2016 Postmortem

ALBliberal

(2,845 posts) Fri Dec 16, 2016, 07:27 PM Dec 2016

We desperately needed a lifeline from our President [View all]

today. Didn't happen. Feeling low. How can he just accept this new administration? Depressing. Feel he gave up on us.

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We desperately needed a lifeline from our President [View all] ALBliberal Dec 2016 OP

I feel the same way lastone Dec 2016 #1

I think he felt like Lincoln as the civil war was brewing. libtodeath Dec 2016 #2

And what was President Obama supposed to do? shadowrider Dec 2016 #3

Well, for certain people ... NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #4

So true treestar Dec 2016 #52

I just replied to an "optics" post. For gods' sake they want him to "stay stateside" .... Hekate Dec 2016 #79

Lay out the facts ALBliberal Dec 2016 #5

What facts? Are you joking? Idiots voted him in. bettyellen Dec 2016 #43

I don't get it..m w...t...f... was he suppoded to DO!? Call it rigged and dionysus Dec 2016 #103

I don't want him to do some crazy unconstitutional thing that Trump can use as precedent! bettyellen Dec 2016 #105

Throw a temper tantrum? redstateblues Dec 2016 #6

Punch people in the face!!!! / Sarcasm uponit7771 Dec 2016 #9

Call for election reform,tranparency and paper trails libtodeath Dec 2016 #14

Ummm That is the priority for his post presidency Dream Girl Dec 2016 #48

His post presidency starts in a month so it would have been a good start. libtodeath Dec 2016 #65

precisely; dems continue to flat-out deny that there is a problem. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #97

You left out one I also saw on DU today "declare war against Russia". n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #16

Declaring war is a power the Constitution delegates exclusively to Congress. n/t 24601 Dec 2016 #95

Bomb the sh*t out of 'em!!11! Earth Bound Misfit Dec 2016 #17

It's the meme of the day. As much as I'm gonna miss Pres. Obama, he deserves so much more than... Tarheel_Dem Dec 2016 #34

And everything is his fault and his problem! treestar Dec 2016 #53

It's sad that Civics has been on the chopping block of many school budgets. They don't get the.... Tarheel_Dem Dec 2016 #93

You making faces at me? You scowling at me? That's it! Them's fightin' woids... put up yer DUKES!!1! dionysus Dec 2016 #104

Hey dion! Tarheel_Dem Dec 2016 #106

This, I don't know what they could have expected treestar Dec 2016 #51

Unlike Trump, madamesilverspurs Dec 2016 #7

everyone should have supported hillary the way he did during the campaign JI7 Dec 2016 #8

I and my entire damily supported HRC ALBliberal Dec 2016 #12

Would that millions of racist and misogynistic idiots also didn't vote. bettyellen Dec 2016 #44

He blamed the media and the electorate triron Dec 2016 #10

Your sentence structure is a little confusing. Are you saying Obama is responsible for this fiasco? Hekate Dec 2016 #80

Maybe appeal to our better angels? He is ALBliberal Dec 2016 #11

He's done that all along, and all along I've been here among supposed Democrats... Hekate Dec 2016 #81

I'm a huge Obama supporter but . . . brush Dec 2016 #13

I envy Republicans these things...their ALBliberal Dec 2016 #23

I don't want him to favor us outright JHan Dec 2016 #32

WTF? He DID reveal to the public what was known about hacking. bettyellen Dec 2016 #45

It was released on the same day as the Trump Access Hollywood audio brush Dec 2016 #57

McConnell threatened? Oh come on ... KPN Dec 2016 #60

Look it up. That was stated as a reason for not revealing Putin's machinations closer . . . brush Dec 2016 #67

That wasn't my point. I already knew that -- it just KPN Dec 2016 #71

I agree. My post 13 says that exactly. brush Dec 2016 #74

Yeah but two things- Putin was not named specifically then and the media had already done the damage bettyellen Dec 2016 #63

I agree. We should have broadcast Putin's actions much louder and continuously brush Dec 2016 #70

+1. They fight. We don't. They mercilessly obstruct. We don't. They cheat. We cheat much less. JudyM Dec 2016 #59

+1000! KPN Dec 2016 #61

He told us. He told the media. He used the English language. He did it a month before the election. Hekate Dec 2016 #82

Unfortunately it was put out the same day as the Trump crotch grap audio brush Dec 2016 #85

Yet somehow the media behavior was all Obama's and Hillary's fault Hekate Dec 2016 #86

