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Gifts from Obama: What did you get? (submit your own) (Original Post) TalkingDog Nov 2012 OP
Comparative peace of mind. mr_hat Nov 2012 #1
Thumbs up to that one. TalkingDog Nov 2012 #2
Four years of peace of mind is the best way to put it scheming daemons Nov 2012 #3
My Mexican friends got passes back into Georgia to pick Veggies!! SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #4
The unadulterated joy at knowing that Mitt Romney would NEVER Grammy23 Nov 2012 #5
I'm with you, Grammy. beveeheart Nov 2012 #19
My gift from Obama-my grandson Dante! kdmorris Nov 2012 #6
OMG, How cute! LeftofObama Nov 2012 #13
now THAT's a gift Voice for Peace Nov 2012 #14
That's awesome TalkingDog Nov 2012 #15
I am partial to the name Dante for a grandson! Guess why? CTyankee Nov 2012 #16
You have a grandson named Dante, too? kdmorris Nov 2012 #22
Yep. Mine has a very Italian name and does not look like an Italian in the least! CTyankee Nov 2012 #23
Got me a big bag of GLOAT.... russspeakeasy Nov 2012 #7
My pimp's pimpmobile came in. Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #8
Oooooh! Bay bee! It smells like slut up in here!! SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #20
The peace of mind that comes from knowing protect our future Nov 2012 #9
I got an iphone.... what you didn't? bluemarkers Nov 2012 #29
Ernesto Nov 2012 #36
I got a Supreme Court nomination that is thoughtful and sane, maybe as many as 4 of them. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #10
Gift? Simple - A REAL PRESIDENT AGAIN! HopeHoops Nov 2012 #11
I got some inspiration, and some hope. Voice for Peace Nov 2012 #12
Deliverance from evil! CTyankee Nov 2012 #17
I mailed him my Election Day Wish List SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #18
Too many "things" and too much "stuff" to count! ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #21
while far from perfect I would have to say ACA liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #24
4 years of getting to rub repukes noses into the fact that we won & they lost. nt Raine Nov 2012 #25
I got a magical little elf... liberalmuse Nov 2012 #26
I already got my............................. johnq45 Nov 2012 #27
please let me know where i sign up for the weed portion! n/t JesterCS Nov 2012 #31
The speeches and their effects at the DNC. n/t 2on2u Nov 2012 #28
The knowledge that the world might NOT end this year =p n/t JesterCS Nov 2012 #30
My employer recently termanated our health insuance. Our union found us a health plan doc03 Nov 2012 #32
I didn't know anything about this liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #43
In order to get the HCTC you have to be getting a pension doc03 Nov 2012 #47
Nada, nothing. n/t RebelOne Nov 2012 #33
I got.... RichGirl Nov 2012 #34
A mandate Fumesucker Nov 2012 #35
A country that might just make it after all tblue Nov 2012 #37
i got a four-door 1987 mercedes benz coupe. spanone Nov 2012 #38
Killer ass buds madokie Nov 2012 #39
Further privatization, LWolf Nov 2012 #40
+1 liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #44
Damn, nothing, nada nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #41
So many gifts union_maid Nov 2012 #42
I got 1 extra hour on my birthday... whistler162 Nov 2012 #45
Not having Romney anywhere near the WH njlibguy_19656mm Nov 2012 #46
I got the same thing Jon Stewart got PennsylvaniaMatt Nov 2012 #48

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
5. The unadulterated joy at knowing that Mitt Romney would NEVER
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:07 PM
Nov 2012

have the title President, Commander in Chief, Big Cheese, HMFIC or sit in the Oval office as our highest elected office holder. Thanks, Mr. President for that. I was worried for a while, but you came through for us....after we came through for you. THANKS!

kdmorris

(5,649 posts)
6. My gift from Obama-my grandson Dante!
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:10 PM
Nov 2012

Without "ObamaCare", my daughter would never have gotten the health care she needed for this little guy to be in our lives!!

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CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
23. Yep. Mine has a very Italian name and does not look like an Italian in the least!
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 06:58 PM
Nov 2012

I think it is a beautiful name, so musical when you say it!

My Dante is bi-lingual in Italian and English. I try to keep up with his Italian but it's a losing battle...

