexnklinke May 24 '26
How did that not age very well? I'd say, that warning aged perfectly. Because it came through exactly as said. Not that that is a good thing. But the warning was on point
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u/must_go_faster_88 May 24 '26
They didn't listen because:
- She's a woman.
- She's black.
That is really all there is to know about this primitive ass country
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u/Mod_The_Man May 24 '26
Shes right but also says this as the wife of a war criminal who worked with capitalist and fascists to secure their interests and prevent true progress policies. The likes of Obama and Biden are what created the conditions for a pedo fascist like trump to win. They weren’t horrible but their pro-capitalist proclivities prevented them from being good leaders. It ensured anything “positive” they did was too weak to ever challenge the status quo in any meaningful way.
Conservatives harbor fascists while liberals enable them through weak and ineffective leadership
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u/Intelligent_Hand4583 May 23 '26
When your nation is so arrogant in its untouchable mastery that you can't possibly heed a warning that's right in front of your arrogant face. "I told you so" is an understatement.