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Obama says he teared up over butler movie
AFP News ^ | August 27, 2013

Posted on 08/27/2013 4:36:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

President Barack Obama teared up watching "Lee Daniels' The Butler," a celluloid depiction of the US civil rights battle as seen by an African-American who served in the White House.

"I teared up just thinking about not just the butlers who have worked here in the White House, but an entire generation of people who were talented and skilled, but because of Jim Crow, because of discrimination, there was only so far they could go," Obama said in an interview with radio host Tom Joyner.

"And yet, with dignity and tenacity, they got up and worked every single day," said Obama, the first African-American US president, noting that those who were discriminated against put up with a lot "because they hoped for something better for their kids."

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KEYWORDS: butler; celebritard; celebrity; failure; hollywood; janefonda; journalism; kneepads; media; moviereview; obama; obamasracewar; revisionisthistory; thebutler
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21 posted on 08/27/2013 4:56:17 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I cried too because it was too damned long.

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22 posted on 08/27/2013 4:57:06 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I bet the reason was because he was pulling out nose hairs, this resident has not had an honest emotion in his entire life.


23 posted on 08/27/2013 4:57:35 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Iron Munro

Just read a blurb in the local paper that a theater owner refuses to show the movie because that traitor plays First Lady Nancy Reagan.


24 posted on 08/27/2013 4:58:37 PM PDT by Jvette
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To: bgill
I tear up everytime I think of what America was before hussein.

Amen.


25 posted on 08/27/2013 4:58:40 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He’s simply a homo.


26 posted on 08/27/2013 5:00:21 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will watch the watchers?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

A racially mixed Muslim opportunist who is always stoking the racial fire to keep this country in chaos.


27 posted on 08/27/2013 5:01:32 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The girlie man strikes again.


28 posted on 08/27/2013 5:04:14 PM PDT by lightman (Prosecute the heresies; pity the heretics.)
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To: Autonomous User
I wish when Obama grew up he became the butler.

Talk about the world's worst butler (to add to his other world's worst titles)... He'd botch the spittoon cleaning detail.

29 posted on 08/27/2013 5:06:03 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hurl is right. If Blacks were “held down”, how did this man become a butler in the WH?

Obama should learn the story of Madame CJ Walker, born as Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867 near Delta, Louisiana. She picked cotton, but started a hair and cosmetic company at her kitchen table. That humble start grew into a empire. At her death on May 25, 1919, she was worth over a million dollars. Oh, by-the-way, she was Black. I encourage everyone to look her up. She’s a real inspiration. God bless her.


30 posted on 08/27/2013 5:06:25 PM PDT by oneamericanvoice (Support freedom! Support the troops! Surrender is not an option!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How about tearing up for the 88 year old veteran and the innocent Australian visitor killed for no other reason than they where White, yet racist you and your racist AG won’t even comment.

How about tears where they belong? In the present?


31 posted on 08/27/2013 5:09:36 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. (Yogi Berra))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I honestly don’t think Obama tears up over anything at all.
Well, maybe not getting his way.


32 posted on 08/27/2013 5:10:20 PM PDT by servo1969
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To: DManA

Oh, my. The Bushes are so sensitive to blacks...so down with the struggle. It seems they displayed the appropriate degree of white guilt to appease whomever was concerned.

I used to like that old broad. Live and learn.


33 posted on 08/27/2013 5:24:05 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He’s the first HALF Black American president. And he really is AFRICAN American. But I’m not too sure about the “American” part.


34 posted on 08/27/2013 5:31:47 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (When you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

F him .... and Hanoi Jane


35 posted on 08/27/2013 5:31:59 PM PDT by clamper1797 (Evil WILL flourish when good men WILL not act)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Funny I bet he didn’t “tear up” when he was watching Benghazie Live. FUBO!!!

O wait he will tear up if he is separated from Reggie though


36 posted on 08/27/2013 5:34:25 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Such a racist hatemonger.


37 posted on 08/27/2013 5:36:13 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: CatherineofAragon

The Bush women also approve of it when black and white American women kill their babies in the womb. Like you, I used to admire them... now I see them for their true selves.


38 posted on 08/27/2013 5:40:35 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: DManA
The Butler from Another Planet
39 posted on 08/27/2013 5:44:36 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Moonman62

At least they waited until the poor guy was dead to drop this slop on his head.


40 posted on 08/27/2013 5:47:14 PM PDT by DManA
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