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Obama: There's hope 'if we can train a million Baracks and Michelles'
Washington Examiner ^ | March 4, 2019 | Daniel Chaitin

Posted on 03/07/2019 6:50:03 AM PST by Perseverando

WINNIPEG, Canada — Former President Barack Obama said Monday these are "challenging times" but he remains hopeful because of the next generation of leaders that he aims to guide.

Touching on his "third act," the 44th president spoke of programs that have become a central pillar of his Obama Foundation and its $500 million presidential center project in Chicago.

He told a packed arena at Bell MTS Place how he plans to create a "university for social change" that will serve as a hub for young people in the U.S. and around the world who are skeptical of the "old institutions."

"If we train them — if we give them skills, support, financing, media training, spotlights, then they're the ones that are going to carry forward the solutions that we so desperately need," Obama said.

He then amplified a vision he shared in Japan last year in which the new global class of future leaders are molded in his or his wife Michelle Obama's image.

"If we could form a network of those young leaders, not just in the United States, but around the world, then we got something," he said, adding, "if we can train a million Baracks and Michelles who are running around thinking they can change the world" hope is achievable.

Loud applause ensued.

Obama also spoke about his two terms as president and his relationship with Canada and its leaders during hour-long-plus discussion with moderator Michael Burns, the former CEO of the Invictus Games.

He didn't talk directly about his successor in the White House, President Trump, or the 2020 election, but he did take a jab at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., provided a clue about how soon he might complete his first book since leaving office, and shared his admiration of Joe Biden, who was his vice president and is now looking at a bid for president.

Obama will continue his tour through Canada on Tuesday, with speaking events in Vancouver and Calgary.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hope; hopeandchange; moochelle; obama
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To: Perseverando

There’s a limit to the number of $300,000 no show hospital jobs in Chicago...


41 posted on 03/07/2019 7:36:13 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Perseverando

Here he is cutting the ribbon on the "Barack Obama School for Kids Who Can't Read Good"

42 posted on 03/07/2019 7:36:28 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Perseverando

The comrades just won’t go away.


When the scope of Spygate is finally made public, one Hussein Obama will be in a heap of trouble...bigly.


43 posted on 03/07/2019 7:37:57 AM PST by Hotlanta Mike ("itYou can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: Boogieman

That photo DOES NOT look like its Obama.....stand in?


44 posted on 03/07/2019 7:38:33 AM PST by RevelationDavid
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To: Perseverando

Not just a narcissistic sociopath but a malignant narcissistic sociopath.


45 posted on 03/07/2019 7:38:42 AM PST by Bayan
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To: Perseverando

Train a million baracks, to do what, hate America and suck d!cks?


46 posted on 03/07/2019 7:41:20 AM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: rjsimmon
The Halfrican's still stuck on stupid and that ridiculous "hope" charade that got him elected:
Now he says "There's still hope but only if we can train a million Baracks and Michelles."

GAG. Well I guess he's got to do something with his (cough) "federal inheritance."

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(HAT TIP RJSIMON) Unfortunately, his 8 years in office has already bore fruit. There are millions of whiny,
ungrateful, self-serving, narcissistic, anti-American, hateful, lazy, villainous people that continue to push this
country to the brink of ruin.

All they do is demand more and more handouts from working Americans.

And let's not forget the Jussie Smollettes of the world. A perfect example of the Halfrican; feeding his
malignant narcissism, insulting millions of Americans, creating a tissue of lies as a way to get a bigger payday.

If Obama had a son........

Mrs B as a role model for America? I dont think so. She's too busy shopping
to be of any help....plus trying on $4000 thigh-high boots keeps her pretty busy.

47 posted on 03/07/2019 7:41:31 AM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Perseverando
Obama: There's hope 'if we can train a million Baracks and Michelles'

Affirmative action nobodys who never actually worked a day in their lives?

Incompetent fools given pretend jobs so that their employers could virtue signal about their commitment to diversity? (And for reasons of Corruption in the case of Mochelle.)

No. We don't need any more of those. We need people of real accomplishment.

48 posted on 03/07/2019 7:44:47 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: All
Trump fired him now it turns out Secy of State Tillerson was pursuing Obama-era policies at the State Dept,
deliberately sabotaging President Trump on Iran policy, relations with Israel, the Paris Accords and other issues.
.......several prominent Obama officials who have knowledge of the Iran deal are still at the State Dept.
<><> Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, in charge of Iran and the Persian Gulf region on the policy planning staff,
<><> a former John Kerry apprentice, Michael Ratney, occupies the Israeli-Palestinian portfolio,
<><> trusted Obama aide, Yael Lempert, served under Tillerson on the same platform.

REFERENCE--- Obama's $1.3B giveaway to Iran was paid in cash Jan 22 and Feb 5 from a little-known fund administered by the US Treasury.The so-called Judgment Fund is made up of tax dollars Congress has permanently approved in the event it's needed....

SOURCE: fiscaltreasury.gov. -----The Judgment Fund was established to pay court judgments and Justice Department compromise settlements of actual or imminent lawsuits against the government. It is administered by the Judgment Fund Section, which is a part of the United States Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service. The Judgment Fund Internet Claims System (JFICS) is the application used to process all Judgment Fund claims.

