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Obama's Independence Day message
X ^ | 07/04/2025 | Barack Obama

Posted on 07/04/2025 1:02:42 PM PDT by DFG

Independence Day is a reminder that America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ America is owned by no one. It belongs to all citizens. And at this moment in history—when core democratic principles seem to be continuously under attack, when too many people around the world have become cynical and disengaged—now is precisely the time to ask ourselves tough questions about how we can build our democracies and make them work in meaningful and practical ways for ordinary people.


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To: DFG
for ordinary people

I noticed that at the RNC convention in 2024, they started using the phrase "everyday" Americans instead of "ordinary" people.

"Ordinary" sounds demeaning when spoken by an elitist.

"Everyday" sounds respectful when spoken by someone who wants to represent them.

-PJ

61 posted on 07/04/2025 5:42:30 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: DFG

“You didn’t build that.”


62 posted on 07/04/2025 5:57:29 PM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: kiryandil

What a narcissist. Gotta make it about him, so he throws in “yes we can”. POS.


63 posted on 07/04/2025 6:51:20 PM PDT by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.)
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To: DFG

This alien needs to get back on its spaceship and go back to whatever intergalactic planet it crawled out of. Serpent disguised as human....


64 posted on 07/04/2025 7:14:35 PM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: DFG

What BS!


65 posted on 07/04/2025 7:35:00 PM PDT by Mlheureux
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To: johniegrad

Same here, as I’m cautiously optimistic about the dthe direction of America, but Trump is only only one man in a sea of snakes.


66 posted on 07/04/2025 8:22:32 PM PDT by 82nd Bragger (Count to four except when in a helicopterw)
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To: DFG

Aye

It belongs to all citizens = We The People


67 posted on 07/05/2025 8:05:28 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: DFG
Suddenly Obunga is WORKING at trying to be PATRIOTIC.

HE's a PHONY A$$ KISSIN' BA$TARD!

68 posted on 07/06/2025 4:09:45 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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