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Obamamania in Overdrive as Inauguration Looms
Obamamania in Overdrive as Inauguration Looms
It feels like the wedding of Charles and Diana all over again.
Obamamania
corner.nationalreview.com — I write about it in the new issue of Time: To find a similar episode of enthusiasm for an incoming President, you might have to go back to 1829. The outgoing President, John Quincy Adams, was the son of another President. He had won office in a way ... (more) Obamamania
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INSTAPUTZ — Yeah, I'm actually looking forward to 4-8 years of sour grapes and Putz whining that Republicans have been "snookered" and "betrayed." I'm gonna drink that shit in like it's a new bottle of 18-year Jameson. How much does it suck to be a Republican? Your boy has a 34% approval rating -- i.e. he's slightly less popular than Darragh Murphy's genital warts -- and this is the best you can do: That's more funny than pathetic.

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The Anchoress — ... I say, go to it, Obama! Who knows what the next year will bring. Your inaugural is not going to bring down the nation’s economy. No one’s inaugural ever has or ever could, regardless of what the drama queens tell you. ...

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