You all know the revisionist version of the Lucy & the Football cartoon--

[Jackpine Radical]

the one in which the Repubicans play Lucy to Obama's Charlie Brown--

Well, I think the cartoon is exactly on the mark, except that we, the common people of the Republic who voted for Obama, are playing Charlie to Obama's Lucy.

[bullwinkle428]

1. This exact thought crossed my mind last week - I just didn't have the stones to post it.

K&R.

[eleny]

2. it makes me feel like such a maroon

[Jackpine Radical]

9. Me too. I'll feel even dumber

when I find myself voting for him again in 2012.

[mikelgb]

3. Spot on.

[vi5]

4. Absolutely N/T

[mikelgb]

5. but the football is so shiny

And I REALLY think that he will let us kick this time

[RufusTFirefly]

6. But, but, but he was named Marketer of the Year in 2008 by Advertising Age!

That meant he just had to be awesome!!

Barack Obama: Adaptable Team Stays on Message While Using Social Networking to Build Voter Roles

Next you're going to try to convince me that drinking Bud won't automatically turn me into a babe magnet or that my brand-new PF Flyers aren't going to help me run faster and jump higher.

[Jackpine Radical]

7. Geez--I was WONDERING what was causing that.

Maybe I'll have to cut down a little on the bud.

Oh. DRINKING Bud. Nevermind.

[RufusTFirefly]

8. Haha. If it's not the drinking kind of bud, that might just work!

... assuming you're willing to share. Tends to attract all sorts of friends.