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No, that's not a summary of deleted scenes from "The Hangover." It's a list of some of the more interesting highlights from our nation's rich history of past presidential inaugurations.
Besides the pomp and circumstance, the inauguration -- with its associated balls and parades -- is a logistical puzzle, complete with all the potential chaos that comes with organizing a heavily attended event in wintertime, in a swamp of an East Coast city.
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From mishaps to glory, here are a few pieces of inaugural trivia you can use to impress your friends and neighbors.
** As vice president, an ill Andrew Johnson became so intoxicated on the day of Lincoln's inauguration that he gave a rambling speech about himself before becoming too confused to perform his duty swearing in the new senators. "The inauguration went off very well except that the Vice President Elect was too drunk to perform his duties & disgraced himself and the Senate by making a drunken foolish speech," wrote Sen. Zachariah Chandler of Michigan at the time.
Abraham Lincoln swore the oath in front of an incomplete Capitol dome. Lyndon B. Johnson became president on Air Force One next to a dazed Jacqueline Kennedy. A collection of photographs from past presidential inaugurations.
** Good trivia: First president of the United States who was not born a British subject? Martin Van Buren, inaugurated 1837.
** Even better trivia: First president to wear long trousers instead of knee breeches? John Quincy Adams, 1825.
** At the very first inauguration in 1789, the Bible used by President George Washington was hastily opened to Genesis 49:13, which reads, "Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon."
** In 2009, President Barack Obama used the Lincoln Bible, used by Abraham Lincoln at his presidential inauguration. The book, published in 1853, has 1,280 pages.
** For John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961, a morning snow left an accumulation of about eight inches. Army flame throwers were used to clear it from Pennsylvania Avenue.
** The estimated temperature at Ronald Reagan's first inaugural was a balmy 55 degrees Fahrenheit. At his second, it was a frigid seven -- the coldest inauguration on record -- and the ceremony had to be held inside.
Andrea Mitchell's been covering presidential inaugurations for over three decades. Here's a look at some of the highlights.
** At another chilly celebration, in 1873, guests at President Ulysses S. Grant's ball had to dance in their coats because the temporary structure built for the occasion was so frigid. Champagne became Slurpee-like in consistency, and the flock of canaries brought in for guests' enjoyment ended up freezing to death.
** After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson was sworn in at his residence at the Kirkwood House on Pennsylvania Avenue. The site is now a high-rise.
** After Kennedy was assassinated, Lyndon Johnson took the oath of office on Air Force One. It was the first time the presidential or vice presidential oath of office was administered by a woman, U.S. District Judge Sarah T. Hughes.
Related: Watching the presidential inauguration with NBC News
** The first televised inaugural ceremony was Harry Truman's in 1949. The first broadcast nationally by radio was Calvin Coolidge's in 1925. The first known photographs from an inauguration were in 1857 at the ceremony for James Buchanan.
** The tradition of inaugural balls is traced to the first one thrown for James and Dolley Madison. Tickets to the 1809 gala, held at Long's Hotel, were $4 apiece.
** A grand ball for James Buchanan in 1857 included 400 gallons of oysters, 75 hams and $3,000 worth of wine. (That's more than $70,000 in today's money.)
Sources: Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, Senate Historical Office.
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PFFFFFFFFTT!
Reagan has nothing on me. In eight years he couldn't even add 2 trillion to the debt.
I beat that in my first two years and I'm on pace to add 11 trillion By the end of my eight year reign.
Stock market - 5 year high (1/20/2009 Dow below 8,000: 1/20/2013 DOW 13,650)
home prices - 5 year high
The economy is doing so much better now...than 4 years ago.
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Around the world, America is more respected than ever, During W. Bush, Bush asked..'why do they hate us'? Today, the conclusion is ...why do they actually love us ...
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R U better off than 4 years ago....yes.
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FORWARD...
Actually no, I had a JOB 4 years ago that paid more than what I'm being offered now for the same exact duties. Yes my stocks are doing a little better but that means a whole lot of nothing until I sell them.
