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Botany

(78,067 posts)
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 09:20 AM Tuesday

Remember just how really good, smart, and kind President Obama was and still is?

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His class, brilliance, and skin color was too much for about 25% of American. Damn I
miss him, along with Joe B, Mayor Pete, and V.P. Kamala too.

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Remember just how really good, smart, and kind President Obama was and still is? (Original Post) Botany Tuesday OP
😍👏 littlemissmartypants Tuesday #1
Ahhh, intelligence, common sense, ability to communicate, and just pretty damn good looking. 1WorldHope Tuesday #2
And he moves with the grace of an athlete too. Botany Tuesday #3
You aren't alone in that MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #4
Top his class @ Harvard Law, community organizer,* U.S. Congressman from Illinois (he went and worked @ Botany Tuesday #5
He was great 👍 MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #6
And he still is great along with Michelle and their daughters. Botany Tuesday #7
He's right MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #8

1WorldHope

(2,197 posts)
2. Ahhh, intelligence, common sense, ability to communicate, and just pretty damn good looking.
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 12:15 PM
Tuesday

Yes, I miss him terribly!

Botany

(78,067 posts)
3. And he moves with the grace of an athlete too.
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 12:33 PM
Tuesday

His High School team won the state championship.

MustLoveBeagles

(17,986 posts)
4. You aren't alone in that
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 12:34 PM
Tuesday

Now we have an 🍊 buffoon. And that's the nicest thing I can say about the current occupant.

Botany

(78,067 posts)
5. Top his class @ Harvard Law, community organizer,* U.S. Congressman from Illinois (he went and worked @
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 12:46 PM
Tuesday

different farms to learn about what his constituents did), a dad, a husband, a surfer, hangs out with
Bruce Springsteen, best selling writer, he has won an Oscar, Tony Award, and a Nobel Prize, a U.S.
Senator, * ran kick ass campaigns, and …..

Botany

(78,067 posts)
7. And he still is great along with Michelle and their daughters.
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 01:06 PM
Tuesday

Also I have heard that he encouraged Joe Biden to disagree with him in private because
he always thought that having people who always agree with you does you know good.

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