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targetpractice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-31-09 11:05 PM
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Obama Depressed, Distant Since 'Battlestar Galactica' Series Finale

Obama Depressed, Distant Since 'Battlestar Galactica' Series Finale


WASHINGTON—According to sources in the White House, President Barack Obama has been uncharacteristically distant and withdrawn ever since last month's two-hour series finale of Battlestar Galactica.

"The president seems to be someplace else lately," said one high-level official, speaking on condition of anonymity. "Yesterday we were all being briefed on the encroachment of Iranian drone planes into Iraq, when he just looked up from the table and blurted out, 'What am I supposed to watch on Fridays at 10 p.m. now? Numb3rs?'"

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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-31-09 11:18 PM
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1. This was pretty good.
I haven't seen him this upset since Admiral Adama realized that Earth was actually an uninhabitable wasteland," the official continued. "Or at least that's what he told me. I don't actually watch the show. It's not really my thing."
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-31-09 11:21 PM
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2. He doesn't fool me.
I know he talked tough during the campaign but I know he just BAWLED over Bill and Laura.

Also, he totally knows Rahm Emanuel is a Cylon, and he's OK with that.
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targetpractice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 09:13 PM
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5. Mental picture: Rahm with a band-aid eyepatch n/t
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MrPerson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 09:16 PM
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6. Orzag is teh Cylon.
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Lionel Mandrake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 01:07 AM
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3. It's not yet April 1 here on the west coast. N/T
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wickerwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-01-09 02:09 AM
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4. bet he'd like dollhouse though
since he's such a big firefly fan }(
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