I just got this beautiful photo of Barack Obama and his fam in an emailed holiday card. Wouldn't it be a blast to see Michelle, Malia, and Sasha watch husband and dad getting sworn in January 2009?
That's not an endorsement. It's just a statement. I'd also be happy to see Al and Tipper or John and Elizabeth on that stage.
Update December 21: Helpful reader Billie sends me a link to this great blog. Forget the next president! Who will be America's Next First Lady? Lots of fun (especially since it could be a gentleman), plus some fun links ... you'll love the delicious carol parodies at Skeptical Brotha.
I'd LOVE to see Obama getting sworn in... especially the fact he's an Xer... consider THAT an endorsement.
OTOH, any combination of Edwards, Obama, Richardson, Schweitzer, Reich, Lofgren, and Boucher would be fine by me :) [also note a couple of deliberate omissions from that list]
Posted by: The Nickel-Plated JA | December 20, 2006 at 10:20 AM
I voted for him but when I found out he's been having dinner with Tony Rezko since 1990 a couple of times a year, I got a new perspective on the guy. Rezko has poisned Illinois politics and looks like Obama climbed in bed with him...and has been there for some time. I had expected far more from Obama.
Posted by: Bill Baar | December 20, 2006 at 05:39 PM
Wait a minute -- saying Rezko poisoned Illinois politics is like saying Brutus was the 47th guy to stab Caesar! Those waters have been fouled since long before Tony Rezko was born, and there isn't a SuperFund big enough to clean them up.
Personally, the allegations about Obama that keep me up at night are about ties to Archer Daniels Midland; if true, that might handcuff him in either reducing the amount of corn under cultivation or taking steps to ban HFCS as a food additive -- both of which I see as critical steps in the fight against obesity. I'd love to know more about whether there is anything to the link: OpenSecrets doesn't show any contributions to him in '04.
Posted by: The Nickel-Plated JA | December 20, 2006 at 06:38 PM
For the rest of us who are going, "say what?," here's an article on the Obama-Rezko ties:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/124171,CST-NWS-obama05.article
"Saying Rezko poisoned Illinois politics is like saying Brutus was the 47th guy to stab Caesar!"
Funny stuff!
Posted by: Julie in Boise | December 20, 2006 at 07:19 PM
On a completely different topic--does Obama's wife have braces? The way she has her lips "smooshed" into a smile has me wondering.
Posted by: Tara A. Rowe | December 20, 2006 at 11:13 PM
Tara, you just have to go read the deconstruction of the photo at the Next First Lady blog I noted above in the update. There's no mention of braces, but there are remarks on the smile.
Posted by: Julie Fanselow | December 21, 2006 at 03:58 PM
Does Obama take equal pride in both his white and black roots?
Posted by: Jim | October 19, 2007 at 06:17 PM
btw hes president now ;)
Posted by: celine | November 05, 2008 at 08:21 PM