r/BlackPeopleTwitter ☑️ Aug 21 '24

Country Club Thread The Obamas finally willing to go low could be a turning point in American history

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u/rondiggity Aug 21 '24 edited Aug 21 '24

Man, it's still wild to think that Obama's roasting of Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner could be the most consequential stand-up bit in history.

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u/chamberx2 ☑️ Aug 21 '24

This would make for a perfect bookend.

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u/Water-Donkey Aug 21 '24

That might be why Obama finally agreed to go a little low.

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u/axebodyspraytester Aug 21 '24

Did they go low though? I don't understand how saying what trump does and says is going low. It makes him look like a flaming sack of shit and a monster narcissist shit bag willing to sell out his country for a dollar but it's just repeating what he said and pointing out his actions. Remember it's not talking shit if you're telling the truth.

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u/The_Ry-man Aug 21 '24

I think it’s because it could be interpreted as a double entendre with his hand motions there.

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u/Water-Donkey Aug 21 '24 edited Aug 21 '24

100%. Barack Obama is an extremely smart individual. He knows exactly what is meant by that hand gesture. I was careful to say "a little low" exactly because I don't feel like he did go low, certainly not compared to Trump and his cronies. But knowing that he knew what that hand gesture means, I can't imagine him doing the same thing even just a few years ago, certainly not at the last DNC.

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u/Informal_Bunch_2737 Aug 21 '24

It was the sly glance at his hands that sealed the joke though. Masterfully done.

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u/LastBaron Aug 21 '24

It was physical comedy the likes of which even some talented standup comics haven’t mastered. Absolutely genius physical comedy.

The way he looked down instantly conveyed a (clearly joking) sense that he almost didn’t realize what his hands were doing, and then he kinda flexes them back and forth like he’s thinking back to a moment earlier when he was “unconsciously” doing it, then shrugs like “welp, anyways.”

All conveyed in subtle gestures and facial expressions within 2 seconds. I was super impressed, I laughed outloud.

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u/axebodyspraytester Aug 21 '24

Weeeell like I said it's not talking shit if you're telling the truth. He is obsessed with crowd size, and we all know Barack has always had bigger crowds... and hands.

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u/Gamerguy_141297 Aug 21 '24

Cock size, they mean cock size

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u/Wacokidwilder Aug 21 '24

Remember the 2016 election when the Republican candidates all started accusing eachother of having small dicks?

Pepperidge farm remembers

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u/Luke90210 Aug 21 '24

As a couple of them were women, it was... interesting?

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u/HereGoesNothing69 Aug 21 '24

We talking crowds here, and Barack got a big buoyant crowd.

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u/Thisfugginguyhere Aug 21 '24

Obamas crowd touches the water when he sits on the toilet to do a Donald.

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u/NeriTina Aug 21 '24

YO, that caught me so off guard and I’m not the least bit mad about it! 😂😂😂

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u/mega-d-lux Aug 21 '24

BCE.. Big Crowd Energy!!

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u/alexthekidd01 Aug 21 '24

Very diverse too. A Big Black Crowd

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u/Cavaquillo Aug 21 '24

It should be, but their party can’t sit on a high horse and act like they’re better than that, they’re far more vile. He had to hear about how his wife was for sure a man for 8+ years. Obama can let the ice flow in his veins for all I care

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u/Objective_Economy281 Aug 21 '24

At first watch, I thought he was only mimicking the invisible accordion, but that he declined to make the obvious dick joke. On second and tenth watches, he just made the dick joke kinda small

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u/ShutYourDumbUglyFace Aug 21 '24

They went lower than they usually do by even acknowledging that orange buffoon's shenanigans. But they didn't go NEARLY as low as that guy does.

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u/PupperoniPoodle Aug 21 '24

I loved this moment so much in how even while making this crude joke, he was so damn classy.

And that surprise effect of like your sweet English teacher cursing was so strong.

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u/LadyBug_0570 ☑️ Aug 21 '24

Going the "high" road would've probably been just lauding Kamala and Tim and not mentioning Trump at all.

But I like that he tackled the Orange one head on. He's not president anymore, he no longer needs to be polite. Plus I love the double entendre about Trump's weird obsession with size.

