It was reported tonight, however, that BO may be saying, “Do as I say and not as I do”. This was in reference to O sitting in the oval office in his shirt sleeves. When asked about this, Axelrod supposedly said, “Hey, this guy’s from Hawaii and he likes it warm. He also likes the thermostat on high.”

Somebody needs to tell him to put on his jacket and turn the thermostat down to go along with his “greener” White House that he promised, as well as save fuel and cut costs. I’m afraid we have someone trying to act grown up but isn’t.

But when you feel up to it, I look forward to any stories you want to share in honor of the fuzzy guy.

Buster can live in all of our memories.

{{{HUGS}}}

I knew he had been adamant that he would not run as the AA candidate – never mentioning race at all. But, did he ever lay it on with that victory speech: “They said it couldn’t be done” in his best MLK voice with perfect MLK cadence. I kept wondering who “they” were.

Aside from my gripping disappointment that Hillary had not prevailed in Iowa, I was very struck by O suddenly becoming the black candidate. He also reminded me of Oprah and the way she can lapse into that southern dialect, but she is usually kidding. This was no joke for what appeared to be a modern, if sudden, civil rights leader – well, at least on this and subsequent victory nights.

The following day, he would slide right back into his non-ethnic identity. However, he wasn’t above allowing all the race-baiting going on around him, thanks to his race-baiting team led by JJJr. O would even sometimes defend the person being charged as a ‘racist’ to throw everybody off – like Bill Clinton and others. What a fraud!

Re Clinton’s. Maybe a key difference is their approach to power. Bill and Hillary see power as a sort of fertilizier – you spread it around people to help them grow. Barack and Nancy see government as a trellis and power as string. First you control where and how people grow then you dole out just enough string to lash them in place and keep them dependent on that trellis. Barack is still figuring out how to put together his king size trellis and he keeps worrying about accumulating more string.

And yes, I would love to know what Hillary would have done. But I do think she maybe in the place she needs to be. As much as it is going to be rough here, there are many places around the world where it will be devastating. And avoiding multiple wars etc. while every one works through this pain is going to take the utmost skill.

resting his way into crossing over

Cats often seem to know something we don’t about exactly how to make this journey. Graceful and courageous.

I don’t mean disrepect, but I just get tired of people saying he’s not a Texan. I’ve lived here all my life, and trust me…not a fan of any of the Bushes…

He was born in 1946 – moved to Texas in 1948. Poppy became the big oil guy. Jr went to school in Texas, but went to high school and college out of state. Bet he had to pay out of state tuition.

After Yale, he came back to Texas for his famous legendary stint (and well documented I might add) in the Texas National Guard. (snark)

He’s been here since the early 70s. How long does someone have to live in Texas to be a Texan? I would guess he’s spent much more of his life living in Texas than anywhere else.

Maybe after 8 years of Bush, most Americans felt like exhausted children who just wanted a savior, and if the savior looked cool and told them what they wanted to hear, that was good enough.

Some of us, though, have been through too many elections and Presidents and Congresses, and we know that it takes a tough, savvy, experienced person to do the job. First, that person has to KNOW so very much about the workings of a massively huge government and ALL the key issues around the world. Second, that person has to have a team at the ready with the same requisite experience (a hint that Obama didn’t, and had to draw on people he didn’t know very well at all — so he not only has to lead and confer, but he has to get to know all of these people too, whereas Hillary would have had a team she’d known intimately for years and would have — as she said — been on the job Day One.

I’d LOVE to know what kind of stimulus package Hillary would have fashioned.

First, i think she probably might have had an epic battle with Nancy Pelosi, who is exactly the WRONG kind of person when we have national crises and need bipartisan cooperation. Pelosi is far too partisan, too divisive, and too in love with her “pet” projects.

Nancy knew that too. I remember SO MANY of our readers here writing, during the primaries, that they suspected Nancy Pelosi was doing everything she could to undermine Hillary’s candidacy. Nancy wanted to run the show herself in Congress and Obama has to let her because he barely knows anything about Congress, having spent — what? — 1.5 years there at best?

Then there’s the Senate. Harry Reid is another petty sniper. Golden oratory is not his forte. Sigh.

I sort of veered off your point a bit …. but I find the partisan sniping on both sides to be immature and childish, and the Pelosi gang’s insistence on “my way or the highway” and adding their pet projects (condoms) and pork, is more evidence of “childish ways” that Barack railed against in his inaugural.

Anyway, Hillary is the consummate adult. So is Ann Lewis. I was VERY tickled to get her letter. I don’t know what this group will be doing, but there are some fun blog posts to explore there, although I haven’t yet.

Backtack has been a spoiled child his whole life and has accomplished nothing on his own. In turn he treats others like spoiled children. He does not know any better.

WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM, AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS

PUMAS,BUBBAS, AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE

You are very lucky to have been able to love him for so long, and I’m sure Buster felt just as lucky. You do have my deepest sympathy.