Obama is a Mentsch.

[Betsy Ross]

Could * hold this presser?

[annabanana]

1. He sure as hell is no scaredy-cat! I have never seen him

shy away from what might be an "uncomfortable" situation.

[tabatha]

2. He is also class personified.

[Arkana]

3. Inviting Crowley to the WH for a beer?

Interesting solution, but watch it actually work.

[FrenchieCat]

4. I think it is a great idea!

However, if the cop refuse, that would be sad.

[Hutzpa]

6. He said the cop says

its a good idea and would talk to Prof Gates for an appropriate time to do it.

Which tells me, they have already agreed its a good idea.

[latebloomer]

5. Betsy, no offense, but you ain't no Jew

It's spelled "mensch".

Sorry, couldn't help it. :D

[Betsy Ross]

7. I am a Jew. Didn't want to spell it in hebrew characters, which I can do.

There are different ways to transliterate yiddish, but I'll concede to you.

[latebloomer]

10. Oh- you don't look Jewish!

And your name is kind of goyische, too!:o

[Betsy Ross]

13. Who knew!?!

Betsy Ross: seamstress for the revolution. Picked the nick when I was doing a lot of textile things for the ReDefeat Bush campaign.

[Behind the Aegis]

11. Is it because it is spelled with a tzadeh?

It's been so long since I have written Hebrew or Yiddish, I have become more accustomed to the Americanized version of Yiddish words.

[BklynChick]

8. my mother said the same thing this morning.

[Blue_Roses]

9. dammit, now I have to go and get the dictionary

:argh:

[boppers]

12. Mensch=Human, in the best sense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensch

[alcibiades_mystery]

14. In German

:-)