by Pa Rock
Thankful American
Yesterday as people across the United States began gathering with families in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday, one very notable American showed up at the Greater Chicago Food Depository bearing bags of food destined for holiday meals that will feed some of the city's neediest families. Barack Obama, accompanied by members of the Obama Foundation, then pitched in and helped bag potatoes. Food at the center was headed for distribution at dozens of food banks and kitchens across Cook County.
Over the past several years President Obama and members of his First Family have routinely showed up at soup kitchens and shelters to help serve holiday meals to those in need.
Obama and his predecessor in the Oval Office, George Bush, were also known for paying surprise visits to American troops serving overseas during the holidays.
Meanwhile Donald John Trump, a politician who actively avoids dealing with people in need and people of color, and who has never visited US. troops deployed to war zones, is holed up at his Mar-a-Lago private resort in Florida - enjoying yet another taxpayer-funded vacation and golf-outing - and far, far away from the stench of any soup kitchen or military mess hall. Trump's vacation will net a profit for him and his relatives, and it will not involve rubbing elbows with poor people - or smelly men and women in uniform, and for that he is no doubt thankful.
Thank you, President Obama, for showing us our better selves and shining a light on America's true potential for greatness - and for being a decent human being! You are the epitome of a leader for whom an entire nation can be thankful!
Thankful American
Yesterday as people across the United States began gathering with families in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday, one very notable American showed up at the Greater Chicago Food Depository bearing bags of food destined for holiday meals that will feed some of the city's neediest families. Barack Obama, accompanied by members of the Obama Foundation, then pitched in and helped bag potatoes. Food at the center was headed for distribution at dozens of food banks and kitchens across Cook County.
Over the past several years President Obama and members of his First Family have routinely showed up at soup kitchens and shelters to help serve holiday meals to those in need.
Obama and his predecessor in the Oval Office, George Bush, were also known for paying surprise visits to American troops serving overseas during the holidays.
Meanwhile Donald John Trump, a politician who actively avoids dealing with people in need and people of color, and who has never visited US. troops deployed to war zones, is holed up at his Mar-a-Lago private resort in Florida - enjoying yet another taxpayer-funded vacation and golf-outing - and far, far away from the stench of any soup kitchen or military mess hall. Trump's vacation will net a profit for him and his relatives, and it will not involve rubbing elbows with poor people - or smelly men and women in uniform, and for that he is no doubt thankful.
Thank you, President Obama, for showing us our better selves and shining a light on America's true potential for greatness - and for being a decent human being! You are the epitome of a leader for whom an entire nation can be thankful!
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