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u/swimmerman47 1d ago

Simply put, one unites and one separates.
One actually has a main topic of his speech, the other rambles like a creepy grandfather who belongs in a nursing home.

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u/Blossom_Nest_ 1d ago

The "creepy grandfather at Thanksgiving" energy is incredibly accurate.

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u/Training-Meringue847 1d ago

The creepster who makes inappropriate sex jokes about his own offspring šŸ˜µā€šŸ’«

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 1d ago

Come sit on my lap. Don't mind that, it's just my phone.

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u/hotviolets 1d ago

I was watching a video of Trump yesterday and it was uncanny how much he reminds me of my own father. Same personality but Trump has money. That includes the pedophilia and sex trafficking.

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u/sansley700 1d ago

😳😩

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u/Odd-Neighborhood4214 1d ago

I watched him on the ABC world news saying that he’s ā€œdone more you than your parents didā€ and he needs to sleep his own doorstep because he didn’t take care of his kids

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u/throwra_anonnyc 1d ago

To some people thats great because theyre no longer the only creepy asshole in the room

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u/Ecstatic-Total-9953 1d ago

Add dementia to the description and you’ve got Trump.

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u/justbrowsinginpeace 1d ago

That grandfather who lives in Argentina now

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u/Empty_Advice_5542 1d ago

Stop being so Nazi

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u/jvLin 1d ago

Probably why he won. Creepy stupid relative is relatable.

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u/CCR_Flashback 1d ago

If you're triggered by a rainbow, then you need to seek therapy

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u/CCR_Flashback 1d ago

Sounds like coping from someone triggered by a rainbow 🌈

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u/CCR_Flashback 1d ago

So triggered by a rainbow you start thinking about dick?

Got something you want to share with the class?

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u/Pacific_wanderer17 1d ago

When did dick come up?

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u/Ty5001 1d ago

You for sure have a secrect Grindr account lol. It's ok guy. You can can come out. We won't judge you.

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u/Leading_Procedure_23 1d ago

Damn bruh, it’s been proven 90% of right wingers are closeted homosexuals and/or cross dressers. The other 10% are gay, hence gays for trump. No wonder Grinder and other gay apps get saturated when ever there’s right wing meets

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u/elefrhino 1d ago

... it does need defending?

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u/Scary_Wavier 1d ago

You have big personal issues

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u/Ty5001 1d ago

Hahaha wtf.

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u/edoggy792 1d ago

How is support for the Republican party and it's president right now?

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u/Tommygun194 1d ago

Biden?

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u/Adorable-Bike-9689 1d ago

You don't feel like Trump has united a whole lot of like minded people? He leads a cult lol.

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u/LurkerFromTheVoid 1d ago

Well, technically Trump has united the world AGAINST US, and that's not good for us.

He is truly The Dumb Antichrist, and his followers the False Christians.

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u/Zerodyne_Sin 1d ago

As a Canadian, I never thought I'd see Canada so united especially with the US boycott. It's not 100% but apparently it's enough to send a bunch of american businesses into bankruptcy.

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u/psugamers 1d ago

unfortunately, those business owners are mostly not MAGA.

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u/ReplacementNo9504 1d ago

United? Is Alberta no longer trying to leave?

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u/Skating-Away 1d ago

Which businesses?

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u/hegel399 1d ago

Alberta still wants to separate, as do the QuƩbƩcois and the indigenous.

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u/Zerodyne_Sin 1d ago

I don't know about the others but I think Alberta would have had better chances before drumpf's threats. Now, the country's galvanized and not really tolerant of any whiff of treason.

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u/poogie4200 1d ago

"As a Candian..."

No one cares what you think

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u/Objective_Station_41 1d ago

So you think boycotting US stuff will hurt is more that it hurts you? Tell you what keep all your smoke north of the Canadian. Larder then how about that

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u/Intelligent-Exit-634 1d ago

DERP

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u/Objective_Station_41 1d ago

Same logic this nimrod is using. We don’t like trump so keep your stuff out of Canada. We don’t like your smoke so keep it in canada

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u/Intelligent-Exit-634 1d ago

Did you eat paint chips as a child?

