What the GOP Really Wants: Obama's Autograph (Pepto, please)

Time ^ | Mar. 02, 2009 | By Jay Newton-Small

[rightinthemiddle]

Ever since he began his uphill battle for the Presidency two years ago, Barack Obama has been getting mobbed for photos and autographs, and that enthusiasm and passion has only grown since he entered the Oval Office. But even President Obama must be a little taken aback by the identity of some of his well-wishers on Capitol Hill of late. After his address to Congress last Tuesday, the same House Republicans who had decried his stimulus plan as the work of just another tax-and-spend liberal crowded around him like starstruck tween girls at a Jonas Brothers concert, all just to get his John Hancock on their copy of the speech.

Members of Congress have always gotten autographed photos of themselves with the President from bill signings and other events — keepsakes that are then prominently displayed in their offices. It is unusual, though, for representatives and senators to cross the aisle. None of the Democrats I spoke with had anything signed from President Bush — except for Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, who has five large framed photos of Bush in his office, which probably speaks more to his strained relationship with his own party than any Bush popularity. So why the crossover with Obama? "It reflects the fact that although their leadership is stuck in a negative mode, the Party of No, their membership is more open minded," says Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat who had her copy signed so she could frame it and hang it in her offices. "It shows that his attempts to reach across the aisle are having some effect."

[wac3rd]

TIME is about to go under. Just like the Titanic, Joe Klein and his band of maggots will contunue to play the Zer0 Waltz until the cold, icy North Atlantic fills their lungs as they drown...

Obama is a loser, a figment of the Lefty Press’ imagination.

His policies will cause civil war, I fear.

[Hildy]

I would have laughed just a year ago at the mention of a civil war. But not now, and you know why? This year I lost several relatives and friends in this election cycle. Honestly, I never want to talk to them again. When I was a little girl I remember discussin in grade school how it could have been that brother fought against brother. It was something our generation just couldn't understand. It went to our very core. But I now understand how brother can fight against brother.

And that. my friends, is the litmus test for the planning of a civil war.

[wac3rd]

I have a sister who elected to shack up with a Native American guy who hangs out all day and gets his check from the US Government and the casino...they were big Obama voters who are always pulling for “the little guy.”

I also have friends who I cannot clearly understand as they are blinded by the media’s lies.

I think we are headed there, the Dow was off 300 today...but the media is still blaming the companies who are losing money, not the real source, Liberal Democrats in power.