The Judgment Fund is a permanent, indefinite appropriation available to pay judicially and administratively ordered monetary awards against the United States. The Judgment Fund is also available to pay amounts owed under compromise agreements negotiated by the U.S. Department of Justice in settlement of claims arising under actual or imminent litigation, if a judgment on the merits would be payable from the Judgment Fund. The statutory authority for the Judgment Fund is 31 U.S.C. 1304.

If funds for paying an award are otherwise provided for in the appropriations of the defendant agency, the Judgment Fund may not pay an award. A federal agency may request that payment of an award be made on its behalf from the Judgment Fund only in those instances where funds are not legally available to pay the award from the agency's own appropriations.

Amounts paid vary significantly from year-to-year. Federal agencies are not required to reimburse the Judgment Fund except when cases are filed under the Contract Disputes Act (CDA) or the No FEAR Act (Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act).

We can be contacted at judgment.fund@fiscal.treasury.gov or 202-874-6664.

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UT-OH----J.Ansari Zarif, the Iranian deputy for parliamentary and Iranian affairs within Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said he would expose "everyone who allegedly accepted bribes" to facilitate Obama's nuke deal with Iran. "... we will reveal which western politicians receive

Obama is briefed by Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, US Director for Iran, before taping a message to the Iranian people in the
Blue Room of the White House, March 18, 2016. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

49 posted on 03/07/2019 7:45:34 AM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Perseverando

Will they have to wear armbands?


50 posted on 03/07/2019 7:46:56 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: All
How Obama Secretly Gave Iran Access To Billions Of Dollars — And Enabled Terrorism
IBD ^ | February 8, 2018 | Editor / FR Posted on 2/9/2019 by yoe

Iran: One of the linchpins of former President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran was that it would be accompanied by a near-ban on Iran having any access to the U.S. banking system. A new congressional report says that, too, was a lie.

[snip] Obama sent a clear message to Congress: If you don't block ( this nuclear deal), we will bar Iran's access to our financial system. The deal was clear, unequivocal. [snip]It was also a lie. Obama lied, and so did others in his administration.

That's the conclusion of a report by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. It alleges Obama officials pushed the U.S. Treasury to let Iran convert the equivalent of $5.7 billion of funds held in Oman's Bank of Muscat from rials into dollars and subsequently into euros.

[snip]Apart from the lie, which is bad enough for an administration that claimed repeatedly to be "scandal-free," this money did not have innocuous uses. Far from it. (Excerpt) Read more at investors.com ...

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UT-OH--J.Ansari Zarif, the Iranian deputy for parliamentary and Iranian affairs within Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
said he would expose "everyone who allegedly accepted bribes" to facilitate Obama's nuke deal with Iran.
"........
"We will reveal which western politicians received bribes."

51 posted on 03/07/2019 7:48:21 AM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Paladin2
He and Michelle are now with Netflix. And they have a loyalist on the board.

It's coming...

52 posted on 03/07/2019 7:48:44 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Perseverando

He wants to take his own Saul Alinksy community organizer training and put it on steroids. A future with thousands of Baracks running around will not be a good one.


53 posted on 03/07/2019 7:49:21 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Perseverando
The Obama's and their ilk refuse to recognize our Republic...When you hear the phrase "our Democracy..." stop and call that elected's office and correct him/her with this fact:

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." SUMMARY. In the Pledge of Allegiance we all pledge allegiance to our Republic, not to a democracy.

54 posted on 03/07/2019 7:50:24 AM PST by yoe
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To: Telepathic Intruder

He had 8 years to do whatever he wanted as the Rs were very helpful to him. He has the biggest ego. It’s a long fall off of a high horse for he and the Mooch.


55 posted on 03/07/2019 7:50:33 AM PST by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: Paladin2

https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/president-obama-netflix-media-technology


56 posted on 03/07/2019 7:50:42 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Perseverando

Hey Omabajugend, you didn’t build this country and it is unconstitutional to impose Communism and redistribution on American liberties.


57 posted on 03/07/2019 7:56:02 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Perseverando
If we train them — if we give them skills, support, financing, media training, spotlights, then they're the ones that are going to carry forward the solutions that we so desperately need," Obama said.

Ah, word usage. Isn't "training" what you do with captive animals?
On the human level it sounds like conditioning. /Pavlov

58 posted on 03/07/2019 7:56:48 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: DiogenesLamp
Obama: There's hope 'if we can train a million Baracks and Michelles'

Affirmative action nobodys who never actually worked a day in their lives?

Obama uses this sort of rhetoric because it is popular with anti-Americans i.e., Socialists. Socialism is a siren song to the indoctrinated. Head start is such a program....get government out of it and leave that program to the states. Michelle is too busy with fashion and Obama is too egotistic and Marxist to see what harm he did to this nation and he has surrounded himself with far left thinkers with whom he is most comfortable with.

NO TO RAISING UP MORE OBAMA TYPE ANTI-AMERICANS! OBAMA'S DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE YOUR CONSTITUTION, PERIOD.

59 posted on 03/07/2019 8:00:36 AM PST by yoe
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To: Liz
Whatever happened to the person that said he would reveal the politicians that took bribes. BO being the number one recipient.
60 posted on 03/07/2019 8:04:05 AM PST by dandiegirl (BO)
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