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Michelle Obama says America is entering a time of hopelessness
NY Times ^ | 16 Dec 16 | By WITW Staff

Posted on 12/16/2016 12:09:55 PM PST by SkyPilot

With fewer than 40 days remaining as first lady, Michelle Obama is continuing to reflect on the legacy she and President Obama will leave after having occupied the White House for the last eight years. In a new interview with Oprah Winfrey, the first lady addressed the election outcome and suggested that the U.S. is entering a time of hopelessness.

“We are feeling what not having hope feels like,” Obama told Winfrey in response to a question about whether President Obama had achieved the “hope and change” he promised while campaigning in 2008. As she often did while campaigning for Hillary Clinton, she didn’t mention President-elect Donald Trump by name. But she alluded to the contrast many in the country are feeling since he won the election last month. “We feel the difference now,” she said, noting that her husband had succeeded in keeping his campaign promise of fostering hope. “Hope is necessary. It’s a necessary concept,” she elaborated. “And Barack didn’t just talk about hope because he thought it was a nice slogan to get votes. He and I and so many believed that … what else do you have if you don’t have hope? What do you give your kids if you can’t give them hope?”

Those are philosophical questions that the nation will no doubt begin to grapple with in earnest over the coming months. And they’re not the first contemplative remarks the first lady, who has earned a special place in Americans’ hearts, has made recently. Last week, she reportedly left White House staffers in tears after a heartfelt thank you speech at a holiday party. And in an interview that appears in the December issue of Vogue, she expressed mixed feelings about leaving the White House...

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hope; michelle; obama; thevaporsdemshazthem; trump
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To: SkyPilot
Mike Obama, First Transvestite of the United States.


(to our eternal shame)
81 posted on 12/16/2016 2:14:43 PM PST by tomkat
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To: SkyPilot

Unfortunately you will seeing a lot of her around 2020.


82 posted on 12/16/2016 2:17:20 PM PST by Archon of the East
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To: SkyPilot

Auditioning for a job in academia


83 posted on 12/16/2016 2:21:39 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SkyPilot

I loathe all of the America-hating Marxists currently squatting in and defiling the White House. Hopelessness was watching them destroy this country for eight years. Hope and joy was watching Americans break down in tears as they realized someone willing to put America and her citizens’ best interests FIRST was elected president.


84 posted on 12/16/2016 2:32:38 PM PST by bigredkitty1 (March 5, 2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: SkyPilot

One more thing: this harpy is as ugly inside as she is out. FU MO!


85 posted on 12/16/2016 2:34:23 PM PST by bigredkitty1 (March 5, 2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: SkyPilot

Evil must be feeling hopeless these days. Good.


86 posted on 12/16/2016 2:39:01 PM PST by Carry me back (Cut the feds by 90%)
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To: Bob434

The perks of being very obedient puppets.


87 posted on 12/16/2016 2:41:00 PM PST by Carry me back (Cut the feds by 90%)
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To: SkyPilot
"Mrs. Obama went on to give an analogy that reveals her and her husband’s elitist Marxist views, starring ..

Barack as the adult godlike father figure and Americans as toddlers who have bumped their heads."

Don't forget, this is how they perceive Americans:


88 posted on 12/16/2016 2:42:05 PM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: Archon of the East

yup sadly- The left will trott out her and warren- possibly even chealsea too- We just have to pray very hard that America’s short term memory lasts long enough to remember the hellhole that was left behind by dear leader- but given how ‘popular’ she is in America- it doesn’t bode well-


89 posted on 12/16/2016 2:46:04 PM PST by Bob434
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To: SkyPilot

I don’t know why but when I saw that headline, I laughed hysterically.


90 posted on 12/16/2016 2:47:48 PM PST by Califreak (All Alinsky All The Time)
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To: SkyPilot

Oh please! Guess what Moosechelle? I’ve never been prouder to be an American!


91 posted on 12/16/2016 2:51:51 PM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: SkyPilot

Winter is coming for the democrat party.


92 posted on 12/16/2016 2:59:14 PM PST by Rebelbase (ABC/NBC/CBS/MSNBC/PBS/CNN/FOX are THE LEGACY MEDIA)
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To: Ouderkirk

Fake, but accurate.


93 posted on 12/16/2016 2:59:57 PM PST by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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To: SkyPilot

For the first time in her life, Michelle Obama can stop pretending to be proud of her country


94 posted on 12/16/2016 3:21:08 PM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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To: SkyPilot
she expressed mixed feelings about leaving the White House..

Me too. I go from joy to happy to glee to gloating and circle back to joy. Too much winning is tough on the emotions.

95 posted on 12/16/2016 3:54:13 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: SkyPilot

I could have gone the rest of my life without seeing that. There’s not enough eye bleach on the planet.


96 posted on 12/16/2016 4:08:54 PM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: SkyPilot

what she is now not proud of her country again?

These people make me sick. They lost, even with all the support of the media behind them. GET OVER IT LIBERALS.


97 posted on 12/16/2016 4:28:14 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: budj

Just said the same, and then I read your post.


98 posted on 12/16/2016 4:29:50 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: SkyPilot
The wookie speaks..... But she is right about one thing, the next five weeks are going to make most of us feel pretty darn hopeless... What the obummer is going to do to the USA is not going to be very nice to see...

I'll be very surprised if we are not at war with the Ruskies or maybe China by the time that mindless schmuck gets out of town......

99 posted on 12/16/2016 4:30:49 PM PST by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: SkyPilot

So she’s/its admitting that Barky’s promise for HOPE failed. Change we got, too much.


100 posted on 12/16/2016 4:38:21 PM PST by fivecatsandadog (GO TRUMP! Drain the swamp!)
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