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Barack Obama already (further) tarnishing Bush legacy
January 22, 2009 - Why, Barack Obama, aren't you just the sassiest! On his very first day in office the new president is already breaking some of his predecessor's long-standing rules. President Obama was spotted behind his Oval Office desk without wearing a jacket, a definite no-no in the Bush...
Advice from a failure
January 21, 2009 - In the grand tradition of...uh, tradition, outgoing president George W. Bush left something for Barack Obama on the Oval Office desk. And no, it wasn't a steaming pile of excrement. It was note wishing the new president well and offering some advice on life in the White House...
How to speak Orrectly during the Obama era
November 21, 2008 - The Obama era has begun. And in addition to inspiring a lot of horrible celebrity Wil.I.Videos, the election has spawned a huge number of neologisms (an SAT word we remember and never got to use until now; still waiting for the right moment for "truculent"). There was "Obamacons...Filed under: Obama jargon, Obama catch phrases, Obama buzz words, Obama language, Obama terms, Barack Obama jargon, Barack Obama presidential language, Obama phrases, Obama catch-phrase, Obama new terms, Obama new jargon, Obama presidential jargon, Obama election phrases, Obama election quotes, Obama election jargon, Obama election terms, Obama presidential terms, Obama new language, Barack Obama, President-elect Obama, President Barack Obama
PED (Post-election depression) is real, and in this case, untreatable
November 8, 2008 - Tuesday night's results were thrilling, and the ensuing three days so breathtaking (Rahm Emanuel, maybe Bobby Kennedy Jr., "Mutt like me") that we weren't prepared for our current depression. Barack Obama is better than us. We've analyzed our lives from every possible angle, and from no vantage...
From The Room: A New Beginning
November 5, 2008 - These United States are confronted with an economic affliction of great proportions. It crushes the struggling young and the fixed-income elderly alike. It threatens to shatter the lives of millions of our people. Idle industries have cast workers into unemployment, human misery, and personal indign...
From The Room: Hope Lives
November 5, 2008 - How thrilling to hear our new leader speak tonight. What a reminder how powerful words can be. How they can restore hope. and change the world. I had two brushes with racism when i was growing up. One was in high school when my name and "nigger lover" were carved...
From The Room: 10 Reasons Why I'm Glad Barack Obama Won
November 5, 2008 - 10. Sarah Palin goes back to Alaska. 9. White Supremacists are feeling a little less cocky. 8. Seeing Jessie Jackson cry. 7. I know my $25 campaign contribution put him over the top. 6. The phrase, "Yes We Can!" is now replaced by "Yes We Did!" 5. Better music will...
From The Room: Anyone Want to Buy a House in Manitoba?
November 5, 2008 - This ruins everything, eh? I've spent the last several months establishing a new identity. Enrolled my children in the Manitoba school system, got my Canadian National Health Card, dug the well for my self-sustainable lifestyle, forged a new passport, became quite proficient at Curling, filled my cl...
From The Room: Election Sex
November 5, 2008 - While Barack Obama promised hope for so many who have so long had none, there is one large segment of the population who has already had their hopes realized last night with the election of the first African-American president. I'm talking about married men, albeit, Democratic married men...
From The Room: Obama's Plan to Serve Humankind Decoded...IT'S A COOKBOOK!
November 5, 2008 - Dateline: Washington DC, January 20, 2009 (around dinner time) -- A team of lobbyist/pundits from the American Enterprise Institute, working feverishly throughout inauguration day to transcribe reality into something with which they are more familiar, has concluded that President Ba...
From The Room: Liveblogging Volunteering for the Obama Campaign in a Battleground State
November 5, 2008 - Saturday, Nov. 1 Arrive in Alexandria, VA. I'm told this is a battleground state. I've worn an old-timey Viking helmet just in case. I meet the other volunteers and quickly size up which ones won't mind some good-natured sexual harassment. (Most are fine with it...
From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Sour Grapes and a Little Whine
November 5, 2008 - Members of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy send their official congratulations to our "Enlightened Progressive" friends. As a right wing nut jobs I am going to bed early. As soon as Pennsylvania went down I knew it was over. I am starting a new drinking game, every time a liberal...
From The Room: The View from Union Square, NY
November 5, 2008 - Tuesday night I was returning from the airport to Manhattan in a cab driven by a Hatian cab driver just at 11pm when the election was called for Obama. He began screaming, honking the horn, and yelling out the window "O-BA-MA!!!" He said, "Man, you don't know...
From The Feed: Homer Simpon versus the Republican machine
October 2, 2008 - If John McCain becomes President, Homer Simpson will die...Filed under: Election 2008, John McCain, President John McCain, President McCain, McCain 08, McCain Palin 08, Barack Obama, Hope for Change, Obama, Obama 08, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Homer Simpson, the Simpsons, Homer for Obama, Homer in the tank for Obama, Homer Simpson votes for Obama, Homer votes for Obama, Politics and the Simpsons
From The Feed: Obama Jam For All You Weekend Warriors
September 19, 2008 - Reverend James David Manning gave a sermon trashing Obama as a 'mack daddy'. Little-known DJ 'Graphic Mack' took the Reverend's inflammatory words and turned them into a geeky dance-party for Obama...
