He Gives Good Speeches.

[David Zephyr]

Give him his credit. He does that well.

[MrCoffee]

1. That is true.

[golddigger]

2. "Let me clear"...I just love that line.

[David Zephyr]

25. Don't overlook that he pronounces the word "nuclear" perfectly.

He's never pronounced it wrong. Not even once.

[jgraz]

29. I always expect him to follow it with "I am not gay, I never HAVE been gay."

[golddigger]

95. Yep!

Also I might add, I forgot to put a sarcasm tag on my last post.

[slackmaster]

3. And he's kind to animals

:hide:

[David Zephyr]

22. It seems that way.

That gives me great solace.

[jgraz]

30. You mean the Republicans?

[bvar22]

45. He is kind to them too.

He goes to great lengths not to upset them.

[David Zephyr]

59. The Bible says "Turn the other cheek"

This he has done.

This is turning out to be a very positive thread.

I'm proud of all my fellow progressives. We really can be magnanimous in our defeat.

If we seek out the good, we are bound to find it.

[Skittles]

4. ya, the man does give a purty speech

[David Zephyr]

12. That takes talent.

Nobody does it better, as Carly Simon sang.

[otohara]

67. It does

not too many can pull off a speech like the man we elected.

But you're not really complimenting him on his ability to give great speeches, are you?

[bigwillq]

Yes, he does (nt)

[snagglepuss]

5. He's laid back. Doesn't get too riled about anything.

[David Zephyr]

10. No drama.

That's a good thing, too.

[snagglepuss]

40. No action.

[tblue]

6. Did you read his bio?

That's what he did in Chicago, too.

I used to enjoy his speeches, when I thought he'd back them up. "I am gonna overturn DADT." "I may not be the first....but I am determined to be the last."

But this is what really turned me off:

"There are those on the left who believe that the only way to fix the system is through a single-payer system like Canada’s, where we would severely restrict the private insurance market and have the government provide coverage for everyone. On the right, there are those who argue that we should end the employer-based system and leave individuals to buy health insurance on their own.

I have to say that there are arguments to be made for both approaches. But either one would represent a radical shift that would disrupt the health care most people currently have. Since health care represents one-sixth of our economy, I believe it makes more sense to build on what works and fix what doesn’t, rather than try to build an entirely new system from scratch."

When he showed as much disdain for the Left as he did for the Right, I cut bait.

Don't speech at me, Mr. President. Speech at Joe Lieberman!

[David Zephyr]

24. Less than a year and he's learned to triangulate. Fast learner.

Impressing.

[QC]

32. I think he could give Bill Clinton triangulation lessons. n/t

[Mari333]

7. heh. knr

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

8. and he's charming.........

[David Zephyr]

17. He certainly charmed me.

Let's just face it, he's got it.

[stray cat]

9. Given the choice of candidates in the primary and general election I would not change my choice

[begin_within]

11. Yeah, but talk is cheap.

[SammyWinstonJack]

72. Money talks bullshit walks

[onethatcares]

13. he has parties on Wednesday evenings

to loosen things up.

I sure am glad for that, wouldn't want anyone worrying or anything negative you know.

[David Zephyr]

20. That's a great improvement right there over the last administration.

Thanks for pointing this critical difference out to all.

Credit to whom it is due, after all.

[QC]

14. He likes to play basketball. n/t

[David Zephyr]

16. And he's very good at it.

I like that. He's athletic. And rather good looking, too.

[QC]

21. I love his sunglasses. n/t

[Catshrink]

15. He has two beautiful children -- and a very cool dog.

[RainDog]

18. He seems very personable. n/t

[AllentownJake]

19. He has soft hands and is tall nt.

[David Zephyr]

27. Soft hands, yes. But in a most manly, non GLBT manner, of course.

Soft hands, but manly enough to know better than to lift one finger to hold a pen to sign a directive to end the dischargements of GLBT soldiers and Marines or to push Congress to pass ENDA or to stop DADT.