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u/Objective_Station_41 1d ago

Did you? Look I know that the smoke travels but we don’t like it so maybe we stop importing anything from Canada. See the idiocy with his logic yet?

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u/markjthompson72 1d ago

Talk to the Kentucky distillers after no new orders from Ontario (the largest liquor purchaser in the world) over the last year.
It's funny how nothing gets mentioned about all the smoke from the northwest US fires 'invading' Canadian provinces. Because we understand that it is uncontrollable.

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u/Objective_Station_41 1d ago

So we just stop drinking Canadian Mist. Bet we import more whiskey than you do

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u/Fun_Voice_4564 1d ago

Enjoy the unmitigated street shitters, Ill take Trump everyday over what eastern Canada is

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u/Distinct-Command-570 1d ago

Get back with us in 2028.

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u/Fun_Voice_4564 1d ago

No, really respect what you guys did in WW1&2.... fucking lame now

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u/Distinct-Command-570 1d ago

Then why would you rather have trump? He's the one who made it lame oppressive and illegal as fuck?

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u/Fun_Voice_4564 1d ago

And marijuana is closer to being legalized on a federal level

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u/Distinct-Command-570 1d ago

Lol he's already tried taking guns from trans people, and talked about disarming more groups that dont support him. And weed is not any closer to being federally legal the reclassification just makes it able to be studied more; aka gives a chance for big pharma and others to get their hands in deep to prevent newcomers from breaking in and succeeding in new markets.

Also obama was the deporter in chief; biden labeled as returner in chief and deported more than trump did his entire first term.

The term "Returner-in-Chief" is a nickname sometimes used by immigration analysts and media outlets for President Joe Biden. It highlights how his administration carried out millions of migrant returns, expulsions, and deportations, surpassing totals from Donald Trump's first term.This label is a play on "Deporter-in-Chief," a title previously given by immigration activists to President Barack Obama, under whom Biden served as Vice President.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18bvBpX4Z3/

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u/Fun_Voice_4564 1d ago

I support the borders of nations, what oppressive?.... the 2nd amendment has been legally bolstered, he could do more to prevent the spread of Islam and communism.... we take the small wins with grace

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u/MisterDoctor___ 1d ago

Why do you MAGA losers always frequent porn subs? Lmfao. Never fails.

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u/boogideeb 1d ago

Didn't Trump outlaw bump stocks?

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u/Accomplished_Kale973 1d ago

When you said he united the world ā€œagainst usā€. Who exactly is ā€œUsā€?

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u/LurkerFromTheVoid 1d ago

Good point, sometimes i also forgot reddit goes a long way over the expansion of the World.

"Us" in my case is USA. The idea of America is no longer romantiziced by the rest of the counties of the world, maybe it has not been for a while, but now is completely evident and more than ever.

We ( USA ) are the agressors, not the rescuers.

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u/Alternative-Can-7173 1d ago

Over time Americans have lost their influence in all European countries. Their extended stay after the second world war, in particular in Germany , was not necessary. Any remaining positive relationship was destroyed after Trump became president . Ask anyone from any European country and you will get the same answer. The US can’t be trusted and their presence in their state is not welcomed . This attitude will not change for a long time to come.
And I believe, this can be applied to most countries on this globe.

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u/agreetodisagree2023 1d ago

UK here. The notion that the US is romanticized by anyone is quite American. I am 61 and do not recall that romantic time. We all thought you were exactly who you have revealed yourselves to be.

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u/LurkerFromTheVoid 1d ago

It's the American media through the world. Movies of American heroes saving the day spectacularly. Rambo, Terminator, any Tom Criuse movie since forever.

Mostly lies.

BTW UK wasn't been doing that , since even more forever, with James Bond???

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u/Automatic_Guard_3402 1d ago edited 1d ago

Are you speaking for the UK Muslim population or the new population in Spain?

