Student Asks Obama About Cynicism And Gets A 10 Minute Rant That Nails It

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  • čas přidán 27. 04. 2016
  • A student reporter, Patrick Forrest, from Fresno City College asks a question that draws a rant from President Obama.
    Student: Earlier today, one thing we talked about was civic engagement, and a line was used in the State of the Union address of “don’t give into the cynicism of the day.” A poll released by Reuters yesterday shows that nearly half of Americans feel that the elections are rigged in some way. Is there any goal or plan of the administration to help revitalize the faith in democracy that seems to be lacking?

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  • @brenolad
    @brenolad Před 3 lety +4567

    In 2016 this was a "rant".
    In 2020 this is an articulate civilized definition.

    • @deepattison9329
      @deepattison9329 Před 3 lety +98

      Obama was poking fun at himself because he has a talent for not taking himself too seriously.

    • @chalkedlines8960
      @chalkedlines8960 Před 3 lety +85

      @@Jordan_Dossou It is called "humility."

    • @ComplexityUnleashed
      @ComplexityUnleashed Před rokem +33

      @@Jordan_Dossou humility is the ability to know when you need to stand your ground, or roll with the punches. People whom lack humility get offended easily, because they always take themselves too seriously. On the contrary, you can also lack it because of severe self hate, with is obviously unhealthy for said person. Obama has humility because he found the happy medium.

    • @simontopple911
      @simontopple911 Před 4 měsíci +58

      How far the US has fallen. People will look back on this as a golden age of the US Presidency.

    • @joakim2539
      @joakim2539 Před 3 měsíci +38

      in 2024, this is revolutionary

  • @bobbybecker6435
    @bobbybecker6435 Před 4 lety +8475

    I miss the days when Presidents lifted people up and spoke in complete sentences.

    • @bedfordnhdonkey
      @bedfordnhdonkey Před 4 lety +55

      Do you miss the thousands of innocent people killed by drone strikes too?

    • @bobbybecker6435
      @bobbybecker6435 Před 4 lety +203

      @@bedfordnhdonkey No, I do not. But, I would take Obama back over that douchebag from New York ANY DAY.

    • @orangeblood27
      @orangeblood27 Před 4 lety +452

      @@bedfordnhdonkey Hard to miss something that's still happening.

    • @Communist-Doge
      @Communist-Doge Před 4 lety +188

      @@bedfordnhdonkey Trump is killing EVEN MORE in drone strikes, you muppet.

    • @deanwalker6262
      @deanwalker6262 Před 4 lety +110

      @bedfordnhdonkey Trump brought us on the brink of war with Iran recently because of a drone strike. Just look at the streets of America right now. He’s having us look like nazi Germany out there! And a big fence around the White House that will be paid for by American citizens. He never says anything you can prove or disprove. Haven’t you learned by now when someone promises you the moon, that persons suspicious?! He’s got so much power and money yet so insecure, he’s like something straight out of Shakespeare or even a wicked character in the Bible.

  • @camf269
    @camf269 Před 3 lety +2491

    2016: "You as journalists are going to have a role to play in reducing cynicism."
    Narrator: "...They did not."

  • @Kakeyoro
    @Kakeyoro Před 2 měsíci +325

    I'm watching this in 2024... Holding back the tears. You don't quite know what you have until it's gone.

    • @asujch
      @asujch Před 2 měsíci +19

      we paved paradise and put up a parking lot

    • @Libidinous_Jefferson
      @Libidinous_Jefferson Před 2 měsíci +3

      He's drone striked soo many children

    • @lindamealingnelson975
      @lindamealingnelson975 Před 2 měsíci +5

      The world is so different now Trump would not be able to answer that question!

    • @user-vf6nn6hx9x
      @user-vf6nn6hx9x Před 2 měsíci +17

      Trump had FOUR times the amount of drone strikes in HALF the time, and played more golf too, pathetic

    • @rdelrosso1973
      @rdelrosso1973 Před 2 měsíci

      @@Libidinous_Jefferson
      The fact is, if we cared about Civilian Deaths, we might not have won WW Two and Hitler would have won!
      And Hitler had a very efficient way of killing innocent people -- maybe you read about it in History Class.

  • @rodolfobevione5871
    @rodolfobevione5871 Před 3 lety +2136

    Holy shit after 4 years of Trump I forgot what a presidential speech sounds like.

    • @SwankyBassoon
      @SwankyBassoon Před 3 lety +64

      So fucking true I miss this man

    • @heathenchild4516
      @heathenchild4516 Před 3 lety +6

      Same

    • @ChubbyTeletubby
      @ChubbyTeletubby Před 3 lety +27

      Right? Obama was the BEST. We didn't realize it.

    • @ChubbyTeletubby
      @ChubbyTeletubby Před 3 lety +1

      @@basedshady5735 I'm gonna read your post. Sounds like you have something to say.
      I probably won't agree with you at the end. But - I'm gonna read! 👍

    • @lando8398
      @lando8398 Před 3 lety +7

      @@basedshady5735 my life actually got much better. He had to fix Bush's broken economy. I was laid off from my union job because again, a republican screwed up our economy. I collected for the first time in my life for 6 months, and things slowly got better. Economy and market. Trump has you fools with your heads up each other's butts. You can't see that everything he's done benefits him in one way or the other. He owes China billions, and sucks up to a Russian ex kgb oligarch. He prefers fossil fuels because the lobbyists pay him. Again, he's only out for himself. Wake up and do some research instead of listening to the lies from the right if you're really interested in the truth, and I'm not talking about Q, that's conspiracy B.S. yes, B.S.

  • @moocoo30001
    @moocoo30001 Před 3 lety +4740

    The way he said “democrats aren’t blameless...” trump could never

    • @simcowgames981
      @simcowgames981 Před 3 lety +298

      No. Trump could definitely say democrats aren't blameless... (:

    • @userytx
      @userytx Před 3 lety +239

      @squishy foosball so much for self criticism.

    • @orangecream3340
      @orangecream3340 Před 3 lety +184

      @squishy foosball so are Republicans, stop being a party shill

    • @CommonCider
      @CommonCider Před 3 lety +43

      squishy foosball that’s a bipartisan issue. As much as demos are listed so are republics. If it wasn’t there would’ve been a case way earlier. But nobody wanted to get caught. So you bury it and pretend it’s not happening

    • @biggavelle11
      @biggavelle11 Před 3 lety

      Simcow Games dumbass

  • @emioka4261
    @emioka4261 Před 3 lety +581

    I've said it a thousand times before, and I'll say it again: I miss Obama.

    • @alhsgez
      @alhsgez Před 3 lety

      You missed a pedophile?? Satanist??

    • @emioka4261
      @emioka4261 Před 3 lety +39

      I think your username speaks for itself about how valid that comment is

    • @IamusTheFox
      @IamusTheFox Před 2 měsíci

      It was an Obamanation.

    • @user-cv8uw7ph9w
      @user-cv8uw7ph9w Před 2 měsíci

      You miss Obama? You are a clown.

    • @annettehumphrey4979
      @annettehumphrey4979 Před 2 měsíci +2

      In my kat Williams boy I miss Obama. Yo can't do overtime 😩

  • @saeklin
    @saeklin Před 3 měsíci +505

    WOW! This is how a President should act. Civil, respectful, genuine, calm, non-condescending, articulate, considerate, informed, humble, bridge-building, rational, and comprehensible. Am I fanboying over Obama? No, I'm appreciating the qualities that I feel all Presidential candidates should embody. There's no alarmism, no blaming particular people, no bitterness, no selfish boasting. I hope the algorithm promotes this video back to the top, because people today need the perspective more than ever.

    • @hailstar007
      @hailstar007 Před 3 měsíci +13

      Well said

    • @Ctw1313
      @Ctw1313 Před 2 měsíci +8

      Couldn’t agree more. Didn’t know how good we had it hey.

    • @jelaninoel
      @jelaninoel Před 2 měsíci +14

      Its crazy that in comparison it seems like we’re in the past now. Kinda hard to believe that’s what the president sounded like

    • @Sammasambuddha
      @Sammasambuddha Před 2 měsíci +5

      Tell it !

    • @cicaesp
      @cicaesp Před 2 měsíci +3

      Here here!

  • @equalitistart9590
    @equalitistart9590 Před 4 lety +11559

    This is not a rant ... this is a calm, reasoned and erudite answer to the student, who asked the question!

    • @WesMordine
      @WesMordine Před 4 lety +257

      To be fair, it was Obama who called it a rant.

    • @Hussein_Nur
      @Hussein_Nur Před 4 lety +63

      @@WesMordine meant to be funny, but you are taking it seriously.

    • @bonob0123
      @bonob0123 Před 4 lety +39

      10:33 he himself calls it a rant

    • @equalitistart9590
      @equalitistart9590 Před 4 lety +102

      It’s still not a rant ... and to me it seemed he used the term in irony ... probably to ease the embarrassment of the questioner! 💜

    • @c.m.8125
      @c.m.8125 Před 4 lety +36

      @@equalitistart9590 A rant that is eloquent yet clear and simple.

  • @actionwork
    @actionwork Před 3 lety +4928

    This is not a rant. It is a balanced reasoned answer. Calm and collected.

    • @pthesmith
      @pthesmith Před 3 lety +34

      INFORMED

    • @noahmay7708
      @noahmay7708 Před 3 lety +54

      A rant is not neccesarily negative.

    • @mikeyarmada3870
      @mikeyarmada3870 Před 3 lety +3

      From A Globalist traitor

    • @mrhalfwit972
      @mrhalfwit972 Před 3 lety +19

      he's calls it a rant towards the end

    • @mrhalfwit972
      @mrhalfwit972 Před 3 lety +25

      ​@@mikeyarmada3870 mate your name is the name of gangster henchmen that get the shit beat out of them by the protagonist.

