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Wow

Just, “Wow”. It’s been 8 years that I’ve been waiting for a President that I can be proud of.  That day has finally come.

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Posted by Maryc on Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 at 1:58 am.

20 Responses to “Wow”

I’ll admit it’s nice being able to capitalize the word “President” once again. It’s been hard to justify doing over the past several years…

Left by Thursday on January 21st, 2009

I remember thousands of Americans putting up websites and posting apologies to our international friends after the travesty of ’04. It’s a relief to leave that shame in the past.

Left by Toni on January 21st, 2009

Is the left margin screwed up for anybody else?

Left by Bill S on January 21st, 2009

I no longer feel like a stranger in a strange land. I can be patriotic again.

Left by Son of Strom on January 21st, 2009

Ahem: About goddam time!!!1!

Left by heydave on January 21st, 2009

Obama hasn’t really done much to make me proud of him yet, although putting all Bush’s last minute orders on hold is certainly a step in the right direction.

The people I’m proud of are the voters. I would have bet everything I owned that the USA would not elect a black President. I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to be proven wrong on this.

Left by Realist on January 21st, 2009

Um, maybe a Nazi salute is not the best choice of hand position for this picture.

Left by actor212 on January 21st, 2009

Is the left margin screwed up for anybody else?

Left by Bill S on January 21st, 2009

The left has been on the margin for eight years. Maybe it’s having trouble adjusting.

Left by actor212 on January 21st, 2009

It shows how good came come out of terrible Evil. Still, I’d rather the last 8 years hadn’t been the way they were. How can we ever make amends to the Iraqui’s and Afghanistan people, let alone the rest of the world?

Left by Kathy on January 21st, 2009

PS: Michelle Obama is beautiful! And so tall! And a brilliant lawyer to boot. No more “crazy eyes” (see princess sparkle pony) first lady!

Left by Kathy on January 21st, 2009

Nah. Sorry, Maryc. He’s still doing that Nazi salute thing in the new photo, too…

Left by actor212 on January 21st, 2009

I was mortally afraid that Bush/Cheney would pull a coupe at the last hour. I’m breathing easier than I’ve done in the past 8 years.

Left by Gappy on January 21st, 2009

I wouldn’t rule Cheney pulling something until they pry the gun out of his cold dead hands.

Left by acrannymint on January 21st, 2009

I don’t know how to articulate it either.”Wow” works.

Left by colleen golden on January 21st, 2009

Not to be a topper, but I’ve been waiting for a Prez I could be proud of since, since, well, the the mid-’50s, I have to admit.

Left by M. Bouffant on January 22nd, 2009

M.

Eisenhower? You were proud of Eisnehower????

Left by actor212 on January 22nd, 2009

I don’t think Cheney could pull a coupe, even with his wheelchair chained to it.

Left by heydave on January 22nd, 2009

Proud? What Realist said. However, I am much less ashamed of my country than I was.
And it is true that I am excited about my new President for the first time since, well, Jimmy Carter (I was young, and I was disappointed).
Now I’m old but even though I expect him to occasionally disappoint nothing he could do would be as bad as the last eight years.

Left by Weird Dave on January 23rd, 2009

‘Twasn’t Jimmy Carter who disappointed, it was the treasonous little shits like Chris whatsisface (that loud twat with the prime-time show on FUX or CNN) who played the odds AGAINST Jimmy, because Jimmy wouldn’t PLAY THE GAME like a good little boy and let the lobbyists and military-industrial complex rule the fucking world. You got a problem with Jimmy, go read Tip O’Neill’s biography. Even though they came from opposite ends of the Democratic spectrum, even the old ward-boss Tip respected the hell out of Jimmy Carter’s morals and couth.

Personally, I was holding my breath through the entire ceremony (and Actor, oh, for fuck’s sake, SHUT UP about the fucking pictures, he’s TAKING THE GAWDDAMNED OATH, that’s how he’s SUPPOSED to hold his hand up, you twink!), expecting Unca Dick to whip a modified AK-47 out of that utterly bogus wheelchair and blow off the back of Barry’s head. Seriously. I figured that that was the whole reason FOR the wheelchair ruse, honestly.

And as much as I despise the bimbos & himbos of the mass media for OBSESSING about Michelle’s CLOTHES and the designers, like that’s ALL THERE IS TO that amazing woman, I did notice one rather amusing sartorial statement: Thorazine Queen/Joker-Faced Pickles, stoned out of her fucking GOURD, with that fake simpering smile literally PLASTERED on her bondo/spackle-fixed face, wearing DULL GREY, whilst our new First Lady reigned supreme in THE most subtle, tasteful, but pointed shade of lemongrass GOLD.

Especially since we all know that if it were a true competition, Pickles The DUI Murderess wouldn’t even rate a BRONZE. I think that Michelle will do Rosalyn proud, and rise far above the Jackie-O obsessions of the media harlots who want to DECAPITATE HER into a fucking FASHION PLATE and nothing more. Hell, Ladybird would’ve made Laura look like the empty-headed pharma-junkie TWINK that she is, wouldn’t she.

Oh, and one last observation: Dumbya was drunk off of his ass, but STILL made a point of snubbing Big Dog when he reached PAST HIM to hug/fondle/paw people he LIKED, but the classic look on Bill Clinton’s face of “You pathetic little BITCH!”, delivered with such a wry smirk and a raised brow, was absofuckinglutely PRICELESS.

I wonder if Lynne will finally free herself of the bonds of Cheney slavery and come out of the closet now, as her “books” have portrayed her yearning, all of these long, painful years.

It’s not just that I’m no longer embarrassed by the guy who holds our highest job, it’s so fucking HEARTENING to see a man hold the gig who ACTUALLY GOES TO WORK, and of course without the whiny-little-bitch carping about how “HARD” that “WORK” is, y’know? One thing to TALK about “hard work,” another altogether to GET THE SHIT DONE.

I think that Barry will get the world to stop hating us, before it’s over. He’ll make this country something to admire again, as opposed to the sweatshop-legalized-slavery “guest worker” PSEUDO-EMPIRE of illiterate legacy brats who couldn’t find their ass with both hands and a map. And maybe, miracle of all miracles, after he’s restored the concept of HUMAN RIGHTS (he’s gotten off to a good start, by damn!), he’ll restore our economy with ACTUAL AMERICAN INDUSTRIES again. Stop bribing corporate whores to ship all of our jobs to the Dominican Republic, Mexico, China, et al., and then show them WHY union labor GETS THE WORK DONE BETTER. A woman can hope, right? No, I never drank the kool-aid, I never really LIKED the man until I saw him rush to his grandmother’s side, but what I’ve seen so far, I like immensely.

Now if he’ll just start work on those gallows on the East Lawn, I might fall in love…

Left by Anntichrist S. Coulter on January 24th, 2009

I’ll admit it’s nice being able to capitalize the word “President” once again. It’s been hard to justify doing over the past several years…

Amen, I heard that.

Left by Duros62 on January 26th, 2009

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