We are not more respected are you joking? We are LAUGHED at continuously. Who exactly "loves us" that didn't 4 years ago?
1SGFitzsWife4ID
Thanks to the big "O" they will tax your capital gains on the stock at a higher rate too.
You are using the president's name and his picture to make fictitious statements for the sole purpose of marring his integrity. It is not legal to pretend to be someone else, assuming their identity, making statements on their behalf. Titled FALSE IMPERSONATION, under 18 USC 43, there are a number of infractions you are crossing.
I am Obama. A very well know public figure. My statements are not fictitious.
Did you vote for me?
$3,000 worth of wine. (That's more than $70,000 in today's money.)
You can thank the Federal Reserve for this blatant devaluation of our currency.
to the phony author under the pen name Barack_Obama:
I miss the days when we all identified ourselves as " Americans" rather than right wing or left wing. Mr Obama is the Commander-in-Chief, therefore our President, just as Mr Reagan was our President and Mr Bush was our President. Show some respect for the Office, and save your comments and attitude for your psychiatrist.
And Ronnie was able to accomplish that awesome feat by only raising taxes on average Americans eleven times in eight years!
Satanick:
$3,000 worth of wine. (That's more than $70,000 in today's money.)
You can thank the Federal Reserve for this blatant devaluation of our currency.
No piggy Im not better off than four years ago!obama is raising taxes all over the place and my pay keeps dwindling away.I would be better off just collecting unemployment and sitting around and let someone else pay my bills for me.This can only go on for so long before the well runs dry.
No, I am not better off. Most of the so-called economic progress? A bald faced sham
1000 dollars to see Inauguration speech
10 dollars for Obama number one hand
200 dollars to his Inaugural Ball
Too hear the Republicans Bitch and Cry Priceless!
Pigotry - you are delusional. What have you been smoking?
They always forget to mention that bo is sworn in in private because he's the only president that's been sworn in using the koran.
Speaking of smoking, what are you on, Soeetoro? Must be some good stuff to make you even say something so idiotic, much less believe it.
Yeah if it gets much better I wont be able to stand it. Pigo you need to up your dosage son.
GOD will punish you, you illegal bastard!
So are you ("Barack_Obama", etc.) all in some sort of troll club? You keep meeting here in greater numbers, trying to get negative attention because nothing you have done in life will warrant any positive attention. You are not even good trolls. People should really watch their children when they let them have access on the Internet...even the adult loser children. I'm going to pray for you and the prolonged virginity that leads you to this desperation for attention.
Hey Sheri-78, You are right about the children thing. They should not let children post or comment. 18 or older is what it should be.
Like it or not, he doesn't meet the standard of breaking the law:
Pigotry, I guess you got that way using the DemocRAT PORK BELLIES. That is how your probably better off.
Human Life International President Father Shenan J. Boquet is calling on pro-lifers around the world to stay vigilant, to pray, and not to give up hope.
"Under the most radical anti-life president America has ever seen, the U.S. taxpayers have funded a destructive foreign policy, which has already done great harm around the world," said Father Boquet. "But we must continue to fight for those who cannot defend themselves, and we cannot lose hope, because the Lord of Life is on our side.
"We need prayer now more than ever for our unborn brothers and sisters around the world facing death due to the policies of the Obama administration, and for those facing persecution for daring to spread the Gospel of Life," Father Boquet said. "May Our Lord Jesus Christ give us the strength to run the race and win the fight for life."
Non-negotiables. These are areas that are “intrinsically evil” and cannot be supported by anyone who is a believer in God or the common good or the dignity of the human person.
They are:
1. abortion
2. euthanasia
3. embryonic stem cell research
4. human cloning
5. homosexual “marriage”
Of course, all the above are supported by our current President
Nice spelling.
It's a sad commentary that of all things to focus on- this makes your day. Enough said.
Amen, Ging. Tell them like it is. These pro-choice people should watch the video "Silent Scream", and beg for forgiveness.
R U kidding me? Well, if you are on welfare or food stamps you might be, but I made 3x as much as I do now 4 years ago, putting in twice the work now.
