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sheshe2

(98,429 posts)
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:43 PM Aug 2020

The Obamas - You Can't Fake That!



A depiction of the Obamas with Our Greatest Resource - Our Children.

Watch and listen for the few minutes it takes. Beautiful and heartbreaking for all we lost.
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The Obamas - You Can't Fake That! (Original Post) sheshe2 Aug 2020 OP
I could look at pictures of them all day.....for real. FM123 Aug 2020 #1
They are alive. sheshe2 Aug 2020 #3
No, you can't fake that. TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #2
Beautiful! brer cat Aug 2020 #4
They are so full of life. sheshe2 Aug 2020 #5
It would have been terrible to have Trump under any circumstances, but to have fallen from... NNadir Aug 2020 #6
Wow. Just wow. This is what authenticity look like. nt jrthin Aug 2020 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Aug 2020 #8
Hear ya. sheshe2 Aug 2020 #9
Did we actually deserve them? SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2020 #10
It's a reminder of where we would be if the Russians hadn't sinkingfeeling Aug 2020 #11
So real, so loving. niyad Aug 2020 #12

sheshe2

(98,429 posts)
3. They are alive.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 10:00 PM
Aug 2020

Barrack dancing in shirt sleeves rolled up looking silly. Michele, barefoot dancing and kneeling in the dirt in her the garden, no stilettos required. Their laughter and love genuine.

The Best!

NNadir

(38,531 posts)
6. It would have been terrible to have Trump under any circumstances, but to have fallen from...
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 10:16 PM
Aug 2020

...such heights, a magnificent and human President makes it all so much more terrible.

I can't look at these memories without crying.

Response to sheshe2 (Original post)

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,438 posts)
10. Did we actually deserve them?
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 12:37 AM
Aug 2020

They are like a magic balm for my broken heart. I so wish they could be the first couple again. But we don't deserve them. We just don't.

💜💜💜💜

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