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Obama: I Am 'What a Feminist Looks Like'
MSNBC ^ | 15 Jun 2016 | Irin Carmon

Posted on 06/15/2016 7:42:56 AM PDT by mandaladon

Fresh off endorsing a woman to succeed him in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama stood before 5,000 convened as part of a White House summit on women and delivered his most robustly feminist speech yet.

"I may be a little grayer than I was eight years ago," Obama told the advocates. "But this is what a feminist looks like."

While he said little about the presidential election, Obama's words implicitly drew a contrast between the majority-female, diverse Democratic coalition and the party of Trump.

"You hear politicians peddle the fiction that blocking immigrants or cutting off trade or 'big government' are all to blame" for economic hardship, Obama said. "But we know what the causes are: The rise of global competition, the weakening of the labor movement and participation in unions, the automation of more jobs, the race of technology — all these trends have the potential of leaving workers behind. They let a few at the top do even better. And we see some of those divisions not just between groups, but within groups. There are women who have never had more opportunity, but there are a lot of women who are still stuck in the toughest of economic circumstances."

Obama said that his daughter Malia's high school graduation last week — here, he recreated a half-suppressed whimper — led him to reflect on "this extraordinary time for women in America."

Charting the progress of women since his birth, from access to contraception to women in space, Obama said, "We have to celebrate it, but we have to remember that progress is not inevitable. It's the result of slow, tireless, often frustrating and unheralded work."

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: happy; isis; nancyboy; obama; trump
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To: mandaladon

I wonder...does Barry write under the pseudonym Gersh Kuntzman??


41 posted on 06/15/2016 8:24:04 AM PDT by 556x45
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To: treetopsandroofs

I think it means ole Moochie really is a man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvuulZPbfBg


42 posted on 06/15/2016 8:27:15 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: mandaladon

The Third Wave feminists will drool with hatred over this statement.

According to them, men aren’t allowed to call themselves feminists.


43 posted on 06/15/2016 8:29:56 AM PDT by Read Write Repeat
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To: mandaladon

Obama... you are what a commie pinko looks like!


44 posted on 06/15/2016 8:44:27 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
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To: mandaladon

Most of the one’s I’ve seen re a little more butch.


45 posted on 06/15/2016 8:47:19 AM PDT by KosmicKitty
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To: KosmicKitty

So...a “feminist” is a traitorous criminal pretender with a pathological narcissism? Interesting.


46 posted on 06/15/2016 8:57:41 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: Ouderkirk

I’ve grown tired of seeing Michael O’s poorly concealed package.

What cracks me up is that on lots of the sites “exposing” Mike, so many of the respondents just wish he would come out already.


47 posted on 06/15/2016 9:00:52 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: freedumb2003

If he used the Ladies Restroom, would anyone notice?


48 posted on 06/15/2016 9:08:50 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of infants, ruled by their emotion)
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To: GregoTX

Am I the only one who would love to see Trump pitch out a baseball?


49 posted on 06/15/2016 9:38:22 AM PDT by WVNan
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To: Bratch

come on! That’s Michelle! Look at his face! It’s Michelle!


50 posted on 06/15/2016 9:40:21 AM PDT by uncitizen (Gloves OFF! Go Trump!)
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To: mandaladon

Clearly, he meant to say “femmie.”


51 posted on 06/15/2016 10:18:24 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: mandaladon

In before pics of bammy in a dress.


52 posted on 06/15/2016 10:21:22 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: Bridesheadfan

Keep digging that fagula hole deeper!
53 posted on 06/15/2016 10:28:08 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: 17th Miss Regt; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker

Damnit, you beat me to it. LOL


54 posted on 06/15/2016 10:44:23 AM PDT by Impy (Never Shillery)
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To: Mr Rogers

>>If he used the Ladies Restroom, would anyone notice?<<

Probably not, but what amazes me is that his wife doesn’t get kicked out of ladies rooms prior to the new pervert-support laws.


55 posted on 06/15/2016 11:00:11 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
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To: freedumb2003

ping


56 posted on 06/15/2016 12:00:46 PM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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To: mandaladon
"But this is what a feminist looks like."

So he addressing himself or his audience...?

I guess both can be true...

57 posted on 06/15/2016 12:11:36 PM PDT by Popman (Christ alone: My Cornerstone..)
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To: mandaladon

“But this is what a feminist looks like.” Hey, He is just mad because Michelles balls are bigger than his..


58 posted on 06/15/2016 12:14:34 PM PDT by contrarian (to quote hillary....ow ow ow ow ow.)
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To: mandaladon
Obama is the pajama boy of presidents.

59 posted on 06/15/2016 12:42:18 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Impy; 17th Miss Regt; fieldmarshaldj; stephenjohnbanker

There’s MANY things that he looks like... most of which have “douche” and “bag” in them...


60 posted on 06/15/2016 2:56:17 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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