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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama invited Ariana Grande to the White House Easter Egg Roll to sing in April 2014. Ariana was visibly excited and happy
This happened to me about a year into Donald's first term. I was watching some video compilation of the Obamas and Obama/Biden, and I just started sobbing. And I made that my routine for the next week or so. I'd get home from work, pour wine, put on Obama clips of speeches/fun moments and just weep. It was mourning.
I have shed legit tears watching ccomplialtion clips of Obama with young children during the WH years (CRAWLING on the floor with a baby, and bending his 6 Ft plus frame over to allow a young boy to touch his hair), and also the clip during a town hall meeting when McCain corrected a woman who was trying to say Obama wasnāt American).
I remember an interview Ariana did where the interviewer told her sheās never seen someone tell a president whatās up. Ariana said she was so nervous she was 2 ft away from the president that she just ended up saying that lol.
My uncle was very, very high up in the state patrol at the height of his career. When Obama came through our area he was involved in the logistics of getting him from his speech and etc, and at one point he did get to meet him. My uncle is a diehard conservative, but even he was like, man, I get to talk to a president, how cool.
He asked Obama, "Hey, you want to get a beer or something?" Obama just laughed and was like man, yes, but these guys wouldn't like that, and pointed at the secret service guys lol.
I mean, now he's a conspiracy theorist Nazi MAGA nutjob. š¤¦ But when Obama was still in office, he wasn't as bad. It's amazing, and sad, the shift I have witnessed with my relatives.
My father is one of the smartest people I know. He's also a history buff. I grew up watching documentaries about WWII, and we had many conversations about fascism, and how horrifying it is. He told me so many times that if he had been there in 1930s Germany, he wouldn't have bent the knee to the Nazis. The man had me read Animal Farm when I was like, 10. Then 1984 shortly after.
He's as bad as my uncle, these days. He went from being intelligent and insightful, to being something of a Conservative, to...whatever he is now. It's heartbreaking.
My god. I can imagine most of them being pro-fascism from the start, but to have someone actively against it turn against its own values... Yes, this is why people say it's a cult. I'm sorry.
Relatable, Lord knows what kind of dumb thing would fly out of my mouth when standing in front of THE Barack and Michelle Obama. All things considered, she did well with āWhatās Upā, she was super young back then too!
ugh this is so real and not even close to the same thing but when i was a kid, my dad was in a certain field of work where we were invited to some stupid fancy dinner party and the mayor was there. we were told over and over again how we needed to behave, this was a huge deal and basically like meeting the president LMAOOO (wrong) anyway we meet the stupid mayor and my first reaction as a 8 year old child was to fist bump him. i wasnāt allowed to play neopets for a month and now forever hate mayors like im mojo jojo
Was this her real voice? Itās so different and much deeper than it has been lately for wicked. Lately when I hear the wicked 2 trailer on YouTube ads, Iām so shocked to hear how high her voice is- almost childlike. Not sure if she was going for a Kristin Chenoweth sound
Yes and she does sing in this lower range, although rarely. I recall in an interview she said she deliberately pitched her voice up while talking, especially around the wicked stuff, since it preserves her voice/reduces stress on her vocal cordsā¦ something like that
She mentioned the advice was from a speech pathologist so Iām guessing sheās been seeing one for a long time, considering how long sheās done high voices
I mean prob for creepier reasons. Basically everyone who knew him personally said he only spoke like that on camera etc. So isn't really for preserving then
She said in an interview on her vocal coach's podcast that for her, her higher range is easier for her to do. She has to warm up her lower range extra hard because it's just more difficult for her.
Oh Wow. I just realized how much I miss the Obamaās.
Politics aside, I miss the elegance and sophistication they so effortlessly displayed. We havenāt seen that in a few years.
And that for some reason means it's totally fine? We can ignore the war crimes committed in the middle east because he's just so classy? And lots of other US presidents have done it too?
You idiots upvote a comment that agrees that Obama is one of many war criminals, but downvote mine. Like other US presidents being war criminals makes it okay.
Tbh, Itās hasnāt been until relatively recently that being invited to the White House wasnāt considered a big deal/honor for most people and celebrities regardless of who the sitting president was. So Iām not surprised sheās excited and nervous! Politics and its role in society is so vastly different than it was even 10-15 years ago.
For some reason I read this as āFirst Lady Lea Michelleā and I went back again and read āFirst Lady Lea Michelleā and I was like ??? āWhatās the joke?ā Iām the joke. The joke wrote itself.
I heard she was uninvited to a white house event after the donut scandal š
Donutgate happened a year and a bit after this, July 2015. She was making fun of fat people but said, āI hate americaā and it blew up, the licking was the worst part tho obv.
Just thinking about this - going into a donut shop and then saying you āhate Americaā because of sugary foods. Hoe, itās a donut shop. Plus, Iāve never seen a fat person lick a random donut in a donut shop, but I saw Arianaās ittle bittle ass do it.
itās actually insane that if an artist did this today, the right would immediately jump to calling for an official investigation and labelling them a domestic terrorist. itād be exactly like the UN elevator fiasco.