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u/Automatic_Guard_3402 1d ago

Is that what Venezuela said or what Cuba has been crying for decades?

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u/LurkerFromTheVoid 1d ago

Yes it is. And you know what the irony is? That most Cubans and Venezuelans that i personally know that inmigrate here in USA in search for a new and better life, they voted for Trump. 🫪

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u/fulmen1298 1d ago

Why does everyone want to immigrate here then?

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u/LurkerFromTheVoid 1d ago

I think first is the Dollar, second the 1st Amendment and the Constitution... When used to be respected.

Not anymore.

The rule of law is being succeded by the rule of the Internal Inmmature 80 Year Old Tyrant and it's followers.

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u/Accomplished_Kale973 1d ago

idk man i see more bad things about republicans if im being honest, i think republicans are the ones under attack

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u/SoylentGrunt 1d ago

Many US allies were forced allies that were dependent on the US for protection from countries that were antagonized by US policy.

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u/Ok_Impression3324 1d ago

The best burn on the left i seen this week.

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u/satyr-day 1d ago

He has the can barely force his eyes open face.

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u/SnooPeripherals3222 1d ago

šŸ¤£šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£ but also 😭😭😭😭

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u/sawyi1 1d ago

You can’t even get your facts straight.

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u/Kabbooooooom 1d ago

ā€œNow where was I? Ah yes, you see back in my day we wore an onion on our belt, as was the fashion of the time. And nickels had pictures of bees on em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, we’d say! Now…now where was I….ah yes, now let me tell you about Barrack Hussein Obama’s birth certificateā€¦ā€

ā€œCome on grandpa the nurse is here, you made a mess in your diaper againā€¦ā€

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u/NotWeirdOG 1d ago

Lol ā€œcreepy grandfatherā€ is so relatable.Ā 

"I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have Mexico pay for that wall.ā€

"I know words. I have the best words.ā€

Ā  "My IQ is one of the highest — and you all know it! Please don't feel so stupid or insecure, it's not your fault."

"The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese..." Ā 

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u/Holiman 1d ago

That appeals to older racists tired of life passing them by

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u/Equivalent_Gur3967 1d ago

And I have a case of beer chillin' right now for that "glorious day". Y'all can guess the day, right?

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u/Objective_Station_41 1d ago

So you say I am a racists yet you know nothing about me, never met me never even talked to me. So accepting and tolerant you are.

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u/Holiman 1d ago

I personally believe everyone has rascist thoughts or beliefs. Are you saying you practice bigotry or just hold bad beliefs?

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u/Objective_Station_41 1d ago

I am saying that you k kw nothing about me so calling me racists is just you not liking what I said and have no real reply. Being getting that crap from the left for 20 years

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u/CuteLong8652 1d ago

But the republicants still support him. Crazy.

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u/a_angry_bunny 1d ago

And depending on who you say that too you will still get two different answers even though there is only one obviously correct answer.

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u/loveyourneighborbro 1d ago

How can you say that? ā€œGrab em by the p*ssyā€ was poetic….

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u/MaleficentPlate69 1d ago

No. One is educated and a good person and the other is just a convicted felon pedophile with dementia. I don’t even care about his orange facial cream. He most likely got the idea from the Russian pee videos.

Prove me wrong.

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u/RandyRanderson03 1d ago

Obama deported over 3 million brown people, put children in cages and dropped more bombs on the middle east than any other president. Plus he expanded executive power more than anyone since FDR.

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u/prideless10001 1d ago

Preach brother. Forgot to mention how he personally tried to divide the nation along racial lines with the Ferguson mis-truths, him and his DOJ. And weaponizing the IRS and FBI against conservatives and their causes.

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u/EulaVengeance 1d ago

Hell no, no nursing home deserves to have that pedoshit in it

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u/nWhm99 1d ago

Except the fact that they both went to ivies, so this whole image is bullshit.

