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12694212, What You Think Obama Will Do When He's Out Of Office?
Posted by vee-lover, Fri Jan-09-15 11:35 AM
I'm sure he'll get a library (they'll mess around and put his presidential library at Howard or some shit lol)

And I'm sure he'll start a foundation

but I could see him staring, being a part of, and/supporting a social movement - perhaps going back to Chicago to deal w/some of the problems there

I get the sense that he felt limited in many ways because of his position as leader of the country, a very divided one at that, to effectively deal w/the issues effecting the poor and the average working citizens.

12694213, edibles
Posted by John Forte, Fri Jan-09-15 11:36 AM
12694217, His Presidential Library will most likely be at U. Chicago
Posted by Cam, Fri Jan-09-15 11:37 AM
http://www.obamapresidentialfoundation.org/about
12694219, make money off speaking engagements and connections with wall street
Posted by southphillyman, Fri Jan-09-15 11:38 AM
12694222, Fundraising and speaking engagements
Posted by legsdiamond, Fri Jan-09-15 11:39 AM
12694223, People will hate it but he should join the Clinton Initiative.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Fri Jan-09-15 11:40 AM
Or Join the Gates Foundation.

Not go work for either but be a partner (of course they would have to change the name of the organizations).

They both got so much muscle and money. He could be the one to lead the urban effort.


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

http://blackpeopleonlocalnews.tumblr.com/
12694241, RE: Obama probably would want to start something up (similar)
Posted by vee-lover, Fri Jan-09-15 11:49 AM
rather than join up w/Bill

I'm not really sure what their relationship is like

And depending on how Obama is perceived nationally once his term is up next year would also factor in w/the Clintons whether they would want to be associated w/Obama w/this being an election cycle coming up


>Or Join the Gates Foundation.
>
>Not go work for either but be a partner (of course they would
>have to change the name of the organizations).
>
>They both got so much muscle and money. He could be the one
>to lead the urban effort.
>
>
>**********
>"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then
>they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
>
>http://blackpeopleonlocalnews.tumblr.com/
12694230, probably the usual stuff
Posted by wluv, Fri Jan-09-15 11:44 AM
speaking tours and book deals.

probably serve on a Fortune 500 board. He's been good to Wall Street so its definitely a possibility.

i dont see him getting involved in ground level community service.

Could be wrong but just dont see it.
12694246, RE: probably the usual stuff
Posted by vee-lover, Fri Jan-09-15 11:52 AM
>speaking tours and book deals.
>
>probably serve on a Fortune 500 board. He's been good to Wall
>Street so its definitely a possibility.
>
>i dont see him getting involved in ground level community
>service.

Why no though? He would no longer be beholding to Wall Street and I think his heart is in community organizing than it would be just getting paid...but I could be wrong as well
>
>Could be wrong but just dont see it.
12694578, RE: probably the usual stuff
Posted by wluv, Fri Jan-09-15 03:39 PM
By then he will be at least 12-14 years removed from that type of ground level work.

Even as a former president, his words will carry more weight on a national level and he will be careful about what he choses to get involved in. You see how the media spins anything he says on social issues now. Multiply that by 10 when he's citizen Obama without the White House staff team to help mitigate the negative spin. It might be more harm than good for him to be that involved.

I see him thinking more in terms making statements as a former president and statesmen and doing all the other things former presidents do.
12694237, Run the NAACP
Posted by Atillah Moor, Fri Jan-09-15 11:46 AM
Dare to dream right?
12755427, First order of business. Change that effing name.
Posted by muzuabo, Wed Mar-18-15 01:12 PM
Unless Cumberbatch takes over the NAACP.
12694253, He pretty much has a ton of options available to him
Posted by ShinobiShaw, Fri Jan-09-15 11:54 AM
12694254, I don't see him going to Wall Street. They'd crucify him.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Fri Jan-09-15 11:55 AM
He will get paid though.

**********
"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

http://blackpeopleonlocalnews.tumblr.com/
12694261, RE: Yeah I don't think Wall St. likes Obama as much as ppl think
Posted by vee-lover, Fri Jan-09-15 12:01 PM
>He will get paid though.
>
>**********
>"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then
>they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
>
>http://blackpeopleonlocalnews.tumblr.com/
12694317, DOW is around 18,000... pretty sure Wall St. is col with him
Posted by legsdiamond, Fri Jan-09-15 12:56 PM
12694323, He's pretty much one of their own, only Fox News and people
Posted by J_Stew, Fri Jan-09-15 01:01 PM
that don't know how finance works thinks he is an enemy to big business.
12694387, them I mean his supporters, not Wall Street.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Fri Jan-09-15 01:50 PM

