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Timefortruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:09 PM
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Obama's demanor has changed
He seems somber now. The G20 might be the first time since inauguration that those with other opinions have had his ear.
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:11 PM
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1. Didn't you see his press conferences?
He takes his job very seriously. I think what you're seeing today is jet lag, exhaustion, plus he has a bad cold.
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Timefortruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:14 PM
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5. No, I saw KO
with just clips. It was different.
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:16 PM
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9. I saw them, too,
and I thought he was the same brilliant, charming, playful, and appropriate President he's been since January 20. His playfulness with the young woman from the Times of India was delightful.

Somber, yes, when it's appropriate. But he's constant, and I saw nothing that indicated any kind of change.

His schedule has been amazing, he has a bad cold, and never underestimate - no matter how much you prepare for it - the abysmal power of jet lag.......................
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:24 PM
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17. Awesome press conference today
A refreshing change.
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 10:10 PM
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22. I am not ever going to get used to it -
his willingness, eagerness, even, to engage with the question, toss it around, look at it from all angles, and then deliver a thoughtful, measured, INFORMED response.

He's so comfortable there, like he was always meant to be President.

Then I think of that squinty-eyed, nattering, mean-spirited little fucker who's currently hiding out in Dallas, and I want to puke for years and years .................
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:25 PM
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34. Hi, Tange.
I thought that might be the case: tired, and ill.
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:48 PM
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40. But, he soldiered on,
and did a great job, didn't he?

You enjoying all these cherry blossoms, eg? I was all over Arlington today, and, boy, they are everywhere! Full bloom, and even in this dismal weather, they are stunning...........

:hi:
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:56 PM
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43. Yes, he did soldier on!
Didn't get out today. Hope to do some looking tomorrow, and Saturday in the sun.
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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:11 PM
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2. I heard he has a cold
Perhaps it's just that.
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Pisces Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:28 PM
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35. He sounded stuffy to me.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:34 PM
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37. He sounded stuffy to me in London, first press-op with Gordon,
Edited on Thu Apr-02-09 11:35 PM by elleng
but no one here picked up on it when I mentioned it.

Hope he gets some chicken soup!
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:11 PM
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3. Sadly, I think You Are exactly Right
Maybe now he'll throw litle Timmy down the well, like we've been begging him to.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:11 PM
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4. Do you think he is in a bubble of "yes men"?
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Timefortruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:15 PM
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6. Yes.
He has insulated himself with people from Harvard and Chicago.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:16 PM
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11. I don't see that.
He seems measured, careful, thoughtful and intentional. You don't get there from one simple ideology, but from careful consideration of how to proceed.
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:17 PM
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12. Well, who else?
If you take a new job, and you have to hire a staff to advise you, who do you hire?

Strangers?

Hell, no. You hire the people you've known and trusted.

Jesus, that's fairly basic.......................
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:17 PM
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30. The exact thing he said he didn't want to do and the reason he wanted his Blackberry?
I don't believe it - that goes against his basic personality profile - you can't change that in 2 months.
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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:15 PM
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7. He now realizes
His position in the world. And that the world rests on his shoulders. I envy not my President.

There is no telling what he was told face to face for the first time by other leaders that hate America and want to see her power and influence reduced.

Its good he has a strong woman and trusted staff to help him as he struggles to do what is best for the world.
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roody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 10:53 PM
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26. I don't hate America and I want its power and influence reduced.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:16 PM
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8. He just found out that the DVDs he gave Gordon are Region 1
:eyes:
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:16 PM
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10. His hair looked long and shaggy. Perhaps he is worried about his appearance?
Never seen his hair so long.
I think KO had a clip of him having a pretty comical back and forth with an Indian reporter.
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Timefortruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:17 PM
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13. I suspect the last thing on his mind is
his hair.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:23 PM
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16. But George W was always well groomed and nattily attired
A hard act to follow.
Did I forget one of these? :sarcasm:
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Sal Minella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 10:46 PM
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24. Yes. And always a suit jacket, NEVER NEVER just shirtsleeves in the Oval Office
to show how seriesly he took the Precedency. Accept for sum parts, like the uphoalding the Constitution part and like that.
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MarjorieG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:19 PM
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14. Legitimately spent and sick with a cold. Amazing focus and fortitude.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:21 PM
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15. I don't think what you say is completely true.
Obama's demanor has changed
He seems somber now. The G20 might be the first time since inauguration that those with other opinions have had his ear.


First off, since when have people with different opinions not had his ear? The GOP-controlled media has been repeating the lie that Obama has not been "bipartisan" despite everything Obama has been doing.

Secondly, it seems like you're saying this sudden "somberness" coming from Obama is related to his (at long last) hearing different opinions. Did you mean to say that? If so, what does it mean?
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:24 PM
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18. You're not good at people watching.
Obama did not seem somber.
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walkaway Donating Member (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:33 PM
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19. The poor man has been working 24/7 for two years...
It's amazing he's standing up. He has the hardest job in the world because he does it well (unlike W who had the same job but slept through the whole thing)
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laconicsax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:45 PM
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20. He's just upset over the Galactica finale.
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/obama_depressed_distant_since?utm_source=a-section
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parasim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 09:58 PM
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21. Yeah. Somber.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:19 PM
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32. He's a bad dude - everybody wants to hang with him
:D
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:53 PM
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42. Did you hear that the Indian premier
asked Obama for his autograph? "For my daughter," he said.

Yeah, right.

True story, and Obama signed something for the kid.

How fucking COOL is that?

Compare that to this little treat showing Fuckface at the last G20 -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlctMLzAv1E
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 12:36 AM
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46. See, Obama is one bad dude.
I don't even want to see the squinty-eyed moran making us look foolish in front of the rest of the world. :)
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Lugnut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-03-09 12:22 AM
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45. Oh yeah.
That's one somber dude. :rofl:
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EmilyAnne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 10:39 PM
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23. Let's pick one and go with it. Is he surrounded by "yes-men" or is he following orders?
Geez.
He has often engaged with people of different opinions.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 10:55 PM
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27. It's whatever ihateobama people want it to be at the moment.
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 10:47 PM
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25. What's a demanor? Did they redecorate it? n/t
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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:13 PM
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28. No, silly. Demanor is where delord and delady live.
You know, like in the old saying, "To demanor born."
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:14 PM
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29. That's what I though...
and they redecorated demanor; you know, more befitting for the delord and delady.
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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:18 PM
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31. Ah, indeed. It makes perfect sense.
(sorry, I didn't quite get it the first time) :spank:
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:49 PM
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41. Did you ever "though"
before you wrote?

:hi:
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EmilyAnne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:40 PM
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38. Its the person in charge of removing a man.
For example, if you have an unwanted man just loafing around your house, you call up a demanor.
The demanor will deman your home for a small fee.

Its a pretty controversial occupation because no one really knows what they do with the men.
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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:43 PM
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39. I love these educational threads.
:thumbsup:
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:22 PM
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33. BTW, what's a "demanor"
:shrug:
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:33 PM
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36. Where's he going after France?
Hop into Germany, and then . . . Wondering about ability to pamper his cold.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 11:56 PM
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44. No it isn't. He's been getting opinions from others the whole time.
Your post is silly, because it assumes something obviously untrue: that he hasn't heard anyone else's opinion since inauguration.
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