Reagan was the first to bring out the credit card and max it to the limit. Good times to be had for all. Bush 41 struggled with the bills and lost his re-election bid to Clinton. Clinton said, "It's all about the economy, stupid" He spent eight years building the strongest economy in American history.
Bush 43 insisted that Clinton's surplus be returned to the American people. He did just that by serving 90% of the pie to the top 10% while the backbone of America received just a sliver. I was there. I protested loudly that I would gladly return my sliver if the top 10% would make the pie whole again. No dice.
Bush 43 declared himself the decider and decided to ignore dire warnings from the previous administration concerning an inevitable and shortly coming attack on the United States by Al Qaeda. Who was he, the great decider, to take heed of the dire warnings from the lowly and immoral former administration? It was his turn to be President!
Here comes 9/11. Surprise, surprise. Lil' Bush is now a war time president. Wait just a minute. A war on terror is not a real war. A real war time president must have a nation to attack. Not a bunch of loonies hiding out in various nations. Iraq is the place we ought to be. Cheney has been itching for this one. All of that oil. Besides, they are the bastards that dissed my Daddy.
We can lie about weapons of mass destruction and yellow cake to build nuclear bombs. We can paint a vivid picture of the looming mushroom clouds coming from Iraq. By God, we can sell this to the great number of Republican sheeple now quivering in their shoes. We'll make it even more realistic by requiring that all Americans remove those shoes to board American aircraft.
Cheney says the liberated Iraqis will greet our forces with flowers. Cheney says that Iraqi oil will pay for this very short excursion. Dad warned me not to to trust this liar and thief, but what the hell does he know?
We know the rest of the story. Lil' Bush got Saddam's personal weapon and we got the shaft. Lil' Bush and Cheney got riches beyond their wildest imagination as we are left holding the bag for decades to come. These war criminals can never travel outside the United States as we pay for their utter incompetence.
We should be able to write this whole sorry escapade off as a tragic mistake by the American electorate and move on. Not so. Millions of former Bush supporters refuse to take personal responsibility for their colossal screw-up and insist fault lies with those unfortunates elected to clean up this mess.
They persist in holding our nation hostage until we agree to absolve them from all wrongdoing. To paraphrase another bumbling Bush, "Read my lips. It ain't gonna happen".
... what? No reply to Commonsense 101? What's up, "WingNuts"? The site seems to be full of you folks, today; but no one comments, when truth and "Commonsense..." has something to say, (chuckle...).. You people (that's right, I said it; "you people")are something else. To those of you who can read, take your time... use your finger... and, it's okay to move your lips, as you slowly move said finger, left to right (you love that direction, don't you?) You can even "sound out" the words as you go. Then think about what Commonsense has written, here. Come on. You can do it. Give it a try, for the sake of the country. Trust me, a little truth won't hurt. And, by the way, today is Inauguration Day, folks. Four more years. Ain't it grand? ONLY IN AMERICA! I really love this country; don't you :-) Have a great day, today...
Ps: "Commonsense101", great post, my friend. You made this "old codger's" day...
Pop's here...
...oh, and I forgot: Happy MLK Day Martin. And this, from all of us who loved and love you still...
BECAUSE OF HIM
Our way seems clearer, since he shared his precious dream with us, so many years ago;
The path he left for us to tread is somehow straighter-and the journey has more purpose now.
And, why?
Because of him...
We can feel the first warm rays of bright and healing sun.
This bold new day, though yet to break full-blown;
Has set our hope-filled morn ablaze, with colors that have gone before unseen.
Our dark grey world is black and white, no more.
And this...
Because of him...
It seems that only yesterday our endless night gave way to bright and golden dawn;
As Freedom sang her truth-filled song, for faithful ears to hear;
He has been our proof that honest prayers go not unheard.
Because of him, the land of promise can be seen;
It is at last that we are free to live the dream.
Pop's 2002
Ps: Those of us who love you, miss you Martin, and we always will...