  • @pawz007
    @pawz007 Před 3 měsíci +361

    We have NOT had a president since Obama. Listening to him for 2min reminds me of actual articulate thoughts...the good ole days

    • @monkeysezbegood
      @monkeysezbegood Před 2 měsíci +4

      RFK jr give me similar vibes.

    • @clqudy4750
      @clqudy4750 Před 2 měsíci +7

      Yeah, it was nice to have him for an 8 year break from 'clownspeak'.

    • @NinjaDiner
      @NinjaDiner Před 2 měsíci +15

      Reminder that for future Trump voters, this kind of informed, eloquent response registered as arrogance.

    • @clqudy4750
      @clqudy4750 Před 2 měsíci +18

      @@monkeysezbegood RFK Jr?! His voice sounds like gravel poured into a cement mixer! wtf.

    • @katyronan
      @katyronan Před 2 měsíci +6

      @@monkeysezbegood maybe if you’re not actually paying attention to what he’s saying 😬

  • @frederickos1
    @frederickos1 Před 3 lety +1228

    Spoke carefully, answered fully, called it a rant in a humble, self-depricating way. What a great man.

    • @CallawayVanZeeberg
      @CallawayVanZeeberg Před 3 lety +35

      What amazes me about him... As he speaks, he carefully ponders his next sentence.

    • @renmes2636
      @renmes2636 Před 3 lety +26

      Amazing how people respect a guy that ACTUALLY answers a question thoughtfully, completely, concisely, candor and class. I don't want to get into a rant myself, but there is a lesson here somewhere for ALL politicians.

    • @maraohanyan5039
      @maraohanyan5039 Před rokem

      You still don’t get it, do you, who Obama was and what he did to the country, and, conversely, the role of Trump?

    • @mikek7660
      @mikek7660 Před 3 měsíci +7

      Best president since JFK

    • @andrewthomas695
      @andrewthomas695 Před 2 měsíci +5

      Wasted on Americans, a people so determined to win, that everyone will ultimately lose everything.

  • @ItsHawkeye01
    @ItsHawkeye01 Před 4 lety +3509

    Remember when Presidential rants looked like this

    • @ronaldkregar7139
      @ronaldkregar7139 Před 4 lety +114

      remember what a president looked like period, lol!!

    • @C0rn123
      @C0rn123 Před 4 lety +62

      good old times. back then when a president had values.. feels like an eternity

    • @TheAndrewJohnBennett
      @TheAndrewJohnBennett Před 4 lety +1

      @@NotYourAverageTrucker Kanye likes trump?

    • @404Dannyboy
      @404Dannyboy Před 4 lety +21

      @@TheAndrewJohnBennett Kanye loves Trump, but Kanye is also batshit insane in general.

    • @Erik-vr2uu
      @Erik-vr2uu Před 4 lety +1

      404Dannyboy I thought Kanye doesn’t support trump now because he had a “spiritual awakening” or something?

  • @cameronliberio7492
    @cameronliberio7492 Před 7 lety +958

    I'm a republican, and an active duty member of the armed forces. When Obama first got elected, I would have been quick to say it was because he's black and America is so liberal nowadays that white people voted for him as a means of apology. He's still not well perceived in the military, but I gotta say, as much negativity in regards to Obama as there is around me, my opinion of him as seriously changed to a positive one. This guy has been level headed and made a lot of changes to our system that....may not of have worked...but were without question a step in the right direction. Even as a republican in the military, he is one of the best in my book. God bless America.

    • @captaintexican5993
      @captaintexican5993 Před 5 lety +71

      Well much of those things that didn't work because people who benefit from the system as it is, worked very hard to make sure it was unsuccessful so that people would feel justified in rejecting the idea of trying it ever again.

    • @briandeschene8424
      @briandeschene8424 Před 5 lety +98

      Cameron Liberio
      It was a pleasure reading your clearly worded, well thought out, uncynical response. This coming from a left-leaning individual. Thank you for your service.

    • @joryjones6808
      @joryjones6808 Před 5 lety +22

      Cameron Liberio George Washington would be proud of you.

    • @Grinstopher
      @Grinstopher Před 5 lety +8

      as a non-American, it took me 2 seconds to look his statement about grassroot donations up. Turns out he >did< support it at most times, just not when it actively concerned his own campaign. In the 2008 election, he had the chance to vote to limit campaign donations to 250 USD - which would have been a huge step in the right direction. But he didn't, because he couldn't have won the election without huge contributions from Goldman&Sach's. You could say he has his heart at the right place, but is far from moral relativism - just like everyone else. Except Bernie Sanders. But Bernie Sanders also didn't make it. Funnily enough, this very real,, very serious problem in any democracy on the planet - he doesn't talk about that at all. Because there's no solution to that. And THAT'S why people are cynical.

    • @mikediao15
      @mikediao15 Před 4 lety +10

      Sorry Sir the new guy put the car in reverse and driving it to Stone Age... Republicans should have known better.

  • @millenialmusings8451
    @millenialmusings8451 Před 2 měsíci +174

    How did America go from electing this guy to electing someone like Trump? 🤯

    • @KarlOlofsson
      @KarlOlofsson Před 2 měsíci +1

      Because some people are tired of the government as a tool to improve things and just want freedom for people to fend for themselves. I.e. they don't want a government to vote about the direction of in the first place. They just want to solve problems on their own with their local communities. Otherwise a lot of coal miners just felt ignored when the government pushed for green energy and Trump literally said he wouldn't sell out their livelyhoods. That's my understanding from a European perspective at least. Nicely put words doesn't matter as much as you'd think if it's nearly impossible to make them a reality.

    • @splatzec
      @splatzec Před 2 měsíci +33

      Bigotry, ignorance, and a lack of education.

    • @turbokid8719
      @turbokid8719 Před 2 měsíci

      Hey people voted for scam artist like Obama & Clinton also the bushes etc 😂

    • @Shinbusan
      @Shinbusan Před 2 měsíci +4

      Interesting, ain't it?

    • @turbokid8719
      @turbokid8719 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Because people got tired of being BS to by politicians.

  • @whiskeyfur
    @whiskeyfur Před 3 lety +505

    "I want to be clear, Democrats are not blameless either." and THAT, is why he is my president. He knows where the blame should lay and accepts it.

    • @kriiigern777
      @kriiigern777 Před 3 lety +24

      Im not even American, I live in Europe. But he is still my President :D

    • @thegamehoarder6887
      @thegamehoarder6887 Před 3 lety +3

      At first look, but on a deeper level he's rooting for his own, so don't get your panties in a bunch. But ohh well we all see what we want.

    • @Eitachi5656
      @Eitachi5656 Před 3 lety +41

      @@thegamehoarder6887 Ofcourse he's rooting for his own, he's Democratic. I don't ever EVER recall a Republican president NOT root for his own. They're supposed to root for their own. But, the credit STILL stands that he's able to say that his own aren't free of guilt. Unlike Trump where EVERYONE else except himself or Republicans are the "bad ones" or the "corrupt ones".
      Yes, Obama is STILL my president. Funny how we go from Obama to the gutter trash with Trump.

    • @Vhlathanosh
      @Vhlathanosh Před 3 lety +12

      @@thegamehoarder6887 he's able to look at his team and say "y'all too aren't innocent." What's more presidential than that?

    • @thegamehoarder6887
      @thegamehoarder6887 Před 3 lety +3

      Populism and false humility is what I see. Him saying what you pointed out makes no real call to problems within the democratic party. As he points out "the democrats have gone far... the democrats went left" and the republicans "have went far to the right". He's "humble" "president-like" speech does nothing but spark at a certain level a war of ideas. Something not surprising, the democratic party has been doing so for years and finally got the widespread reach they've been waiting for.
      The idea of wanting others to see what you see and calling them names for refusing to consent on your same views does not play well with the idea of an open mind and objectivity, it doesn't even play well with the idea of being well educated. One should make a claim, explain his reason for said claim as much as he can or is able to and at the end let others make their own mind; not expect from them total accordance with something they think is obvious, if they reach this point at least realise that what you think is obvious has many more facets to it then you thought, then analyse it again.

  • @callmeFernie
    @callmeFernie Před 4 lety +1850

    I'm not an U.S citizen but still I miss President Obama

    • @rachelb-prospero8
      @rachelb-prospero8 Před 4 lety +26

      Fernando Vasconcelos Me
      Me too 🇪🇺

    • @manjeiphom8606
      @manjeiphom8606 Před 4 lety +13

      Here too

    • @tenshiumi9299
      @tenshiumi9299 Před 4 lety +11

      Same

    • @emceesmith6665
      @emceesmith6665 Před 4 lety +36

      Most smart people do

    • @DrP1po
      @DrP1po Před 4 lety +56

      @Fake Painter Sorry to burst your bubble, but the world has lost almost all respect for the US ever since you elected Mr. Trump ... and ever since the fact that the best two people you could offer were Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. That was really the best the "greatest" country in the world has to offer? Pretty dire situation dude.

  • @caseydalen5278
    @caseydalen5278 Před 7 lety +1507

    why is Obama getting such a bad rep these days? he's logical, well spoken, and sincere. I don't understand why Americans aren't praising this man

    • @coryryder9070
      @coryryder9070 Před 7 lety +27

      propaganda since 08

    • @earl_of_northesk3617
      @earl_of_northesk3617 Před 7 lety +11

      Someone still needs to explain my while TTIP will shaft the middle class. Willt it be that American industry will move towards Europe? Can't be, because everyone is telling me how expensive labour is over there and how stupid they are with their socialist workers rights system...

    • @YAHGOA
      @YAHGOA Před 7 lety +21

      Because he sells weapons to Drug Runners in Mexico, because he tries to ship out ICANN to the UN, because he tries to use every shooting to justify taking away our rights, because he pretends turning 1 full time job with benefits into two part time jobs with less pay is job growth, because he foments racial divisions with crap like 'If I had a son he would look like Trevor Martin', because he tries to shut down our energy plants, because he doubled the debt, because he had the feds keep interest rates negative indefinitely stealing from savers and retirees, because after promising to be the most transparent Administration ever he punishes more Whistle-blowers than ever... And on and on and on and on..
      It NEVER stops with this guy.. and you foreigners don't have a clue what your talking about, He is weak, he is ineffective, he is divisive and he is corrupt. His DoJ refuses to acquit Clinton, he pushes for the TTP which undermines our Sovereignty. You could right for days about all the crap he does and all the harm he has done to our country..

