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From The Room: Ten Questions That Must Be Asked of Obama Before He's Sworn In

November 21, 2008 - In order to make sure Barack Obama will not be a president like George W. Bush, there are ten urgent questions that he must be asked before he takes the oath of office. 1. Mr. Obama, if the biggest terrorist attack ever on American soil were to take place while...

From The Room: My America

November 11, 2008 - It's taken a week to digest that Barack Obama is actually my president. A week of trying to process a lifetime of cynicism and anger and disenfranchisement at the political process and the apathy of my fellow Americans and, sadly, myself. For my entire life, the America I believed...

From The Room: Obama Was Elected Last Tuesday: Where Are All the Ponies?

November 11, 2008 - We all know of the Big Kahuna's mighty exploits. He slew the Clintonian kraken and, yea verily, exorcised the spooky chain-rattling ghosts of Republicanism past. But that was, like, a week ago; what's he done for us lately? The euphoria of his electoral victory was all we...

From The Room: "The Tingle Effect": Thank You for Not Voting for Me

November 10, 2008 - As an American citizen and comedic candidate for the presidency on the "Humor for Humanity" ticket, it was with great pleasure and pride that on November 4th I watched, with literally billions of other people from Kansas to Kenya, as Barrack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United...

From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: A History Lesson for Day Six While Waiting for Jimmy Carter's Second Term to Begin

November 10, 2008 - I watched Barack Obama's first press conference several times over the weekend thanks to the miracle of You Tube. Before I get into the substance, or lack thereof, in this softball fest, let me make a few observations. Is "Mr. President-Elect" an official title? I went back to...

From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Day Three of Waiting for Jimmy Carter's Second Term to Begin

November 7, 2008 - I've been busy all day listening to my hunting and fishing buddies cry about the election. The way they are carrying on you'd think someone had run over their dog, wrecked their truck and short changed their mama. Here is my message to all my Vast Right Wing...

From The Room: Amazing Coincidences Between George W. Bush and Barack Obama

November 6, 2008 - Much has been made of the amazing coincidences between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. Now we have elected another president from Illinois and it's time to look at the... AMAZING COINCIDENCES BETWEEN GEORGE W. BUSH & BARACK OBAMA Barack Obama...Wouldn't appear on...

President Bush's legacy: President Obama

November 5, 2008 - American History majors rarely get the chance to experience American History in real time. Last night was like a gigantic episode of 24, but instead of Jack Bauer and a countdown clock, it had Wolf Blitzer and an electoral counter. Like Bauer, Obama solved big problems all in one day...