Our 44th president, Barack Obama

[RGMike]

speaking of the Inauguration, EVERYBODY wants Ree-Ree's hat:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/shopping_blog/2009/01/thousands-of-or.html

Nothing, and I mean nothing, can eclipse that woman's bosom. I don't care how many rhinestones you put on it.

[RGMike]

Da Prez gots game:

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/01/28/1769658.aspx

[RGMike]

OK, this was news to me and I somehow missed it until now: Toby Keith -- Democrat? Obama Supporter? Well, not exactly. He said some nice things in August:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/19/toby-keith-praises-obama_n_119930.html

Then in October he announced he was switching his registration from Dem to Independent, while saying nice things about (of course) Sarah Palin:

http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1596198/toby-keith-registering-as-independent-voter.jhtml

But the WTF aspect of this whole thing is: he'd been a Democrat all this time? He waited until a month before the 2008 election to switch?  Huh?

[urth]

OK, this was news to me and I somehow missed it until now: Toby Keith -- Democrat? Obama Supporter? Well, not exactly. He said some nice things in August:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/19/toby-keith-praises-obama_n_119930.html

Then in October he announced he was switching his registration from Dem to Independent, while saying nice things about (of course) Sarah Palin:

http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1596198/toby-keith-registering-as-independent-voter.jhtml

But the WTF aspect of this whole thing is: he'd been a Democrat all this time? He waited until a month before the 2008 election to switch?  Huh?

That reads like he was just trying to be on the winning side. Either that or his declaration of his Democraticness was causing some revolt in his fanbase (see also, to a greater degree: Dixie Chicks) and he needed some damage control.

[RGMike]

OK, this was news to me and I somehow missed it until now: Toby Keith -- Democrat? Obama Supporter? Well, not exactly. He said some nice things in August:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/19/toby-keith-praises-obama_n_119930.html

Then in October he announced he was switching his registration from Dem to Independent, while saying nice things about (of course) Sarah Palin:

http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1596198/toby-keith-registering-as-independent-voter.jhtml

But the WTF aspect of this whole thing is: he'd been a Democrat all this time? He waited until a month before the 2008 election to switch?  Huh?

That reads like he was just trying to be on the winning side. Either that or his declaration of his Democraticness was causing some revolt in his fanbase (see also, to a greater degree: Dixie Chicks) and he needed some damage control.

Given his willingness to appear on Colbert's show and (seemingly) parody himself, he's either shrewdly playing a part for the money or else he's dumber than a box o' rocks.

BTW, I wasn't aware until this week of the Dan Rooney/Barack Obama story -- Obama had said that he was rooting for the Steelers prior to the game (presidents usually remain neutral), and it turns out that their owner, Rooney, despite being a dyed-in-the-wool Republican, was a big Obama supporter, he was completely enraptured by O when he watched his speech the night of the Iowa caucuses.

[urth]

Obama may have to make a Supreme Court appointment sooner than we thought. Ruth Bader Ginsburg has pancreatic cancer. Early stages, but that one is pretty virulent.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/05/national/w100755S39.DTL&tsp=1

And she does not look good in the pic with that article.

[princessofcairo]

And she does not look good in the pic with that article.

When has she ever?

[RGMike]

And she does not look good in the pic with that article.

When has she ever?

OUCH!

(well, at least there's ONE woman over 50 the princess doesn't find attractive... LOL!)

[princessofcairo]

And she does not look good in the pic with that article.

When has she ever?

OUCH!

(well, at least there's ONE woman over 50 the princess doesn't find attractive... LOL!)

Ha! Touchée.

[Gazoo]

And she does not look good in the pic with that article.

When has she ever?

I just learned this week that the thing she wears around her neck is called a jabot:

[SFGuy]

And she does not look good in the pic with that article.

When has she ever?

I just learned this week that the thing she wears around her neck is called a jabot:

She looks like an older version of Bebe Neuwirth's character on Cheers, Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane.

[ggould]

watching the speech, digging the energy, hoping against hopelessness that the people will demand non-partisan behavior

[RGMike]

watching the speech, digging the energy, hoping against hopelessness that the people will demand non-partisan behavior

Did ya see Jindal's rebuttal? What an oily, unctious character he is. They left Olbermann's mic on and you could hear him mutter "oh jeez..." or something similar as Jindal walked into view.  LOL!

[ggould]

watching the speech, digging the energy, hoping against hopelessness that the people will demand non-partisan behavior

Did ya see Jindal's rebuttal? What an oily, unctious character he is. They left Olbermann's mic on and you could hear him mutter "oh jeez..." or something similar as Jindal walked into view.  LOL!

I was watching PBS, and Mark Shields, the normal conservative, thought Jindal was a disaster!

[mshray]

watching the speech, digging the energy, hoping against hopelessness that the people will demand non-partisan behavior

Did ya see Jindal's rebuttal? What an oily, unctious character he is. They left Olbermann's mic on and you could hear him mutter "oh jeez..." or something similar as Jindal walked into view.  LOL!

the comment was "Oh God", and now they think it was Chris Matthews who uttered it.  You can vote for who you think it is on Huffington Post.

Jindal has been touted by the Republicans ever since Obama's victory seemed likely.  Their thinking being that 'if the time is right for a president of color, then we better get one ourselves'.