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Solomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:27 PM
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I Wish Obama Would Wear A Lincoln Type Top Hat For The Inauguration
Just to drive the right wing nuts. :rofl:

Don't forget, Roosevelt wore one too.

They are crying the blues about Obama taking Lincoln away from them.

"Obama Is NOT Lincoln!" Waaaaaahhhhhh :nopity:

I've never seen such a chameleon as Obama. He's a radical terrorist celebrity house negro that's not white enough, nor black enough who is left wing, right wing and centrist; a man of the people who sucks on the corporate tit.

I hate to say it, but right now I'm loving how he's driving all the haters nuts. At first it was getting on my nerves. But now it's just amazing to watch it all unfold.
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phleshdef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:30 PM
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1. LOL. If he could grow facial hair, he should've sported this look...
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:31 PM
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2. Almost every president through Kennedy wore a top hat.
HuffPo had a fun slideshow/article suggesting the same thing as you: Bring back the top hat!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/inauguration-attire-bring_n_155843.html
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Solomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:37 PM
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10. Hey thanks for the article. I didn't see that.
LOL My idea was prompted by all the crying Sean Hannity is doing about his beloved Lincoln. lol
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:31 PM
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3. That WOULD be fun to watch
I have a feeling that Lincoln himself would approve. :hi:
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Dennis Donovan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:31 PM
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4. Are we sure he isn't?
The last PEOTUS that wore one on Inaugural day was a person who had an extreme dislike for hats - JFK:


I'm in favor of Obama wearing a top hat just because, if anyone can, HE can "pull it off.":thumbsup:
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TTUBatfan2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:50 PM
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14. Have you seen Barack in his cowboy hat?
He wore it when he first came down to Texas for the last minute surge of campaigning in the primary. He looked so cool!
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Dennis Donovan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 05:02 PM
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19. The guy looks great in a hat!
:thumbsup:
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RadicalTexan Donating Member (607 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 08:09 PM
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27. I vote for THAT!
Yee-haw!
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TTUBatfan2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:32 PM
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5. Odds are...
If you drive the extremes of the country bonkers, you're probably doing a decent job.
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Retrograde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:33 PM
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6. I think he should wear a lei
in honor of his Hawaiian origins. Nothing flowery, though - just a tasteful maile one.
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phleshdef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:35 PM
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8. A Lei and a hula skirt... now THAT would be change we can believe in.
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Retrograde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:53 PM
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16. nah, hula skirts are too touristy
but when I was there for the Hawaiian primary last year all the candidates did wear leis for their TV appearances. With Hawaiian shirts, of course.

I think it will be too cold for flip-flops in DC tomorrow, so he can keep his regular shoes.
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Solomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:34 PM
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7. When I watched the concert yesterday and the presentations,
I was struck by that fact that he's certainly got Lincoln's ears! LOL

I guess Lincoln listened and heard a lot too. Definately got his ears.
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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:36 PM
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9. A little too tall.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 04:23 PM
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17. With tophat, Lincoln must have been, what, 7 feet tall?
Geebus...
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lapfog_1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:41 PM
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11. Even better would be an
something like this:



or even just this:
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Solomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:49 PM
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13. You know good and well, that would be divisive!
:spank: It would make the right wing all too happy. No, I think Lincoln is the way to go. Drive it right down their throats. LOL
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lapfog_1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:53 PM
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15. OK, he could always play on his "cool" factor
and dress like this:
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Solomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 07:57 PM
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23. LOL
"I make this look goood".
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mucifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:47 PM
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12. Top hat I want him to wear a top hat!
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BklynChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 04:24 PM
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18. it wouldn't surprise me at all to see him wearing one.. I've been thinking that all week.
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 05:12 PM
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20. I vote Yes for the Top Hat.


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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 05:18 PM
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21. Biden should get one of the collapsible kind, he would toy with it all day. Make it flat, snap
Edited on Mon Jan-19-09 05:18 PM by OnceUponTimeOnTheNet
it open.
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SheilaT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 05:32 PM
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22. Personally, I think top hats
look silly. Especially since they went out of style well before JFK's inauguration.

But if Obama chooses to wear one I won't criticize or complain.
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Solomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 07:59 PM
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24. I agree. I think they look silly too.
Would this be the one thing that can truly test Obama? LOL Is he so cool that he can even make a top hat look okay? LOL
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 09:14 PM
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29. I've always been really into hats thru out my life, it takes a certain kinda person to pull off
a look like this. Obama could do it. and Biden too.

I doubt they will try it thou. Why take a stupid risk like that?

It's all good. I've got a Top Hat in my vintage collection, think I'll wear it tomorrow while watching the Inauguration online.
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RadicalTexan Donating Member (607 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 08:07 PM
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25. Although I'm an atheist, I really appreciate how the pundits keep saying "Lincoln Bible" over & over
Making it that much harder for wingnuts to circulate "scary Koran" emails. Am I right?
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 08:09 PM
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26. That would be hilarious. I think he would be teased mercilessly
if he did that though. I agree he should wear the hat, but at a later time (maybe next year).
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 08:12 PM
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28. I think he should just wear shoes.
:evilgrin:
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