President Obama was spotted in Provence and Italy. It confirms he has "taste".
Nevertheless...America today needs consoling and reassuring. Nobody is better suited than the former president to reach out. Unfortunately he appears to be out of reach lately, while the country finds itself in a collective meltdown. He alone is suited to convey the message that the current American occultation can be rolled back.
In the absence of a leader of the opposition, Americans need at least to hope that their choice is more than just a raffle between the same old candidates and pretenders who might be ahead of their time.
People in search of reassurance might feel lost, seeing the former president in a too-gilded distance, while the country is in free-fall. They want their stolen emotions returned--the image of Aylan Kurdi, drowned in the Mediterranean, was traumatizing. Now we come face to face with the deaths of Oscar and Valeria in the Rio Grande, next door. Help us out!
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