**********
"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

http://blackpeopleonlocalnews.tumblr.com/
12694504, But he also had the business community angry at him for putting
Posted by vee-lover, Fri Jan-09-15 02:57 PM
forth some of the toughest policies on banks/other financial institutions
12694258, Smoke good weed
Posted by SoWhat, Fri Jan-09-15 11:57 AM
12694259, rap
Posted by Government Name, Fri Jan-09-15 11:57 AM
12694275, Tell the truth about a lot of things he's avoided to answer.
Posted by Binladen, Fri Jan-09-15 12:18 PM
12694283, That's what I'm *hoping* for
Posted by vee-lover, Fri Jan-09-15 12:23 PM
>
12694382, This is what I'm waiting for. Tell me how you really feel.
Posted by napturalmystic, Fri Jan-09-15 01:48 PM
I can't wait for him to write a book after leaving office
12694389, That will never happen. Obama is one of the good old boys.
Posted by initiationofplato, Fri Jan-09-15 01:51 PM
12694400, But what he have to lose at that point - what can anyone do to him
Posted by vee-lover, Fri Jan-09-15 01:57 PM
Jimmy Carter became more outspoken of US policies once he was out of office and he's become more respected as a result of it imo along w/how he has reshaped the role of a president post-presidency
12694276, A&R at Def Jam.
Posted by PROMO, Fri Jan-09-15 12:18 PM
12694277, ...community organizing (.. )
Posted by lfresh, Fri Jan-09-15 12:19 PM

~~~~
When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.
12694282, Campaign for the next democrat they want elected
Posted by 8-bit, Fri Jan-09-15 12:22 PM
12694285, Bick back and be bool and drank berry bool-aid in the shade
Posted by deejboram, Fri Jan-09-15 12:23 PM
>I'm sure he'll get a library (they'll mess around and put his
>presidential library at Howard or some shit lol)
>
>And I'm sure he'll start a foundation
>
>but I could see him staring, being a part of, and/supporting a
>social movement - perhaps going back to Chicago to deal w/some
>of the problems there
>
>I get the sense that he felt limited in many ways because of
>his position as leader of the country, a very divided one at
>that, to effectively deal w/the issues effecting the poor and
>the average working citizens.
>
>
12694286, he's young enough, i'd honestly like to see him back in the Sen.
Posted by Jay Doz, Fri Jan-09-15 12:24 PM
12694302, Has a former president ever became a senator after their presidency?
Posted by vee-lover, Fri Jan-09-15 12:45 PM
Becoming a senator would mean he has to deal w/more GOP intransigence and Washington gridlock
12694328, Andrew Johnson
Posted by Jay Doz, Fri Jan-09-15 01:05 PM
Beyond that, only J.Q. Adams (who spent the rest of his career in the House of Representatives), Taft (who served on the Supreme Court), and Tyler (who was elected to the Confederate House of Representatives) went on to any government service after the presidency.
12694314, lol...
Posted by legsdiamond, Fri Jan-09-15 12:55 PM
12694324, kick back in hawaii for a straight year & toss the blkberry in the pacific
Posted by 2.tears.in.a.bucket, Fri Jan-09-15 01:02 PM
.
12694327, ^this probably is the answer in the immediate
Posted by vee-lover, Fri Jan-09-15 01:04 PM
>.
12694332, high dollar speeches, start a foundation, build a library
Posted by illegal, Fri Jan-09-15 01:11 PM
maybe build an off-book black ops shop to do his bidding here & overseas

the usual.
12694333, Be the starting SG at the NBA All Star Friday night celeb game
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Fri Jan-09-15 01:12 PM
12694354, Knicks new pg
Posted by marlbororeds, Fri Jan-09-15 01:32 PM

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so happy i could die.
12694428, Something International
Posted by Castro, Fri Jan-09-15 02:13 PM
12694437, ^Nice. Take Mandela's old role.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Fri Jan-09-15 02:17 PM

**********
"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

http://blackpeopleonlocalnews.tumblr.com/
12694429, Write one hell of a book
Posted by MME, Fri Jan-09-15 02:13 PM
about his time in the White House.

Michelle, too.
12694498, RE: Write one hell of a book
Posted by CRATEWORM, Fri Jan-09-15 02:54 PM
^^^^^^^

...this is what I'm waitin for

maybe talk about some of the little incidents at meetings or in the White House he had to experience being the 1st HNIC
12694507, Oh yeah you know that's coming
Posted by vee-lover, Fri Jan-09-15 02:58 PM
>about his time in the White House.
>
>Michelle, too.
12694847, and Eric Holder's book too !
Posted by DJ007, Fri Jan-09-15 09:38 PM

_____________________________________________________
"You can win with certainty with the spirit of "one cut". "Musashi Miyamoto
12694447, 21st century Jimmy Carter (i hope)
Posted by cgonz00cc, Fri Jan-09-15 02:22 PM
12694586, yeah. After the aforementioned Hawaii retreat and weed smoking
