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President Barack Obama has been married to the same and only woman for 19 years (Original Post) bluestateguy Jan 2012 OP
Must be because "God's in the mix" MNBrewer Jan 2012 #1
Or he has higher morals than the repubs. uppityperson Jan 2012 #2
Shows character and a willingness to never give up, also FarLeftFist Jan 2012 #3
Obama had to be a morally perfect candidate to survive. Imagine if his daughter was pregnant out of Happyhippychick Jan 2012 #4
Imagine if his girls behaved like the Bush twin daughters. Oy! Cleita Jan 2012 #8
The Obama girls are young----no comparison. virgogal Jan 2012 #9
Oh yes there is. Cleita Jan 2012 #15
We'll see. emilyg Jan 2012 #23
The Jackie Robinson of Presidential candidates. Robinson didn't brewens Jan 2012 #12
And he'd never put Bo in a crate on the roof. DesertRat Jan 2012 #5
Also, Michelle is an elegant and fascinating woman. Cleita Jan 2012 #6
I am married to a Michelle Mopar151 Jan 2012 #27
He would be the perfect candidate for the GOP circa 1998-99! Eid Ma Clack Shaw Jan 2012 #7
Pinko-commie beliefs? stevedeshazer Jan 2012 #10
Please, put yourself in the comfortable shoes of your average Republican. Eid Ma Clack Shaw Jan 2012 #11
You really nailed the neanderthal mind-frame of how republicans think. They NEED fear to thrive. FarLeftFist Jan 2012 #13
5--4--3--2.... trumad Jan 2012 #14
Stock market under Obama krispos42 Jan 2012 #17
Whilst I like President Obama... Eid Ma Clack Shaw Jan 2012 #18
I got your irony, although it was more sarcasm. We have a tag for that: FarLeftFist Jan 2012 #26
You're right, it wasn't irony at all. Eid Ma Clack Shaw Jan 2012 #30
lolololol .... we need to have a serious discussion about the definition of communism. nt TBF Jan 2012 #21
Okay, this is me, putting myself in comfortable average Republican shoes. stevedeshazer Jan 2012 #22
I'm not sure I get where you're coming from. Eid Ma Clack Shaw Jan 2012 #31
That sort of thing tends to happen when you marry someone you like gkhouston Jan 2012 #16
K & R Scurrilous Jan 2012 #19
Irrelevant to being President customerserviceguy Jan 2012 #20
Most correct. emilyg Jan 2012 #25
And you can tell they are still very much in love. applegrove Jan 2012 #24
His marriage should have been left up to the states. Occulus Jan 2012 #28
23 years here BootinUp Jan 2012 #29
30 here..wonder if Ms. Toad Jan 2012 #32

Happyhippychick

(8,379 posts)
4. Obama had to be a morally perfect candidate to survive. Imagine if his daughter was pregnant out of
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 10:21 PM
Jan 2012

Wedlock like Sarah Kardashian.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
15. Oh yes there is.
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 10:58 PM
Jan 2012

The eldest is already in her teens and by the time Obama finishes a second term, there is plenty of opportunity for them to behave badly, however, it won't happen because those girls will be models of good behavior because they will never get the wink, wink, the Bush girls did.

brewens

(13,582 posts)
12. The Jackie Robinson of Presidential candidates. Robinson didn't
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 10:46 PM
Jan 2012

just have to be a great ball player,he had to be thick skinned and clean as a whistle. I'm not sure about articulate but I'd throw that in too. There were lots of black baseball players easily good enough to be stars in the majors. Branch Rickey made sure he picked the right guy.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
6. Also, Michelle is an elegant and fascinating woman.
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 10:30 PM
Jan 2012

He would have a hard time finding another woman to match her although I don't believe he has a wandering eye.

Mopar151

(9,983 posts)
27. I am married to a Michelle
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 12:50 AM
Jan 2012

The Michelles have a secret society. You don't wanna mess with the International Society of Michelles!

Eid Ma Clack Shaw

(490 posts)
7. He would be the perfect candidate for the GOP circa 1998-99!
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 10:31 PM
Jan 2012

After all, there's no issue more important than "family values", so I'm sure they could sweep his pinko-commie beliefs under the carpet.

Or is there something else that's not quite right about him? I just cannot, for the life of me, put my finger on it...

Eid Ma Clack Shaw

(490 posts)
11. Please, put yourself in the comfortable shoes of your average Republican.
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 10:45 PM
Jan 2012

Sit down in your nice, comfy chair, switch on your computer and start getting angry.

See...

EVERYTHING Dear Leader Obama says, does, has done or will do...

Well...

It isn't just socialism,

it isn't just Marxism,

and it certainly isn't benign enough to just be communism;

It's Sociarxunfacialistism, led by a black dictator who hates America and its freedoms with such entrenched, vitriolic passion that he will not stop until his brand of Sociarxunfacialistism has become the dominant - nay, the ONLY - political entity in the United States Of America.

FarLeftFist

(6,161 posts)
13. You really nailed the neanderthal mind-frame of how republicans think. They NEED fear to thrive.
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 10:50 PM
Jan 2012

They must ALWAYS have a boogeyman. I can't believe I'm lumbered in with these people as my fellow countrymen/women. Sick fucks, all of them.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
17. Stock market under Obama
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 11:03 PM
Jan 2012




Doubled in 2 years.


And a major heath-insurance company reported a 21% increase in profits.



Oh, you fail so hard it HURTS!

Eid Ma Clack Shaw

(490 posts)
18. Whilst I like President Obama...
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 11:08 PM
Jan 2012

I thought the irony was dripping from my post like simmering fat from the most revolting meaty joint.

Eid Ma Clack Shaw

(490 posts)
30. You're right, it wasn't irony at all.
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 01:28 AM
Jan 2012

That was a pretty dreadful error, and I'm ashamed that it slipped through the net. I feel like a sub-standard Alanis Morissette song from the mid-1990s.

(genuinely, no sarcasm

stevedeshazer

(21,653 posts)
22. Okay, this is me, putting myself in comfortable average Republican shoes.
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 12:25 AM
Jan 2012

Ow. They really hurt. The shoes of a Republican, that is.

Like Wal-Mart, the selection is limited and cheap.

They don't carry size 11 triple-wide.

Really, please give me a break. It's cool you cared enough to italicize part of your post, though. That took some work.

Eid Ma Clack Shaw

(490 posts)
31. I'm not sure I get where you're coming from.
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 01:31 AM
Jan 2012

To be as straightforward and non-sarcastic as possible, it appears to me that - to the modern Republican - it is practically the 11th commandment to believe Obama to be some kind of far left yet fascist, freedom hating dictator. And that belief is what I was mocking.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
20. Irrelevant to being President
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 11:59 PM
Jan 2012

If it were, that would make Romney or Paul the most qualified.

I really hope we don't go there if Gingrich winds up with the nomination somehow, it really doesn't matter what women he screwed, but it will matter how he wants to screw the whole country.

Ms. Toad

(34,069 posts)
32. 30 here..wonder if
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 09:48 AM
Jan 2012

that's enough for the Republicans to ignore the fact that my spouse and I are the same gender

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