Soft hands, but strong enough fingers to point the Justice Department to fight to overturn court won rights of a gay couple for federal worker domestic partnership rights.

Soft hands, but manly. Hands that his Pastor Rick Warren would approve of.

[AllentownJake]

28. I meant literally, when I shook his hand last year, I said wow he has soft hands

Though, I don't disagree with your rant.

[tonysam]

36. He does. I also shook hands with him several times during

the campaign.

[avaistheone1]

23. He does look like his mother.

I think she is attractive.

[jillan]

26. He looks good without a shirt.

[Raine]

31. Yes and he has a lovely wife, two terrific daughters and

the cutest dog imaginable.

[QC]

33. He likes pie. n/t

[David Zephyr]

73. Sweet potato pie.

I like it, too.

I had an uncle who told me, "David, never trust a man who doesn't like sweet potato pie."

[HughMoran]

34. Davids daily "5 minutes hate"

It's like clockwork.

Good job, mate.

[Bobbie Jo]

37. More like tag team wrestling.

Must be his turn. :eyes:

[HughMoran]

39. You noticed that huh?

These haters are funny in their own predictable way.

[David Zephyr]

41. OXOXOXOX

This is a 100% positive thread. No hate here.

I was always told to accentuate the positive.

Find the good.

There's a lot of it as the thread shows.

You should take cheer in this.

And happy holidays to you and your loved ones, HM, from the entire Zephyr family.

[HughMoran]

42. Oh, c'mon captain snark

Don't try to play me bro.

[Toasterlad]

51. Some People Just Can't Take Well-Wishes.

[Jamastiene]

97. You are too kind.

That's the first feeling of holiday cheer I have had this year. I'm so glad you started this wonderfully positive thread. It has truly cheered me up. :hug:

[Le Taz Hot]

98. Listen to Hugh, man.

You can't play him. He's a quick 'un.

[tonysam]

35. He's not in the league with Mario Cuomo.

Cuomo is the gold standard by which orators are judged.

[David Zephyr]

102. Yes, but Mario never had a catchy slogan like "yes, we can"

or even better, "fired up and read to go".

Those were terrific.

[bridgit]

38. Well...yeah, sometimes/always too professorial, measured & lawyerly but hey!

I am but an insignificant cog in a slow tic-toc-tic'ing wheel :)

[phasma ex machina]

43. I'm a face on a tooth of a gear. My face gets smashed all of the time

but the pols tell me it's for my own good.

[bridgit]

44. Do I ever hear'ya talk'n

:toast:

[bvar22]

46. Snappy dresser too.

Has good taste in women.

There's a lot to like about this guy.

[David Zephyr]

78. Much better than George Bush.

That's an improvement.

It's the little things that count.

[ProSense]

47. And he has the most transparent administration in history

CREW AND OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SETTLE LAWSUIT OVER MISSING BUSH WHITE HOUSE EMAILS:

14 Dec 2009 // Washington, D.C. - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and the National Security Archive (NSA) reached a final settlement of their long-running lawsuits challenging the failure of the Bush White House and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to take any action after confronted with evidence that millions of emails had gone missing from Bush White House servers over a two and one-half year period. The lawsuits followed CREW’s revelation in April 2008 that the White House had discovered the problem in the fall of 2005. Nevertheless, the Bush White House failed to recover or restore the missing emails and knowingly continued to use a broken system for preserving electronic records.

Under the terms of the settlement, the Executive Office of the President (EOP) will restore a total of 94 days of missing emails, which will then be sent to NARA for preservation and eventual access under either the Presidential Records Act or the Federal Records Act. The dates for restoration were chosen based on email volume and external events because there simply was not enough money to restore all the missing emails. In addition, the EOP will continue to provide CREW and the NSA with records documenting the missing email problem, the response of the Bush White House to that problem, and the options the Bush White House considered for preserving electronic records, but inexplicably rejected.

To date, the Obama White House has produced thousands of pages of documents relating to these issues, all of which CREW has posted on www.governmentdocs.org . Finally, the EOP will be providing a publicly releasable description of the system it now uses to manage and preserve electronic records, including its email archiving and backup systems. CREW and the NSA will then dismiss their lawsuits.

