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    Barack Obama's Secret Identity Revealed: Boring Yuppie

    Friend of the People Lady de Rothschild Now Attacking Elitist McCain Camp
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    Image of Peter Feld Peter Feld
    11/24/08

    In reply to Barack Obama's Secret Identity Revealed: Boring Yuppie
    The Clintons very regularly attended the Foundry United Methodist Church in DC while he was president. I think they actually were/are genuine "church people."


    Funny story: my (pretty, blond) friend attended the same church and saw them all the time. One Sunday, she was sitting by the center aisle as the Clintons were walking up it. Bill sees her, makes eye contact, starts smiling. Soon they're both smiling at each other. Then she notices Hillary... scowling.

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    Image of SinisterRouge SinisterRouge
    11/24/08

    @Peter Feld: Aw, Bill...always the lady charmer.
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    Image of Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
    11/24/08

    In reply to Barack Obama's Secret Identity Revealed: Boring Yuppie
    What about Catholicism, Judaism, or Nation of Islam? Those are still viable options, right?
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    11/24/08

    @Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: Jainism. Skyclad.
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    Image of Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
    11/24/08

    @Claire Buoyant: What about Christian Scientists (who, until recently, I thought Scientologists were)? I'm all out of 'credible' religions, but Catholics do have the coolest churches...
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    11/24/08

    @Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: With the coolest stained glass windows...
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    11/24/08

    @Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: And they use fishing nets to collect offerings instead of plates! Or the one cathedral I ever went to did. And this was in the late 80s.
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    Image of Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
    11/24/08

    @apocalypse-nowish: Whoa, really? When I was a child, we used to go to the Anglican Mass if we slept in (which was more or less every weekend), and they used this weird dark blue velvet sack thing with dark wooden handles. It made the whole thing seem rather ostentatiously ceremonious, but apparently it was so that nobody else could see what others were donating, or something. Those English; always so considerate!
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    Image of Mr. Kim Gordons Panties Mr. Kim Gordons Panties
    11/24/08

    In reply to Barack Obama's Secret Identity Revealed: Boring Yuppie
    "What if Barack Obama is actually a mild-mannered upwardly mobile college professor from an upper-middle class neighborhood with fairly standard-issue yuppie family values?"


    Whaddya mean "what if?" Who the hell were the rest of you guys voting for?

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    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    11/24/08

    @Mr. Kim Gordons Panties:


    They were voting for the Lefty Unicorn of their Dreams and/or the Cool Black Friend they always wished they had back in college.


    Sigh. Even when the American public does the right thing, they do it for a totally embarrassing stupid reason.

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    Image of Mr. Kim Gordons Panties Mr. Kim Gordons Panties
    11/24/08

    @City_Dater: Well, I voted for the Constitutional Law Professor with the big brain and the nice teeth.
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    Image of eatsshootsleaves eatsshootsleaves
    11/24/08

    @Mr. Kim Gordons Panties: I voted for the terrorist secret-muslim socialist, and as you can imagine I am quite upset!
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    Image of Tara Incognita Tara Incognita
    11/25/08

    @Mr. Kim Gordons Panties: The dude whose wife has a HOT ASS OMG.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    11/24/08

    In reply to Barack Obama's Secret Identity Revealed: Boring Yuppie
    The Sidwell Friends thing is such a disappointment. Barry could have made a HUGE statement about his commitment to public schools.


    How can we be OK with a situation where urban public schools are openly considered unsuitable for respectable people? How is that not more of an outrage? As an American, it's just embarrassing. We might as well just come out and tell the thousands of DC schoolkids that they're doomed... and no one gives a shit.

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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    11/24/08

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: well i mean don't you think it's better to TELL THEM than to pretend otherwise? c'mon. there's a multitude of reasons as to why the obamas' decision is defensible, ending with "anyone who uses their kids to make huge statements about their political beliefs should not have had kids"
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    Image of Dave J. Dave J.
    11/24/08

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: There's more practical reasons for choosing Sidwell: they've got recent experience having a President's kid @ the school, so they are well versed in Secret Service protocols and etc. They've got far fewer kids than your local public school, hence, far people to worry about. It's smaller, more secure, etc. etc. etc.


    At the end of the day, dude needs to do what's best for his kids TODAY. Do you really expect him to essentially say "I have never had any impact over the DC schools, and any educational policy I pass will likely not be felt at the local level for another decade, but I will send my children to a poorly performing school to demonstrate to people that I am not a hypocrite"? Come on, now. No parent would do that.

