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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama's freudian slip
Obama: We should be reforming our criminal justice system in such a way that we are not incarcerating nonviolent offenders in ways that renders them incapable of getting a job after they leave office
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/245512-obama-goofs-in-speech-at-tyler-perrys-house
Sometimes the truth is so powerful it just pops out of your brain when you are least expecting it
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Obama's freudian slip (Original Post)
J_J_
Jun 2015
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lpbk2713
(42,763 posts)1. If they play the system right, like BushCo did ...
They ... or their grandchildren's grandchildren ... should never have to bother
with a steady job ever again. Not after the way Cheney and his monkey did.
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)2. That is so funny! It must feel like he's trapped in jail sometimes...
But just as an aside, I saw him in 2008 at one of his town meetings....The only Q he bombed on was when a large black man asked him what he would do as president to help people like himself who had served their time in jail, but were unable to secure a job once back in society.
Obama's response was, "My advice is to not get arrested to begin with." Next...
That was in Raleigh, NC.
Stardust
(3,894 posts)4. That's cold.
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)5. It was. And it was very awkward.
I felt so bad for the guy...
Octafish
(55,745 posts)6. Wish I knew that back in 2008...
A lack of compassion portends a lack of vision.
tridim
(45,358 posts)3. That said, we know exactly what job Obama is going to focus on after he leaves office.
Racists, the party's over.