Obama has until Jan 20th to take office but he's already the best President ever because
Submitted by Ulysses S. Eater on Sat, 11/15/2008 - 5:58pm.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/article3401168.ece
And Tony Norman waxes about Obama’s collecting:
Earlier this week, The Daily Telegraph of London reported that Mr. Obama collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comic books.
I also read those titles, but I no longer collect them. Still, as David Letterman often deadpans: “It’s like I have a twin.”
Maybe comic books are the peculiar affliction of middle-aged liberals. Mr. Obama’s Democratic predecessor President Bill Clinton also read them, but he did it on the sly.
Mr. Obama is a “collector” — a hard-core fan who goes to the trouble of slipping comics into polyester sleeves or Mylar bags before depositing them into specialty storage boxes never to see the light of day again.
Being a collector requires a level of psychic investment and discretionary cash this brother doesn’t have. I stopped collecting comics in my late teens, but by the time I did, I had a complete run of Conans and a near-complete run of Spider-Man starting with issue No. 7. I sold them to comics dealers and other collectors in the early 1980s. Who knows, maybe Mr. Obama was one of them.
I imagine Michelle Obama’s eyes bulged in horror the first time her husband came home from the Chicago Comicon babbling about having scored a near-mint copy of “Savage Tales No. 1” for hundreds of dollars less than he should have paid.
Comic collectors are usually completist — which means they’re inclined to hunt down whole runs of a title and its spin-offs because voices in their heads command them to.
They also carry checklists with them at all times just to keep track of their burgeoning collections.
Along with the nuclear codes, the new president will carry a list of missing “Marvel Team-Ups” he needs to fill the holes in his collection.
To be a collector of, say, Conan the Barbarian during its multidecade run at Marvel and its more recent run at Dark Horse means spending time at specialty shops or online auctions looking for pristine copies of the legendary issue 24, “The Song of Red Sonja,” illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith.
A collector of Spider-Man has an even more daunting task with nearly 50 years of back issues to account for.
It will take all of Mr. Obama’s political guile to get his hands on mint copies of those early Steve Ditko-illustrated Spideys without tapping into Sasha and Malia’s college fund, but, hey, that’s what scholarships are for.
When Mr. Obama takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, he will be the first president in history to have Peter Parker’s mantra — penned by Stan Lee — going through his head: “With great power comes great responsibility.”
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08319/927818-153.stm
The Colbert Baiting
Submitted by Angie on Sun, 11/16/2008 - 3:53pm.collector in the house!
Submitted by Kapn on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 8:23pm.I bet letting a dog into the house has him nervous.
From GNN...
Submitted by QuantumNoise on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 11:39am.As Barack Obama’s opus, “Team of Rivals,” continues its rolling debut, the early reviews are in and the “critics” are full of praise for the cast:
“[T]he new administration is off to a good start.” – Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell.
“[S]uperb…the best of the Washington insiders…this will be a valedictocracy — rule by those who graduate first in their high school classes.” – David Brooks, conservative New York Times columnist
“[V]irtually perfect…” – Senator Joe Lieberman, former Democrat and John McCain’s top surrogate in the 2008 campaign.
“[R]eassuring.” – Karl Rove, “Bush’s brain.”
“I am gobsmacked by these appointments, most of which could just as easily have come from a President McCain…this all but puts an end to the 16-month timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, the unconditional summits with dictators, and other foolishness that once emanated from the Obama campaign…[Hillary] Clinton and [James] Steinberg at State should be powerful voices for ‘neo-liberalism’ which is not so different in many respects from ‘neo-conservativism.’” – Max Boot, neoconservative activist, former McCain staffer.
“I see them as being sort of center-right of the Democratic party.” – James Baker, former Secretary of State and the man who led the theft of the 2000 election.
“[S]urprising continuity on foreign policy between President Bush’s second term and the incoming administration….certainly nothing that represents a drastic change in how Washington does business. The expectation is that Obama is set to continue the course set by Bush…” – Michael Goldfarb of the neoconservative Weekly Standard.
“I certainly applaud many of the appointments…” – Senator John McCain
“So far, so good.” – Senator Lamar Alexander, senior Republican Congressional leader.
Hillary Clinton will be “outstanding” as Secretary of State -Henry Kissinger, war criminal.
Rahm Emanuel is “a wise choice” in the role of Chief of Staff – Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, John McCain’s best friend.
Obama’s team shows “Our foreign policy is non-partisan.” – Ed Rollins, top Republican strategist and Mike Huckabee’s 2008 campaign manager
“The country will be in good hands.” -Condoleezza Rice, George W Bush’s Secretary of State
“Team of Rivals” will be playing all day, every day for at least the next four years.
I got to say thisI dont
Submitted by Samantha Stephens on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 5:31pm.I got to say this
I dont really see the where the term “Team of Rivals” fits here. Look at the people Obama is picking. I think “Team of Liberals” would be more accurate.
Anyhow the history writer Doris Kearns Goodwin has a wonderful book out called Team of Rivals about the Lincoln cabinet. I cant reccomend it enough.
Oh by the way I understand Obama is a fan of The Dick Van Dyke Show. We have something in common. In fact I just got done watching the second season of that show, and I had forgotten how funny it is.
scoop the poop
Submitted by Tree on Thu, 12/04/2008 - 10:09am.In his interview with Baba Wawa, The President Elect said that he didn’t want a “yappy” or “girly” dog.
He also said that his girls were going to have to “scoop the poop” from the White House’s lawn. Baba made hime repeat that line, and he did so with a grin.
Comics + poopy talk = President? How’d THAT happen?
I’m hoping he’ll try the old “pull my finger” on Ahmadinejad.
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