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Thread started 01/10/18 1:41pm

ThatWhiteDude

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Barack Obama talks about dancing with Prince

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As if there already weren't enough reasons to miss Obama. (No it's not news to me that he's a Prince Fan).

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Reply #1 posted 01/10/18 2:18pm

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"This was probably three or four months before he died," the former president says in the clip. "And Prince asked Sasha to come up and dance, and she's an excellent dancer. Then Sasha pulls me up, which surprises me because she always mocks my dancing. But I have 'dad moves.' And I think the key is what we call 'staying in the pocket.' Right? You gotta stay in the pocket because I think everybody here knows dads who get out of the pocket, and they're trying stuff that they can't really pull off. They start doing like karate kicks."

The former Late Show host laughs off the idea of a grown man using a martial art maneuver as a dance move. "Really?" he asks. "Karate kicks?" But Obama denies using the technique himself, firing back, "Is that one of the things you do?"



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Reply #2 posted 01/10/18 2:24pm

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June 13, 2016.
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Reply #3 posted 01/10/18 3:42pm

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TrivialPursuit said:

And I think the key is what we call 'staying in the pocket.' Right? You gotta stay in the pocket because I think everybody here knows dads who get out of the pocket, and they're trying stuff that they can't really pull off. They start doing like karate kicks."


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Reply #4 posted 01/10/18 3:56pm

kingricefan

God, I really wish we had a three term limit for Presidents. He is such a class act. Don't even get me started on the cheeto that's in there now.....

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Reply #5 posted 01/10/18 4:17pm

214

He's such a cool guy. So was Prince, the coolest of all the cools.

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Reply #6 posted 01/10/18 10:23pm

tump

ThatWhiteDude said:

As if there already weren't enough reasons to miss Obama.


Never ceases to amaze me how easily the masses praise political war criminals (of any side), all of them working under the control of their handlers...banks and military.
[Edited 1/10/18 22:27pm]
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Reply #7 posted 01/11/18 4:13am

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214 said:

He's such a cool guy. So was Prince, the coolest of all the cools.

Excellent comment. Coolest guy, both.. I agree..

cool thumbs up!

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Reply #8 posted 01/11/18 8:33am

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From Pitchfork.com:



Obama is a noted Prince fan who has called the Purple One “a creative icon.” At his last Halloween at the White House, Obama greeted a child dressed as Prince by singing “Purple Rain.” 😊

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Reply #9 posted 01/11/18 10:23am

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214 said:

He's such a cool guy. So was Prince, the coolest of all the cools.


Obama may have been cool, but he was not a good president from the prospective of a legal US taxpaying citizen. History will use real facts and data on actual performance during his tenure which was among the worst in US history going back a long time. Eventually facts will prevail.
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Reply #10 posted 01/11/18 2:27pm

214

wonderboy said:

214 said:

He's such a cool guy. So was Prince, the coolest of all the cools.

Obama may have been cool, but he was not a good president from the prospective of a legal US taxpaying citizen. History will use real facts and data on actual performance during his tenure which was among the worst in US history going back a long time. Eventually facts will prevail.

I just said he is a cool guy, nothing more, nothing less.

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Reply #11 posted 01/11/18 2:30pm

214

tump said:

ThatWhiteDude said:
As if there already weren't enough reasons to miss Obama.
Never ceases to amaze me how easily the masses praise political war criminals (of any side), all of them working under the control of their handlers...banks and military. [Edited 1/10/18 22:27pm]

You might be right, but I'm not sure, is not quite easy to really know the truth. So many sources and voices all of them saying their own thing, that it gets very difficult to know what's the right one to listen to.

[Edited 1/11/18 16:48pm]

[Edited 1/12/18 15:31pm]

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Reply #12 posted 01/11/18 2:34pm

ThatWhiteDude

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^^ PLEASE don't start a politcal debate over this lol lol

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Reply #13 posted 01/11/18 8:03pm

laytonian

ThatWhiteDude said:

^^ PLEASE don't start a politcal debate over this lol lol



Thank you.
They can go to the politics forum.
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Reply #14 posted 01/12/18 6:56am

deerpath

Not long after Prince left the planet, there was a snippet of a performance where he teased about "dad moves" --it was so funny. I can't find it and perhaps it was taken down by the estate, but that one and the one where a woman he invited on stage to dance chased him onto his piano. That was kind of funny too, though creepy for him.

Maybe someone remembers the Dad Moves clip?

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Reply #15 posted 02/20/18 1:16pm

tump

214 said:



tump said:


ThatWhiteDude said:
As if there already weren't enough reasons to miss Obama.

Never ceases to amaze me how easily the masses praise political war criminals (of any side), all of them working under the control of their handlers...banks and military. [Edited 1/10/18 22:27pm]

You might be right, but I'm not sure, is not quite easy to really know the truth. So many sources and voices all of them saying their own thing, that it gets very difficult to know what's the right one to listen to.


[Edited 1/11/18 16:48pm]

[Edited 1/12/18 15:31pm]



[Stay on topic snip - luv4u]
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Reply #16 posted 02/20/18 1:36pm

gandorb

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214 said:



tump said:


ThatWhiteDude said:
As if there already weren't enough reasons to miss Obama.

Never ceases to amaze me how easily the masses praise political war criminals (of any side), all of them working under the control of their handlers...banks and military. [Edited 1/10/18 22:27pm]

You might be right, but I'm not sure, is not quite easy to really know the truth. So many sources and voices all of them saying their own thing, that it gets very difficult to know what's the right one to listen to.


[Edited 1/11/18 16:48pm]

[Edited 1/12/18 15:31pm]



[Stay on topic snip - luv4u]


Back to the topic, Prince was hardly a political puppet and wouldn't have interacted if it wasn't sincere.Both cool indeed!
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Reply #17 posted 02/20/18 2:53pm

tump

gandorb said:

tump said:



[Stay on topic snip - luv4u]


Back to the topic, Prince was hardly a political puppet and wouldn't have interacted if it wasn't sincere.Both cool indeed!


[Feel free to create a thread over in the Politics and Religion forum - luv4u]
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Reply #18 posted 02/20/18 3:06pm

gandorb

Keeping it to Prince and Obama, I don't perceive Prince as being a political dupe. Prince didn't have much cache at the time as many other contemporary artists, as he was off the public radar. A president is human too and can have personal musical tastes even while being mindful of their image. I am glad that Prince and the Obamas had an interaction no matter how cynical you are.
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