[Closed] Coolest President Ever

Enjoyed that 😀

Saw that earlier. Very good.

That's brilliant.

I love his joke from 10mins in here.

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Who's the beardy **** giving himself cancer?

Nearly as lame as Tony Blair playing the guitar.

We'll miss him when he's gone.......

*Shudder*

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🙂

Who's the beardy **** giving himself cancer?

It's Binners innit!......before he chucked the fags.

Who's the beardy **** giving himself cancer?

Coolest President Ever

Crikey! 😯

Are we in all time low that now we are influenced by "coolness"?

Yes, because when we've got the prospect of someone so thin-skinned and egotistic as Trump, it's great to see a president who doesn't take himself too seriously.

And I don't think we can underestimate the effect of having a leader of the world's most powerful country who is black. That was game-changing.

No..... but it doesn't hurt, and personally I think he's done a bloody good job in the teeth of furiously entrenched opposition.

I strongly suspect that history will judge him kindly.

bencooper - Member
Yes, because when we've got the prospect of someone so thin-skinned and egotistic as Trump, it's great to see a president who doesn't take himself too seriously.

And I don't think we can underestimate the effect of having a leader of the world's most powerful country who is black. That was game-changing.

(whispering) You know you have been duped don't you? (whispering)

hatter - Member
I strongly suspect that history will judge him kindly.

In what way specifically?

bencooper - Member
In what way specifically?

So you still in on this EU stuff or freedom Mel Gibson way? 😆

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Most of the time, I only have a vague idea what you're talking about.

I still believe in an independent Scotland, in the EU.

Edit: nah, he was just preppy - a Tommy Hilfiger ad isn't cool.

Sorry double post

bencooper - Member
Most of the time, I only have a vague idea what you're talking about.

I still believe in an independent Scotland, in the EU.

😆 It's all capitalist!

Does that mean Scotland will jump from a hot pan into a hot wok?

(gaining independence from UK but becoming an even smaller player in EU)

Freedoomm!

(got it! I need to cook minced pork with tofu !)

Sailing a wooden classic off Newport definitely qualifies as cool

nah, he was just preppy - a Tommy Hilfiger ad isn't cool.

First and only catholic president, they said that would be game changing too.

bencooper - Member
Yes, because when we've got the prospect of someone so thin-skinned and egotistic as Trump, it's great to see a president who doesn't take himself too seriously.
And I don't think we can underestimate the effect of having a leader of the world's most powerful country who is black. That was game-changing.

Obama is a cool president, sadly I get the feeling he won't be remembered as a great president, not due to anything he has done, but rather what he was not able to do mainly due to not have control of both houses for a good chunk of his presidency. I sometimes feel that America does not deserve him as a president.

Yeah, it's a pity but also encouraging for the future that the US system means that the White House is the weakest of the three branches of government.

Indeed, Obama deserved better. It just demonstrates a system which doesn't desire change. We seem to have followed suit.

I'm not sure it is a system that doesn't want change. You just now have LOTS of interests with the money to influence decisions rather than just one or two. Plus those interests know where to spend that money. It's difficult to know how to deal with.

and lets face it, that's why this video is out there. Someone has worked out the value of this particular piece of social media. But it is great and they nearly never made it through the back door line without cracking up. Some things are universal

Indeed, Obama deserved better. It just demonstrates a system which doesn't desire change. We seem to have followed suit.

No he didn't, that is the system. I know plenty of Americans who vote one way in the Senate and House elections and the other way in the Presidential - they like the tension because they think only the best ideas will get implemented. Obama, who gets a very easy ride in our media, burnt alot of bridges to get his medical reforms through (despite them being watered down), whether that was the right thing - time will tell. The best Presidents compromise to get things done - Clinton and Reagan are two example of Presidents who were effective at this.

How exactly do you think he could have compromised his way to getting health care through then?

The best Presidents compromise to get things done - Clinton and Reagan are two example of Presidents who were effective at this.

It's interesting that you should offer Ronald Reagan as an example of one of the "best" presidents.

It is now widely accepted that Ronald Reagan was suffering from Alzheimer's during his presidency.

[url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11506047/Ronald-Reagans-speeches-showed-the-beginnings-of-Alzheimers-before-diagnosis.html ]Ronald Reagan's speeches showed the beginnings of Alzheimer's before diagnosis[/url]

[url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/17/ronald-reagan-alzheimers-president-son ]Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer's while president, says son[/url]

Indeed the fact that he sounded like the slightly confused elderly relative which everyone loves and respects, even if they're a bit dotty, appears to be an important part of his appeal with US voters.

So if a man without his full mental capabilities provides an example of one of the better US presidents then it raises interesting questions concerning who holds real power and influence in the US.

This might provide a clue :

[url= http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/04/how-corporate-lobbyists-conquered-american-democracy/390822/ ]How Corporate Lobbyists Conquered American Democracy[/url]

COOL! "?" haven't they ALL been psychos,smashing the place up since ww2,except maybe Carter,who farmed peanuts.Peanuts are cool i suppose

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