When Obama doubles our national debt like Reagan, call me.
Ging wrote "Non-negotiables. These are areas that are “intrinsically evil” and cannot be supported by anyone who is a believer in God or the common good or the dignity of the human person."
Not true. First, our country is not governed based on the tenets of a single religion. That is a good thing and should not be changed. Second, you make ethical judgements on behalf of many people who do not agree that those points are non-negotiable, or that they are necessarily even evil - something neither you nor anyone else is entitled to do.
As a Christian I am embarrassed by people like you who profess to be Christians, yet clearly do not understand the nature of their own faith. Go get your bible and start reading it right now, because you are doing it wrong.
TO: REB-1013231 who wrote:
GOOD!
It was getting kind of lonely around here, with us 47%ers being the only ones paying taxes, and everybody who has money pays nothing.
Tax those capital gains, darn it!
Best Wishes...Mr. President
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Yes, We Can.
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Time for bipartisanship...
Yes, Republi-Can...too.
As if the Party of the Modern Day Plantation Masters aka the Jackass Party wants bipartisanship.
I hope for an early impeachment and Biden removed on grounds of dementia and incompetence.
simple-ton? (#2.1) you have a ton of simplistic theory
It is a fraud and you know it.
Pigotry, you must not have an IRA--I'm down $40,000. Not my idea of better, O yeah, the "Bush did it" BS.
george...even in very good times, some stocks will still go down, some IRAs will still lose value.
feel sorry for your loss, though
one of the conclusions about such investments is that most...even..all will go up in long term, say...20 or 30 years.
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good luck.
georgethetroll,
You lost your money because you weren't paying attention. At least nine months before the crash it was obvious to anyone with a brain that the Bush Administration was totally oblivious to the economic problems when he just ignored the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
Even a cursory investigation will show that the Obama Administration has steadily improved the economy despite Republicans intentionally trying to damage it in a failed attempt to make Obama a one term President.
You are just another Republican who is totally detached from reality.
Agreed. My 401K is doing great. You can't make investments and then not adjust them to the current state of the economy. It's not a bank account.
Argh I shouldn't have read this, as I'm the "Queen of Useless Knowledge" I will somehow be able to maintain everything I just read. I should go on Jeopardy lol.
Reagan may not have added $2T to the debt, but in context, he TRIPLED the debt from that which existed the day he took office. Obama would have to add $20T to equal THAT RECORD!!!
Before Reagan took office, every President since WWII DECREASED the national debt relative to GDP, Reagan REVERSED that course. Debt, which had been over 120%/GDP after WWII, had been reduced to just over 30%.GDP by the end of Carter's admin. Reagan drove it back over 50%. Bush I took it over 63%. Clinton took it back down to the mid-50% range and Bush II, turned around the annual surplus he was given and took debt to over 80%.
And handed Obama the WORST ECONOMY since the 1930's along with a $1T annual deficit.
Context matters!
What does doubling and tripling have to do with it when there are actual numbers to look at?
I will spend almost 6 times what Reagan spent and twice what GWB spent. I wish you would have respect for my stats and not try to downplay my world record spending level.
It is not legal to pretend to be someone else, assuming their identity, making statements on their behalf.
Titled FALSE IMPERSONATION, under 18 USC 43, there are a number of infractions you are crossing. You are using the president's name and his picture to make fictitious statements for the sole purpose of marring his integrity.
It has been recently pointed out that if the govt used accounting measures as imposed on private industry the deficit for 2012 would reflect nearly 7 trillion dollars.
The deficit for 2011 was 5 trillion dollars.
Time for a real change and some good old fashioned neck stretching. Both parties.
That is simply stupid. The debt has only been reduced under Eisenhower. Critical thinking in America is almost dead among the left.
OhhhPinnnYunnn: practicing law without a license, such as dispensing legal advice, is a felony.
If you listen, you will soon be hearing the police officers, knocking at your door.