But I agree... it's the truth so it's not shit talking.

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u/Mendozena Aug 21 '24

Only if he loses. If the former guy wins again, Obama jinxed it by roasting his ass again :(

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u/GardenRafters Aug 21 '24

The Obamas at the DNC last night

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u/DeadlyPancak3 Aug 21 '24

The Obamas are twice the power couple the Clintons ever were, and with 10x as much integrity.

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u/banjofitzgerald Aug 21 '24

That shit gave me ptsd. That’s why im not laughing about this. I seen this movie before.

Vote. Vote. Vote.

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u/buhbye750 Aug 21 '24

Yeah we took this shit as a joke in 2016. Never again.

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u/FrankieBennedetto Aug 21 '24

I remember getting up and checking 538 every morning like the weather and convincing myself it was going to be fine 

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u/VelocityGrrl39 Aug 21 '24

I did the electoral math that night and realized Clinton had no path. My friend and I had bought a bottle of bubbly to celebrate breaking the glass ceiling. We cried into our glasses instead. Never again.

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u/Kaminoneko ☑️ Aug 21 '24

I recall being at a bar that night…seeing that Clinton was winning in the polls I was convinced it was safe to get piss drunk in celebration. I woke up the next day in my bed in bizarro world…

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u/Good_parabola Aug 21 '24

Same.  And it was not fine.

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u/fallenlogan Aug 21 '24

Hilary also took the midwest as a joke and it cost her valuable states that she should've been campaigning in. Kamala and Walz just filled up the same building they used for the RNC in the midwest and still campaigning in that area to garner support, they understand that leaving them in the dark and only caring about states like California for your rallies doesn't fucking win you the election as a democrat.

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u/Chemistryset8 Aug 21 '24

Vote like the entire world depends on you

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u/joker2814 Aug 21 '24

If I could change two things in the last ten years, I’d tell Ruth Bader Ginsberg she needed to retire by June, 2015 and I’d tell Obama to do nothing more than respectfully dismiss him.

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u/SenatorPardek Aug 21 '24

I think that’s a myth. Trump was running anyway. The whole “birther” bit was designed to get him known as the guy who was “telling it like it is about barrack HUSSEIN obama” to the fox news audience in preparation for a presidential run. People underestimate that he’s been in bed with hannity and fox news info verse since the beginning.

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u/Luke90210 Aug 21 '24

Trump didn't expect to win nor want to. The fact he had nothing in place for the transition after the election proves it. Along with multiple sources of saying Melania cried knowing her comfortable life of lunching, shopping and traveling was over.

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u/PressureSquare4242 ☑️ Aug 21 '24

How did that work out for him? He's now a convicted felon plus trials yet to finish. And judge said he raped EJC by the definition of the word.

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u/marketingguy420 Aug 21 '24

He became president of the united states? The guy is a piece of shit but this is a hilarious usage of the "and then what happened" lol

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u/Vitaminpartydrums Aug 21 '24

This joke was goddamn layered and the delivery was perfect.

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u/-XanderCrews- Aug 21 '24

Obama has always had a comics timing. He is so great…I just miss him so muchz

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u/buhbye750 Aug 21 '24

Couple that with falling Apprentice ratings and trump basically had no choice but to run

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u/Icy-Cod1405 Aug 21 '24

Seth Meyers is very happy to have this be the narrative

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u/AOEmishap Aug 21 '24

'Black man says witty things about white man. White man ruins country for a decade'

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u/Daripuff Aug 21 '24

https://youtu.be/lwLmOI6r_XY?t=435

Here's a link basically to the moment (or rather, the lead-up to the moment)

It's amazing to anybody who hasn't seen it.

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u/AlludedNuance Aug 21 '24

That's honestly perfectly done.

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u/GetOffMyLawn_ Aug 21 '24

So subtle but so obvious as well.

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u/21Outer Aug 21 '24

Ty for this. Holy shit. Charisma is off the charts....

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u/kiranrs Aug 21 '24

May I please give props to the brilliant producer who cut to Don Cheadle when he says "We all know the sequel is usually worse" you deserve it all.

