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\u0022\u003E\n \t\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment-content\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cb class=\u0022fn\u0022\u003EKarin Eckvall\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cspan class=\u0022says\u0022\u003Esays:\u003C\/span\u003E\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment-metadata\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222016-10-07T20:05:41+00:00\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 7, 2016 at 8:05 pm\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/time\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C!-- .comment-metadata --\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cp\u003EObama has been on vacation the last two years and when he was actually working, was still unwilling to get his hands dirty, being above it all, you know.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022ldc-cmt-box clearfix\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022ldc-ul_cont\u0022 onclick=\u0022alter_ul_post_values(this,2109923985,\u0027c_like\u0027)\u0022 \u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/themes\/thenation\/images\/up.png\u0022 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class=\u0022comment-content\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cb class=\u0022fn\u0022\u003EFrancis Louis Szot\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cspan class=\u0022says\u0022\u003Esays:\u003C\/span\u003E\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment-metadata\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222016-10-07T18:00:37+00:00\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 7, 2016 at 6:00 pm\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/time\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C!-- .comment-metadata --\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cp\u003EEight neo\u2013con, Republican\u2013lite years in office and Khalid can\u2019t come up with even one good joke. The Trump video was a million Trunpies better than this one.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nO\u2019Bummer won\u2019t even be remembered as the first black President. He is the first half\u2013black President. He caught a terrible case of political vitiligo; such a god\u2013damned Republikan that I\u2019d swear he was an old white guy. Can\u2019t sing worth shit either. Probably dances like Carl Rove after five drinks.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGod-damned Republikkkan Joe Lieberman was his \u201cmentor\u201d when he was in the Senate. Should have known better than to put any hope in this sell\u2013out.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFinal analysis, nothing worthwhile has come out of this man\u2019s term in office. And DO NOT tell me about the ACA; that\u2019s always been a Republican thing. Mitt Romney did it first, when he was Governor of Massachusetts, and the Insurance Industry lobbied for it. Even that clown, Mrs. Clinton\u2019s husband, just called it \u201cthe craziest thing in the world\u201d. No \u201cpublic option\u201d either; Bummer didn\u2019t want it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nI voted for him, but only the first time, thinking I had a chance at getting a politician who might take Mr. T as his attitude role model, and we got Urkel instead. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHit the road, Barry. Go to Wall Street, or some corporate board, and cash\u2013in on your service to the plutocracy as one of the Bell Boys for the Establishment. 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