Posing/Posting as someone else is the fool's last recourse when (s)he has nothing of value to say, so attempts to trick readers in to reading tripe and thinking it has some value. Pathetic, at best, especially when posting positions the poster has no way to defend. I feel sorry for you, and hope you can get the therapy you so desperately need.
@ SimpleTheory
Any research will demonstrate the accuracy of my statement. Too bad the editor will not let me paste the address where one can see a chart of Debt/GDP from usgovernmentspending dot com. Your "simpletheory" is simplyincorrect.
The deficit was incurred almost entirely by Republicans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_public_debt
Hmm... pasting a link seems simple enough.
TO: Barack_Obama who wrote:
Are those "actual numbers" stilll as "fuzzy" to Republicans as they were when George "Curveball" Bush was in office, or did Republicans ever learn to hire people who have PhDs in Economics yet, because we have learned that Republicans truly CANNOT count!
For trivia buffs, John F. Kennedy was the last President who wore formal morning dress including cutaway and top hat for his inauguration. At the next inauguration (and every President ever since) LBJ wore a business suit.
Is it true that the little bush was the first to be sworn in wearing a bowling shirt and toasting the event with Papps Blue Ribbon?
He gave his speech using his college cheerleaders megaphone. He was also standing on a 6 inch bench so he could see over the podium and it was Lone Star beer.
lone star beer at 6 bucks
wine at 3 grand
hmmmmm
The reason George W. Bush will not attend the inauguration is that his handlers can't allow him out in public drunk as a street wino.
Starbuck49, yes indeed it was Lone Star Beer, the National Beer of Texas, and the only brew befitting the Greatest President since Jesus Christ!
Cheney was the president, bushy was the puppet
We all know where our problem came from, but its time to roll up our sleeves and get together and fix it. Yeh, the rich guys too. GOP should not act like peckerwood taskmaster for the rich. GOP must find its own identity. It seems that Democrats have found theirs, GOP needs to read the same books. The law is suppose to be one way, but Government is two ways. I hope we all get back on tracks and make American citizens comfortable. Lets not cut lean and fatten up where its drippy. Yeh!! we got poor Republicans too, GOP you better talk for us as well as you do for the fat cats. HH POTUS, is a nice caring guy, despite his middle name and ashy color, he is a true kind hearted American and he needs our help to make us better. So, stop bickering and hail CHIEF POTUS OBAMA. Next time a reasonable white GOP guy, but not rubio, and the other eight clowns we had before.
What deficit? WASTE of taxes payers $!!!
A 2nd term president does not need another party.
We paid enough for his Hawaii trips.
The tax payers do not spend for the parties, they spend for the inauguration ceremony.
Our second American in space had a middle Russian name, IVAN.
I wish You right wing extremists would stop yer birching about the deficit and debt. If the last 3 gop presidents had NOT signed TWENTY deficit riddled budgets AND saddled Obama with a $1.3T deficit ( responsible for all the deficits since)--- WE WOULDNT HAVE A DEBT CRISIS!
"saddled" Obama with this debt? So ... what .... he couldn't fix it? He has tried to push through changes to the Second Amendment in LESS THAN 2 MONTHS! But he cannot (read will not) do that with: 1) immigration reform, 2) fixing the economy, 3) lower the debt, 4) bringing home ALL soldiers. Nope not one bit of this is HIS fault. Except responsibility and move on to the job at hand! THAT he will not do. It is always someone else fault. The sign on President Truman's desk - The Buck Stops here.
Republicans are always in denial.
If you have kids are grand-kids of school age they need be here and learn some history! I think I would have been a better history person in school if this was around.
Black Monday Tomorrow...stealing the title away from 10/19/87 The naked emperor has no clothes. A lab rat, who probably has more sense, could have just waited 4-5 years for things to SLOWLY come back on their own. Odumbo and the Clown spent their first two years cramming the pc of sht health plan down the throats of their bosses. He has executive ordered his way through more crp than the public even knows. Liberal media needs to pull their collective heads out of his ass and wipe the jizz off their chin. He's not the messiah...he's not even a mediocre president.
God you're pathetic in your vulgar, nonsense rant. Why do you immature, ill informed, clowns insist on commenting about things you know nothing about. Go back to your reality TV you ignorant hater.
"Life is tough, it's even tougher when you're stupid." John Wayne.
Actually today is "Blue Monday" another useless piece of trivia I learned watching the news.
from wiki:
I do actually find this humorous as it's coinciding with President Obama's inaguration.
Thanks for the input 1SGFitzs... Hit the nail on the head. It is most certainly the most depressing day of the year when this clown is sworn in again.
Hey MikeO, Like I give a crap about what Odumbo athletic supporters think about what I had to say about Odumbo and the Clown. Truth hurts doesn't it... Maybe Odumbo can sign an executive order to make people like him and be blind to his extreme BS. And how dare you quote the great John Wayne while defending Odumbo. He just rolled over in his grave because you mentioned his name in the same sentence with such an unpatriotic waste of a president.
Ramzilla,
You are a proud Republican. Stupid and proud of it.
When does this idiot get swarn into office, I thought he did it in secret today ( Imagine that, in secret ).
Well , it makes no matter to me, I have a little work to do in the morning and a nice afternoon at the golf course. It is what it is and with a little luck and a strong republican house we may yet survive the Messiah.
The crazies are out in full effect. I wonder what future does the GOP have when the majority of people agree with Obama's policies and you guys keep losing votes? 2014 2016 is gonna be good laugh for us as tomorrow will be. Just thinking about how Romney and Ann will be crying wishing it was them at this ceremony. Karl Rove still claiming his numbers is right. The gun show nuts who was injured in there epic fail to show Obama how responisble they are. And pretty much the whole GOP and how embarrassing they have been to this nation with their baseless facts and paranoia
They need to bring back that intellectual giant Sarah Palin. She is the epitome of Republican intelligence.
Eisenhower or Truman would be proud of what we have in the White House today. They'd be glad they didn't live to see it.
If you go back and look at Eisenhower and Truman's policies and presidencies, you'll find they were both very close to President Obama's -- closer to the current Democratic platform than the far right-wing Republican policies in play today. Do some research, learn some history. My dad is 81 and an Eisenhower Republican. He remembers and voted Obama -- twice.
H#LL it mite be the president he's been spot on
hey pigotry funny you libs hate wall street so much but you use it to point out your talking point how great obamas doing. the stock market is up because it fueled on the government printing money and bailouts. as far as respected around the world why don't you fly to the middle east and walk around and see how long you stay alive. when are you going to accept the fact that both these polical parties are the opposite wings of the same bird. look at these politicians most are lawyers who turned to politics any questions?
Only ones better off are the "takers" on welfare. Rest of you libs, thought only the rich were gonna be taxed more? How you like those tax increases on your last paycheck? yeah, yeah, Bush did that too--right
What's funny... it ain't over yet. Wait until America finds out Obamacare and Entitlement spending can't be sustained without significantly raising taxes on the working class. Obama plans to offer amnesty to every Illegal. You can kiss your Social Security goodby. How do you Libs like him now?
Now that
President Obama has been inaugurated, There are many Republicans who deserve to be credited for this eventful day. There include:
Donald Trump
(special credit) – for his infinite wisdom on the forensics of birth
certificates. Trump almost created history himself by becoming the first
candidate to moderate a debate in which he was also a candidate. George Will
pointed this out in a column. George Will
was always a party pooper.
John Sununu –
I am sure that the Obama administration is currently thinking of appointing
Sununu as Secretary for Race Relations. That Colin Powell...he can’t be serious!
Mitch Mc
Connell – for his dedication in 2008 to the length of time Obama would have in
office.
Rush
Limbaugh – Rush was not afraid to call a spade a spade or a woman who desires
to use contraception a slut. Rush earns a
distinction for being robust with his language, but short on deliberate thinking.
Grover
Norquist – Norquist’s insightful actions of getting those Republicans to sign
on the dotted line is a masterpiece in modern contract formation. Norquist came to the logical conclusion that getting a signature is the only sure way to hold these slippery politicians’ feet to
the fire. It is now fair to say that the politicians have slipped away again
and raised taxes.