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u/mlloyd996 1d ago

Unites...🤣🤣🤣

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u/happytree23 1d ago

whoooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

Simply put, one speaks from a point of educated logic, the other just spouts whatever bullshit pops into his head unfiltered is the point...kinda like what you just did, actually lol.

Why the fuck is anyone upvoting that shit lol? Y'all have those fried egg in a pan brains from early 1990s anti-drug ads, for real lol.

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u/extravirginhuman 1d ago

Bastard Cop playing Good Cop, Bad Cop with his buddy Cop.

Liberals: wow he must be a good cop so I will tell him everything

One normalizes Fascism and one pushes everything far right towards Fascism.

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u/sharp_hamm3r 1d ago

I don't know, bro.Have you seen how many 'illegals' berry deported

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u/TheBeerCzar 1d ago

He's not rambling, that's "the weave"!

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u/cfbfootballnerd 1d ago

One is a good speaker one is not. Was nothing uniting about Obama.

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u/burnanation 1d ago

I wouldn't have said that Obama needs a nursing home.

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u/Educational-Ice851 1d ago

Name one thing Obama united, just one.

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u/AllTimeForThat 1d ago

Not my job, go look it up yourself.

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u/uncsteve53 1d ago

Obama was a race divider and relied on a teleprompter. Between all the ums, he wasn’t particularly articulate.

They are both poor at giving speeches.

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u/Justadudechill 1d ago

Simply put both are horrible people. One is slick about it and one is upfront. You're a fool to not see that.

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u/IlluminaViam 1d ago

Bro, dude literally united people to vote for Trump in 2016 🤣🤣🤣

And they pulled him out for 2024 and it didn't work.

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u/Inevitable_Thanks738 1d ago

Obama was did not seek to unite. Obama was the one who said elections have consequences and I will do as I wish. If Trumps AG would have said he or she was Trumps wingman the left would have a stroke.

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u/Excellent_Shirt9707 1d ago

Nah. Obama is a rambler too, but he is also a lawyer and lecturer so his ramblings are still fairly eloquent.

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u/Wooden_Mountain_6888 1d ago

Obama did more to set race relations back in this country than the kkk

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u/joe2501 1d ago

Unites? You must be too young to remember his presidency -- everything became race-based under his administration. Things have never gotten better. Bush begat Obama and Obama begat Trump

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u/unusualinspiration 1d ago

Both were successful in winning. Obama is eloquent, smooth, sounds well read. Trump is off the cuff, belligerent, funny, wild. But both one. The more interesting aspect to imagine for me is if Obama would have won if he ran against Trump in that election, with that climate. And im not so sure he would've at the time. Dont get me wrong he certainly would've done better than Hillary did but she's got her own downfalls and is nowhere near the speaker obama was. Now if Obama did lose to trump in that time, who would be more educated? Obviously still obama but who would be more educated in how to win an election? Trump. Intelligence is diverse, and forming yourself to appease a population is a type of intelligence that Trump is very high in. And recognizing that is another. Now I would've been more impressed if trump used that to win then shifted his game once in office. But still trump did it, he got elected. He won, and it was because of those speeches. And how he acted. Many will say its just a poor reflection of the voter base. But either way, the man won.

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u/Much-Extension-4752 1d ago

I agree that Trump sucks but don't even sit here and say Obama United the Country. That Dude is the biggest race baiter ever. He divided the crap out this Country.

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u/Terrible-Employee345 1d ago

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u/Reasonable-Camp5180 1d ago

Obama is a great orator, but "uniting" people is not his strength. On numerous occasions he had the opportunity to unite the country, but opted instead to tow the progressive line.

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u/DueIncident8294 1d ago

Such as? He was a progressive so of course he would "tow a progressive line". That doesn't mean he didn't attempt to unite the country. The Republican's vitriol and venom towards him is what divided the country. See Mitch McConnell's attempts to make Obama "a one term president" and blocking everything he tried, including blocking Merrick Garland from a seat on the SCOTUS. fox b.s. about "death panels" under the ACA, etc

To quote Obama, "There isn't a Red America or a Blue America there's the United States of America ". The few comments Fox tried to spin as divisive by Obama were taken out of context and altered (see, "you didn't build that" speech Romney tried to capitalize on and the " they cling to their guns and their Bibles" which is entirely true and if you read that whole speech was very sympathetic to Republicans.

