Well, I found that title photo in the Image Library from 2018, so I guess it’s happened before. But I just got such a kick out of this. It made my night — check it out.
Many of you who are actually on Twitter are likely following him and have seen this. I hadn’t. And like I said, it just gave me the biggest kick and put a big smile on my face.
This is not Obama the fiery orator, whom we’ve seen a lot of the last few weeks (and is awesome). This is just Barack Obama (“I used to be the president”, he says! 😁) talking one on one with a fellow citizen, a fellow voter, a fellow human being. Bringing quiet humor, class, empathy and understanding to what he’s doing — which, at the moment, is making calls for Joe and Kamala.
Short diary. Three more days. If President Obama can do it, so can we. Thank you, Mr. President. For your example. For your empathy. For your genuine caring (in glaring contrast to… I will not even name it, but we all know.) For showing us what class means, what decency and humanity mean, amid the horror. For everything.