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    11/24/08

    @Dave J.:

    If the logistical argument were true, then that's defensible, but has anyone seriously suggested that sending them to public school would somehow be beyond the scope of the secret service's abilities? If so, I haven't read that anywhere.
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    Image of Shelwood Shelwood
    11/25/08

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: Security at a public school wouldn't be impossible, but it would be more difficult than at Sidwell. Sidwell also offered more privacy. When Amy Carter went to public school, she was not allowed to go outside for recess because of both security and privacy.
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    11/24/08

    In reply to Barack Obama's Secret Identity Revealed: Boring Yuppie
    Even Malcolm X had to go all the way to Mecca just to discover that most of the world's Muslims are actually white.


    Borrring!

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    Image of Sarcastro Sarcastro
    11/24/08

    In reply to Barack Obama's Secret Identity Revealed: Boring Yuppie
    I was hoping for some sort of bizarro combination of Generalissimo Francisco Franco and any of several Wobbly agitators.
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    Image of Unfun Unfun
    11/24/08

    In reply to Barack Obama's Secret Identity Revealed: Boring Yuppie
    Can I still presume he's a stallion in the sack?
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    Image of Sarcastro Sarcastro
    11/24/08

    @Unfun: More the patient, caressing type, I'd guess.
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    11/24/08

    @Sarcastro: He gets freaky. I just know it, alright?!?!!!
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    Image of Rumpelstilskin Rumpelstilskin
    11/24/08

    @Sarcastro: He lights up a cig and talks about how the sex "made him feel."
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    11/24/08

    @Sarcastro: No way.
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    11/24/08

    @Unfun: do you have intel?
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    11/24/08

    @Unfun: Define "freaky."
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    Image of Unfun Unfun
    11/24/08

    @Banjo Kitten: I'm just very intuitive in the panties.
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    11/24/08

    @Unfun: ooh, me too.
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    Image of Unfun Unfun
    11/24/08

    @Unfun: He likes a little sump'in sump'in, if you catch my drift. (wink wink)
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    11/24/08

    @Banjo Kitten: Can't you just tell then? I know you know that I know you know what I'm saying.
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    11/24/08

    @Unfun: Boo, that was meant for @CaptainFantastic:
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    11/24/08

    @Unfun: That's more vague than "freaky." I'd seriously like to know what you define as freaky.
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    Image of Unfun Unfun
    11/24/08

    @CaptainFantastic: Fine, but it'll cost you.
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    Image of eatsshootsleaves eatsshootsleaves
    11/24/08

    @Unfun: It's bizarre, but during the election I could more easily engage in this sort of speculation. Now that he's president-elect, it feels kind of like talking about my parents' sex life.


    Still. My guess is that he can really talk dirty, but once he actually gets you in bed he's more conventional than you'd expect.

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    Image of Rumpelstilskin Rumpelstilskin
    11/24/08

    In reply to Barack Obama's Secret Identity Revealed: Boring Yuppie
    Boxers or briefs?
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    11/06/08

    In reply to Friend of the People Lady de Rothschild Now Attacking Elitist McCain Camp
    I take she'll be spending the holidays with Sarah in Wasilla working on crafts and fall harvest canning.
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    Image of bjonston bjonston
    11/06/08

    In reply to Friend of the People Lady de Rothschild Now Attacking Elitist McCain Camp
    Dude, I came this close to slitting my wrists and stabbing myself in the head within 30 seconds of playing that clip. Jesus H. Christ. I fucking hate Fox & Friends.
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    Image of cassandra cassandra
    11/06/08

    In reply to Friend of the People Lady de Rothschild Now Attacking Elitist McCain Camp
    Lady or not, she's originally from New Jersey. And she was a CEO, so she's hardly an idiot. So she actually has some cred on the elitism issue.
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    11/06/08

    In reply to Friend of the People Lady de Rothschild Now Attacking Elitist McCain Camp
    You know damn well that elitist windbag thinks Palin is nothing but trash. She's got to be either a stone-cold racist, insane or both to even appear somewhere supporting Sarah Palin.
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    11/06/08

    In reply to Friend of the People Lady de Rothschild Now Attacking Elitist McCain Camp
    I find the intense vapidity wrapped in that Connecticut rich-bitch package... um, watchamacallit, alluring.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/06/08

    In reply to Friend of the People Lady de Rothschild Now Attacking Elitist McCain Camp
    Yo, blondie - while you're boning up (fnar) on history, you might learn we tossed out peerage in 18th century. You can't put "Lady" in front of anything but "fruit," now. It's the law.
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    Image of forwardmotion forwardmotion
    11/06/08

    In reply to Friend of the People Lady de Rothschild Now Attacking Elitist McCain Camp
    You would think the Rich People United caucus would shoot a paralyzing agent into her voicebox.
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