    • @earl_of_northesk3617
      @earl_of_northesk3617 Před 7 lety +49

      TBH, your weapon rights rank fairly high among the most stupid regulations in the world. Oh and TTP...it's just a joke at this point. On the other side of the lake, everyone talks about how this is just an American attempt to ruin our superior economy by enforcing your crappy standards. All in all, its probably just unnecessary fearmongering on both sides. It's a trade agreement. Everyone has a shitton of those but nobody cares except for this one.

    • @YAHGOA
      @YAHGOA Před 7 lety +8

      You may think our weapon rights are stupid , but enough of us strongly disagree. I don't care much if your people want to have guns or not. It isn't really my business either way. I think your lack of gun rights are stupid, and I think we don't have enough gun rights in the USA.
      I imagine, your lack of Gun rights to be about as stupid as your countries people think that our are in reverse. This is probably why it is good that we aren't the same country and we can each do it our own way.
      I don't think we need any trade agreements at all, I think just mirroring the tariff would be fine. We in USA can just let the EU do whatever the hell it wants and take what ever your highest import tax plus VAT tax etc on any single ONE of our products/services and just apply it to ALL of your stuff coming our way. There is no way for you to game the system because any attempts to use tariffs to get an advantage, only hurts you not us, and it doesn't require you to agree to it at all.
      This actually encourages both of us to lower taxes on imports etc. allowing the best people at making stuff in both nations to prosper and to specialize in what they are good at. We don't even need to make an agreement as this type of mirrored tariff can just be imposed on people with out their input in the matter and actually works better that way.

  • @mcbrite
    @mcbrite Před 3 lety +573

    God DAMN it feels good to hear him talk... After 4 years of Trump that's like balm to my ears...

    • @tracerxy
      @tracerxy Před 3 lety +6

      Soooo, you like smooth B S? Cool. Trump exposed Obama as the amateur he was. But he talk cool, though. Pfft.

    • @tracerxy
      @tracerxy Před 3 lety +3

      @TailExchange Nope.Trump was an outsider that interrupted crooked swamp leeches from continuing cashing in. They hate that!

    • @NoFretBrettCSSMBFF
      @NoFretBrettCSSMBFF Před 3 lety +1

      @TailExchange ... understood... yet the #AlternativeFacts say that he is a narcissistic demagogue (period)...
      Some people are blinded by Trumpery...
      trump·er·y. /ˈtrəmp(ə)rē/ ARCHAIC.
      TRUMPERY, noun. plural: trumperies
      practices or beliefs that might be superficially or visually appealing (to some, at first) but (eventually) have little real value or worth...
      "he exposed their ideals as Trumpery"
      adjective: trumpery
      showy but worthless.
      "trumpery jewelry"
      Similar: showy. gaudy. garish. vulgar. tasteless. worthless. valueless. cheap. tawdry. shoddy. meretricious. Brummagem. flashy. flash. trashy. tacky. rubbishy. delusive or shallow.
      "that Trumpery hope which lets us dupe ourselves"
      Trumpery, noun;
      attractive articles of little value or use.
      "None of your woolen drapery, nor linen drapery, nor any of your frippery or trumpery. I hate ostentation"
      Similar: trinkets baubles. cheap finery. knickknacks. ornaments. bibelots. gewgaws. gimcracks
      Origin; late Middle English (denoting trickery): from Old French tromperie, from tromper ‘deceive’.

    • @dawoifee
      @dawoifee Před 3 lety +7

      @@tracerxy Trump is a crooked swamp leech.

    • @harrieakkers3002
      @harrieakkers3002 Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you ...

  • @violetrogers3755
    @violetrogers3755 Před 2 měsíci +38

    No clue why this video just came across my recommendations now, but I legit teared up around the 10 minute mark when he said "don't let people tell you that what you do doesn't matter." A breath of fresh air.

    • @pointlessmanatee
      @pointlessmanatee Před měsícem

      yes he is a very articulate a clean man. I don't understand why you miss him, why don't you just revel in all that hope and change he brought to america?

  • @00bikeboy
    @00bikeboy Před 5 lety +728

    As a non-American, I'm simply dumbfounded how you could hire this thoughtful, intelligent, well-spoken, good man, and then turn around and hire a guy like Trump. I just don't get it.

    • @rextalon7763
      @rextalon7763 Před 5 lety +67

      Our political system tends to rock back and forth. Not enough people vote. The ones who do tend to be charged up about something. So when you sitting president is Republican, the Democrats get angry, the Republicans get complacent. Vice versa for Democratic presidents. The past election, the Democrats were complacent enough to let a Republican in. The Republicans were angry and would follow anyone they saw as "strong". They haven't had strong leadership since Bush, so they went with the most vocal. Media outlets couldn't get enough of the verbal click-bait coming from the Republican front runner, so they kept giving him free air time. He didn't have to spend money to get ahead. All his competition had to raise money, and spend it on commercials. The "news" channels fucked us over. The Democrats fucked us over. The Russians and their proliferation of fake news fucked us over.

    • @Dac85
      @Dac85 Před 5 lety +56

      Tribalism's a helluva drug.

    • @shaungovender1274
      @shaungovender1274 Před 5 lety +18

      Obama did a lot right but he forgot about the people that put him in office. He barely did anything he promised, and that is what turned a lot of people off. The genius of Trump was that he said exactly what people wanted to hear. And then to have the media and everyone call people hillbillys and uneducated if they voted for Trump just spurred people on. Also Clinton sank her own campaign.

    • @booblejots
      @booblejots Před 5 lety +53

      But could he? My opinion on the American political system (and I did study it to degree level) is that it is needlessly opaque - amendments on bills that are completely unrelated, huge money ruling the leaders of both parties - the point is that nothing can really get done unless you break the rules like Trump. Clinton should never have been on the ballot paper, Sanders was the go to for the democrats and they missed the popular vote there. We have the same 'hillbilly, uneducated' comments about Brexit voters over this side of the pond - thing is, it is unfortunately often accurate. I think Obama was one of the best politicians for a long long time - of any country. Articulate, clear, honest and fair. One of the few that genuinely wanted to improve his country, but was held back by the vested interest inherent in the political system.

    • @shaungovender1274
      @shaungovender1274 Před 5 lety +6

      We can go on forever on this topic, I will say that Trump and Obama have their fans. Everything Trump/Obama does/did is wrong and he should have done the oppisite, or everything was right. Why is no one inbetween? For a lot of things Trump does wrong he does do some good, the economy is booming right now. That is great, that means more jobs and less inflation ( however long it lasts) yet people who do not like him make it seem like a bad thing and are negative about it. His supporters conversly see no wrong when he says stupid things and so on. Politics is just a shitshow and I am glad that once I close CZcams i can just carry on with life and ignore all the bullshit.

  • @dks80721
    @dks80721 Před 3 lety +1119

    When he said Democrats aren't blameless either.....I miss having a President who can acknowledge his own faults when speaking on the faults of others and instead of just blaming everything bad on the next person, he actively engages both sides and tries to eliminate the problem through cooperation. Do what's best for the country and not just what's best for themselves. And they say he is the one who divided the country. Rubbish.

    • @xaviersanchez2270
      @xaviersanchez2270 Před 3 lety +25

      Yea trump would never do that

    • @miloc6507
      @miloc6507 Před 3 lety +12

      To bad there's nobody on the ticket like that anymore. Its been so villainous towards Trump since he was elected that its forced both sides to STAY at each others throats. We all just cant NOT blame the other because we're afraid to accept any fault cuz itll give the other side a point amh

    • @dks80721
      @dks80721 Před 3 lety +43

      @CNNisISIS whatever helps you sleep at night buddy.

    • @dks80721
      @dks80721 Před 3 lety +23

      @@miloc6507 villainous towards Trump? Everything wrong with the world he has literally blamed on Obama. Trump is not a victim. He's the perpetrator. To be fair, AOC has those same tendencies. Two among many.

    • @dks80721
      @dks80721 Před 3 lety +30

      @@miloc6507 and let's not forget, the Republicans publicly stated their primary objective when Obama became president was to essentially say no to every possible proposal that he brought forth. Again, they are not victims.

  • @KarlRF_
    @KarlRF_ Před 15 dny +9

    "Don't let me down" and "Down let your country down". - Hits so hard now with the upcoming election.

  • @miaomiaochan
    @miaomiaochan Před 2 měsíci +52

    This is not a rant. This is a sorely-needed civics lesson.

  • @zeebird66
    @zeebird66 Před 4 lety +1537

    Oh look...a president. Wish we still had one of those.

    • @yomomshouse100
      @yomomshouse100 Před 4 lety +3

      Ya cuz u have fking legend

    • @yomomshouse100
      @yomomshouse100 Před 4 lety +3

      @@johnjay7416 dude had 7 billion dollars b4 politics better than these political lifers who do nothing for your country but make it more PC.

    • @robertstirling2798
      @robertstirling2798 Před 4 lety +34

      @@yomomshouse100 yes, because money has always been the answer to all of life's problems lmao

    • @yomomshouse100
      @yomomshouse100 Před 4 lety

      @@robertstirling2798 give me the answers pussy

    • @robertstirling2798
      @robertstirling2798 Před 4 lety +12

      Shifty, I do believe you are missing a comma there

  • @cpz1019
    @cpz1019 Před 4 lety +2796

    Trump’s response to this question: “That’s not a fair question and you’re dumb for asking it. Next question!”

    • @barondystopia
      @barondystopia Před 4 lety +255

      "You're not asking me a nice question. That was a NASTY question. You're a nasty person!"