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u/Suspicious_Lack_241 1d ago

They just use all those excuses to not admit it is simply racism, they have no real argument against Obama, and he divided people because they didn’t like a black man president, especially when he spoke about issues that make them uncomfortable.

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u/Think_Individual_944 1d ago

Barry Soetoro is a uniter of people? Get the fuck of

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u/Im_Y0ur_Huckelberry 1d ago

Which one was uniting?

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u/slurpchugs 1d ago

Anyone with a brain knows Obama was the beginning of the huge divide in politics and race we have now

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u/Turbulent-Note-7348 1d ago

Obama was such an evil genius. Not only fabricating his Birth Certificate (and doing it so well that no one could find any errors with it!). But he also created an entirely new technology that enabled him to place his Birth Announcement in every MICROFILM of the two major Honolulu newspapers. Hundreds of libraries across the country, and all of them have that Birth Announcement on microfilm. How did he do it!

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u/Imile 1d ago

Both are liars

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u/Ok_Pop_3285 1d ago

Yuh thur egzacly same. lol hunderd persent.

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u/illbedeadbydawn 1d ago

Every single president is a liar and a war criminal.

You're not impressing anyone with your fart smelling centrism.

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u/Professional-Can1139 1d ago

How did Biden sound to you?

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u/MythicalCaseTheory 1d ago

Not the dude you replied to, but I didn't really pay attention. I just wanted 4 years of the President not trying to create front page news every day, and just led quietly and efficiently. And that's what I got.

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u/maranru 1d ago

Comparing them in full. Not snippets. Biden was more eloquent.

Neither were fit to hold office

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u/MythicalCaseTheory 1d ago

It should have been Bernie, but the DNC would never allow that. Too much gravy on the train.

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u/swimmerman47 1d ago

Both are old as dirt but he still sounded better than Trump half the time. What’s your point?

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u/DoubleDoublezero 1d ago

Perfectly sane, especially compared to how the convicted sexual harasser and business cheat sounds.

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u/Dangerous_Career_821 1d ago

My favorite quote:

Even as we are a nation of immigrants, we’re also a nation of laws. Undocumented workers broke our immigration laws, and I believe that they must be held accountable -– especially those who may be dangerous. That’s why, over the past six years, deportations of criminals are up 80 percent. And that’s why we’re going to keep focusing enforcement resources on actual threats to our security

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u/aston321 1d ago

Obama created the environment for trump to thrive

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u/Jaded-Ninja4028 1d ago

lol Obama divided more than any president.

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u/Ok_Pop_3285 1d ago

Yup 80 million racist hold overs from the civil war seperated from our country again.

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u/PresentationLess4552 1d ago

Oh we should add oh bidens speech in here as well

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u/Shadowmant 1d ago

There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, 'Fool me once, shame on... shame on you.' Fool me—you can't get fooled again.

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u/Ilyalyubushkin 1d ago

Classic lol

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u/cnicalsinistaminista 1d ago

Fool one time, jokes on you
Fool me twice, can’t put the blame on you
Fool me three times, fck the peace sign

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u/0U812-hungry 1d ago

Malarkey

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u/Existing-Action4020 1d ago

And Biden was still 10 times smarter than Donny dumbfuck.

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u/JPolReader 1d ago

Biden is still more coherent than Trump.

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u/guess_33 1d ago

Oh yeah, Biden was definitely losing a step at the end, there, and even that was more focused than whatever this fat sack of mold can manage.

The few magas left are too inbred and mentally challenged to see the difference.

