The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux) - Page 429

Alex · 03-16-2009, 02:53 PM

Yes, he did appear on SNL but it was in 1994 after he was no longer president.

ETA: Whoops didn't realize I was looking at old version of page.

Alex · 03-16-2009, 02:56 PM

Not even Obama is enough to make me watch The Tonight Show (I don't know that Conan is enough).

But so long as he is just doing a mildly amusing interview then I'm generally ok with it. If he performs in a skit then I'll find it undignified (not for the man but for the office).

innerSpaceman · 03-16-2009, 05:16 PM

Yeah, I won't be watching The Tonight Show, but I entered a lottery to be in the live audience at a short-noticed Obama Town Hall meeting somewhere in Los Angeles this coming Thursday, and I'm excited at the prospect of being selected. That would be teh awEsoMe.

€uroMeinke · 03-16-2009, 09:18 PM

He's coming to one of our offices on Thursday, but not mine

JWBear · 03-17-2009, 10:48 AM

Michelle Obama ordered the White House fountains dyed green in honor of St Patrick's Day. There are a lot of differing opinions out in the blogosphere. What is yours - fun and festive touch, or tacky and beneath Presidential dignity?

Snowflake · 03-17-2009, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by JWBear

Michelle Obama ordered the White House fountains dyed green in honor of St Patrick's Day. There are a lot of differing opinions out in the blogosphere. What is yours - fun and festive touch, or tacky and beneath Presidential dignity?

The fountain is fun, had they decided to dress in leprechaun costumes, that would have been tacky.

Not Afraid · 03-17-2009, 11:13 AM

I'm glad that the stuffy "Presidential dignity" is gone. Let's have some FUN!

Alex · 03-17-2009, 11:15 AM

I find I am unable to care enough to even begin the process of scoping out how I might begin to go about starting the process of forming an opinion.

Strangler Lewis · 03-17-2009, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by JWBear

Michelle Obama ordered the White House fountains dyed green in honor of St Patrick's Day. There are a lot of differing opinions out in the blogosphere. What is yours - fun and festive touch, or tacky and beneath Presidential dignity?

Overreaction #1: The money spent on that nonsense would have been better spent on the troops.

Overreaction #2: What part of the Establishment Clause do these people not understand?

Honest reaction #1: Much as I am against the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower being lit up in any color other than white, I am against the dyeing of public fountain water.

Moonliner · 03-17-2009, 01:18 PM

She has kids. Kids like green stuff.

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