    • @ryuman757
      @ryuman757 Před 4 lety +54

      Fucking literally 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

    • @hydlidevlog
      @hydlidevlog Před 4 lety +42

      "this election is rigged"
      - quoted from November 2020.
      (and I can predict futures too).

    • @WhiskersMctabby
      @WhiskersMctabby Před 4 lety +98

      Trump: You're fake news.
      Student: I don't work for the media...
      Trump: You're a nasty person. You love Crooked Hillary.
      Student: I don't really know who Hillary is.
      Trump: Covfefe

    • @epico1657
      @epico1657 Před 4 lety +4

      please keep making fun of trump, you will get to do more of that until 2024
      TRUMP 2020

  • @geebster.
    @geebster. Před 3 měsíci +47

    Thats a lot of coherent sentences. No President since could go 10 minutes on a single topic like this and make sense.

  • @OGcoreyT
    @OGcoreyT Před 3 měsíci +45

    God we need someone like him again🙏🙏🙏

    • @stove.d
      @stove.d Před 2 měsíci +1

      Hurts to see how far our leaders have fallen. I hope we can get back to this level of politics soon.

  • @joshualup10
    @joshualup10 Před 3 lety +2682

    Damn, back when you could actually learn from the President.

    • @jonathanlondon4265
      @jonathanlondon4265 Před 3 lety +43

      Sadly, no one will be learning from Biden or Trump.

    • @antony9956
      @antony9956 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jonathanlondon4265 Well said.

    • @blewyd
      @blewyd Před 3 lety +75

      @@jonathanlondon4265 at least we aren't getting dumber under biden.

    • @tesfuweldemikael2902
      @tesfuweldemikael2902 Před 3 lety +5

      He could be a teacher.

    • @cheesyriceo4
      @cheesyriceo4 Před 3 lety +2

      @@blewyd doesnt mean we arent getting dumber 😅

  • @nearvanaman
    @nearvanaman Před 3 lety +993

    Ah. That's what a President is supposed to be like. I'd forgotten. Feels like 40 years ago.

    • @danny2971
      @danny2971 Před 3 lety +1

      Hahahah yeah fucking right. Most corrupt administration of all time

    • @ihateforks
      @ihateforks Před 3 lety +2

      Most corrupt president

    • @romanmax8561
      @romanmax8561 Před 3 lety +3

      What that guy was a total failure as president he was corrupt lazy and a liar .
      You can keep you doctor and your insurance will go down lol remember.
      Plus he illgally spied on trump tried to rig the 2016 election.
      Crazy this guys disinformation is still infecting people .

    • @infinightsky
      @infinightsky Před 3 lety +16

      I know! A thoughtful, intelligent and articulate grownup

    • @skrapjac
      @skrapjac Před 3 lety +32

      @@romanmax8561 Trump blackmailed schools to open or not get funded and had the post office defunded. But you find this guy corrupt?

  • @gcsusetyo
    @gcsusetyo Před 3 lety +29

    As a journalist, I so relate with what Obama said our role should be to minimise cynicism, but that it's so hard to make news out of what works compared to what doesn't work! Actually that is precisely why I left the newsroom to go independent, now I get to report what works and what people can learn from it. It's way more inspiring and I get to tell stories on my own terms.

  • @Grampssssss
    @Grampssssss Před 3 měsíci +34

    Holy shit this makes me miss actual civil conversation in politics

  • @silesian99
    @silesian99 Před 3 lety +2143

    This is NOT a "rant." It's an ANSWER to a question. There is a big difference.

    • @ebryan1990
      @ebryan1990 Před 3 lety +83

      Obama himself jokingly called it a rant in the video.

    • @StefanoMersi
      @StefanoMersi Před 3 lety +21

      @@ebryan1990 Self-demoting irony ... it looks like it's ages ago...

    • @ktbeatty
      @ktbeatty Před 3 lety +16

      @@ebryan1990 Yes, and that's where the title comes from to be sure. However, I understand Joseph, as things today on social media are so over the top that it's almost reflexive to point out the difference between an actual rant and an articulate statement.

    • @tomtam8789
      @tomtam8789 Před 3 lety +31

      @@ebryan1990 Self-deprecation, a nice quality we missed the last four years.

    • @dkathrens77
      @dkathrens77 Před 3 lety +3

      @@tomtam8789 with tRump it was always feces defenestration.

  • @galerius07
    @galerius07 Před 3 lety +2092

    I like that this is what qualified as a rant for Obama.

    • @FerociousPaul
      @FerociousPaul Před 3 lety +112

      I know right? What a measured, insightful, inspiring, and unifying rant. Damn I miss this guy and underappreciated him when he was in office.

    • @arinramer6078
      @arinramer6078 Před 3 lety +46

      @@FerociousPaul We really took him for granted. You don't know what you have until it's gone.

    • @vinnidavinci3932
      @vinnidavinci3932 Před 3 lety +1

      @@arinramer6078 he sucked and is a war criminal

    • @robertdrake4587
      @robertdrake4587 Před 3 lety +32

      @@vinnidavinci3932 -Your bowl of tRump s***-cream is waiting on you!

    • @vinnidavinci3932
      @vinnidavinci3932 Před 3 lety

      @@robertdrake4587 These are the facts you foreigner. Speaking nice don't make you a great president but it's your actions what you do for your country and the world.

  • @MrThijmenmees
    @MrThijmenmees Před 3 lety +62

    The way he's standing there, telling a story an persuading an audience. His tone of voice even while going on a rant. He's a president that forces respect from his listeners and - me being a European - feels like he brings a unified message speaking on behalf of all Americans.
    I've never felt like that about Trump, and also most definitely never felt like that about Biden

    • @Brando-wc8fz
      @Brando-wc8fz Před rokem

      He is a douche and sounds like a pompous pos

  • @claytonwillie3671
    @claytonwillie3671 Před 3 měsíci +4

    From a Canadian, I haven't heard a world leader speak like that in a long time. I could use more of these in my youtube feed.

  • @mizuhonova
    @mizuhonova Před 8 lety +595

    I literally can't even imagine Donald Trump giving a coherent, informed, inspirational speech such as this...

    • @DjTittySprinklez
      @DjTittySprinklez Před 5 lety +26

      LandWhales4Sale calm down Moby dick. It's not that serious. Trump sucks. Sorry but it's true.

    • @mdashcube2476
      @mdashcube2476 Před 5 lety +7

      mizuhonova I can’t either; that’s what happens when you don’t really earn stuff but simply have it handed down to you. This usually affects the character of a person or better yet the rationality, decency, sense of diplomacy and priority/ies.... and list could go on forever.

    • @tristanmoller9498
      @tristanmoller9498 Před 5 lety +19

      And that’s improvised

    • @Dankonen
      @Dankonen Před 5 lety +11

      LandWhales4Sale When Trump falls from grace, you don't get to say "I didn't know"

    • @millionwatts7512
      @millionwatts7512 Před 5 lety +32

      There is a lot of cynicism. Cynicism is a word. Okay? No one understands cynicism better than me. You can describe different things with that word. Including some bad things. Some very bad things Okay? The media wants you to be cynical. They are bad people. Very bad people. The fake news are cynical about my huge election victory. It was huge. Very huge! So huge! I made democracy great again!

  • @aabidamn
    @aabidamn Před 7 lety +505

    Student: "What do you think about cynicism in this country?"
    Trump: "I called it! I called since 2004! The year before they even invented the word in the dictionary! I called it!"
    Student: "So are you a cynic?"
    Trump: "I don't talk about it anymore. I'm done talking about it. Really, I just don't talk about it anymore."

    • @simonhej
      @simonhej Před 7 lety +42

      Student: "What do you think about cynicism in this country"
      Hillary: "Well that's a really good question. When is was secretary of state I worked very hard to end cynicism and as the record shows I did end it. But this isn't about cynicism, it's about protecting....... *continues on an unrelated tangent for 2 minutes*..... and that's why I am fit to be first woman to be president"
      Student: "So are you a cynic?"
      Hillary: "I have never been cynical and those who say that I have are only doing so because they are opposed to the fact that a woman might become president. But I want to talk about my opponent, who's cynical ...... *blabs blab blab*..... and after hearing this you might ask why am I not 15 points ahead!?"

    • @TehDMBfan
      @TehDMBfan Před 7 lety +12

      +Simon idiot

    • @simonhej
      @simonhej Před 7 lety +14

      +TheDMBfan insightful

    • @SL-pg4dh
      @SL-pg4dh Před 7 lety +1

      I'm dead. 😂😂😂

    • @TehDMBfan
      @TehDMBfan Před 7 lety +6

      Simon Engström Well there's no hope left for you

  • @michaelcostantini9039
    @michaelcostantini9039 Před 15 dny +5

    Seeing this in 2024, it’s amazing how 8 years can feel like a millennia between one articulate President, and two old and moronic presidents. I wasn’t an Obama cheerleader back then, but I have an appreciation for his bipartisan rhetoric here. He didn’t sound violent or like he was attacking anyone. He simply stated the situation in this country as it was and even said his party was to blame for it as well. He was definitely a better role model for president than the last two, despite my opinions on his foreign policy among other things. Plus, dude could ball, and I appreciate that 🏀.

  • @WidmerNoel
    @WidmerNoel Před 3 měsíci +9

    On the topic of “making it harder to vote”. Here in Switzerland we get a letter home, we write down “yes” or “no” and then throw the letter into the next mail box located basically everywhere. Mine is 50m away from my home. We got about 4 weeks to educate ourselfs on the topic upon arrival of the letter and to return the letter. It doesn’t need to be returned on any specific day. Why should it be any more complicated than that? Voting in the US baffles me.

    • @cameronno6039
      @cameronno6039 Před 3 měsíci +3

      What you imply is correct. People in power do not want the masses to vote. It truly is that simple, unfortunately.

