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“You made me a better president and a better man”, Obama's farewell message

Friday, January 20th 2017 - 23:21 UTC
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Outgoing President Barack Obama penned an emotional public letter, published Thursday, thanking Americans and encouraging them to participate into “daily acts of citizenship.” Before I leave my note for our 45th president, I wanted to say one final thank you for the honor of serving as your 44th,“ he wrote. ”Because all that I've learned in my time in office, I've learned from you. You made me a better president, and you made me a better man.” Read full article

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  • brucey-babe

    'Better president', you were / are a complete I-love-me imbecilic cretin !

    Jan 21st, 2017 - 11:25 am - Link - Report abuse -6
  • Briton

    Obama said=

    Before I leave my note for our 45th president,[ Donald Trump ] I wanted to say one final thank you for the honour of serving as your 44th,“ he wrote. ”Because all that I've learned in my time in office, I've learned from you

    lol

    Jan 21st, 2017 - 12:50 pm - Link - Report abuse -7
  • Libra

    Interesting view, for a president who had to work with a congress controlled by the opposition I find the following achievements pretty impressive for an imbellic cretin:
    1) 20 million more people gaining access to health care insurance (halving the number of Americans without it)
    2) 11 million new jobs created since 2007, unemployment rate approx 5%
    3)commitment to reduce pollution and CO2 emissions
    4) reduction in cost of wind and solar power generation
    5) gay equality in the military, marriage and the workplace
    6)Osama bin Laden dealt with
    7) diplomatic relations restored with Cuba
    8) saved the US car industry during the financial crash with resorting to protectionism
    9) nuclear deal with Iran
    10) reduced countries fiscal deficit by 75%

    And that is just ten! Quite impressive for an imbecilic cretin. Maybe we need more of these types of leaders not less.

    As for Donald Trump.......

    Jan 21st, 2017 - 12:55 pm - Link - Report abuse +5
  • Briton

    As for Donald Trump.......

    He may yet get 12-20-50- Who knows,
    he has four years to achieve it, plus another four if he turns out to be good.

    Jan 21st, 2017 - 08:36 pm - Link - Report abuse -7
  • Heisenbergcontext

    I think Obama might have been happier as a law professor - perhaps ( who knows? ) a supreme court justice. Too decent and gentle to be a great American political leader.

    Jan 22nd, 2017 - 03:14 pm - Link - Report abuse +6
  • Libra

    Interesting view, for a president who had to work with a congress controlled by the opposition I find the following achievements pretty impressive for an imbellic cretin:
    1) 20 million more people gaining access to health care insurance (halving the number of Americans without it)
    2) 11 million new jobs created since 2007, unemployment rate approx 5%
    3)commitment to reduce pollution and CO2 emissions
    4) reduction in cost of wind and solar power generation
    5) gay equality in the military, marriage and the workplace
    6)Osama bin Laden dealt with
    7) diplomatic relations restored with Cuba
    8) saved the US car industry during the financial crash withOUT resorting to protectionism
    9) nuclear deal with Iran
    10) reduced countries fiscal deficit by 75%

    And that is just ten! Quite impressive for an imbecilic cretin. Maybe we need more of these types of leaders not less.

    As for Donald Trump.......

    PS reposted as noticed a typo first time.

    Jan 22nd, 2017 - 04:29 pm - Link - Report abuse +5

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