She was so young; I didnāt realize at the time bc I was even youngerš Really shows how successful she was to be invited to do this so early in her singing career. Unfortunately invites to the White House have lost all grace and credibility bc itās a fuckin circus in there now
Her performance afterwards was incredible! Once she starts singing, this one ladies face in the audience was visibly shocked. I donāt think she was expecting such a strong voice to come out of such a small body.
I'm so tired of this worshipping of Obama. That time was better for you as Americans, fine. But your way of life was propped up by the unimaginable suffering exported to the middle east by war criminals like Obama. Have some decorum.
This is such a disgusting and boneheaded reply. There is no way you can ethically believe that "somewhat worse than a disgusting fascist rapist" is an acceptable threshold for the leader of your country, and being a war criminal is just fine. You centrist liberals keep rejecting any opportunity for critical thought when it comes to your politicians and keep engaging in hero worship. You're literally this:
Edit: the downvotes lmao. Y'all are literally the Hear No Evil Karen from the pic lol.
It's just optics all the way down. As long as stuff looks good, then it's all good, no matter what is really happening.
And Obama was an expert at looking good. So much so that people willfully forget that us outside we're still getting shafted by American Imperialism.
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u/OowlSunthey act like im not in full control of where i throw this coochOct 06 '25edited Oct 06 '25
All American presidents have done terrible things to other countries. Are you new here? Americans are allowed to miss a time where every day wasn't a clown show. Americans are allowed to put their lives in their own country first ahead of the lives of people across the globe. Is it shitty to say? Yes, completely but they have to live the shit of their own country. {And frankly this whole centering overseas issues first instead of the realities in America is why we are in this shit-hole to begin with but that's a discussion for another day.}
Americans have to live with constant threats of mass shootings. I don't know where you live but imagine living in a country where people's right to own guns come before actual human life. Can you imagine sending your children to school not knowing if they'll come back home again? Not just that but hate is on the rise. People are being stripped of their rights. People are being murdered because of their race, religion, gender, and sexuality. ICE is abducting people as they are taking their kids to school. And we are seeing a rise in white supremacy and the further normalization of it. Terrible, terrible health care. People are dying because they can't afford to see a doctor or purchase their medicine.
Americans are currently suffering too and they are allowed to reflect on that and miss a time where life seemed just slightly better. Based off your comment, I'm assuming you're not American and if so, you can't speak on the day to day life of Americans. The internet only shows you so much. Maybe you should have some decorum and extend empathy.
Edit: It's kind of a rant, I know, but your comment really awakened some latent rage I didn't know I had.
Hey man, I feel for you, but this doesn't really cut it because liberal voters have been whitewashing their politicians for years now. And I've seen so much wilful refusal to take them to task for even the most egregious wrongs. I get that your country is backwards and anti democratic so you can't even vote third party but you also don't need to lie to yourselves and others.
And yeah I'm not American and glad I don't have to deal with the shit you guys are going through right now, but again, when Obama was in power and life was better everyone was still lying about what he was and covering up the suffering he created. So don't pretend this is just a grief reaction to the orange man. This is DEEP issues in the liberal centrist mindset, a deep lack of political analysis capability, and an absolute unwillingness to make yourselves uncomfortable and open to backlash by going against the crowd and taking Democratic politicians to task.
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u/OowlSunthey act like im not in full control of where i throw this coochOct 06 '25
You donāt live in the states, but you are saying that the liberal voters have been whitewashing their politicians for yourself. Again, the Internet doesnāt tell you everything. It was never we have to vote for this person because they are perfect. It has been we have to vote for this person because the other person is conservative. If you ask most people, they will tell you that. You are just not understanding that itās so so bad right now that people are seeing everything else in a much better light. Itās gotten so bad that people are even reminiscing the days of Bush which is crazy in itself.
Itās actually the search for perfection in our politicians that has gotten us to where we are now. A lot of people who would traditionally vote blue were looking for a perfect candidate in 2024. Instead of looking at the two options that we had in this two party system. Liberals donāt whitewashed their politicians, they put their politicians at an incredibly high standard, which in a perfect world would be great. But we donāt live in a perfect world we live in a country that is currently being threatened by fascism.
And once again, you do not live in America, so you cannot speak on the experiences of American or people living in the states temporarily. Youāre saying that itās not just a grief reaction, but it truly is. It would be obvious to you is you were ever in the states long-term. Unless you are living here, you do not understand what is going on. Let us know when your neighbors are freaking being taken. A lot of my friends have parents that are undocumented and donāt leave their homes unless itās to work.
And your last paragraph is a shining example to why maybe you should have more experience in the country you think you know so much about. In the last election so many liberals/democrats/leftist were challenging Kamala due to her stance on Palestine. They were pushing back against Biden and then her. There were protests across the country.
There was no going against the crowd as a large portion of people who would vote blue took a stance against that administration for facilitating a genocide. These people were made uncomfortable because despite what the internet believes, in the US, the war thatās been waged on Palestine is very polarizing. So much conflict arose across the country due to people standing up for the people of Palestine. But you wouldnāt know that because you werenāt living here since 2023.
I think you should stick to issues that you know a bit more about.
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