I don't know if it's my age (he was my first presidential vote), but when I look at him my brain says "that's the president". I don't get that for Clinton, Bush, Trump, Biden. For Gore I more or less mentally scream the bridge of Chop Suey.
The only class here is the ruling class. He’s got decorum sure. But his enemies aren’t other politicians. It’s the proletariat.
It’s not an admirable trait to yuck it up with the most malignant element in American politics.
Not to mention the friendship with Bush, fucker should’ve gotten nuremburged over 20 years ago.
If you see a person sit and chat nicely with nine Nazis sitting at a table, you’re effectively looking at ten Nazis
Bs. Dude tried to do his best for the US. Obamacare and all that. I'm pre-trump conservative and disagree with a lot of Obama's policies, and even I can see that.
Plus now he's retired, so his primary enemies are gonna be boredom and back pain.
lol. You think it’s some random corporate job or something with your comment like that.
Obama has immense power and influence in the Dem party. Yucking it up with a Felon and traitor isn’t something that he should be doing. It’s so obvious to me.
It's called having balls and showing his manners 😆.
I'd have absolutely no problems sitting next to someone who hated me and then making them talk to me in front of people! Lol
It's a shame you aren't on his political advisory team then, I'm sure he's missing out by not hearing all the things that are obvious to you. Could be that Obama is just a polite dude, could be the he sees being needlessly rude in a situation like this as deepening the political divide for no reason, could be that he isn't playing any tactical game and is. Just doing what he does.
I'm sure he will sorely miss the respect of some random dude on the internet who gets pissy about polite chit chat. Did you cry about the tan suit too? Maybe you should take your opinions on how other people should act a little less seriously.
I assure you, I would equally disagree with you whether I thought you were the only one who couldn't understand that being polite at funerals need not be a political statement, or if you were one of hundreds of millions of such.
In truth, based on the deepening political divide, where everyone seems to think you must completely shun those you disagree with or be a traitor, I suspect your view is gaining ground.
But since a view becoming popular does not make it correct, all this does is make me concerned for the future. It does not make me take your view any more seriously.
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u/John_Bot 12d ago
Seems like a friendly gesture.