Documents produced so far show the Bush White House was lying when officials claimed no emails were ever missing. The record now proves incontrovertibly that Bush administration officials deliberately ignored the problem and, in fact, knowingly allowed it to worsen. Some questions remain unanswered. Why, after the Office of Administration told then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers about the problem and presented her with a plan to restore the emails, did she do nothing? Why did the White House abandon -- at the last minute -- a system it had developed to manage and preserve electronic records, despite having spent millions to create it? Did the Bush White House properly respond to requests for records from the Department of Justice and Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald during the investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson’s covert CIA identity?

Melanie Sloan, CREW’s Executive Director, said, “We may never know exactly what happened to all the missing emails, and which Bush administration officials were involved in the coverup, but we do know the American public never got the full story.” After the Obama administration produces all the promised records, CREW will release a report, providing as much detail as possible. Sloan continued, “The Obama administration, which inherited the lawsuits and the dysfunctional White House email system, has done a terrific job straightening out the mess. Thanks to the Obama White House, a critical part of our nation’s missing history will be restored. This is yet another example of the administration living up to its promise of accountability and transparency.”

[jgraz]

49. Yeah, you can barely see it.

[ProSense]

55. I think you see it.

Otherwise you wouldn't be obsessing over it as much.

I love all the posts about how Obama isn't leading or how he is weak, and yet he's got the majority, in and out of Congress, advancing or supporting his policies.

[bvar22]

79. LOL.

So transparent you can barely see it!

Oh MAN....GOOD ONE!
DUzy worthy!

:patriot:

[WT Fuheck]

48. He talks purty.

and he is real good at not quite saying anything.

[SammyWinstonJack]

76. +1

:thumbsup:

[Incitatus]

50. I'd like to have a beer with him.

[David Zephyr]

58. And so would I.

Beer diplomacy. It's brilliant.

[Toasterlad]

52. He Takes His Wife On Dates.

[David Zephyr]

71. I confess. I like that quality.

See, Toasterlad. We progressives can be very generous and positive. Happy holidays to you.

[Toasterlad]

105. And To You!

[Lorien]

53. He looks great in a suit. nt

[Blasphemer]

54. and he's a good father.... nt

[otohara]

56. What Have You All Done Lately

to make our world a better place?

[jgraz]

57. You mean besides criticizing a president who's doing a piss-poor job?

I've actually done quite a bit lately, but I think participating in democracy ranks right up there.

[otohara]

60. Pile It On

this isn't participating in democracy, it's name calling and freeper like behavior, but it appears to make many on DU feel better?

Seriously and entire thread mocking him for taking his wife out, being a good father and all the other snarky remarks is not constructive nor is it participating in democracy in any meaningful way.

[jgraz]

63. See, you don't get to decide what democracy is for everyone else.

If I had my way, participatory democracy wouldn't include fawning posts about how dreamy our new corporatist-in-chief is. But I don't get my way and neither do you.

[otohara]

77. You Must Feel Rather Foolish

voting for this terrible man.

You should have listened to the Republicans, Rush, Beck, ... they warned us and called him many of the same names before the election.

The mocked him, made fun of the purty speeches.

Rush was right, we, the so-called "elite liberals" were duped by this charlatan.

[jgraz]

81. If you can't tell the difference between the left and right wing, you really should avoid politics

And yes, a lot of us feel foolish for buying Obama's line of BS. Not as foolish as you'll feel when you finally wake up, but foolish nonetheless.

[otohara]

85. Ohh....When I Finally Wake Up

you must think I'm a cheerleader, fawning - no, no, no.

I'm very upset about the health bill - but, I won't stoop to calling the man names and mocking him for being a good husband, father.

[David Zephyr]

65. I must ask you to keep it positive.

Take that venom somewhere else.

I don't want to ruin this lovely thread at the holiday season.

[David Zephyr]

62. Please. This is a positive thread.

.