  • @GregPascucci
    @GregPascucci Před 3 lety +963

    I'm not even American and I miss this gentleman being in the spot light.

    • @ElroyMcDuff
      @ElroyMcDuff Před 3 lety +17

      @Aber man To keep banks from failing but yeah, they should have been punished. Still, it's not as bad and Drumpf and Dubya who are both responsible for the deaths of HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

    • @omgvague
      @omgvague Před 3 lety +5

      @Hyakkaten You wouldn't know what American even means.

    • @Beekeeper8011
      @Beekeeper8011 Před 3 lety

      Business owners do not miss him whatsoever.

    • @haruhirogrimgar6047
      @haruhirogrimgar6047 Před 3 lety +1

      @Aber man So what I hear is we need to reinstate banking services through our mail system, set up state-run banks, and a variety of co-op credit unions and then slowly dismantle large privately owned banks. Glad we are in agreement.

    • @GorcStew
      @GorcStew Před 3 lety +1

      He was never "in the spotlight" the way Trump is...he was too busy doing his job loll.
      Here in Canada we have forgotten about our own politics because we are so busy covering Trump.

  • @hektik2200
    @hektik2200 Před 4 lety +1356

    Oh wow I miss having a president that could actually communicate.

    • @brentfeathers7004
      @brentfeathers7004 Před 4 lety +8

      I don't know what you've been smoking, but Obama always danced around the questions like Bill Clinton with the periodic pauses which drew out the responses he was giving. Obama was the Great Divider in Chief.

    • @icepup6704
      @icepup6704 Před 4 lety +19

      @@brentfeathers7004 so he's the reason that there's a song called "fuck Donald trump"

    • @hektik2200
      @hektik2200 Před 4 lety +32

      Brent Feathers let’s say your critique is even remotely true. Drumpf can’t even remember the question to even attempt to dance around it. Drumpf’s infamous for his “bigly”, “hyuge”, and “covfef”. What an utter laughing stock 🤣

    • @brentfeathers7004
      @brentfeathers7004 Před 4 lety +3

      @@hektik2200 he's a narcisst, for sure. But, Obama was a joke. He promised to be the most transparent POTUS ever... that didn't happen. Media fawned over him like the Democrat idiots who voted for him. He was the Great Divider in Chief

    • @hektik2200
      @hektik2200 Před 4 lety +27

      Brent Feathers narcissist doesn’t even scratch the surface. Great divider and Chief 🤣 if you’re actually attempting to say Obama was more divisive than Drumpf especially now then you have a tenuous relationship with reality at best

  • @cutl00senc
    @cutl00senc Před 2 měsíci +4

    Wow! Hard to believe that there are people who think this man was the worst president in history….and they also believe DT is the greatest president ever…really sad

  • @BigPapaVerde17
    @BigPapaVerde17 Před 3 měsíci +18

    This isn’t a rant. Was 100% informative

  • @mh8748
    @mh8748 Před 3 lety +1648

    "Rant" - a solid lecture on how politics, voting and the media works.
    2016 was a long time ago...

    • @StefanoMersi
      @StefanoMersi Před 3 lety +27

      Self-demoting subtle irony. Sorely missed.

  • @patmurphy2472
    @patmurphy2472 Před 4 lety +594

    I miss Obama, speaking in full sentences, making sense, caring about people.

    • @mweskamppp
      @mweskamppp Před 4 lety +1

      In the moment, the democrats could nominee a broomstick and she will win. Ok, a bit over the top. Biden finds more people in the middle who would vote for him than Bernie. Bernie has a strong home base but also many enemies not a good starting point to win the undecided in the middle.

    • @lunafringe10
      @lunafringe10 Před 4 lety

      Pat Murphy what abt his policies?

    • @TylerSpark714
      @TylerSpark714 Před 4 lety +9

      @מלאכי יְהוָ֛ה
      I'd take Joe over Trump anyday. Not going to vote for someone who'd violate the 1st amendment for a photo-op.

    • @faustwild4228
      @faustwild4228 Před 4 lety +1

      You sir are fake news.

    • @TylerSpark714
      @TylerSpark714 Před 4 lety +6

      @@faustwild4228 That's a classic "aNyOnE i diSaGrEe wiTh iS fAkE nEwS"
      Reminds me of 2017.

  • @themunter4488
    @themunter4488 Před 2 měsíci +3

    A brilliant public speaker and probably the smartest US president since Nixon or old man Bush.

  • @Jarod1941
    @Jarod1941 Před 3 lety +83

    Makes me laugh that he calls it a rant when he just gave one of his most insightful "pro-democracy & how it works best" speeches of his amazing career.
    Leave it to Obama to take a "simple" question and passionately educate people with his unending political wisdom, off the top of his head.

    • @xyzsame4081
      @xyzsame4081 Před 3 lety

      Obama is a cyncial carreerist, he paved the way for someone like Trump - he is part of the reason the base has abandoned the party. They can barely win elections against effing Trump. - See my comments outside the thread.

    • @dillonhounshell9786
      @dillonhounshell9786 Před 3 lety +4

      @@xyzsame4081 You're wrong. We weren't fighting Trump. Not him alone. We were fighting against what drives his base to vote.
      Hatred. Anger. Fear.
      Trump wasn't _the_ problem. He was a _symptom_ of a disease eating at this country from within. Something that is antithetical to this country's founding principle. "That those of us that are different than me are bad." That sentence is what they truly believe.
      The statue of liberty says the opposite. "Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses." That is the core of this country. Trump, and the people that put him in power, are the ones that are on the wrong side of history.

  • @TextureCARE
    @TextureCARE Před 3 lety +1623

    When the President was a Harvard Law Constitutional Professor.

    • @cynthiabrent6479
      @cynthiabrent6479 Před 3 lety +44

      POTUS Barack Obama knows U.S. History and U.S. Politics the way one knows the palms of their hands-- much BETTER-- than that 🗑💩😝🍊🍄🤥🤥👖🔥👶 ✋365/24/7 either watching 🦊News or cheating at ⛳ when he's supposed to be doing his JOB! Don't boo-- VOTE!! 🗳
      It'll be the best revenge against #BenedictDonald a.k.a. #DonTheCon!!

    • @user-vx9to3vf4m
      @user-vx9to3vf4m Před 3 lety +25

      Cynthia Brent Yup. In summary, vote

    • @cynthiabrent6479
      @cynthiabrent6479 Před 3 lety +20

      @@user-vx9to3vf4m that's exactly right.
      DON'T BOO-- VOTE!!
      VOTE!! 🗳 OUT THE 🗑!!!

    • @iRonlMoNKleY
      @iRonlMoNKleY Před 3 lety +2

      Don't you use the word stupid around me. You graduated at the bottom of your class, Barack. Note: this is satire by paraphrasing Trump during his first 2020 debate. czcams.com/video/MOsW3cj53FI/video.html

    • @grezende4056
      @grezende4056 Před 3 lety +42

      @@cynthiabrent6479 Honestly, I dont think using all these emojis is the best way to express your message.
      Its kinda hard to process, imo at least.

  • @2xkiller
    @2xkiller Před 4 lety +981

    Ahhh, to be reminded of what it is like to have a President with a vocabulary better than a 4th-grader.

    • @DrCrabnuts
      @DrCrabnuts Před 4 lety +25

      “Some might say, the BEST words. Such tremendous words, such tremendous words. Words you may never have heard of, maybe. One time, this guy told me... a big tough guy... he said, ‘wow, your words are so good, you know that?’ I said, ‘it’s very much my very stable genius.’ And then he wept and said ‘thank-you, sir!’ “

    • @lunafringe10
      @lunafringe10 Před 4 lety

      2xkiller Trump has to make himself understood , not just to the professors

    • @2xkiller
      @2xkiller Před 4 lety +15

      @@lunafringe10 Trump needs to make himself understood to 4th graders?
      Really?
      There's a reason those who have been found to be mentally incompetent cannot vote.
      According to data the average level of education in the US is a high school, or 12th grade education.
      Are you telling me talking like an adult with a median education in America somehow leaves people behind and makes it hard for people to understand what one is saying?
      Are you really implying that anyone who has made it past 5th grade is a "Professor"?
      The dumbing down of America is pretty bad, but not so much that the President cannot use an adult vocabulary.
      What's funny is you probably believe that is why he talks like that, when in reality, it is because that is the limits of his intellect. Which means he shouldn't be POTUS.

    • @stephaniealex1852
      @stephaniealex1852 Před 4 lety +5

      Yes, its very good, not bad. A beautiful thing😂

    • @diabl2master
      @diabl2master Před 4 lety +18

      @@lunafringe10 Lmao are you saying that Obama can only be understood by professors or something? Speaking at a high level doesn't not mean speaking in a way that is opaque to less educated people.

  • @kaz7690
    @kaz7690 Před 2 lety +20

    This was such a good life lesson too. I'm glad Obama addressed that "your vote matters" and that "what you do impacts this country". Listening to this was like a father giving his son a lesson, honestly miss it

    • @joeyjoejoe314
      @joeyjoejoe314 Před 4 měsíci

      and then he left the podium to order a drone strike

  • @OmniarchOfficial
    @OmniarchOfficial Před 3 měsíci +51

    This was the last time we had a president that could form articulate thoughts and then speak them with complete, full sentences. No name calling, no episodes of memory loss...

    • @thierryriviere5099
      @thierryriviere5099 Před 3 měsíci +9

      I’m French and I can say Obama is the most impressive and charismatic country’s leader I have seen

    • @thierryriviere5099
      @thierryriviere5099 Před 3 měsíci +8

      If your constitution would allow him to run again for 2024 I bet he would win

    • @AQS521
      @AQS521 Před 3 měsíci

      Trump could do this and still can.