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u/SergeantFiddler07 Aug 21 '24

Man, I miss hearing coherent and professional speeches. He truly is one of the best speakers. Thanks for the share

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u/anonomnomnomn Aug 21 '24

This is what I was looking for, thank you.

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u/Dread_Frog Aug 21 '24

Thanks for the link!

Can I just say I love that the signs just say VOTE not even who to vote for. This is a vote to keeping being able to vote in the future.

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u/The-Coolest-Of-Cats Aug 21 '24

And the instant the crowd starts booing Trump, he says, "don't boo, vote!"

Such a top class act.. I miss the absolute sense of security, hope, and progress that he brought for America.

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u/vinfinite Aug 21 '24

God. I love how eloquent Obama is. I always assume I’m a decent orator, but when I rewatch my demos, I’m cringing through em. I could only wish to be anywhere near his level. Such charisma!Thanks for sharing!

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u/Lo_Capacity Aug 21 '24

Thank you

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u/chamberx2 ☑️ Aug 21 '24 edited Aug 21 '24

He's been spending some time in Kendrick's mind palace. When I saw this live, I thought he was making fun of Trump's "accordion hands" thing he always does. Some translated it as a small dick joke. Others took it at face value as the crowds shrinking. Good shit.

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u/BoilerMaker11 Aug 21 '24

I was positive he was just doing Trump’s accordion hands but he was also talking about Trump’s “weird obsession” with crowd sizes when he made the gesture. Trump uses crowd size to dick measure. He just did it to MLK of all people. So it could be a triple entendre, making fun of his accordion hands, making fun of his smaller crowds, and making fun of his small schmeat.

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u/buhbye750 Aug 21 '24

Yep that look down added layers to it. And the fact he only used the hand gestures during that brief moment.

This is how you get to trump. He's not going to try to scale back the hand gestures because people are calling it weird. Kamala needs to mock this in a debate to throw him off. Something so random but it means something to trump.

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u/dark_star88 Aug 21 '24

And just like Kanye in that South Park episode, Trump isn’t smart enough to fully wrap his addlepated brain around the entire joke, and that’s kind of disappointing.

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u/syo Aug 21 '24

Kanye still doesn't understand that joke.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

as the kids say, “there’s levels to this”

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u/Arctica23 Aug 21 '24

Triple entendre for sure

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u/Ask_bout_PaterNoster Aug 21 '24

The wise will say more with a few words than a fool will say with hours to ramble

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u/rootbeerman77 Aug 21 '24

This Obama guy seems pretty clever... any chance he'd consider running for president? I think I'd vote for him.

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u/MisterProfGuy Aug 21 '24

Exactly the same as the couch joke Walz dropped.

It's all plausible deniability, and artful delivery.

However, the joke about crowd size and the way he looked down at his hands, it was at the very very least a joke about compensation.

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u/TandBusquets Aug 21 '24

Walz did not have plausible deniability lol

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u/MisterProfGuy Aug 21 '24

Lots of not chronically online people hadn't even heard the Vance joke and thought Walz was calling him a lazy coward, which seemed reasonable with the way the GOP has been about debates.

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u/Golden-Owl Aug 21 '24

That’s what made it such a great joke

It has one punchline if you are in on the couch gag, and a totally different yet still valid punchline if you aren’t (too lazy to get off the couch)

It’s great humor

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u/TandBusquets Aug 21 '24

He said , you see what I did there at the end of the joke.

And even if you aren't aware of the joke basically all coverage of the joke has made it clear what he was referencing. If you are aware of the joke then you know what it's referencing.

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u/MisterProfGuy Aug 21 '24

I mean that's absolutely clear, but it's also clear you haven't gotten the absolute joy of having an older person ask you to explain why it's so funny and getting to see the reluctant laughter when you explain how silly it is.

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u/illegal_deagle Aug 21 '24

He finished it with “See what I did there?” lol

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u/PressureSquare4242 ☑️ Aug 21 '24 edited Aug 22 '24

'if he can get off the couch' could mean if he can stand up because he's sitting on the couch. I think plausible deniability. Can they prove he meant otherwise?

