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Obama: There's hope 'if we can train a million Baracks and Michelles' |
2019-03-05 |
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. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#14 Barack and Michael are popular in Canada? |
Posted by: JohnQC 2019-03-05 17:33 |
#13 We already have that Raj. See AOC for details. |
Posted by: DarthVader 2019-03-05 17:32 |
#12 Just what the country needs - the next generation of arrogant, condescending, self-righteous socialist busybodies. |
Posted by: Raj 2019-03-05 14:05 |
#11 TDS is too widespread for BHO to keep himself in the news. |
Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-03-05 13:46 |
#10 #9, exactly right. I am genuinely surprised at the speed at which a former president has been marginalized. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing--I think his policies were bad--but we really hear very little about him these days. |
Posted by: Tom 2019-03-05 12:56 |
#9 Barack who? His only remaining legacy is the hostile race relations he ginned up for votes. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-03-05 12:02 |
#8 I would recommend septic tank fluid removal for his trade?(via his suction yapper) Then he could stop his self-absorbed, Self-centered, ELITIST BULL&HIT dispersal |
Posted by: ranture 2019-03-05 09:49 |
#7 and put them on "Ark B" so they survive climategeddon in 12 years? |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-03-05 09:47 |
#6 Perhaps they could be trained to do something useful, like spot-welding or small appliance repair. |
Posted by: SteveS 2019-03-05 09:04 |
#5 He still hasn't figured out how making excuses for hip hop morons and lying black academics has killed the bench for that fever dream... If you're the .0000012% who succeed as moron hip hop artists or football players, you're still a segment of the sampling. We must "keep our eye on the prize". |
Posted by: Besoeker 2019-03-05 08:37 |
#4 He still hasn't figured out how making excuses for hip hop morons and lying black academics has killed the bench for that fever dream... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-03-05 08:31 |
#3 People who want to lead, but can't are the worst. |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-03-05 06:23 |
#2 This is so yesterday - we have Alexandria and Ilhan now. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-03-05 02:49 |
#1 The current inventory appears extraordinarily excessive. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2019-03-05 01:02 |