    • @Myriadys
      @Myriadys Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@AQS521 no lol

    • @supernocommentarygameplayhd
      @supernocommentarygameplayhd Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@AQS521 No way in hell

  • @MaartenOosterbaan
    @MaartenOosterbaan Před 7 lety +835

    'Student Asks Obama About Cynicism And Gets A 10 Minute Well Reasoned Answer That Nails It' is a better description

    • @Mindbulletz
      @Mindbulletz Před 7 lety +14

      Obama says it's a rant in the video, so it's a rant. :P

    • @MaartenOosterbaan
      @MaartenOosterbaan Před 7 lety +27

      Obama can be wrong too, as a rant means:
      1. To speak or write in an angry or emotionally charged manner; rave.
      2. To express at length a complaint or negative opinion.
      In my eyes his answer was none of the above, ok he went long on the answer but it was calm and well reasoned...not negative or angry nor emotionally charged.

    • @Mindbulletz
      @Mindbulletz Před 7 lety +7

      I think it fits definition 2 very well. Assuming Obama was wrong, though, the video poster is still not wrong to title it the way he did. The only change for which a case could be made that it's necessary would be the addition of quotes to the word rant.

    • @snapgab
      @snapgab Před 5 lety +1

      To be fair, Obama himself called it a rant.

    • @martinmorsch7507
      @martinmorsch7507 Před 5 lety +3

      Well it was. He took 10 minutes to speak about a relativeley simple subject, that Obviously bothers him.

  • @MrAhuapai
    @MrAhuapai Před 7 lety +730

    I would hardly characterise Obamas rsponse as a rant. It was thoughtful and considered and he made very good points on how democracy is clearly failing in the US.

    • @domiinuspayne2854
      @domiinuspayne2854 Před 7 lety +1

      I agree

    • @InsaneKahuna
      @InsaneKahuna Před 7 lety +4

      He made two points, state gridlock and impartial citizens; I'm surprised he answered this question. *His term is almost over, may be why.

    • @normanbaker7831
      @normanbaker7831 Před 7 lety +15

      You didn't listen to the entire video. Obama himself jokes at the end (after spending 10+ min answering the question), "i just went on a rant didn't I?" to which the students laughed.
      It was thoughtful and genuine. But in the forum it would still be considered a rant since he made his points and then continued to speak on the same point.

    • @MrAhuapai
      @MrAhuapai Před 7 lety +14

      He's joking though because of the length not because of the tone and the lack of context . Its a very well considered reply.

    • @anirishleprechaun8202
      @anirishleprechaun8202 Před 7 lety

      He is the President, in his 8 years why did he not do something about it?

  • @davidrosenfeld8576
    @davidrosenfeld8576 Před 2 dny +2

    remember when the President of the United States was an articulate person who made complete sense no matter whether you agreed with everything he said or not?

  • @ghibli608
    @ghibli608 Před 2 měsíci +7

    I’m European, but I MISS this man. He makes sense, he’s polite, he’s eloquent, he’s got style and grace AND he’s got a message worth listening to !!!!!! What happened to American politics?

  • @svsguru2000
    @svsguru2000 Před 3 lety +1918

    Trump: "That's a nasty question. You're nasty".

    • @TakumiFujiwara80
      @TakumiFujiwara80 Před 3 lety +62

      "ask to China" :D

    • @haoyuanjin8280
      @haoyuanjin8280 Před 3 lety +85

      “You’re fake news”.

    • @VBshredder
      @VBshredder Před 3 lety +56

      If Trump gave an answer this detailed and informed - heads might legitimately explode.

    • @gelonious1
      @gelonious1 Před 3 lety +33

      Meelions if people voted for me. Meelions. And I have beelions of dollars. That's a terrible question.

    • @ewsoup
      @ewsoup Před 3 lety +6

      I hope Trump wins..but that was funny :D. See? We are already uniting. Must be the Biden-effect

  • @marcdellorusso180
    @marcdellorusso180 Před 8 lety +361

    What a contrast between President Obama and Trump.. Obama is articulate and actually makes sense when he talks.

    • @hexistenz
      @hexistenz Před 8 lety +18

      +Marco Dellorusso I was having the same thought, also contrasting Obama with his illustrious predecessor, George W. Bush ...
      Just not in the same league!

    • @Ioganstone
      @Ioganstone Před 8 lety +1

      As if Trump hasnt been complaining about rigged politics, maybe the difference you're looking for is white republican=racist.

    • @reiniergamboa
      @reiniergamboa Před 8 lety +9

      the difference which he points out is Trump is clearly not as articulate as Obama , Bernie also talks about rigged politics and he's white. It's not all about racism!

    • @Ioganstone
      @Ioganstone Před 8 lety +1

      Reinier Gamboa So Trump hasn't been complaining about rigged politics huh? Obama won't even mention you don't need any form of voter ID to vote in numerous states! Btw, Bernie has been shafted personally by the DNC and Obama endorsed Hillary the second he could.

    • @Real_MisterSir
      @Real_MisterSir Před 8 lety +17

      the difference is that when Trump complains about things, he shouts and points fingers. That is all he does. He is exceptional at complaining, but a very poor diplomatic character. That is what Obama does, in his position he needs to be a diplomat and see everybody's viewpoints in order to come up with a mutually beneficial solution that everybody can agree upon. For Trump it is just his way or the highway. To him the world is black and white (not speaking about racism). Trump is good at whining and seeing what is wrong with something, Obama is good at seeing the solutions and actually doing something about it.

  • @fredianacci8283
    @fredianacci8283 Před 2 měsíci +3

    I hear a calm man answering a question eloquently. This isn’t a rant!

  • @risingsun9595
    @risingsun9595 Před 3 měsíci +32

    Video is 7 years old and he was already calling out the parties shifting to extreme ends of the political spectrum.

  • @guyinthechat9533
    @guyinthechat9533 Před 6 lety +616

    The good old days when Presidents understood how government works.

  • @blammod664
    @blammod664 Před 8 lety +463

    I hope Obama writes a book post-presidency and lays down some truth.
    He's not a perfect man or a perfect president, but I'm very curious how much of it is simply out of his hands, or how much his hands are basically tied by all sorts of messy politics. A book by Obama could be very insightful.

    • @blammod664
      @blammod664 Před 8 lety +13

      +Manny Santiago I absolutely believe this. I also believe that either a) there are some kind of scary reasons why a president cannot be openly honest with the public and make changes for the better and the establishment has become very good at enforcing their ways... or b) he became privy to some information that convinced him that it would do more harm than good, out in the open (which is scary in itself).
      Makes me wonder if it's possible to be 'the people's president' in this day and age, or if it's largely simply playing your part in a grand and terrible circus.

    • @dingdingdingdiiiiing
      @dingdingdingdiiiiing Před 8 lety +26

      +Blammo D they say the president is the most powerful man in America, but that is very far from the truth. I feel he did his absolute best of what an honest man would do in his place. And it's not that much, because he got stopped many many times.

    • @Berkleesaxman
      @Berkleesaxman Před 8 lety +13

      +Blammo D Good Idea...I sure hope he does write a book following his years as president. I believe he is one of our best presidents that was saddled with our worst congress in the history of this country.

    • @Qopa
      @Qopa Před 8 lety +2

      No man or president is perfect... 2000 century past, no perfect president has been inform and no perfect man have ever exists, everyone has flaws, so dont expect all the upcoming candidate for presidency is going to be all perfect enough for you to rely on. People are good at taking in information, they're shit when it comes to managing things at more than hundreds of field

    • @alexanderblechschmidt6206
      @alexanderblechschmidt6206 Před 8 lety +5

      i would 100 percent buy it

  • @_Ulisses_
    @_Ulisses_ Před 3 měsíci +3

    This is gold. This applies to so many countries and so many government structures nowadays that kinda scare us.

  • @chasingfear666
    @chasingfear666 Před 3 lety +21

    I would vote this man BACK into the office tomorrow. What an exceptional human being.

  • @x1plus1x
    @x1plus1x Před 3 lety +923

    Imagine if Trump got this question?
    "That's a horrible, unfair question and you're a terrible reporter!"

    • @kilroy987
      @kilroy987 Před 3 lety +53

      "That's an amazing question, and you know people ask me, how is it you got so many votes, and I tell them, I know what people want. That's why they voted for me."

    • @bneshel1514
      @bneshel1514 Před 3 lety +12

      thank god noone can ask him anything there anymore

    • @benrosasco2667
      @benrosasco2667 Před 3 lety

      Honestly I think he would’ve given a similar answer because Obama said a bipartisan truth

    • @Bancheis
      @Bancheis Před 3 lety +31

      @@benrosasco2667 I highly doubt it would be similar. Trumps vocabulary is a bit lacking, and he thinks everything is great and the best. He wouldn't be able to acknowledge there was a problem, unless it negatively affected him. I am not an anti-Trump person, just skeptical he could handle this kind of question with such a deep response. To be fair, I don't think Biden could answer it either. Obama really did nail this topic.

    • @arrow2589
      @arrow2589 Před 3 lety +24

      @@Bancheis Exactly, Trump lives in a black and white world. And it's either for him or against him. Yes or no. Deal or no deal. He the lacks the self-awareness and technical knowledge to be able to answer a question like this.

  • @mgreene1623
    @mgreene1623 Před 4 lety +479

    Stuff like this makes you miss having a president that’s intelligent and educated.

  • @philh8829
    @philh8829 Před 3 měsíci +12

    Oh my gosh. How refreshing it is to hear a President think thoroughly, and eloquently frame facts in a non-partisan way, sounding immensely intelligent and competent.

  • @broketostoke
    @broketostoke Před 2 měsíci +2

    I miss having someone who was a stand up, well spoken, intelligent and articulate as a president. I bet Republicans hate that it was a Black man who was the last president who actually had a voice... I love it, we need another.

  • @patriciakedeni
    @patriciakedeni Před 7 lety +610

    to me Obama sets the template of what a leader is

    • @allanthemanmccann1
      @allanthemanmccann1 Před 7 lety +29

      professional, calm and collected, well educated...
      like Hilary or not shes fighting for the right things and has all these qualities, trump is a man child

    • @leahsander5490
      @leahsander5490 Před 7 lety +8

      Well, what exactly has HE done to solve the issues he mentioned here?