You're missing the point. It was not Hillary's fault brush Dec 2016 #88

Obama? Told us what? triron Dec 2016 #87

I feel the same way. femmocrat Dec 2016 #15

yes, femm you are jodymarie aimee Dec 2016 #18

Thank you, jodymarie. femmocrat Dec 2016 #20

what you wrote was absolutely correct jodymarie aimee Dec 2016 #47

I at least expected Comey's ass to be fired. Nope. Nay Dec 2016 #62

I honestly don't know what to think or feel anymore. Guilded Lilly Dec 2016 #19

Brilliantly stated, Lilly. femmocrat Dec 2016 #21

Thanks. Being here does help. Guilded Lilly Dec 2016 #24

Thank you for that reply so very sad and I ALBliberal Dec 2016 #22

It certainly won't set us personally back if we continue Guilded Lilly Dec 2016 #26

Certainly there are things behind the scene dflprincess Dec 2016 #35

Could not agree with you more triron Dec 2016 #36

A perfect comment, princess. I've felt this way for a long time, too. If the Dems Nay Dec 2016 #66

A Loyalist in 2016. former9thward Dec 2016 #72

Two of my direct ancestors fought in the Rev War and I recently considered Nay Dec 2016 #75

I also have ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War dflprincess Dec 2016 #89

OMG, those 3 exact ladies were at one of my meetings. LOL Nay Dec 2016 #91

Between 2000 and now, the Voting Rights Act was dismantled. LisaM Dec 2016 #69

Yes it was dflprincess Dec 2016 #92

I accepted his explanation for most of it, tavernier Dec 2016 #25

do you think trump would nominate someone better? he would probably nominate guiliani. La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #28

And he would be worse than a proven traitor? tavernier Dec 2016 #30

Yes Giuliani would be worse. At least comey once stood up to GOP La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #42

People keep making this mistake! Please stop! It's not about WHO Trump would Nay Dec 2016 #68

Once confirmed, the FBI director serves a fixed 10-year term and does not serve at the pleasure of 24601 Dec 2016 #96

POTUS can fire him. tavernier Dec 2016 #100

elections have consequences and the president cannot save us or himself from the outcome La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #27

This Dream Girl Dec 2016 #49

Many of us gave up on him by not turning out to vote in 2010, 2014 and 2016.. dubyadiprecession Dec 2016 #29

See above. Would have been nice for ALBliberal Dec 2016 #31

Don't mean to get biblical but it's all about original sin brush Dec 2016 #37

America's refusal to deal with the intertwining of racism Quayblue Dec 2016 #76

Obama has always tried to educate the public, and the media calls him professorial and the Dems yawn Hekate Dec 2016 #83

People expect on man to do it all Dream Girl Dec 2016 #50

I think he's just as worn out as we are. forgotmylogin Dec 2016 #33

Really! That makes me feel better flamingdem Dec 2016 #39

Wtf did Obama mean by that remark??? triron Dec 2016 #40

He explained it during yesterday's speech- he's not going far. bettyellen Dec 2016 #46

Context? Didn't hear that. triron Dec 2016 #73

perhaps you should listen again. his thousands of comments are on the record at whitehouse.gov. Sunlei Dec 2016 #99

I'm pissed but get that the rethugs want things to descend into chaos w Obama in charge flamingdem Dec 2016 #38

Much like he did during his presidency budkin Dec 2016 #41

Yes, absolutely. TonyPDX Dec 2016 #64

Uh huh Hekate Dec 2016 #84

Public Option had no chance. He made the best of what was available. redstateblues Dec 2016 #102

There's nothing he can do now other than be diplomatic.. vi5 Dec 2016 #54

I told Putin to "Cut it out!" Where have I heard this phrase before? Is this part of a playbook? jalan48 Dec 2016 #55

I wondered about that as well. nt dflprincess Dec 2016 #90

It's multi level chess... SHRED Dec 2016 #56

This is hilarious. Two days ago one of my posts was removed for breaking a "forum rule"-- TonyPDX Dec 2016 #58

He could still pardon a bunch of people. HassleCat Dec 2016 #77

I love President Obama, but... ElementaryPenguin Dec 2016 #78

Almost every day over the past years he's made comments, through election & transition. Sunlei Dec 2016 #94

He handed us thousands of lifelines, and to many people only paid attention to the side-show. Sunlei Dec 2016 #98

Think We Are In The Fifth Stage Now... LovingA2andMI Dec 2016 #101