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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@beebebcee
In 2016 this was a "rant".
In 2020 this is an articulate civilized definition.
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@Cc75757
It’s like a different fucking universe.
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@Iamstevesteve
2025 presidential answer cheat sheet.
-Call the journalist a piece of shit and make fun of their network.
-Blame the left.
-5 minute rant about how great you are
-Blame the left again
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@FAMbeats508
Rant... ??? In 2024 this is the most coherent, helpful, and inspiring political statement every American citizen should see.
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@bobbybecker6435
I miss the days when Presidents lifted people up and spoke in complete sentences.
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@RunnJake
"the problem is money in politics"
the fact he says this and no one hears it is crazy to me, because of how absolutely true it is.
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@equalitistart9590
This is not a rant ... this is a calm, reasoned and erudite answer to the student, who asked the question!
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@AquaUnitPatrolSquad
I miss him as our President.
"Don't let me down." He said. The population did, in fact, let him down 😢
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@camf269
2016: "You as journalists are going to have a role to play in reducing cynicism."
Narrator: "...They did not."
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@galerius07
I like that this is what qualified as a rant for Obama.
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@actionwork
This is not a rant. It is a balanced reasoned answer. Calm and collected.
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@Stack_24
Back when serious, competent people ran the country.
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@moocoo30001
The way he said “democrats aren’t blameless...” trump could never
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@ItsHawkeye01
Remember when Presidential rants looked like this
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@2xkiller
Ahhh, to be reminded of what it is like to have a President with a vocabulary better than a 4th-grader.