The Obama Legacy

[Enhance]

Talking points are FACTS in my case. Once you accept them and think about them, you should begin to understand. Please. Then maybe we wont see the same BS from so many posts whose opinions are founded in fiction.

[TGHusker]

http://www.latimes.com/politics/

 

Obama makes a push for transparency before handing over executive power to Trump

[zoogs]

^ As well he should, however belated.

 

The United States of America is not a country that imposes religious tests as a price for freedom.

 

We’re a country that was founded so that people could practice their faiths as they choose. The United States of America is not a place where some citizens have to withstand greater scrutiny, or carry a special ID card, or prove that they’re not an enemy from within. We’re a country that has bled and struggled and sacrificed against that kind of arbitrary rule — here in our own country and around the world.

 

We’re a nation that believes freedom can never be taken for granted, and that each of us has a responsibility to sustain it. The universal right to speak your mind, in protest of authority. To live in a country that’s open and free — that can criticize our president without retribution. A country where you’re judged by the content of your character, rather than what you look like or what you worship or what your last name is or where your family came from. That’s what separates us from tyrants and terrorists.

 

We are a nation that stands for the rule of law and strength in the law of war. When the Nazis were defeated, we put them on trial. Some couldn’t understand that; it had never happened before. But as one of the American lawyers who was at Nuremberg says, “I was trying to prove that the rule of law should govern human behavior.” And by doing so, we broadened the scope and reach of justice around the world. Held ourselves out as a beacon and an example for others.

 

We are a nation that won world wars without grabbing the resources of those we defeated; we helped them rebuild. We didn’t hold on to territory, other than the cemeteries where we buried our dead. Our greatest generation fought and bled and died to build an international order of laws and institutions that could preserve the peace, extend prosperity, and promote cooperation among nations. And for all of its imperfections, we depend on that international order to defend our freedom.

 

In other words, we are a nation that at our best has been defined by hope and not fear. A country that went through the crucible of a civil war to offer a new birth of freedom. That stormed the beaches of Normandy, climbed the beaches of Iwo Jima, that saw ordinary people mobilize to extend the meaning of civil rights. That’s who we are; that’s what makes us stronger than any act of terror.

 

Remember that history. Remember what that flag stands for. For we depend on you — the heirs to that legacy, our men and women in uniform and the citizens who support you. To carry forward what is best in us, that commitment to a common creed. The confidence that right makes might, not the other way around.

 

That’s how we can sustain this long struggle. That’s how we’ll protect our country. That’s how we’ll protect our constitution against all threats, foreign and domestic.

 

I trust that you will fulfill that mission, as you have fulfilled all others. It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your commander in chief; I thank you for all that you have done and all you will do in the future. May God bless you, may God bless our troops, and may God bless the United States of America.

From President Obama's final address to the troops. Bravo, Mr. President.

[TGHusker]

You live in a Brietbart bubble.

One does not need to be a Brietbart reader to understand the power of the Reagan recovery. I don't know your age, but if you lived through it you'd understand.

 

And by the way, Reagan would be no fan of Brietbart.

[BigRedBuster]

 

You live in a Brietbart bubble.

One does not need to be a Brietbart reader to understand the power of the Reagan recovery. I don't know your age, but if you lived through it you'd understand.

 

And by the way, Reagan would be no fan of Brietbart.

 

Reagan would have absolutely nothing to do with the Republican party right now nor it's media shills.

[knapplc]

Reagan would be the declared enemy of today's Republican party, and many of the Republican voters who invoke his name would be top of Reagan's S-list.

 

The modern Republicans' fascination with and admiration for Putin is astounding when you consider so many of them were Reagan Republicans in the 1980s.

[NM11046]

 

 

You live in a Brietbart bubble.

One does not need to be a Brietbart reader to understand the power of the Reagan recovery. I don't know your age, but if you lived through it you'd understand.

 

And by the way, Reagan would be no fan of Brietbart.

Agree with BRB and Knapp ... but my comment was related to 84 saying his Fox News talking points are "facts" and the only real truths.

[Fru]

I think Reagan would fit in just fine in today's GOP.

[HuskerNation1]

I think Reagan would fit in just fine in today's GOP.

 

Spot on...it's just more attempts by some on here to cast the GOP being in disarray when its the Dems who just got beaten down and are in a freefall. Trump just pulled in the "Reagan Democrats" that Ronnie used to win easily in 1980 and 1984.

[HuskerNation1]

Seriously. This guy has been using the same 10-15 talking points, verbatim, for the better part of six months now, and doesn't contribute anything to discussions. Can't we please get rid of him?