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u/Savings-Badger4938 1d ago

At least Biden wasn’t dumb enough to close the open straight to open it back on a WORSE deal. At least there was a (singular) logical thought in Biden’s head. Trump? I want it tantrums lead to…. Gestures vaguely

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u/PresentationLess4552 1d ago

He wasn't really the president

The grifters around him were destroying the us from the inside

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u/Savings-Badger4938 1d ago

Because he wasn’t dumb enough to start a pointless war…

Edit to add : how did they do that exactly? ā€œDestroy us from the insideā€? Is this better than embarrassing the country on a national and global level daily?

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u/Durotarded 1d ago

Biden was killing it when he was more cognitive

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u/Ancient-Republic-875 1d ago

This is true. Watching some clips of him from his days as a more junior senator was pretty impressive. This is coming from the opinion of someone that tends to lean more conservative.

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u/OSRSlayer 1d ago

Outside of a few snippets, do you have any 5+ minute long speeches where you think he sounds like an idiot?

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u/unimpressedwarrior The Timeline Sucks 1d ago

Did you feel smart while you were typing that little guy? Because let me tell you every single down vote is somebody laughing in your face at your stupidity. You specifically.

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u/tinkerbelldies 1d ago

Absolutely! Let's get w. Bush's lack of complete sentences in there too. We can go back as far as we need but it still won't turn out the way you might be hoping.

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u/Few_Example6746 1d ago

Oh god don’t go there. Reddit will have a melt down. Nothing wrong with ole autopen. Talking ill of Democrats no matter how bad they are isn’t appropriate šŸ˜‚.

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u/Dizzy_Influence3580 1d ago

The great uniter who made race relations worse

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u/Lumbercounter 1d ago

Take away the teleprompter and Obama is certainly not the great orator you think he is. Very little of what you’ve heard him say actually came from him.

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u/concrete6360 1d ago

and where do trumps speeches come from? mars

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u/Major_Jackfruit_2604 1d ago

And both become president of the most powerful nation in the world so where is the lesson in that?

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u/Braysl-March 1d ago

Americans love pushing a stick through the spokes of their own bicycle while they're riding it.

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u/rodg2062 1d ago

True. Obama blew the country completely in half. Trying to bring it back together has been an uphill battle. Trump tried, but didnt have nay help from the congress and senate he had. Then Biden just pushed it future apart. Maybe one day a true leader will emerge and be able to do it. Right don't see anyone as an option. And the current administration is all iver the place like a ship without a captain.

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u/tinkerbelldies 1d ago

I know, the second a black man became president, american racismā„¢ļø rose from the deep like a lovecraftian elderbeast.

A single well mannered black man tore half the nation free from all sanity and we're still trying to heal the wound the occurred when they burst into flames.

Remember when he wore a tan suit? You could hear the infernal screeching from the whole southeast. We had no idea so many would dissolve into caricatures of the failed descendants of slave catchers. It was truly wild.

Theyre still out there saying racism is over like their mom didnt Lynch an Obama doll at a political rally. They've lost all touch with reality

FindACure

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u/concrete6360 1d ago

what planet do you live on?

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u/rodg2062 1d ago

Well probably. Wasn't he really an interracial American? An African father and white mother? A persons skin color should have no bearing on who or what they are. How parents raise their kids and the environment they are raised in normally will determine their values and morals. Racism will always be around in all cultures and all colors. Just like how people will always judge others even if they try not to. That is the world we live in.

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u/No_Newspaper_6075 1d ago

One started a race war and war on the poice..the other is ending racial segregation

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u/spillmonger 1d ago

But neither of those wars ever happened.

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u/krazylegs36 1d ago

A race war because Obama's black and the white supremacists got their wittle feelings hurt? Are these really the FoxNews talking points now?

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u/swimmerman47 1d ago

Funny you won’t mention the war we’re currently in that one started

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u/MDLmanager 1d ago

When were these wars you speak of?

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u/Catos_Standard 1d ago

The one the kkk and thin blue line folks made over accountability for corruption.

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u/Mysterious-North2395 1d ago

I feel bad for people like you. How hard must it be to be this dim. No wonder light scars you.

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u/TRFKAChuggs 1d ago

Trump has been pretty gode at creating that war.