[jgraz]

66. Sorry, David. I'll post something positive.

Um...

He hasn't shot anyone in the face.

:shrug:

[David Zephyr]

70. See, that was easy. I'm proud of you, jgraz.

I hadn't thought of that: he hasn't shot anyone in the face!

And happy holidays!

[otohara]

82. Yes, And I'm Michele Obama

Me and Barack, we're so good, we duped a whole bunch of smart folks into believing he was perfect.

Joke's on you.

[QC]

87. You have wonderful arms! n/t

[Toasterlad]

106. That Was Fucking FUNNY.

:thumbsup:

[ruggerson]

90. Can you give us the lowdown on Oprah and Gayle?

[otohara]

91. He Duped Them Too

and now they are furious with him because he hasn't done enough for Talk Show Hosts.

[Cleita]

61. Ronald Reagan gave fabulous speeches. I didn't go for them but a lot

of otherwise liberal people that I knew got sucked in with his siren's call. This is one of the reason I wasn't sold on Obama.

[David Zephyr]

69. Well, he told us Reagan was a "transformative president" in one of his wonderful speeches.

Cleita, I've known you too long. You can do it. Say something nice.

It's the holidays. Do it for me.

[Cleita]

74. Obama gives great speeches.

Happy holidays David. :toast:

[saltpoint]

64. One of many gifts, virtues, and strengths.

One of many.

[SammyWinstonJack]

68. That is all I will give him.

x(

[Imagevision]

75. Yes, He Gives Good Speeches however actions do speak louder then his words like,

not allowing an investigation into the previous administration for war crimes. Obama, claims no good can come from investigations? poppycock!

[highplainsdem]

80. Usually, when he avoids pomposities like "my labors on the world stage"

and the comments making it all too obvious that he views himself as this century's FDR.

You get the impression that when he isn't writing those speeches, he's working on more books about himself and his legacy. And he just has to get through these pesky years in office and make sure there's something or other called a health care reform bill - exact details not important - that he can tell us is the most important legislation since Social Security.

He has a wonderful family, though.

[burning rain]

83. He isn't much of a church-goer.

.

[QC]

86. Until it comes to gay stuff--then he remembers the Lord's teachings. Glory! n/t

[bvar22]

84. Oh. and don't forget, Obama is CLEAN!!!

Joe Biden says so.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

88. This is starting to get sickening.

[otohara]

93. Ain't It Though?

Stooping to new lows and calling it democracy.

[onethatcares]

94. no one said this thread was about democracy, and besides

we are a representative republic, leaning towards an oligarcy, or corporatist state.

If'n it was a democracy, our votes would count the same as the votes of the banksters and health insurance ceos, but alas, it's not to be.

We are listing the postives of the administration, and I'd like to add one more.

At least he didn't send 100k more troops to Afganistan in time for Christmas.:thumbsup:

[David Zephyr]

101. I hadn't considered that: he's ordering only 30,000 troops there. He could have sent more.

It's encouraging when we look at the good side of things.

[moondust]

89. You have correctly spelled all those words.

I give you credit. Good job.

[salguine]

92. They're only good as long as you keep believing them. Once you realize

they're full of bullshit, they're not so stirring or uplifting anymore.

[David Zephyr]

104. Be nice.

We've come to praise Caesar.

[earth mom]

96. And he's proven that talk is cheap. nt

[Le Taz Hot]

99. He's never even once

choked on a pretzel.

[KG]

100. he's money from the 3-point line.

[Echo In Light]

103. And that lookin' - good lip service is all that counts in dim-bulb America

[Blue_In_AK]

107. And he has a disarming smile.

You've got to admit, that smile lights up a room.

[ShortnFiery]

108. I can't even watch him speak. However, different from Bush, I just become DEPRESSED.

What a waste of a person with such high intelligence.

President Obama sadly ... lacks "Elvis." :(

[IndianaGreen]

109. and so does Tony Robbins

Is there a future career as a motivational speaker for Obama after he retires from politics?