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u/shred-i-knight Aug 21 '24

the delivery was honestly incredible, dude is a master. Pretty sure this was a joke that someone came up with the day of

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u/MisterProfGuy Aug 21 '24

The guys on Pod Save America said they'd talked to him about his speech and had spoken to him just before, and none of the speech writers thought it was a dick joke. He just delivered it the best possible way

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u/Vitaminpartydrums Aug 21 '24

He was doing the accordion hands, making a “small penis” joke and threw a “weird” in there for good measure.

It’s a rule of threes, perfect joke

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u/flyingemberKC Aug 21 '24

Go further. It‘s also a fish size joke that will connect with many rural voters. Exaggerating the size of your fish is something no one is supposed to take seriously. So many layers to it.

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u/UnicornGirl54 Aug 21 '24

It was done so smooth too. Obama’s face did not change at all. It was almost a “what, are my hands doing something?” moment. It will go over many heads, like Donny’s tiny one

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u/GardenRafters Aug 21 '24

¿Por que no los dos?

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u/Book-Wyrm-of-Bag-End Aug 21 '24

That’s a triple whammy

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u/HostageInToronto Aug 21 '24

After Not Like Us, I think it's more of a mind-Tower of London or mind-Spanish Inquisition for Kendrick.

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u/Mcswigginsbar Aug 21 '24

A triple entendre, if you will.

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u/Sadboy_looking4memes Aug 21 '24

2016: When they go low, we go high.

2024: When they go low, we match energy.

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u/HoldOnStartOver Aug 21 '24

When You Dip, I Dip, We Dip

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u/PM_ME_N3WDS Aug 21 '24

Then we can dip down low, roll and grind

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u/TadhgOBriain Aug 21 '24

When they go low, we go low better

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u/BlueNotesBlues ☑️ Aug 21 '24

When they go low, we step on them.

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u/someguyfromtecate Aug 21 '24

When they go low, we get low, get low, get low, get low…

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u/bubba1834 Aug 21 '24

When the whole club is lookin at her shawty gets low low low low low low low low

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u/barak181 Aug 21 '24

... to the windows! To the walls!

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u/dick_for_hire Aug 21 '24

When they go low, get me a shovel.

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u/FistPunch_Vol_7 ☑️ Aug 21 '24

When they go low, we kick em in the teeth

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u/What-Even-Is-That Aug 21 '24

People forget that most comedy writers are liberal af.

They've got actual writers behind the scenes, not failed writers who pivoted to politics podcasting/YouTubing.

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u/jaemoon7 Aug 21 '24

2016: When they go low, we go high.

2024: Fuck that

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u/banjofitzgerald Aug 21 '24

When they go low, we kick them mfs in the head.

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u/suddenly_ponies Aug 21 '24

Well yeah. Turning the other cheek to a bully only gives him another target.

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u/voppp Aug 21 '24

I'd say we're matching it but we haven't even stooped that low. We're just doing it better.

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u/pizzafest Aug 21 '24

Somebody’s gotta match their freak

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u/Terminus0 Aug 21 '24

I prefer: When they go low, kick them in the face

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u/LunarMoon2001 Aug 21 '24

About damn time

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u/Embarrassed_Heron815 Aug 21 '24

When they go low, we get down there and beat the shit out of ‘em 

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u/Radiant-Character-61 Aug 21 '24

Fuck me, the Obamas really decided to come out together and choose violence and I'm all the way here for it.

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u/Prestigious-Mud Aug 21 '24

The memes that will come out of this

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u/FEMA_Camp_Survivor ☑️ Aug 21 '24

It’s in GIF form already

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u/Prestigious-Mud Aug 21 '24

It's that quick look down that gets me lmao.

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u/njuffstrunk Aug 21 '24

He's such an incredible speaker. Obviously that look down was rehearsed but the delivery was perfect.

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u/Prestigious-Mud Aug 21 '24

Like playing an invisible accordion. Perfection.