 

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. In another thread you were hinting at wanting to get rid of me. I'm not sure if you are now referring to me or 84 in this case, but I can pretty much predict what you will spew out on any given political topic, and also have seen you posting Trump rants in the football thread which is not allowed. Maybe we should try to get rid of you LOMS.

[Landlord]

 

Seriously. This guy has been using the same 10-15 talking points, verbatim, for the better part of six months now, and doesn't contribute anything to discussions. Can't we please get rid of him?

 

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. In another thread you were hinting at wanting to get rid of me. I'm not sure if you are now referring to me or 84 in this case, but I can pretty much predict what you will spew out on any given political topic, and also have seen you posting Trump rants in the football thread which is not allowed. Maybe we should try to get rid of you LOMS.

 

 

 

Just talking about you. You're clueless. A loose example of something is not the same thing as a rant about the subject of the example. I also don't think you understand what pot calling the kettle black means, because we sure as hell aren't the same.

[Danny Bateman]

^ As well he should, however belated.

 

The United States of America is not a country that imposes religious tests as a price for freedom.

 

We’re a country that was founded so that people could practice their faiths as they choose. The United States of America is not a place where some citizens have to withstand greater scrutiny, or carry a special ID card, or prove that they’re not an enemy from within. We’re a country that has bled and struggled and sacrificed against that kind of arbitrary rule — here in our own country and around the world.

 

We’re a nation that believes freedom can never be taken for granted, and that each of us has a responsibility to sustain it. The universal right to speak your mind, in protest of authority. To live in a country that’s open and free — that can criticize our president without retribution. A country where you’re judged by the content of your character, rather than what you look like or what you worship or what your last name is or where your family came from. That’s what separates us from tyrants and terrorists.

 

We are a nation that stands for the rule of law and strength in the law of war. When the Nazis were defeated, we put them on trial. Some couldn’t understand that; it had never happened before. But as one of the American lawyers who was at Nuremberg says, “I was trying to prove that the rule of law should govern human behavior.” And by doing so, we broadened the scope and reach of justice around the world. Held ourselves out as a beacon and an example for others.

 

We are a nation that won world wars without grabbing the resources of those we defeated; we helped them rebuild. We didn’t hold on to territory, other than the cemeteries where we buried our dead. Our greatest generation fought and bled and died to build an international order of laws and institutions that could preserve the peace, extend prosperity, and promote cooperation among nations. And for all of its imperfections, we depend on that international order to defend our freedom.

 

In other words, we are a nation that at our best has been defined by hope and not fear. A country that went through the crucible of a civil war to offer a new birth of freedom. That stormed the beaches of Normandy, climbed the beaches of Iwo Jima, that saw ordinary people mobilize to extend the meaning of civil rights. That’s who we are; that’s what makes us stronger than any act of terror.

 

Remember that history. Remember what that flag stands for. For we depend on you — the heirs to that legacy, our men and women in uniform and the citizens who support you. To carry forward what is best in us, that commitment to a common creed. The confidence that right makes might, not the other way around.

 

That’s how we can sustain this long struggle. That’s how we’ll protect our country. That’s how we’ll protect our constitution against all threats, foreign and domestic.

 

I trust that you will fulfill that mission, as you have fulfilled all others. It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your commander in chief; I thank you for all that you have done and all you will do in the future. May God bless you, may God bless our troops, and may God bless the United States of America.

From President Obama's final address to the troops. Bravo, Mr. President.

 

 

I still can't believe we went from this ^^^^ to a guy who uses his pulpit to pick on ordinary Americans from Twitter.

 

Damn, I'm going to miss Obama. 2016 feels like a grime I can't wipe off.

[Landlord]

What an inspiring moment from Obama.

[HuskerNation1]

 

 

Seriously. This guy has been using the same 10-15 talking points, verbatim, for the better part of six months now, and doesn't contribute anything to discussions. Can't we please get rid of him?

 

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. In another thread you were hinting at wanting to get rid of me. I'm not sure if you are now referring to me or 84 in this case, but I can pretty much predict what you will spew out on any given political topic, and also have seen you posting Trump rants in the football thread which is not allowed. Maybe we should try to get rid of you LOMS.

 

 

 

Just talking about you. You're clueless. A loose example of something is not the same thing as a rant about the subject of the example. I also don't think you understand what pot calling the kettle black means, because we sure as hell aren't the same.

 

 

It's evident you are losing argument after argument when you throw out statements that "you are clueless" and make multiple attempts begging for someone to go away because you are not able to win an argument. Additionally, you failed to acknowledge your Trump bashing in the football forum. Can you explain why you are choosing to do that?

[Redux]

Partisan politics, the act of adults shoving their beliefs down others throats and using an outdated label as a crutch.