Michelle Obama says America is entering a time of hopelessness

[John Reece]

From The New York Times

With fewer than 40 days remaining as first lady, Michelle Obama is continuing to reflect on the legacy she and President Obama will leave after having occupied the White House for the last eight years. In a new interview with Oprah Winfrey, the first lady addressed the election outcome and suggested that the U.S. is entering a time of hopelessness.

“We are feeling what not having hope feels like,” Obama told Winfrey in response to a question about whether President Obama had achieved the “hope and change” he promised while campaigning in 2008. As she often did while campaigning for Hillary Clinton, she didn’t mention President-elect Donald Trump by name. But she alluded to the contrast many in the country are feeling since he won the election last month. “We feel the difference now,” she said, noting that her husband had succeeded in keeping his campaign promise of fostering hope. “Hope is necessary. It’s a necessary concept,” she elaborated. “And Barack didn’t just talk about hope because he thought it was a nice slogan to get votes. He and I and so many believed that … what else do you have if you don’t have hope? What do you give your kids if you can’t give them hope?”

Those are philosophical questions that the nation will no doubt begin to grapple with in earnest over the coming months. ....

I went to bed early on November the 8th. I did not want to endure the suspense of whether or not Hillary Clinton was going to win what Barak Obama had characterized as a third term for him.

When I got up early on the 9th and learned that Hillary had been defeated by Trump, I uttered a hearty "Hallelujah!"

I do not know how to structure a pole, but I would not mind if someone more tech savvy than I placed one in this thread.

Is America entering a time of hopelessness?
or
Is American entering a time of refreshed hope?

[Mountain Man]

The only people feeling hopeless are liberals who just watched their agenda be soundly rejected by the American people. The rest of us are feeling more hopeful than we have in almost a decade.

[rogue06]

The only people feeling hopeless are liberals who just watched their agenda be soundly rejected by the American people. The rest of us are feeling more hopeful than we have in almost a decade.

But the opinion of a basket full of irredeemable deplorables doesn't count.

[John Reece]

But the opinion of a basket full of irredeemable deplorables doesn't count.

🙂

[Cow Poke]

This is what is so maddening and disgusting about elitists --- if THEY are not in charge, they think everybody else is too dumb to figure out life.

[Cow Poke]

This is what is so maddening and disgusting about elitists --- if THEY are not in charge, they think everybody else is too dumb to figure out life.

And, since they often cite minorities as being adversely affected - think of the RACIST implications of that... ."these poor blacks and hispanics can't POSSIBLY make it without us rich smart overlords". "They'll simply be HOPELESS without us to do their thinking for them, and to give them stuff...."

[Cow Poke]

Is America entering a time of hopelessness?

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness

[Terraceth]

Is America entering a time of hopelessness?

Nah. It entered that as soon as Clinton and Trump became the candidates.

[Mountain Man]

This is what is so maddening and disgusting about elitists --- if THEY are not in charge, they think everybody else is too dumb to figure out life.

Michelle Obama once admitted that she was too stupid to figure out how to feed her kids a healthy meal, and that's why she got involved with school lunches, because she assumed everybody else was just as stupid.

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/20...healthy-so-ot/

[John Reece]

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness

Perfect!