 

Egalitarian Thug

(12,448 posts)
10. I got a Supreme Court nomination that is thoughtful and sane, maybe as many as 4 of them.
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:15 PM
Nov 2012

Sure, the President's really expensive, what with wars, Wall Street, and the like, but look at the alternative. I think this gift is really going to pay off in the long run.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
11. Gift? Simple - A REAL PRESIDENT AGAIN!
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:17 PM
Nov 2012

We haven't had one since Clinton, and Carter before him. Yeah, that's my gift. A real president.

SaveAmerica

(5,342 posts)
18. I mailed him my Election Day Wish List
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:23 PM
Nov 2012

Dear President Obama (it said),

I have been a good and loyal Democrat and have followed your Cold War Era Mind-Control Orders for 4 whole years!! I have also brought friends and family over to your Dark Side (do you see what I did there?) via your CWEMC mini-meetup at Democratic Underground (R). You're welcome!!

In exchange for my vote I would love to have the following if you and your little elves (what? what happened to Kucinich?!) could please please make it happen:

666 kilos of weed

membership in the hot hunk of the month club (with 'certain' privileges included of course) cause this slut needs some

Annual pass to the abortion clinic - the one on 5th and main, so much cleaner ; )!! I just go in for a touch-up every 28 days.

Hello! Ho boots!

You know where I am, you've watched me when I was sleeping and you knew when I was awake, you've mailed my house 32 times this year, I've been good for goodness sake!!

Thanks man, for the Dem lady slut ho hook-up, I've got your back!!

Save



liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)
24. while far from perfect I would have to say ACA
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 07:02 PM
Nov 2012

I have to pay $775/month in premiums and the insurance only covers 80% of my bills but my husband and my son who both have pre-existing conditions are covered. My daughter who is turning 18 gets to stay on our insurance and she has access to birth control.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
26. I got a magical little elf...
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 07:12 PM
Nov 2012

that mysteriously appears every morning at breakfast time to take a big steaming dump of schadenfreude into my Wheaties, and it tastes SOOOO GOOOOOD!

 

johnq45

(33 posts)
27. I already got my.............................
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 07:18 PM
Nov 2012

72 inch flat sceen and my Obama phone delivered yesterday. I'm expecting my new car next week! Anybody get their pound of weed yet?

doc03

(35,337 posts)
32. My employer recently termanated our health insuance. Our union found us a health plan
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 07:25 PM
Nov 2012

for $809 a month. Because of the HCTC (health care tax credit) included in the Stimulous I get a 72.5% tax credit so I can purchase my insurance for only
$222 a month until I am 65 and eligable for Medicare.

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)
43. I didn't know anything about this
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 08:49 PM
Nov 2012

I am paying $775/month in premiums. I must look into this. That would be great.

doc03

(35,337 posts)
47. In order to get the HCTC you have to be getting a pension
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 01:03 AM
Nov 2012

from the PBGC (Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp) or be qualified for TRA or TAA. TRA and TAA are for people that have lost their jobs and health-care as a result of foreign trade. You also must not be eligible for Medicare. At 62 the company offered me my pension and health-care
insurance until I become (65) Medicare age. The company terminated our health-care in September and since part of my pension comes from the PBGC I get the HCTC until I reach 65 in April next year it will save me over $4000. I am very lucky a lot of my fellow employees don't qualify for the HCTC and have to pay the full premium, that's $1618 a month if they are married. Good luck.

RichGirl

(4,119 posts)
34. I got....
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 07:42 PM
Nov 2012

A president I can trust and who is honest....who really cares about all of us...even republicans.

tblue

(16,350 posts)
37. A country that might just make it after all
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 08:03 PM
Nov 2012

despite what the Repubs and Blue Dogs keep trying to do. We may just save ourselves after all. That hope, that's what I got.

union_maid

(3,502 posts)
42. So many gifts
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 08:22 PM
Nov 2012

I got four more years of of Obamas in the White House, which was what I wanted more than anything.

I got NO years of Mitt Romney as president.

I got more schadenfreude than I know what do with. Almost. There's really no such thing as enough of that.

I got the gradual closing of the donut hole in Medicare Part D. That was a big personal concern, as husband needs some real costly meds and we're in our 60's.

I got hope for the future because the emerging Democratic majority manifested itself.

I got a smile that hasn't really gone away since election day.

And did I mention schadenfreude? Because that's turned out to be a big one, if not really subtantive.

PennsylvaniaMatt

(966 posts)
48. I got the same thing Jon Stewart got
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 01:48 AM
Nov 2012

The Obama gift bag! Included was a bag of weed, a contraception variety pack, a Quran, food stamps, and a pinata filled with Green Cards!!!

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