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JC Marin
Trad climber
CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 20, 2017 - 09:15pm PT
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Thank you for the 8 years--you were (are) awesome and will be missed.
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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Jan 20, 2017 - 09:33pm PT
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Thanks Obama.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 20, 2017 - 09:39pm PT
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A good man, to be sure, but he has a very mixed legacy, not the least is that he didn't inspire
the country to elect his anointed successor, and it wasn't for lack of trying.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Jan 20, 2017 - 10:04pm PT
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Obama leaves the presidency with > 50% approval rating...not bad for a two term president. I didn't always agree with his policies but I give him a lot of credit for persevering 8 years under the microscope with the republicans opposing everything he tried to accomplish and disrespecting him like no other president has been disrespected.
I don't blame Obama for Trump winning. Those who voted for Obama twice and then voted for Trump would probably have voted for Bernie.
Hillary was the ultimate Washington insider and the red states wanted anyone but an insider.
I put some of the blame on Debby W-S & the DNC...the people who really rigged the election.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jan 20, 2017 - 10:19pm PT
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Obama leaves the country 10 trillion dollars more in debt then when he took office, doubling the national debt.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
and I'm a democrat, or was before Hillary stealing the nomination from Bernie.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jan 20, 2017 - 10:32pm PT
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An entire heartland, so afraid of a black president that they were willing to elect a TV caricature mafia clown.
Obama did his best to act with intelligence and class, and to protect the country. I'll always admire him for standing bravely against all the vile filth thrown at him.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Jan 20, 2017 - 10:35pm PT
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Nobody said bailing out Wall Street would be cheap..
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jan 20, 2017 - 11:20pm PT
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i never related to the idea of being represented, but this went beyond that.
he said he was looking forward to being quiet, to not hearing himself talk for a while.
you got it barry o, from me to you ... that's how i feel about what and how he gave.
i'd hook him up with blue skies if i knew how
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nah000
climber
no/w/here
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Jan 21, 2017 - 12:09am PT
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obama mostly looks good given the "sentient tire fires" [thanks liberal redneck] that book ended him.
in the last year over 26000 bombs [three every hour of every day for the last year] were dropped on seven different predominantly muslim countries. and many of those were dropped by proven to be mistake prone remotely operated drone.
sure obama was a great campaigner. and he had a great vision much of the time. and he was also a necessary step in the u.s.' continued integration of some of its long term abhorrent past...
unfortunately, due not only to his own failings, there was more hope than change...
and so we get to see whether this time is really rock bottom.
so far it looks like we're just getting started.
and some of this new spiral falls directly at obama's feet...
despite what the deranged would have one believe, there was too much ineffective focus on "enemies" abroad at the same time that there was also too much belief that he could negotiate with the wolves already in the hen house at home.
and so the world will suffer in the long term even if there is no question that i also believe he did do his best to turn a ship that seems hell bent on following the path of the deceased empires that have preceded it.
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Lollie
Social climber
I'm Lolli.
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Jan 21, 2017 - 03:26am PT
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From Europe,
hail to a statesman emeritus. A true President of a great nation.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jan 21, 2017 - 10:53am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 21, 2017 - 10:59am PT
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hail to a statesman emeritus.
While I applaud his character and domestic agenda, for the most part,
I found him gravely wanting as a statesman. A highly questionable deal with
Iran, he encouraged the Ukrainians to take on the Russians and then left
them to row themselves, he armed and supported the wrong people in Syria,
he kicked the N Korean can down the road, he punted on Chinese hegemony
in the S China Sea, he has done basically nothing of any import in Africa.
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JC Marin
Trad climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 21, 2017 - 10:59am PT
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and so the world will suffer in the long term even if there is no question that i also believe he did do his best to turn a ship that seems hell bent on following the path of the deceased empires that have preceded it.
Well stated assessment of our predicament
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slabbo
Trad climber
colo south
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Jan 21, 2017 - 11:03am PT
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I'm trying to save my health care $$$$ ....
Thanks to the ACA I'm still alive
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Jan 21, 2017 - 11:09am PT
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A questionable deal with Iran...huh? You mean the one that stopped their race to manufacture a nuclear weapon and gave us the right to renegotiate if they violate the terms? That one? Or maybe you prefer the Republican plan...hmm, where is it? Oh yeah, with all the others...MIA.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 21, 2017 - 11:16am PT
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Crankloon, take a reading comprehension class. I said "questionable",
not disastrous. He bought a rug that was over-priced and of dubious quality.
Americans always get had at flea markets.
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Jan 21, 2017 - 12:33pm PT
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Survival:
An entire heartland, so afraid of a black president that they were willing to elect a TV caricature mafia clown.
Huh? The same heartland that elected Obama--twice?
BAd
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jan 21, 2017 - 12:36pm PT
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^^^^Negatory, MOST of those folks didn't vote for Obama, some did.
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Jan 21, 2017 - 01:43pm PT
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A decent man, a gentleman and scholar who had a progressive vision for America and the World. Time will tell if his ideas prevail.
Edit: Forgot to mention that eight years ago I saw a clip of him walking into a gym to shoot baskets, pausing under a chinning bar and doing a pull-up. That sealed the deal. I voted for him.
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