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Obama's farewell address longer than Reagan's, Clinton's and George W. Bush's combined
The Washington Examiner ^
| January 10, 2017
| Madeleine Morgenstern
Posted on 01/11/2017 3:20:29 PM PST by yoe
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Clinton spoke for 7 minutes, 25 seconds; Reagan spoke for 20 minutes, 42 seconds; and George W. Bush spoke for 13 minutes, 7 seconds. Obama spoke for 51 minutes, 10 seconds, nearly 10 minutes longer than the other three put together.
Obama also broke from the tradition of delivering his final speech from the White House. Clinton and Reagan both spoke from the Oval Office, and George W. Bush spoke in front of a small audience in the White House East Room; the Obama administration distributed public tickets for his speech at the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago. Obama spoke to a crowd of 18,000.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; bush41; bush43; farewelladdress; obama; obamafarewellspeech; obamamuslim; obamanarcissist; obamaspeech; presidents; reagan; x42
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Where was young Sasha during her father's speech....
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:20:29 PM PST
by
yoe
To: yoe
It’s almost impossible to get a community agitator to shut up.
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:22:05 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(As long as tyranny exists, the Constitution and Bill of Right will never be "outdated" or "obsolete")
To: yoe
Length of parting speech* inversely proportional to humility.
*thank God !
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:23:17 PM PST
by
tomkat
To: yoe
why couldn’t he give it in the Oval Office like previous presidents, including Bush II, Bill Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, ... did???
Hussein, get over yourself: the only ones who think you’re great because of your skin color are the leftist identity politics type. ie not the American mainstream!
To: yoe
And nobody I know listened to the Lying Commie B-tard.
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:27:20 PM PST
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: yoe
His ego is bigger than theirs combined too.
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:28:01 PM PST
by
delete306
To: yoe
Be thankful, peasants, that it wasn't longer than the farewell addresses of ALL former presidents combined!
8 17 30 14
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:28:17 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Congratulations, President Donald J. Trump! - Let's MAGA!!!)
To: yoe
Well, he had a lot more self-admiration to fit in.......
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:29:16 PM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
To: yoe
Well, yeah. All those ums, me, hmm and I take up time.
Greatly surprised Malia was there but Sasha was awol. Looks like he’s lost control of both.
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:29:50 PM PST
by
bgill
(From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
To: yoe
Obama got his moneys worth of free golfing vacations the past 8 years. Us tax payers do expect a grand farewell speech too!
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:31:18 PM PST
by
Minutemen
("It's a Religion of Peace")
To: yoe
And his ego is bigger than all 45 predecessors, combined!
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:34:26 PM PST
by
bigbob
(We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
To: Minutemen
Notice how all Marxists feel it is necessary to talk for hours on end? Reason is it takes that long to tell the same lie enough times in different ways so the useful idiots accept the talk as true.
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:34:47 PM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(CNN - The Chicken Noodle Network)
To: yoe
I’ve noticed through the years that Obama has more of a ‘thing’ for the other one. Sasha.....not so much. He rarely shows affection for her.
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
I can see him out doing Bush but Clinton?
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:39:42 PM PST
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: yoe
I’m sure he wanted one more ride on Air Force One, at our expense.
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:45:08 PM PST
by
originalbuckeye
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: yoe
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:52:17 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: originalbuckeye
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:56:12 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: yoe; SkyPilot; null and void
Clearly, Obama is the most important pResident in all those years.
I’m sure some of his speeches are already available in wonderful rap form.
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:57:13 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
To: HiTech RedNeck
“Goodbye to hope! Goodbye! Goodbye!”
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posted on
01/11/2017 3:58:17 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: yoe
All I want to hear from him is “yippity, yippity, yippity, that’s all, folks!”
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posted on
01/11/2017 4:03:54 PM PST
by
Rollee
(PIAPS = Pig In A Pantsuit)
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