I don't know, I'm a little uncomfortable with Obama's speech last night

[Wetzelbill]

I mean he never even bothered to lie to us or anything. I sort of feel not violated. It's weird for me.

And that odd sense of elation I had while watching him speak. WTF was that?

I am vexed, terribly vexed.

[BlooInBloo]

1. He has betrayed us by not betraying us!!!!!

i KNEW it!!!!

[Wetzelbill]

3. I totally makes me not sick

:)

[babylonsister]

2. All these new sensations will take some getting used to.

I share your terrible vexation. :fistbump:

[BlooInBloo]

8. Love shouldn't hurt...

Oh - wait. It *doesn't*.

:rofl:

[genna]

32. LMAO!

Not only did it make me wince when I read it, then I did a double take and laughed & laughed & laughed.

[BlooInBloo]

34. :) One skill I have, if no other, is getting a reaction. :)

[Merlot]

4. Not cringing or holding your breath during a speech can be very liberating...

[kimmerspixelated]

5. I Know!

And he calls himself a politician???!!!

[JuniperLea]

6. When "the president" was introduced...

And Obama walked out, it was just weird, you know?

It's going to take a while.

I believed him... stranger still... and he made me happy too... just freaking bizarre!

[Wetzelbill]

10. that infomercial afterward was a little weird though

[JuniperLea]

12. Indeed...

I thought for a minute it was Palin doing a sex change commercial.

[bklyncowgirl]

14. Nah, Palin would never have worn that tie. nt

[JuniperLea]

23. Hahaha!

:rofl:

[DianeK]

17. love your sig line!

[JuniperLea]

22. Thanks!

I made that up shortly after the inauguration when Obama blew me out of the water and gently sat me back down on solid ground... and a guy in my office called him "the saviour" to which I replied, with a smile, "Oh, he's not the saviour! He just seems like it after the past 8 years!"

[Booster]

26. Hope you don't mind, but I borrowed your sig line.

:toast:

[vaberella]

7. As I've said...my shit barrel is fairly large and wide because of Bush

it's currently shrinking. thank god.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

9. Don't fret, the deficit projections are completely bogus

[bklyncowgirl]

11. I'm feeling very confused myself--I mean I was not tempted to throw something at the TV

This is very strange--Bush always drove me to hurl the nearest object at his smirking face.

Clinton, well despite the fact that I voted for him in the general elections, I always felt that I'd really rather have had one of his primary opponents--any of his primary opponants. It was only after the Monica Lewinsky affair that I began to warm to him. If the right wing hated him so much he had to have something going for him.

Reagan drove me nuts. Such a great speaker--such terrible policies. I never warmed to Carter until he became an ex-president.

Obama was my second choice (behind Bill Richardson--dodged a bullet on that one) but I voted for him with full confidence and hope. Watching him up there was a treat. Intelligent, forceful and exuding leadership.

At least it means I won't be stimulating the economy by having to purchase a new television.

[skeewee08]

13. This is definatley not the man I voted for, bring back the REAL President!

[Bake]

15. For 8 years I've become accustomed to throwing things at the TV

Screaming, cursing, etc. I didn't get to do that last night. Damn.

Bake

[HysteryDiagnosis]

16. And no mention of suspected (or proven) wmdz in Canada... how

strange that.

[Vinca]

18. He used sentences, too. Nouns and verbs together. Frightening. nt

[DevonRex]

30. And the subject-verb agreement was very unsettling. nt

[elizm]

19. Good one. I love it! :) nt

[grasswire]

20. the phrase of the evening.....

..."with COURAGE AND CANDOR"

That was transformative. At that moment, I could see balloons over the heads of Republicans, saying "oh shit".

[Arkana]

21. And it was all in English.

Plus, he didn't smile at inappropriate times or mangle his sentences to the point of being completely unintelligible. What's up with that?

[rucky]

24. I didn't even throw anything at the TV

weird.

[PatSeg]

25. I feel like I'm in some alternate reality

My middle finger isn't getting a regular workout these days. Yelled at Tom Delay a few times this afternoon this afternoon though!

[LanternWaste]

27. I'm certainly not used to these odd feelings of...

I'm certainly not used to these odd feelings of respect and admiration for the Office of the Presidency. And what kind of beer-drinking games can we play now-- Pres. Obama speaks clearly, eloquently, coherently, intelligibly... where in the heck is the fun in that? My gosh-- he doesn't even make up his own words!

[avaistheone1]

28. Clean coal is a big misnomer.

There is no such thing as clean coal. The burning of coal seriously contributes to global warming, and the process of cleaning produces even more pollutants. I don't know Obama could have spit that one out of his mouth. :shrug:

[DevonRex]

29. I didn't have to run from the room in embarrassment even once. What's up

with that? I used to get a lot of exercise, running away from Bush, running to find the remote to change the channel or just getting so angry that I cleaned my entire house in like 2 hours.

Goodness, now I'll have to go to the gym.

[Berry Cool]

31. I know what you mean.

He was a little too awesome for me.

And he never said "September the 11th" or "young democracy in Iraq" or "It's hard work" or "nucular" even once.

It was disorienting.

[The Hope Mobile]

33. Just the fact that I wanted to watch it at all . . . was new again.

:toast: :bounce: