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49. Wow! Really? Welcome to DU, PeggyKR!
Sun Dec 15, 2013, 05:26 PM
Dec 2013

Glad you're here! VERY impressive, thank you for that contribution and more! I'm just always relieved and gratified when anything's posted that doesn't involve tearing this man apart. What the Living Hell??????? Is it just that he's guilty of "presidentin' while black"? What a disgrace that we're still so hobbled, as a nation, by this shit. What a disgrace! This man is truly noble, good-hearted, and motivated by the needs of the many - whom he represented so well as a community organizer. Sheesh - I remember during the first campaign in 2008. There was a neighbor couple. Affluent and older and white, and we were all sorta gabbing casually and enjoying each other's company at the neighborhood block party. And the campaign came up (this was September of that election year), and they startd scoffing and laughing at him - "community ORGANIZER???!?!?! BWAAAAAHAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!" They acted as though it was the absolute most ridiculous thing they'd ever heard. And after eight long miserable years of that dry-drunk squatter in OUR White House and his merry band of war criminals, I was just absolutely outraged. I went home just STEAMED!

And you know what? After Barack Obama cleaned the respective clocks of mcsame/palin later that autumn, and I'd be out walking our dog, EVERY time I passed their house, I'd look in their direction and I'd snicker and smirk and mumble to myself "Barack HUSSEIN Obama. PRESIDENT Barack Hussein Obama!!!!!" And every time I'd see them, I'd be smilin'... and thinking that cutting little buzz phrase to myself that I knew would make them wince. That's what my smile means every time I smile at them. Not sure they realize that, but I've NEVER forgotten. And last November, too, after President Obama cleaned wrongney/ryan's respective clocks and won the White House A SECOND TIME, I got the pleasure of following that little routine all over again, and savored it EVERY time! I'd do that while strolling past whatever house in the neighborhood had a wrongney/ryan yard sign in the front. I made a point of remembering.

MOST satisfying, I must say!

Thank you sheshe! Tarheel_Dem Dec 2013 #1
Hey Tarheel! sheshe2 Dec 2013 #4
Damn, he's a good looking hunk of a man, ain't he? NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #2
He is SKP! sheshe2 Dec 2013 #6
Not only good-looking... PeggyKR Dec 2013 #53
Jealous! And, welcome to DU, Peggy! NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #55
Thank you as well! PeggyKR Dec 2013 #60
I still maintain cilla4progress Dec 2013 #3
cilla, you stated that perfectly! sheshe2 Dec 2013 #5
I miss him already. Enjoy this time. n/t freshwest Dec 2013 #7
I know, freshwest... sheshe2 Dec 2013 #9
Sweet! cilla4progress Dec 2013 #10
... sheshe2 Dec 2013 #12
"For his shoes had holes in them." sheshe2 Dec 2013 #22
That's about my favorite poem. IrishAyes Dec 2013 #37
Thank you, sheshe2! Aristus Dec 2013 #8
I love my President, Aristus! sheshe2 Dec 2013 #11
DEF buying that DVD! cilla4progress Dec 2013 #13
My, Our President. -Class, accomplishment, perseverance- mikekohr Dec 2013 #14
brother iz - hawaiian superman hopemountain Dec 2013 #36
He is Superman! PeggyKR Dec 2013 #54
So true that we will miss him. He sets a new standard of leadership style that will be hard for ancianita Dec 2013 #15
Thank you. I needed that.. russspeakeasy Dec 2013 #16
deeply treasure my long bus ride with the members of the black nurses association. mopinko Dec 2013 #17
NIIIIICE! GREAT post, sheshe2! calimary Dec 2013 #18
calimary~ sheshe2 Dec 2013 #20
Maybe the kind of result Alan Grayson said they prefer for those unlucky enough to get sick? calimary Dec 2013 #26
My story... PeggyKR Dec 2013 #46
Wow! Really? Welcome to DU, PeggyKR! calimary Dec 2013 #49
Satisfying, INDEED. PeggyKR Dec 2013 #61
What a great post...... Sheepshank Dec 2013 #19
And I'm thirdly ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2013 #42
I could not agree with you more, 1SBM~ sheshe2 Dec 2013 #48
Wonderfully Awesome story from 30 years ago woven into Ms Reilly's Cha Dec 2013 #21
Special? sheshe2 Dec 2013 #23
We have a precious gift Cha Dec 2013 #27
Oh Happy Day~ sheshe2 Dec 2013 #24
Yes, Oh Happy Day! Cha Dec 2013 #28
Good Morning Cha~ sheshe2 Dec 2013 #29
This is my good morning to you, buddy.. Cha Dec 2013 #31
Thank you! PeggyKR Dec 2013 #47
I did go to your original story on your blog, Peggy, it was linked through Cha Dec 2013 #50
Obama Diary.. PeggyKR Dec 2013 #51
I get exactly what you mean, Peggy. Even though I'm Cha Dec 2013 #52
chipsticks.. PeggyKR Dec 2013 #59
Chips is a she.. and is the Admin of the site. Cha Dec 2013 #63
such a handome and good man. Whisp Dec 2013 #25
Hi, Whisp~ sheshe2 Dec 2013 #30
hey, sheshe Whisp Dec 2013 #32
President Barack Obama in the top 5 nilesobek Dec 2013 #33
Thank you nilesobek. sheshe2 Dec 2013 #34
Thank you and others for the warm welcome nilesobek Dec 2013 #35
Then another specially warm welcome to you. IrishAyes Dec 2013 #38
History.. PeggyKR Dec 2013 #62
Here's another pic from the Chicago 1995 days, she.. that I found on TOD~ Cha Dec 2013 #39
The man has his moves~ sheshe2 Dec 2013 #40
I'll say he has Moves.. all the way Cha Dec 2013 #43
sweet dvncmdy Dec 2013 #41
Thanks and welcome to DU, dvncmdy. sheshe2 Dec 2013 #44
Thanks dvncmdy Dec 2013 #57
This is MY STORY! Wow! PeggyKR Dec 2013 #45
What an excellent story Sheepshank Dec 2013 #56
Thank you for the link, Peggy! sheshe2 Dec 2013 #58
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