Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

When I was faster i was always behind.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Humiliatingly small and eclipsed by the derision of millions.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Shut up, hissy kitty!

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

“woke” is the new caravan.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

If America since Jan 2025 hasn’t broken your heart, you haven’t loved her enough.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

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  5. 5.

    Patricia Kayden

    And my President is knocking the Confederate flag during the eulogy. Good for him.

  6. 6.

    Elizabelle

    I think more of Obama’s speeches should have musical accompaniment.

    Speaking on that flag now.

  7. 7.

    khead

    This week I feel like Eddie Murphy hugging Dan Aykroyd at the end of Trading Places – stopping the hugging only to look at the right leaning folks to say “Heeyyyyy! How’d y’all make out today?”

  8. 8.

    dedc79

    Waiting for Ralph Nader to explain how this all would’ve happened even if a Republican President had been in the White House the past 6 years.

  9. 9.

    chopper

    i was gonna add “biden too”, since he helped made sure bork got the axe (and then kennedy got nominated).

    but then bork croaked in 2012, so even if he was on the court he would have already been replaced by obama.

  11. 11.

    Elizabelle

    “By taking down that flag, we express God’s grace. But I don’t think God wants us to stop there ….

    for too long, we’ve been blind to how long past injustices shape the present. Perhaps we see that now.”

  14. 14.

    Patricia Kayden

    @chopper: Yes, and my champagne glass is full of delicious, nourishing wingnut tears!

    Wow, President Obama is really warming up. The Republican Congress people in attendance must be fuming.

  17. 17.

    beltane

    @khead: If those right-leaning people live in the United States, they made out pretty well today even though they’re to dumb to realize it. Everyone benefits.

  18. 18.

    shell

    Can imagine RW pundits wailing ‘how dare he talk about guns!’ At, you know, a funeral for someone who was gunned down.

  20. 20.

    Elizabelle

    Justice grows out of recognition …. that my liberty depends on you being free too.

    History cannot be a sword to justify injustice …

  28. 28.

    Roger Moore

    @dedc79:

    Waiting for Ralph Nader to explain how this all would’ve happened even if a Republican President had been in the White House the past 6 years.

    Ralph Nader has descended into trolldom, so you’ll do your sanity and blood pressure a lot of good by just ignoring him.

  29. 29.

    Elizabelle

    This man ain’t done nothing for African Americans. A C-Span caller told me that, just this morning.

  30. 30.

    SiubhanDuinne

    This is almost enough to turn me into a believer.

    And he closes by singing “Amazing Grace.” What a wonderful stemwinder of a eulogy.

  32. 32.

    the Conster

    I cried about 5 times today already, and the hardest I cried was thinking about Obama no longer being my president. Now, I am in fucking awe of him. He brought all the feels.

  34. 34.

    Elizabelle

    Got to wonder what the press pool thinks about the singing. Would love to have seen their faces.

  38. 38.

    mak

    Good lord, he just led the congregated in “Amazing Grace”!
    (see I’m a little late; my stream must be on a time delay).
    Thank you Mr. President!

  39. 39.

    Elizabelle

    And he ended, with emphasis on the united States of America.

    I want to see that again.

  40. 40.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Yes, he went there.

    The Confederate flag.

    Guns.

    I can’t express how much I love this president. This man.

  48. 48.

    Elizabelle

    @SiubhanDuinne: All day long, for various reason.

    President Obama looked resolute and composed as he took his seat next to Mrs. Obama.

    He has thrown down the challenge. He said what he came here to say.

  50. 50.

    Patricia Kayden

    @beltane: Millions will. He’s been a great President under very difficult circumstances. He has handled all of the criticism and adversity with grace.

  52. 52.

    dogwood

    I watched the entire service and a tape of it should be played on a continuous loop in Dylann Roof’s for the rest of his life.

  53. 53.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @Elizabelle: Do you think any of the Rethuglican swine in the audience have a sufficient number of working synapses to see the wisdom in these words? Fucktard Rand Paul does not, for sure.

  57. 57.

    raven

    I remember seeing Nina Simone and her saying about Amazing Grace, “Now we can have our song back”.

  58. 58.

    JPL

    Jonathan Karl on ABC just said it was the best speech, he ever heard him give. Yes that Jonathan Karl.
    Chuck Todd’s tweet This is a moment. Pure and simple.

  60. 60.

    Eric U.

    @beltane: that’s really satisfying. If it was just a matter of some reverse Cleek’s law, these victories would ring hollow. Lots of people won this week, it wasn’t just a schadenfreude festival

  62. 62.

    Elizabelle

    @beltane: The Reverend President. Loved that!

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Might the Reverend President have been speaking as well to those who call themselves Christians and Republicans, who need healthcare for themselves or a family member or friend, for those with gay loved ones?

    Might be pulling a few away from their assumptions about him?

  64. 64.

    Roger Moore

    @Eric U.:

    Lots of people won this week, it wasn’t just a schadenfreude festival

    Yeah, but don’t tell me the wingnut tears don’t make the victory just that much sweeter.

  66. 66.

    the Conster

    I am exhausted. How does POTUS do it? How can he go from huge event to huge event, happy and sad, and keep so calm, focused and mannered? He’s got the heart of a lion, with that quick easy smile, and a will of iron. He’s so special. OMG I HAVE ALL THE FEELS.

  67. 67.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @Elizabelle: The only “assumption” most of them will consider is the color of his skin. The content of his character is irrelevant to them.

  68. 68.

    Elizabelle

    Still got C-Span 1 on. VP Biden greeting people and looking relaxed and friendly.

    Twas a great sendoff, too early, for Clementa Pinckney.

  70. 70.

    dubo

    To think that I spent the past week listening to conservatives lecture that Obama “lacks the dignity to be President”

  74. 74.

    Bill

    Does anyone have a link for a video of the eulogy? I would like to see it and can’t find one.

  75. 75.

    Elizabelle

    C-Span will show the funeral again in a few minutes.

    Pulled away as there was upbeat, raucous music in the Arena. Very positive funeral.

  80. 80.

    West of the Cascades

    @max: Not so sure – he has the perfect temperment and intellect for the Supreme Court.

  81. 81.

    shell

    I love the Minister, calmly trying to keep the crowd flow going smoothly “People, you’ve been beautiful all day; stay beautiful’

  84. 84.

    Bex

    Stupid Blitzer thinks the funeral procession is the President’s motorcade. What a doofus.

  85. 85.

    Elizabelle

    @shell: I liked that a lot. Very impressed with this community. No bloviating today. They were real, and frequently amusing.

  87. 87.

    Jeremy

    President Obama could be a preacher. That was an excellent Eulogy. I’ve seen President Obama speak in many black churches over the years but that had to be the most powerful speech I’ve heard from him in a church.

  93. 93.

    wrb

    So he ended with some Muslim call to prayer. “Amazing” something or other.

    My team is searching for the Communist code words

  99. 99.

    donnah

    First the Supremes gave us the right to continue receiving healthcare, and I teared up. Then they granted marriage rights, and I cried with joy. And then I watched the eulogy by my beloved President, and I sobbed.

    All in all, a very damp day. But a good day.

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