Barack Obama

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

2. It has got to be personal.

Tue Jan 5, 2016, 04:45 PM

Jan 2016

Everyday for the last 8 years President Obama wakes up to a personal threat assessment, can't go anywhere or do anything without a plan and security including his wife and children.

This is the price to pay for holding the highest office in the USA?

Sick and shameful.

To live with this - and then know now all children, parents, teachers - not just in the poor parts of town, but everywhere - live under these same conditions - and over last 7 years Congress and the Supreme Court shrug their shoulders and mutter nothing will work, nothing can be done - "We have a God-given Constitutional right to have guns!"

Those are tears of frustration, anger, compassion and empathy. We should all be in tears.

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This picture is going to be EVERYWHERE... #ObamaWept [View all] babylonsister Jan 2016 OP

K & R Iliyah Jan 2016 #1

It has got to be personal. yallerdawg Jan 2016 #2

Too many times brer cat Jan 2016 #22

But the Right wing HATE him so much yuiyoshida Jan 2016 #27

I doubt very much brer cat Jan 2016 #31

Oh I know he will be alright yuiyoshida Jan 2016 #32

K&R gademocrat7 Jan 2016 #3

We should all be weeping.. mountain grammy Jan 2016 #4

The only good news SansACause Jan 2016 #8

That's some consolation, and pretty true, I think. mountain grammy Jan 2016 #12

Eventually, there'll be one guy with all of them. Hopefully. eggplant Jan 2016 #13

I weep too...... llmart Jan 2016 #20

At last a President who cares for the people - not like the republican imposters MariaThinks Jan 2016 #5

Ask the candidates. SCVDem Jan 2016 #6

Over 700,000 Americans shot during his term. SansACause Jan 2016 #7

Every last republican leader in congress, near as babylonsister Jan 2016 #9

Good man. He does not triangulate. He does what needs to be done after trying his best w/Congress. Green Forest Jan 2016 #10

We will all miss him. Tommy2Tone Jan 2016 #11

Sad K&R sheshe2 Jan 2016 #14

K and R Ivan Kaputski Jan 2016 #15

Here is another, Bsis. sheshe2 Jan 2016 #16

Whoa! Pete Souza, I presume, or no? babylonsister Jan 2016 #18

No, not Souza. sheshe2 Jan 2016 #24

Wow. That is a great photo. I think it really shows the compassion and sadness at the loss of life ZM90 Jan 2016 #23

Has to tear him up, he knows he was supposed to be able to do something, anything, but the RACISTS randys1 Jan 2016 #26

That breaks my heart. n/t Tarheel_Dem Jan 2016 #29

Mine to Tarheel. sheshe2 Jan 2016 #35

It needs to be everywhere. This will be one of the pictures jwirr Jan 2016 #17

It would take a very hard hearted person.... llmart Jan 2016 #21

Did you see this? babylonsister Jan 2016 #25

Of course I didn't...... llmart Jan 2016 #28

Trust me, I didn't watch it. babylonsister Jan 2016 #33

Enormous K & R. Surya Gayatri Jan 2016 #19

Has to be tough, knowing victims of guns and that yahoos will be standing in line Saturday Hoyt Jan 2016 #30

And having to console so many victims of guns. Yes, that babylonsister Jan 2016 #38

Flinty hearted Republicans are going to hoot about this nonstop Warpy Jan 2016 #34

President Obama has been through so much... YvonneCa Jan 2016 #36

You are so right, and I am sure babylonsister Jan 2016 #37

I bawled like a baby today rbrnmw Jan 2016 #39

Bless President Obama.. he has so much heart and soul! Cha Jan 2016 #40

I can't imagine ladym55 Jan 2016 #41

He's dealing with our soldiers being killed and now our children?! Stellar Jan 2016 #42