Posted by Dr Claw, Fri Jan-09-15 03:41 PM
12694655, Go back to Kenya
Posted by imperial, Fri Jan-09-15 04:24 PM
his visa will have expired around that time.
_____________________________________________________
miserable niggas yo
cant let nobody have nothing
"god save the queen pip pip cheerio tea time princess di" ass niggas (c)white desus
12694659, ^^^tea party supporter 2016
Posted by vee-lover, Fri Jan-09-15 04:27 PM
>his visa will have expired around that time.
>_____________________________________________________
>miserable niggas yo
>cant let nobody have nothing
>"god save the queen pip pip cheerio tea time princess di" ass
>niggas (c)white desus
12694760, cuss Travis and Cornell out
Posted by rdhull, Fri Jan-09-15 06:00 PM
12755306, LOL
Posted by MME, Wed Mar-18-15 12:10 PM
>
12755597, ^^^THIS
Posted by Airbreed, Wed Mar-18-15 02:50 PM
.
12756055, WHOOP DEY AZZ.
Posted by Castro, Thu Mar-19-15 03:31 AM
12694945, A little of this?
Posted by normal35762, Sat Jan-10-15 03:50 AM
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=obama+brain
12694953, power down.
Posted by SHAstayhighalways, Sat Jan-10-15 05:40 AM
12755120, Supreme Court
Posted by Billy Ray Valentine, Wed Mar-18-15 10:02 AM
12755127, there will be no America, he's destroying the country right?
Posted by GrumpySmurf, Wed Mar-18-15 10:05 AM
12755133, Appear on mixtapes
Posted by MEAT, Wed Mar-18-15 10:09 AM
12755138, Probably try to be a more present father.
Posted by MEAT, Wed Mar-18-15 10:12 AM
One will be 18 the other will be 15. He's effectively "missed" seven years of their lives if you include campaigning. The youngest was six when he started running for president.
12755140, He ain't of our experience on purpose see Eric Holder
Posted by Musa, Wed Mar-18-15 10:15 AM
you can be Clarence Thomas or Don Lemon you still have that epic memory and when it is touched you have a different reaction than people not of the Diaspora.
12755154, wtf does this even mean?
Posted by akon, Wed Mar-18-15 10:26 AM
>you can be Clarence Thomas or Don Lemon you still have that
>epic memory and when it is touched you have a different
>reaction than people not of the Diaspora.


seriously, clarence thomas? the biggest uncle tom?
12755626, I think it was very clear
Posted by Musa, Wed Mar-18-15 03:07 PM
Obama does not come from people of the forced Diaspora.

His reaction, internalization, processing and understanding are different and are not expected to be the same even as the most uncle tomish negro such as Clarence Thomas.
12755969, Obama grew up having it better than the average Black folk despite
Posted by Shaun Tha Don, Wed Mar-18-15 09:10 PM
being raised by his (White) mother.
12755146, play in the celebrity all star weekend game
Posted by Cenario, Wed Mar-18-15 10:21 AM
12755157, that would be awesome, lol
Posted by Billy Ray Valentine, Wed Mar-18-15 10:28 AM
12755309, Yooooo
Posted by Amritsar, Wed Mar-18-15 12:12 PM

12756172, Nah, they gotta bring Rock n Jock back.
Posted by JFrost1117, Thu Mar-19-15 09:00 AM
12755251, Running Organizing for Action. It is already ramping up...
Posted by Cornbread, Wed Mar-18-15 11:34 AM
as a nonprofit. He is going to get his Jimmy Carter on.

https://www.barackobama.com/
12755301, golf mostly
Posted by jrocc, Wed Mar-18-15 12:07 PM
12755305, Not much.
Posted by spades, Wed Mar-18-15 12:10 PM
I get the impression that he's REAL tired.

He'll get a library, write a book - but honestly, I don't see him doing much after he gets out.
12755320, I wanna know what Michelle is gonna do
Posted by ShinobiShaw, Wed Mar-18-15 12:16 PM
They need to get her to run for office.
12755552, It doesn't appear that Michelle O has political ambitions
Posted by PimpTrickGangstaClik, Wed Mar-18-15 02:16 PM
Her pet project (childhood obesity) was fluff just like Laura/Barbara Bush (literacy) and Nancy Reagan (just say no).

Contrast that with Hillary Clinton who was almost like a co-president. She was behind the scenes on a lot of national policies, especially healthcare reform.
12755939, I can see her running a hospital
Posted by TheUltimate, Wed Mar-18-15 08:41 PM
...or a managed health care company.
12756035, could see her pulling a Hillary
Posted by wluv, Wed Mar-18-15 11:25 PM
and run for a Senate seat out of Illinois in 6 to 8 years.

Her girls will be grown by then and she'll have the time if she wanted.

We'll see.
12756044, stack paper
Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Thu Mar-19-15 12:51 AM
12756047, Buy tacos, a plate lunch. Make cake. Walk in his yard frequently n/m
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12756139, Start a record label
Posted by TR808, Thu Mar-19-15 08:28 AM
with platinum tank as the logo.....

12756199, Be socialist commie Muslim illegal n/m
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