    • @ryanchapman8791
      @ryanchapman8791 Před 7 lety +6

      If you were listening its a young people's choice issue. Only a fascist would force young people or any people to do things they're free to do on their own. He merely pointed out the issues and how people can freely solve them. America the free... free to succeed, free to fail.

    • @jackj4112
      @jackj4112 Před 7 lety +5

      Oh, You like Leaders to DIVIDE the people and put them into boxes?

    • @Silehnt
      @Silehnt Před 7 lety +2

      So leaders divide the country? The only thing that Obama has is charisma and his ability to deliver speeches. Outside of that, his only accomplishment is further dividing this country along racial lines and undermining the rule of law by completely turning the DOJ, DOI, and FBI into pure political tools. Under Obama, Justice is no longer blind.

  • @almi6342
    @almi6342 Před 4 lety +454

    On Gerrymandering at 2:15 "I wanna be clear, Democrats arent't blameless on this either". There really were times when coins had two sides.

    • @TranquilAssassin
      @TranquilAssassin Před 4 lety +20

      This is so taken for granted. It's important to recognize that problems are everywhere even if one side does contribute more to them.

    • @almi6342
      @almi6342 Před 4 lety +13

      @@TranquilAssassin Exactly! We have to burst our bubbles and to overcome partisanship, it's so exhausting.

    • @fvtown
      @fvtown Před 4 lety +8

      He would be shocked at how much the GOP has tried to cheat. Look at North Carolina, Virginia, etc., as well as the attempt by the Trump admin to add the citizenship question for the purposes of further warping maps, despite the revelation that the man hired to draw the maps for the GOP, Thomas Hofeller, admitted that he's doing it to disadvantage people of color.

    • @heretible
      @heretible Před 4 lety +2

      @@almi6342 That's true, but I think giving a voice to certain arguments distracts from improvement that could be done elsewhere while falling directly into the hands of the people who get their message accross through repatition. Though obviously we should be heavily critisising each action we make on our way to our goals

    • @FATillery
      @FATillery Před 3 lety +2

      @@almi6342 Indeed my friend. It truly is exhausting to live in a democracy that refuses to work.

  • @fernandotaveira7573
    @fernandotaveira7573 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Remender when America had an intelligent president. What a difference...

  • @timshort9692
    @timshort9692 Před 2 měsíci +8

    Now, that's a leader.

  • @Vinkie
    @Vinkie Před 3 lety +1299

    This guy sounds pretty smart. He should run for president!

    • @fr89k
      @fr89k Před 3 lety +43

      I mean: We all know that Trump's brain is just as dead as the ferret he carries on top of his brain, but actually seeing (again) how Obama articulated his opinions is just such a strong contrast. It's impossible to put into words...

    • @swearwern4286
      @swearwern4286 Před 3 lety +1

      He should run once more

    • @pfoth
      @pfoth Před 3 lety +4

      Interesting how sounding smart is the adequate requirement for president in your opinion

    • @fr89k
      @fr89k Před 3 lety +22

      @@pfoth This is a super important skill for any leader. Leaders need to bring multiple different opinions together, exclude as few people as possible from their decisions, and therefore it is absolutely required to have a good command of your own words, to know exactly when to choose which words. Also the president needs to maintain relationships with other countries and international diplomacy is a mine field. There are so many different cultures and interests that here as well you need to be able to choose the correct words. And to top it off, you also need to take firm standpoints on many issues and not shilly-shally around the issues. This is not something that is easily done...

    • @akadapper
      @akadapper Před 3 lety +13

      @@pfoth I don't know if you intentionally disregarded the joke, or if it went over your head, but Obama is smart, he doesn't just sound it

  • @Maya75927
    @Maya75927 Před 3 lety +470

    This is not a rant. It’s a brilliant clarification of the political process at hand and practical applications for correction.

    • @echo5226
      @echo5226 Před 3 lety +4

      It's a rant. A rant by a professional politician. Trump is not a politician. He is terribly honest on what's on his mind.

    • @echo5226
      @echo5226 Před 3 lety +1

      @Chumnley snoop you know who else does that? Ted Cruz. That's why he lost to Trump in the primaries. They get asked a controversial question and instead of answering directly they go on and on about a whole bunch of nonsense and never really answered the question. They asked Obama about what he is going to do to make sure the elections are fair. He went on and on about how we all have to vote. He's a professional. When they ask Trump a controversial question, he never cared about whether he was going to lose votes or if people were going to be upset with what he said. He just said exactly what he thought in a sentence or two like all of us normal people.

    • @echo5226
      @echo5226 Před 3 lety

      @Chumnley snoop lol, watched again. When I see Obama and I see red. My brain was a bit biased. It was a very thought out answer. Still, Trump2020!!!

    • @brad144k
      @brad144k Před 3 lety

      Hes reading from a teleprompter. Give it up..

    • @brad144k
      @brad144k Před 3 lety

      @Chumnley snoop 🐑🐑🐑

  • @DREAMSANDSOUL
    @DREAMSANDSOUL Před 3 lety +24

    Being from Germany I will never understand why there are no fixed districts in the US and why it is someone's business for whom I vote. Pre-registering for a party is undemocratic.

  • @chrisbolland5634
    @chrisbolland5634 Před 3 měsíci +4

    I miss a coherent president.... It's been so long.

  • @benmohatun
    @benmohatun Před 7 lety +1185

    you gotta give it to the man he can make excellent speeches.

    • @Mike_Davidson
      @Mike_Davidson Před 7 lety +109

      Off the cuff speeches at that. He's not reading off a teleprompter.

    • @shermanhealey5015
      @shermanhealey5015 Před 7 lety +3

      Moss was this one of them?

    • @Gakoranus
      @Gakoranus Před 7 lety +1

      Yeah man

    • @dt35591
      @dt35591 Před 7 lety +1

      lol nah he really wasn't you corn cob

    • @Mike_Davidson
      @Mike_Davidson Před 7 lety +2

      Sherman Healey
      Go watch Bush give a speech, any speech, and compare the two, if you want to know if Obama his talking off the top of his damn head or not. LMAO

  • @Vasileski88
    @Vasileski88 Před 8 lety +863

    Now imagine George Bush trying to say what Obama just said.

    • @JerryMetal
      @JerryMetal Před 8 lety +72

      +Vasileski88 -- Bush: Cynisism? Yeah that's.. very important. Now watch this drive!

    • @primitive_dancer
      @primitive_dancer Před 8 lety +37

      +Vasileski88 Bah... He doesn't know so many words

    •  Před 8 lety +4

      haha!

    • @collinhovell8923
      @collinhovell8923 Před 8 lety +17

      +Vasileski88 George Bush is a war criminal. He sent Americans to die for Halliburton's bottom line. He can join Hillary in prison. And Cheney.

    • @TheFlyDutchman1
      @TheFlyDutchman1 Před 8 lety

      +Vasileski88 or trump or sanders

  • @Ashinle
    @Ashinle Před 4 měsíci +3

    Everyday the past becomes more and more relevant

  • @flockenlp1
    @flockenlp1 Před 3 lety +1069

    Pls just slap a moustache onto him and elect him again. Brock Oberma for President!

    • @vulturebitch
      @vulturebitch Před 3 lety +19

      @Pogostic09 Brilliant idea! I was listening to him and thinking why oh why cant we have this beautiful inteligent man four more years again! HE would know how to fix the mess the Orange Turd got us in, so yessss, lets vote for Brock Oberuma or something people! 😍👍

    • @pianoraves
      @pianoraves Před 3 lety +58

      Barayne 'The Rock' Jobama

    • @deathmetal11111
      @deathmetal11111 Před 3 lety +1

      Why Biden just didn't just pick him for Vice President instead of that whiny idiot Harris I don't know...oh wait I do know. Because Democrats and the identity politics they adhere to means there neEeEeEeEeds to be a woman running.

    • @vulturebitch
      @vulturebitch Před 3 lety +24

      @@deathmetal11111 Obama CANNOT run again for office. Once youve done your two terms, youre out for good. You can be an advisor on the side, or a consultant which is what he is doing, but he cant be a member of the WH again.

    • @akadapper
      @akadapper Před 3 lety +13

      ​@@deathmetal11111 I'm not American and even I know that if you've fulfilled maximum terms, you can no longer be part of a ruling administration. Or did you actually think that EVERY PRESIDENT EVER just stops caring about government and politics once they leave the White House? Why do the most opinionated possess the least knowledge...?

  • @andyt2k
    @andyt2k Před 4 lety +307

    Notice how Obama gives Bernie credit first, then himself, then someone else for one issue, so he was in the Middle. Trump would quickly just make it all about him

    • @ek2137
      @ek2137 Před 4 lety +31

      Trump would never be able to begin a conversation on the young man's question. He doesn't have the intellectual fortitude.

    • @greysonhorn2754
      @greysonhorn2754 Před 4 lety

      Giving credit to Bernie doesn’t mean he opposes the majority of his policies

    • @andyt2k
      @andyt2k Před 4 lety +10

      @@greysonhorn2754 Of course not, but it's just an example of how Obama is different to Trump

    • @tamasvarga9862
      @tamasvarga9862 Před 4 lety +8

      the orange moron would probably spit out a couple dozen repetitive sentences in shitty English, full of meaningless filler expressions and self-congratulation and jumping from subject to subject, as he usually does about any given subject.

    • @timj41
      @timj41 Před 4 lety +19

      When he was at Harvard, many could not tell which side of the political spectrum he was on. He was so objective and non biased , he would make an argument which would make people say “man whose side are you on!” THATS the true sign of a truth teller. Not once did he run anyone down, denigrate any person or party or past president. Did he say “I” in the whole reply? Did he say he did anything better than someone else? He saw this as an opportunity to enlighten the person asking the question and the people in the room, to give something back, he didn’t preach, he didn’t self promote.