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u/best_fr1end Aug 21 '24

And I’m eagerly waiting for them. I miss the heck outta those Obama/Biden memes. 😂😂

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u/helel_8 Aug 21 '24

Low? The bar is set at 'treason'; the Obamas are totally fine

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u/Crimson51 Aug 21 '24

2016 dems: Trump is irrelevant and beneath contempt

2020 dems: TRUMP IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO ALL WE HOLD DEAR HE MUST BE DEFEATED AT ALL COSTS

2024 dems: Trump is a little bitch

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24 edited Aug 21 '24

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u/HeyYoEowyn Aug 21 '24

And the look after, like he was surprised he had even made the joke! Like, oops! I didn’t realize my hands even did that! Just superb

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u/JesusStarbox Aug 21 '24

They had a professional comedian write that, I'm sure.

The timing of the gesture was perfect. Obama had to rehearse that for a while.

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u/DellSalami Aug 21 '24

You might not be giving Obama enough credit here.

But it was Obama’s comedic talent that really impressed. In rehearsal, he knew right where to cut the jokes. “He gave a couple notes, and I’m like, ‘You should be on our writing staff!’ ” Key said. “And then I got out there, and when we started doing it I started to almost get thrown at how great his timing was.”

From Keegan Michael Key, when he got to do the anger translator bit.

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u/oneizm ☑️ Aug 21 '24

Or he just like that🤷🏾‍♂️ Obeezy always has been smooth

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u/SHOWTIME316 THIS NIGGA EATIN BROWN BANANAS 🍌🤮 Aug 21 '24

idk man, Barack is one of the most charismatic humans to ever exist, i think that was all him

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u/Merengues_1945 Aug 21 '24

This is how he got to be president in the first place. He lit up rallies with genuine charisma. Back in the primaries he was a blockbuster every single time. Hillary had no chance at all.

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u/GardenRafters Aug 21 '24

Huh? What Obama have you been watching for the past 20 years because he's always been that funny and smooth.

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u/LadyBug_0570 ☑️ Aug 21 '24

I remember his press conference when told us Osama Bin Laden was caught and killed. For the record, it interrupted an episode of The Apprentice.

Anyway, my man Barry practially strutted up to the mics. Had such a swagger and a pep to his step.

I miss him being president.

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u/AmySchumersAnalTumor Aug 21 '24

For the record, it interrupted an episode of The Apprentice.

holy shit, I never knew that lmaooo

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u/LadyBug_0570 ☑️ Aug 21 '24

I was watching the episode. I recall Nene from RHOA being on that season. It was at the part when was about to "fire" someone too, so initially I was annoyed with the "Breaking News!" interruption.

But then Obama made his announcement and the show became irrelevant and everything else that night was all about Osama Bin Laden being finally dead.

I always wondered if Obama timed it just right. After all, Dump had been harasssing Barry his whole presidency with the birther buullshit.

(Probably not, but I'd like to think so.)

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u/rugger87 Aug 21 '24

It was written by one of his former speechwriters Dan Pfeiffer. Him and Jon Favreau (former Obama speechwriter not the actor), read the speech and made a few minor changes, this was one of them.

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u/ripndipp Aug 21 '24

Not low, just the truth.

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u/GardenRafters Aug 21 '24 edited Aug 21 '24

Precisely. Nobody is going low here. They're simply just telling the truth, and the truth just so happens to be embarrassing for trumps side, and they don't like that.

Calling them weird isn't an insult, it's just an observation.

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u/Wave_File Aug 21 '24

How do the kids on that ticky tocky thing say it? "Ate him up"

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u/commschamp Aug 21 '24

No crumbs something or other

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u/hurricane_news Aug 21 '24

He skibidi ohiod rizzled up Trump's gyaat so much, but Trump still won't pay his (fanum) taxes 😔

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u/pchc_lx Aug 21 '24

please don't

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u/quirkycurlygirly Aug 21 '24

"When they go low, we kick them down the escalator." - Super Fit Michelle, probably

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u/foxontherox Aug 21 '24

Obamas Unleashed: After the Presidency

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u/Tight-Advice-4708 Aug 21 '24

They're really not going low so much is just telling the truth about who and what Donald Trump really is. He's a literal piece of shit and we've normalized his crazy psychotic narcissistic behavior for far too long. No American citizen deserves to be put through this shit he's put us through. We have literally been in an abusive relationship with a trash loser piece of shit abusive narcissist for far too long. Dump that loser and bring on Kamala

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u/bumpyclock Aug 21 '24

That half a second glance does so much lmao.