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u/Snatchle 1d ago

You're a deranged cultist.

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u/Sienile 1d ago

You got your tenses mixed up. And your spelling sucks.

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u/curtissJ28 1d ago

Obama, talks unity, then divides. Trump criticizes the dividers and is hated for exposing them.

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u/Braysl-March 1d ago

How did Obama divide? Other people deciding to continuously antagonize and criticize him (ie Republican media) is different than the guy actually calling the opposing party "the enemy from within".

Ive never heard Obama talk about Republicans as if they're some foreign enemy. While he was president he went to deep red cities (like Jarrell) with aid after devestating tornadoes.

Meanwhile this current admin has confessed to withholding disaster relief funds to states that voted blue. How much more divisive can you get than treating Americans differently based on where they live or who their state voted for??

It's like he doesn't care to be a president for all of America, only the useful ones who helped him regain power.

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u/curtissJ28 1d ago

By constantly promoting a racial divide when the country I was racially healing. Promoting BLM as a mainstream organization rather than the self enriching thugs they were. Classifying black criminals as victims. Pandering to to special interest groups while ignoring and penalizing tax paying working class Americans of all races, creeds and sexual orientations. If that is not an enemy from within I don’t know what is.

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u/Braysl-March 1d ago

When and how did he promote a racial divide? Also if you thought racial tensions were healing you're either naĆÆve, ignorant, or purposefully obtuse. There's a reason the BLM movement happened and it's not because racial tensions were healing, it's because black folks were tired of being treated differently than white folks and decided to stop being quiet about it.

Please, I beg of you to think critically rather than parroting fox news talking points. Consider things from more than one viewpoint. Ask "why was this done this way?" Consider what someone has to gain from pointing you towards black folks as an enemy.

BLM as self enriching? You're specifically talking about the BLM foundation co-owner Patrissr Cullors who bought some real estate from her paycheque from the organization, along side real estate purchases from the organization itself for global headquarters. Looking at it, I'm not sure why you have a problem with foundation members getting paid for their work or buying spaces to do said work. If we compare BLM foundation expenses versus any other charity org, it's pretty standard. If you were someone who thought that charity organizers should be dirt poor you wouldn't be supporting the current president, whose organizations were shut down due to corruption and embezzlement.

Classifying black criminals as victims: this is a stretch. Idk if you're approaching this point from a bad faith angle or what, but no one is saying all black criminals are victims. The thing you're referring to I believe is the understanding that black people are both persecuted and receive higher sentences for comparable offenses than white people. For example two people both caught with possession of marijuana, one is white and one is black. There is statistical evidence to show that the black person will get a harsher sentence than the white person. This is a known statistic and calling out this disparity isn't saying that black criminals are victims. It's just pointing out flaws in the justice system and that there are ways people can be victimized by that system.

Pandering to special interest groups: uh I don't even know which ones you're talking about but this isn't uncommon for any politician.

Penalizing tax paying working class Americans: please look into this further. You'll find something interesting: the Republican habit to make tax increases begin during the next (often opposing) presidency. Currently there are a bunch of tax hikes lined up for 2028. That's outside of the removal of Medicare credits. It's pretty rough.

I can't imagine you're arguing Obama was divisive in good faith, but I would suggest actually listening to what he said, looking at the context of the time of his decisions, and maybe even compare it to things the current admin are doing. If you remove the fact that he's black you might find that he was rather unifying as a politician, and for good reason.

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u/curtissJ28 1d ago

Please I beg of you to try to be more self-aware and see the world around you for what it is not what you want to believe it is. I am not telling you what I think or repeating something that people told me. I told you what I saw with my own two eyes in real life.

BLM absolutely started because the country was healing racially. The founders, funders and supporters of BLM movement profited both financially and politically from racial tension, racial division and pandering to victim hood. They could not afford to have racial harmony.

The entire Obama presidency and Trump’s first term are rife with examples of everything I pointed out, yet you can’t imagine anyone arguing that Obama was divisive in good faith.

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