He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician

 

He's like George Costanza.

He's like George Costanza.

 

You mean Art Vandelay?

You mean Art Vandelay?

 

"And you wanna be my latex salesman!"

Obama will step-down from the Senate on Sunday

 

Obama will leave the Senate Sunday, he says in a statement reported by the Illinois press:

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It ha

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been one of the highe

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t honor

s

and privilege

s

of my life to have

s

erved the people of Illinoi

s

in the United

S

tate

s

S

enate," Obama

s

aid in a

s

tatement today.

 

"In a

s

tate that repre

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ent

s

the cro

s

s

road

s

of a nation, I have met

s

o many men and women who

’

ve ta

k

en different journey

s

, but hold common hope

s

for their children

’

s

future," Obama

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aid. "It i

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the

s

e Illinoi

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familie

s

and their

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torie

s

that will

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tay with me a

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I leave the United

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tate

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S

enate and begin the hard ta

s

k

of fulfilling the

s

imple hope

s

and common dream

s

of all American

s

a

s

our nation

’

s

next Pre

s

ident.

”

 

Obama will step-down from the Senate on Sunday

 

Whatever. He was never around anyway.

Obama will step-down from the Senate on Sunday

 

 

I'm guessing that means his replacement is ready to go.

I'm guessing that means his replacement is ready to go.

you'd think so.

Is there a time frame in which a successor must be named?

God I hope she's the nominee in 2012.

God I hope she's the nominee in 2012.

WTF did that even mean?

God I hope she's the nominee in 2012.

 

 

I think this is some sorta code or something. I had to read it like four times cause it was so hard to read. Its just like a bunch of words.

Edited November 14, 200817 yr by GoSox05

Perhaps our President has had more of a positive impact on the world's thinking than I once believed.

Jean-David Levitte, Mr Sarkozy’s chief diplomatic adviser, reported the exchange in a news magazine before an EU-Russia summit today. The meeting will be chaired by the French leader and President Medvedev.

 

With Russian tanks only 30 miles from Tbilisi on August 12, Mr Sarkozy told Mr Putin that the world would not accept the overthrow of Georgia’s Government. According to Mr Levitte, the Russian seemed unconcerned by international reaction. “I am going to hang Saakashvili by the balls,” Mr Putin declared.

 

Mr Sarkozy thought he had misheard. “Hang him?” — he asked. “Why not?” Mr Putin replied. “The Americans hanged Saddam Hussein.”

 

Mr Sarkozy, using the familiar tu, tried to reason with him: “Yes but do you want to end up like [President] Bush?” Mr Putin was briefly lost for words, then said: “Ah — you have scored a point there.”

LOL at Sarkozy's comeback.

I'm so gonna miss him.

(Australian PM) KEVIN Rudd was entertaining guests in the loungeroom at Kirribilli House in Sydney when an aide told him George W. Bush was on the telephone.

 

...

So when Rudd excused himself to take Bush's call, he was well prepared to forcefully argue his case.

 

Informed sources have confirmed the discussion took place on a speaker telephone with a Rudd staffer taking notes.

 

After the President explained the pressure from Europe for a G7-brokered action on supporting the credit sector and reforming regulation, Rudd immediately insisted the G20 was the solution.

 

Rudd was then stunned to hear Bush say: "What's the G20?"

Amazing:

 

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/int...r-on-zogby.html

Amazing:

 

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/int...r-on-zogby.html

So, he interviewd Havoc from nfl-fanatix?

She must really think people are stupid.

 

Michelle Bachmann is a pretty wild person as we've seen, but after spewing venom at Barack Obama for a few minutes with Hannidate, she then lied to Alan Colmes and denied saying this on Hardball:

Bachmann: I would

s

ay, what I would

s

ay i

s

that the new

s

media

s

hould do a penetrating expo

s

e and ta

k

e a loo

k

-- I wi

s

h they would.

I wi

s

h the American media would ta

k

e a great loo

k

at the view

s

of the people in Congre

s

s

and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America? I thin

k

the people would love to

s

ee an expo

s

e li

k

e that.

She's come up with a new one folks. She said that she never made those statements and they have now become an "urban legend." Is she living in a B type Horror/Slasher film world or what? Here's what she told Alan Colmes Tuesday night.

Colme

s

: You

s

aid you were concerned during the campaign that Obama had anti American view

s

and you

s

aid the new

s

media

s

hould do a penetrating expo

s

e and ta

k

e a loo

k

at the people and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America

 

Bachmann: Actually that'

s

not what I

s

aid.

It'

s

an urban legend that wa

s

created and that'

s

not what I

s

aid.

 

Colme

s

: I have the tape at my web

s

ite Alan.com

 

Bachmann: What I called on Alan wa

s

for the main

s

tream media to do their job. They failed to vet Barac

k

Obama the way they had John McCain. That'

s

what I wa

s

called for.

 

Colme

s

: I wi

s

h the American media would ta

k

e a great loo

k

at the view

s

of the people in Congre

s

s

and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America. Do you really want...

 

Bachmann: What I

s

aid wa

s

that I'm not qualified to

s

ay whether member

s

view

s

are pro or anti American. That'

s

not my job to do.

 

I'm so gonna miss him.

 

 

I used to drive a G20, what a nice car.

I love Obama:

 

Obama Wishes His No. 2 An Early Happy Birthday

 

The president-elect brings a dozen cupcakes to the pair's weekly lunch in Chicago in anticipation for Biden's 66th birthday Thursday.

 

"You're 12 years old!" Obama jokes, referring to the number of cupcakes. "Maybe in dog years!" Biden laughs.

 

Also gives him a Chicago White Sox hat, a Chicago Bears hat and a bucket of Garrett's popcorn after the staff sings to him.

Hilarious.

a bucket of Garrett's popcorn

:

:

 

yeah that too

 

*drool*

I TOO LIKE GARRET'S POPCORN

I TOO LIKE GARRET'S POPCORN

 

Mmmm mmm, nothing beats a bag of warm cheddar and caramel corn mix on a cold Chicago day.

that's cool.. love the Sox hat too.

A fairly brief WSJ report on why the cards seem to be lining up in favor of a major health care overhaul actually passing early next year.