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u/Nick_crawler Aug 21 '24 edited Aug 21 '24

Strong professional comedian energy on that one, if he wanted Obama would have had an incredible career as a late-night host.

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u/bumpyclock Aug 21 '24

The daily show with Barack Obama god damn. Instantly goated

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u/EZMulahSniper ☑️ Aug 21 '24

Michelle and Barack brought that fuckin HEAT!!

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u/DontYuckMyYum Aug 21 '24

this is exactly how you deal with bullies. dont take the high road and try to be the better person, the bully wioll only see that as them "winning". you push back on them, HARD.

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u/SparkyDogPants Aug 21 '24

Obamas at their worst are still the high road compared to what they’re fighting against 

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u/EatPie_NotWAr Aug 21 '24

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u/Heteroimpersonator Aug 21 '24

You can barely see Trump’s monument to the right of Washington’s. 😂

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u/Navynuke00 Aug 21 '24

2024 Michelle: gurl, hold my earrings!

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u/SociopathicSexTips Aug 21 '24

A successful, beloved, well-spoken black guy making fun of Trump's penis size to uproarious laughter and applause. A room full of celebrities, a national TV audience, no one coming to his defense. This is Trump's nightmare.

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u/Unfair_Finger5531 ☑️ Aug 22 '24

Truth is Donald Trump’s nightmare.

And Obama is doing a lot more than making penis jokes. He’s speaking truths.

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u/Nintendo1964 Aug 21 '24

Everyone saying it's a dick joke, but take the innuendo out. It's still just a joke acknowledging the fact that Trump's crowd sizes are undeniably smaller, which he hates, and the gesture was emphasizing the small.

I dunno man, just because everyone else thinks of dicks all the time doesn't mean Obama was necessarily thinking of one here. It works with and without it... Just a personal thought.

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u/LadyBug_0570 ☑️ Aug 21 '24

But that's what makes it great. You can take it how you want and it's still a nice jab at Trump.

And since Trump has a weird obsession with sizes of everything, he will absolutely take it as a dick joke, even though Obama specifically mentioned crowd sizes.

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u/HeyYoEowyn Aug 21 '24

I think this is why it’s brilliant. It’s so layered. Was it a dick joke? Was it not? There’s plausible deniability which leaves Obama looking classy and smart - something Donald isn’t and could never be. Nuance isn’t exactly something Donald can do. Even without the gesture, it’s a brilliant dig - I was making dinner and not looking at the tv and thought the “weird” quip was funny as hell from Obama.

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u/58G52A Aug 21 '24

The hands are way too far apart. - Stormy

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u/simondrawer Aug 21 '24

Yeah but that’s what Barack thinks is small.

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u/GGyam Aug 21 '24

The Obamas were amazing last night. Michelle chose violence for the first time ever and I fucking loved it!

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u/Countryb0i2m Aug 21 '24

Finally willing to go low? This joke is classic Obama. He always had that heat.

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u/Evolutionary_Beasty Aug 21 '24

I dunno, Obama seems generous here on the length

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u/tyj0322 Aug 21 '24

Healthcare plz

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u/kylelonious Aug 21 '24

To be fair, Obama expanded healthcare coverage for over 20 million people due to ACA. Still needs work but no one has done anything to that scale since the 1950s.

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u/GardenRafters Aug 21 '24

He made a great Obamacare joke too!

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u/ClaymoresRevenge Aug 21 '24

And it's funny his proposal was what Republicans wanted initially and they were too blinded by hate

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u/kylelonious Aug 21 '24

McConnell specifically said his number one priority was to make Obama a one term president. They refused to work with Obama on any possible thing that could make him look good, even if it would help Americans.

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u/80alleycats Aug 21 '24

It's so frustrating how many people don't understand this and blame Obama for Republican racism.

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u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot Aug 21 '24

Republicans openly act like an obstructionist party whenever a democrat is in the white house because the average voter is too dumb to understand that politics is more than just the president. So they say democrats can't get anything done while actively obstructing them to do anything. They aren't a serious party, they are an obstruction party that only causes chaos.

