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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:24 PM
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It's amazing how America has embraced the Obamas.
Think Bush could have this type of response if he rolled through cities on a train prior to his inauguration?

I think not!
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BelleCarolinaPeridot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:24 PM
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1. If Bush did this...
I think the blue train would be brown by the time he got to DC. :hide:
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suston96 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:50 PM
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9. Or filled with shoes.........nt Sorry, couldn't help it.......
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:28 PM
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2. If he'd done it in 2001, I think he would have had the same reception.
At least in terms of number of people and excitement.

Of course, the average IQ of his crowds would have been nowhere near as high as Obama's, so they are different that way.
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TTUBatfan2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:30 PM
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3. Are you kidding?
He had the Presidency handed to him in a Supreme Court decision. There was a lot of anger when he came into office and the country was very divided in our view of Bush.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:30 PM
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5. Sure, but even divided, that still left a 100 million or so people who loved him
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:53 PM
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12. But there would have been as equal of anti-Bush people there.
That's the point I think I was trying to make. You're not seeing throngs of anti-Obama protesters out there.
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:53 PM
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11. No way.
There would have been groups, but also huge protesters.

Do you remember his inauguration in 2001? It was ugly.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 04:06 PM
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16. Like the eggs thrown on his
limo by the protesters? bush was shit to start since he lost and only got in because of the demented 5 on the supreme court.
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Ecumenist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:55 PM
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14. Are you serious? People were throwing tomatoes and other detritus
at him in 2001. He'd just been foisted on us by the supremes.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:30 PM
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4. The end began for Bush after Katrina and the R's got stomped in the '06 elections. nt
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:37 PM
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6. It is. Even Michele who the wingnuts had hoped to depict as the
unattractive, angry, black woman. I found it hilarious that Michele always polled better than frosty...er Cindy McCain.
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RollWithIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:38 PM
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7. He's currently enjoying 50% support from Republican voters....
Which is a direct indication that his strategy of change through at least some respectful bipartisanship is working.
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DCBob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:39 PM
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8. I just saw the 1500 folks in Edgewood, MD waving madly at Obama and Biden.
Amazing scene.
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ej510 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:51 PM
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10. He enjoys respect from everyone except the cspan haters.
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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:54 PM
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13. Maybe, but by the time he got to D.C....
his train would be a giant, frozen omelet.
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Ecumenist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:57 PM
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15. LOL!!! "FROZEN OMELET!! ROFLMAO!!! nm
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