Todd Akin
and Richard Murdoch: It should never be forgotten that in this cruel world,
some in our midst have a direct line to God and are not afraid to let the
public know that they possess the special skills. Thanks guys.
Billy Graham
Website– It is fair to say that this website provided us with a prime example
that we are all children of God even those people who are cult worshipers –
well not all people – but most people, excluding that Obama.
Tea Party:
this ensemble was responsible for further shaping the disposition of Republicans in the House & Senate. Their philosophy is: a reduced credit rating is a small price to pay for enhanced ideology and to get back at that Obama.
Republicans
in the House & Senate: There is nothing wrong with failing to speak up if
it suits your agenda; hence it was not the responsibility of 99.999% of
Republicans to say anything to the birthers. Birthers are people too and have
earned the right to say whatever they please - and the Republicans have the right to tacitly agree with them by saying nothing.
Right Wing Talk
Show Hosts: The fact that Obama was referred to night after night as a
communist, a socialist, a Marxist, a thief and even compared to Hitler was
nothing more than jokes shared between consenting adults.
Obama did not build it by himself:
That's true, he was assisted tremendously by the following clowns & buffoons with their mean-spirited, assinine, despicable and at times bigoted comments and/or actions. They include Donald
Trump; John Sununu, Mitch McConnell, Rush Limbaugh; Grover Norquist; Todd Akin,
Richard Mourdock; The Tea Party; Conservative talk show hosts and 99.999% of Republicans serving in the Senate and the House who were only too happy by their silence to feed the birther propaganda nonsense embracedby Trump. Thank you all for the contributions you have made to your country.
This might be the best post of the day. Im laughing hard on howtrue your statement is. So thanks GOP for getting our guy elected twice lol
A big thanks to Clint Eastwood for masterfully illustrating the paranoid delusions held by most republicans and doing it on national TV for all to behold.
Dear Carrie,
In your quiz, you mentioned that the first president to wear long trousers was John Quincy Adams in 1825. However, based on the information that I have read before taking a look at your trivia, I believe that the first president to wear long trousers was James Madison in 1809. I have a few links for you. Please let me know if I am correct.
Best regards,
Greg, 7th grader
www.potus.com/jmadison.html
Carrie: are you smarter than a 7th grader?
Obviously not!
Pig
Stock market - 5 year high (1/20/2009 Dow below 8,000: 1/20/2013 DOW 13,650)
home prices - 5 year high
The economy is doing so much better now...than 4 years ago.
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Around the world, America is more respected than ever, During W. Bush, Bush asked..'why do they hate us'? Today, the conclusion is ...why do they actually love us ...
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R U better off than 4 years ago....yes.
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What bubble are you in? How large is your welfare check?
FORWARD...
This whole process is nothing but a farce
The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, 'merely a fool'. It is far less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their President.
BRAVO GRINGO!!! Superior post.
Sooner or later you will get over the fact that your party lost. That's the way our system works. Too bad for you and your illogical hated of Barrack Obama. You had nothing to offer but the same old policies that got us into the economic mess and increased intrusion into peoples lives and bedrooms.
The party of small government my a**!
gringo-3955109 The problem is not in the White House it is in the houses of all the fools who elected Barry Obummer.
You're right. I but I fear it's over. America is in deep decline. We await our Caesar.
Sore Losers!!!!!!!
Dear Carrie,
In your quiz, you mentioned that the first president to wear trousers was John Quincy Adams in 1825. However, based on the information that I have read before taking a look at your trivia, James Madison was the first president to wear trousers in 1809. Please let me know if I am correct.
Best regards,
Greg 7th grader
Carrie: are you smarter than a 7th grader?
Obviously not!
quirky inaugural history = Obama!
Obama has 1 upped all previous presidents. He has his hand on the Quran.
Where does it state he used the Koran? They used the First Lady's family bible......Don't listen to idiots. A Fool is easily led by false statements....