  • @cfilipelipe
    @cfilipelipe Před 2 měsíci +3

    How bad have we fallen

  • @tondriasanders6306
    @tondriasanders6306 Před 3 lety +13

    That is the most chill “rant” I think I’ve ever heard and I like how he ended on a hopeful note and added us ladies to the equation

  • @rafaelsikiric7599
    @rafaelsikiric7599 Před 3 lety +397

    These 10 minutes have more substance than the entire trump presidency

    • @ScottH.
      @ScottH. Před 3 lety +4

      So true.

    • @peterjuul4380
      @peterjuul4380 Před 3 lety +3

      SAD

    • @HirXeBomb
      @HirXeBomb Před 3 lety +3

      This 10 min. was more substance then the entire failed Obama presidency.

    • @lisa408t
      @lisa408t Před 3 lety +3

      @@HirXeBomb nick...you might be having a stroke...please call someone

    • @ScottH.
      @ScottH. Před 3 lety +2

      @@HirXeBomb ...how original. At least he wasn't a one term president. HA.

  • @stephaniegaston-pace1284
    @stephaniegaston-pace1284 Před 3 lety +790

    A president that is actually intelligent feels like 100 years ago-

    • @Phantom-wu9su
      @Phantom-wu9su Před 3 lety

      @@canadariots1139 Yes... alright...

    • @Baddycoda
      @Baddycoda Před 3 lety +11

      @@canadariots1139 you clearly didn't understand her statement. She is saying that it FEELS like it has been forever since we have had an intelligent president.

    • @Tom-yb6sl
      @Tom-yb6sl Před 3 lety

      why is up to him/her to know what she is trying to say when she clearly wrote 100 yrs ago

    • @Baddycoda
      @Baddycoda Před 3 lety +6

      @@Tom-yb6sl because it is all about context.

    • @nickawhoc3191
      @nickawhoc3191 Před 3 lety +11

      @@Tom-yb6sl why? It's called reading comprehension and her statement wasn't exactly high difficulty SAT level to understand. You basically just asked why is education important and got the answer wrong all in a single sentence. Pretty impressive actually. Leaving out the words "feels like" is fairly significant in that it changes the statement from a literal to figurative...someone struggled in middle school English class.

  • @SnakesGaming2016
    @SnakesGaming2016 Před 3 měsíci +5

    I miss obama so much.

  • @pablomunoz-lobato5774
    @pablomunoz-lobato5774 Před 19 dny +1

    Kids should not grow looking up to a President who cannot answer a question in a similar fashion.

  • @lasagnahog7695
    @lasagnahog7695 Před 8 lety +196

    After growing up under the Bush administration I'm still amazed, all these years later, that our president can string together not only a sentence, but whole thoughts that make sense!

    • @DaDunge
      @DaDunge Před 8 lety +1

      +Eric Loesch Oh Bus wasnät stupid, but he was avarage, in a job that should requre a great man (or woman).

    • @user-iy6vk4gq8w
      @user-iy6vk4gq8w Před 8 lety +4

      hahahaha I know Bush was extremely ignorant and the republican party seem to be fond of those kinda guys .
      I mean they about to nominate Donald Trump how makes George Bush look like a figure of decency and intellect .How we end up here!?😱

    • @AndrewFishman
      @AndrewFishman Před 8 lety +2

      Vote for Bernie and you'll get someone eloquent, smart and fair. I can't understand why you Yanks are so enamoured of Hillary, provably the most controversial and divisive (and possibly the most corrupt) politician in your country. So, she's a woman. So, she's rich. But...

    • @Samrx60
      @Samrx60 Před 8 lety

      Andrew Fishman: I am glad you included in your comment the word "possibly" when you judged Hillary as being corrupt. So far, there's no proof of any corruption. Ask Ken Starr, the hypocritical, recently-disgraced Republican who spent tens of millions of our money on Whitewater and other "scandals" and couldn't find illegality. Just sex.
      As for the word "provably," I think Trump is far more deserving of "the most controversial and divisive politician" (and demagogic) label you unfairly assigned to Hillary. When you've been a politician for 40 years, as Hillary has, you're likely to carry large baggage, especially when the entire Republican party has relentlessly kept throwing mud at you for entire decades and has made it its own mission to destroy you.
      Think. Educate yourself on American politics: how polarized people are these days; how the 24-hr cable TV & social media distort reality; and how uninformed the majority of Americans are.

    • @gringoboy701
      @gringoboy701 Před 2 měsíci +1

      It's funny reading this comment that was posted before we had to suffer Biden/Trump attempting to string a sentence together.

  • @jamc666
    @jamc666 Před 3 lety +705

    Meanwhile in 2020 : person, woman, man, camera, tv

  • @ThePsychoticOtter
    @ThePsychoticOtter Před 4 měsíci +2

    After the bombastic nature of Trump and the incoherence of Biden this shit is just refreshing. Actual articulation and understanding of a topic...

  • @matthewminelli
    @matthewminelli Před měsícem +3

    I LOVE Obama! I can't imagine better qualities in a president.

  • @re-unbox896
    @re-unbox896 Před 4 lety +338

    Well, ladies and gentlemen, if you are watching this now (and watched all of it) remember to vote.

  • @dealinginfiction
    @dealinginfiction Před 3 lety +106

    For a moment I forgot where I was and who was currently president. This is a leader folks.

    • @daisyblossom5176
      @daisyblossom5176 Před 3 lety

      Please watch this important video please support joe Biden and vote czcams.com/video/xCjgFHuV5ow/video.html

  • @LeoDas688
    @LeoDas688 Před 19 dny +1

    He just spoke bipartisan instead of speaking for his party, he is a national hero

  • @elizabethryan2217
    @elizabethryan2217 Před 3 lety +5

    He's just made what could have been a torturously boring and disheartening subject very interesting and quite inspiring. 👏👏

  • @quedawgg
    @quedawgg Před 3 lety +187

    7:30 “we’re the only major democracy in the world that actively makes it harder for people to vote” boy that aged well, unfortunately

    • @petercalderon575
      @petercalderon575 Před 3 lety +5

      Exactly

    • @cube_2593
      @cube_2593 Před 3 lety +5

      @@goaway306 Not exactly laws, but not enough voting polls, statistically LESS voting polls in poor communities, a very bad mail in voting system that can deny certain people to vote, a current postmaster that ACTIVLY slows down the USPS to screw the election results, just a few examples.

    • @jackiedaytona5273
      @jackiedaytona5273 Před 3 lety +7

      @@goaway306 He's mostly talking about gerrymandering. Gerrymandering is a shifting of US districts in states to theoretically proportionally represent US citizens for elections following that decade's census.
      But it's mostly used as a partisan method to redraw districts to get as many constituents who vote a specific way into districts that would typically vote for the other party.
      For example: Census 2010 ended up allowing Republicans to redraw districts to match their population preferences which allowed them to gain more seats in the house and senate. You may have a few very large cities in a state vote democrat and while typically that would result in atleast some democrat representation in congress, if you draw a district to slice that city in half and gather a bunch of rural votes you'll end up instead with a republican representative.
      That and the fact that some republicans want to make it difficult for people to vote by reducing mail-in voting and early voting and as of 2020 reducing the number of polling stations in certain cities. There is also a push to include more required identification in order to vote under the argument that elections are being hijacked by illegal immigrants and non-citizens.
      But, if you can't vote early or mail-in then you have to wait in line to vote in person and depending on where you live and how many polling stations you have you can easily end up waiting over 13 to 17 hours just to cast your vote on election day, if your vote isn't cast too late that is. There are actually videos of those waits if you don't believe me.

  • @gavinisaacs2724
    @gavinisaacs2724 Před 3 lety +352

    Damn , Obama is just a leader on another level. You just can’t beat intelligence and grace .

    • @brad144k
      @brad144k Před 3 lety +1

      You're a complete idiot if you believe that. Hes very proper with his grammar but he reads from a teleprompter religiously! The man has ordered landstrikes and killed thousands of innocent women and children. I would know because I was In the US Navy when my ship was sending birds out bombing everywhere. You admire a fool. That makes you a fool.

    • @baylenjames6414
      @baylenjames6414 Před 3 lety +15

      Friendy Frienderson You act as if this isn’t normal for every US President to do, all of them have killed indirectly at one point or another.

    • @1adamsphoto
      @1adamsphoto Před 3 lety +5

      @@brad144k He does not repeat does not read from a prompter. Must of his speeches are based upon whats going on in the here and now. I know for a fact that he doesn't. Does he have notes and talking points? YES!!!

    • @aspropotamosorg
      @aspropotamosorg Před 3 lety +2

      @@brad144k takes one to know one🤣

    • @brad144k
      @brad144k Před 3 lety

      @@1adamsphoto those are opinions buddy 🤦‍♂️ not facts!

  • @randomthoughts9463
    @randomthoughts9463 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Greatest Prez EVER!

  • @ImmortalAmbitions
    @ImmortalAmbitions Před 2 měsíci +2

    Some of the "not paying attention" can be contributed to:
    - being overworked and underpayed, which allows less time to get invested, involved, and do the research
    - difficulty sifting through lies and half-truths
    - inaccessibility of information on the lesser known parties

  • @futahl.2061
    @futahl.2061 Před 3 lety +235

    This was actually educational. The importance of knowing the issues, learning about them and the most important "get out and vote"

    • @miriamrempel422
      @miriamrempel422 Před 3 lety +3

      This is a good message for those of us north of the border too

    • @evanmorgan8649
      @evanmorgan8649 Před 3 lety +7

      @Xye Leyx Nothing about that comment makes sense

    • @travis9629
      @travis9629 Před 3 lety +2

      @@evanmorgan8649 just let the SpEd have his fun lol

    • @hassu2149
      @hassu2149 Před 3 lety

      For real I would love to have him as a professor wow

    • @moriahsheltonfilms
      @moriahsheltonfilms Před 3 lety

      @@evanmorgan8649 fr, like think