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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
‘Good Trouble’ makes me feel better
I felt better as I watched Real President Obama eulogize John Lewis today. “We Shall Overcome,” belted out at the end of Lewis’s memorial service in Atlanta. Jumping to my feet dancing, clapping, and singing, I recalled participating in 1960s … Continue reading →
Sitting in my car, listening to Barack Obama (*please read to the end.)
I had meant to go grocery shopping. As NPR came on the radio, I heard Barack Obama’s eloquent voice, and a realization struck me: This could be his last news conference as president. I started taking notes on my shopping … Continue reading →
Calm the f***k down. But I could be wrong.
Here’s my 2016 presidential election theory: The screamers are coming out in droves for the nincompoop Donald Trump on the Republican side. On election day, those angry, hateful, uneducated voters (as the dumpster, uh, trumpster, himself said) will comprise a … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2016 presidential election, angry Americans, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, quiet Americans, Rachel Maddow, voter turnout
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Dear Barack: I’m Flabbergasted
Plenty has been written about your less than lackluster first-debate. Frustrating and depressing for sure. I figure you were so angry you couldn’t speak, and anything you said Romney would respond to with a lie. Of the 67 million people … Continue reading →
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Tagged 47 percent video, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, incumbents, Jon Stewart, presidential debates, Rachel Maddow
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Arizona goes purple
Maybe I’m a little naive about politics. I’m an optimist. Genius political statistician Nate Silver calls Arizona for Romney by a whopping 89 percent; at the same time Arizona keeps getting less red on his state-by-state map. Then there’s Democrat … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2012 Democratic Convention, Arizona, Barack Obama, Nate Silver, new york times, Pima County, Purple America, Richard Carmona
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Birds of Paradise, part 2
Memories can be elusive, unlike flowers. In yesterday’s post I mentioned that my father, Sidney Edward Wilensky, was a florist. Guess I haven’t talked about him much, even to my closest friends. Maybe it’s because my father died in 1969, … Continue reading →
Posted in Fight wimpiness, Nature Girl, Politics
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Tagged 2012 presidential election, Barack Obama, bougainvillaea, Connecticut, Desert flowers, do-nothing Congress, extroverts, flowering cacti, Tucson, Waterbury
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No fan of LBJ, but I gotta say…
Some folks are really, really happy that President Obama emerged from his evolution closet today to support same-sex marriage. Fine by me. If gays and lesbians want to marry, it’s their business, not mine. For me it’s equality. My beloved … Continue reading →
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Tagged 14th Amendment, Barack Obama, civil rights, Diane Rehm show, Gallup Poll, LBJ, NPR, political obstructionism, power of the presidency, same-sex marriage, War on Poverty
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Go Barack! Thank you Gabby!
Distant, standoffish, that’s how Barack Obama is often described. Not true. He doesn’t bawl or scream but why does that make him unemotional? Did you see the way he hugged Gabby last night before the State of the Union address? … Continue reading →