Members RockHardNYC Posted June 3, 2020 Members Posted June 3, 2020 Obama to speak on police reform today as George Floyd protests continue. How to watch: This is sure to drive Trump absolutely mad. As we get closer to November, I'm confident President Obama will be more visible on behalf of Joe Biden. I can't wait to watch Trump's skin crawl. Latbear4blk 1 Quote
Members RockHardNYC Posted June 3, 2020 Author Members Posted June 3, 2020 You can view the speech here: https://www.obama.org/anguish-and-action/ AdamSmith 1 Quote
Members tassojunior Posted June 3, 2020 Members Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) It's after Memorial Day so I assume he'll be speaking from his new $15million 29 acre summer cottage on Martha's Vineyard. He hasn't been at his $10million Kalorama pied-au-tier here in DC lately. Good taste. Edited June 3, 2020 by tassojunior Quote
Members RockHardNYC Posted June 4, 2020 Author Members Posted June 4, 2020 (edited) If you don't have A.D.D., the conversation was interesting and necessary. Another step forward, however small. IMO, it's always interesting to listen to intelligent people of color discuss the very sensitive subject of racism in America. Obama kept it professorial. Eric Holder is professionally similar. You either like that approach or you don't. It helps if you're educated and patient. Sometimes, I wish Obama would get a little more angry. On the other hand, I admire his steady, mannered, think-before-you-speak ways. In the end, he's perfectly suited for the high road, and it's a very positive outlook for the community. I could be wrong, but I think Trump's name was never mentioned. And it seems to me that took a ton of discipline and was probably pre-discussed. I wanted to see a political fight, but truthfully speaking, this conversation was not the time for that. Anti-Trump politics was not the goal. Edited June 4, 2020 by RockHardNYC Latbear4blk and AdamSmith 1 1 Quote
Members Latbear4blk Posted June 4, 2020 Members Posted June 4, 2020 6 hours ago, RockHardNYC said: Obama to speak on police reform today as George Floyd protests continue. How to watch: This is sure to drive Trump absolutely mad. As we get closer to November, I'm confident President Obama will be more visible on behalf of Joe Biden. I can't wait to watch Trump's skin crawl. I was there today when he arrived and walked through the crowd of protesters with almost no security. Earlier on I had seen Pelosi making a photo op walking amidst protestors next to the Capitol. The protestors were probably 50 times fewer than the ones Obama crossed through, but Pelosi had 6 visible guards against the 2 I noticed following Obama. Quote
Members Buddy2 Posted June 4, 2020 Members Posted June 4, 2020 6 hours ago, tassojunior said: It's after Memorial Day so I assume he'll be speaking from his new $15million 29 acre summer cottage on Martha's Vineyard. He hasn't been at his $10million Kalorama pied-au-tier here in DC lately. Good taste. I grew up I Massachusetts, Summer doesn't really start there until colleges end classes during the first week in June. I understand most colleges are using virtual classes now because of novel pandemic. And Barack Obama deserves a nice retirement. Wish Trump would retire now. Quote
