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Oh, Orlando. Last night

Bluesplashy — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:48:07 +0000

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Oh, Orlando. Last night before I fell asleep I thought about what you said about Bush and bellicose. I had to laugh because I knew exactly how Bush would look like. Then I had to stop laughing because I realized it is not a good thing for the american public to be so familar with the puzzled face of our president because we saw it sooooooooo many times.

So, the new DMS is coming out, will they have Post-Bush-Trauma listed? What will the symtoms be? And will Genghis be able to bring us a visual on that?

I had the same reaction when

acanuck — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:40:13 +0000

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I had the same reaction when Obama said he hoped Iran would "reciprocate." And then, to my surprise, didn't look into the camera with a smirk, touchingly proud that he'd gotten all four syllables in the correct order.

Nickolas at HuffPo did the math on the press conference answers:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-nickolas/obamas-press-conf-answers_b_165467.html

It is a stark contrast to the

Orlando — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:59:17 +0000

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It is a stark contrast to the last eight years, that's for sure. And even Clinton, although I do think he cared about the American people on a much more real level than Bush, had a little too much fun playing the political games.

My favorite moment of the press conference? When he used the word "bellicose." My cousin, with whom I was watching, imagined the look on Bush's face at home in Texas, trying to figure out what Obama was talking about.

Gosh darn it. I heard the

Bluesplashy — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:10:00 +0000

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Gosh darn it. I heard the presser last night, not his talk, but reading your post this morning I started tearing up again. I am overcome with emotion at the idea of a President that operates from the basic premise that government is supposed to work for the people. Not for the egos of congresspersons, not for the weathly top 10% or to mail out welfare checks to the bottom 10% - it works for the people and is responsible to the people. Government people are not supposed to lie to the people, steal from the people, or ignore the people. This concept has been long forgotten by the people at least since Lee Atwater racheted up the ugly talk in politics - and all three parties decided it was more fun to fling crap than work (that is the republicans, democrats and MSM). Sitting here this morning I am so grateful I have been fortunate enough to live to see this because I am one of those people.

Thank you for posting Orlando.

I like this! Especially the

AM — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:08:45 +0000

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I like this! Especially the last paragraph. When I was listening to our intelligent, clear-thinking and caring president speak on tv tonight it was just hitting me how grateful I am that we worked so hard during the campaign. I was thinking about the euphoria of election night wearing off and realizing that this is the good part, this is the part we were working for... In spite of how bad things are it is still refreshing to have this guy as president!