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u/thejaytheory ☑️ Aug 21 '24

Hit the nail on the head

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u/RecklesslyPessmystic Aug 21 '24

And then when Obama wasn't only a one term president, McConnell pretended like he was anyway and refused to let him pick a supreme court justice. Basically insurrection. He didn't just dislike his nominee - he went out of his way to refuse to acknowledge Obama's authority as president to nominate justices.

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u/TrollingForFunsies Aug 21 '24

It's literally based on a plan from Mitt Romney's time as governor in Massachusetts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_health_care_reform

Yes, that same Mitt Romney who ran against Obama.

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u/breighvehart Aug 21 '24

And it would be even more effective and efficient if republicans didn’t gut it because…well just because. Nobody hates Americans more than republicans

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

Rs couldn't even get the votes to repeal it when they had total control 

Still waiting for their amazing replacement plan 

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u/DeadlyPancak3 Aug 21 '24

100%

We need to flip congress blue to empower Harris to go all the way to Medicare for All or single payer. Walz has already shown what is possible with a DFL trifecta in Minnesota.

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u/banjofitzgerald Aug 21 '24

I mean, you saw how much of a grind it was to push through and keep alive ACA was/is. Imagine if it was universal healthcare. McConnell and them would have found the slimiest way to keep it from Americans who need it.

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u/fireside68 Aug 21 '24

Well, they did.

It was Joe Liebermann (rest in piss).

Because had he voted when the public option was on the table, we'd be a lot farther along...but he decided to gum up the works.

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u/DomHaynie Aug 21 '24

I work in wireless and the amount of people that would be on the ACA with free phone plans and have some weird expectations to get more free about was insane. And all of them were incredibly stupid MAGA in recent years. These people would talk about how much they hated Obama and how much they live dt while literally only being able to have a cell phone because it was free to them and meant to help them find employment.

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u/Thomas_DuBois Aug 21 '24

They talked about that. No need to act like they didn't.

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u/FLTA Aug 21 '24

The person is arguing in bad faith. They’re trying to drive down left wing support of Democrats so that Republicans can win. Whether it is because they are actually Republicans or they’re a delusional, accelerationist leftist that believes the collapse of the country will lead to a utopia is unclear.

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u/M8oMyN8o Aug 21 '24

House is controlled by the Republicans currently

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u/yourroyalhotmess ☑️ Aug 21 '24

Is this a joke?

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u/CowboyOfScience Aug 21 '24

Telling the truth isn't "going low".

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u/avoiding-heartbreak Aug 21 '24

This was a great visual joke, from an eloquent man.

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u/Luke90210 Aug 21 '24

When Fox "News" said the fist bump was a terrorist signal to do terrorist stuff somewhere (a blatant racist dog whistle) Barack and Michelle Obama deliberately fist bumped on a public stage as an FU to Fox.

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u/empressdaze Aug 21 '24

This was delivered so smoothly, I have been thinking about it and giggling ever since.

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u/Bleezy79 Aug 21 '24

To be fair, Obama made a very quick and silent gesture about Trump's crowd size. I would hardly call that "going low" in the context of talking about Donald Trump. It's like a drop in a bucket compared.

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u/Drama989 Aug 21 '24

As a non-American, I know that some of his decisions while president were not popular but man oh man, does he have charisma and charm! From all the politicians I can think of (my own country included), he is definitely my favourite!

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u/D1daBeast ☑️ Aug 21 '24

Trump will have to remember this every time he starts to emote with his accordion hands

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

When the Obamas meet your energy you know it's a fucking important election

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u/Dont_Be_A_Dick_OK Aug 21 '24

In theory, him saying “when they go low we go high” was perfect. Political rhetoric should always be “high” in terms of facts and logic. We should be focused on policy. In practice, the people in this country are too goddamn stupid to keep up with “high.” Feels like you gotta go a little low to match these people on their level.

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u/grambleflamble Aug 21 '24

And Obama is being generous, here.

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u/favorite_sardine Aug 21 '24

They said don’t stoop to their level. Turns out we beat they ass down there.

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