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Topic: Obama on Thanksgiving: ´A day to
fight the overwhelming urge
to take a nap´ |
Obama on Thanksgiving: ´A day to
fight the overwhelming urge
to take a nap´
Investor´s Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm
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Posted By:SurferLad, 11/22/2012 9:18:21 AM
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On behalf of the Obama family — Michelle, Malia, Sasha and Bo — I want to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving. For us, like so many of you, this is a day full of family and friends; food and football. It’s a day to fight the overwhelming urge to take a nap — at least until after dinner. But most of all, it’s a time to give thanks for each other, and for the incredible bounty we enjoy.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
M2, 11/22/2012 9:25:52 AM (No. 9029093)
In his Thanksgiving message to Americans, Obama still couldn´t resist the temptation to mention the campaign and other self-aggrandizing comments.
His obligatory mention of God was in the form of giving thanks that bad things were not happening to HIM: "Because there but for the grace of God go I."
This whole message missed the point: When you "give thanks", you thank someone, not simply circumstances. Obama´s message was full of circumstances but no recognition that all our blessings come from God and it is to Him we should be thankful.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
MMC, 11/22/2012 9:32:45 AM (No. 9029103)
Trite
pithy
shallow
lacking in substance
" a nap"... the people in Israel are not napping today, the men and women in our military are not napping today...
We have the best, most free (still as of this moment) country... we have worked hard for this freedom with blood sweat and tears. The men and women that travelled to this country for freedom to worship were grateful to God for the blessings of home, food, and family- and the ability to pray.
a nap... that is the best this Occupant could come up with?
So disheartening.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
caddyjak, 11/22/2012 9:53:51 AM (No. 9029142)
Note to all red states...12th Amendment.....
The world is depending on this as it´s last hope.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Patchy Groundfog, 11/22/2012 9:54:31 AM (No. 9029146)
To paraphrase PJ O´Rourke´s comment on Jimmy Carter, go ahead and take a nap, Mr. President. The country will breathe a sigh of relief knowing you´re off the job for a few hours.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
strike3, 11/22/2012 11:03:56 AM (No. 9029287)
Not being a real American, the Turkey-in-Chief has no understanding of the meaning of Thanksgiving, therefore I can not return the sentiment. Any words I have for him at this point must remain unprinted.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
beancounter, 11/22/2012 11:11:00 AM (No. 9029312)
Wow, Reagan was so much better at this.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
msliberty1937, 11/22/2012 11:44:18 AM (No. 9029374)
Trite...pithy...shallow...lacking in substance. How true, MMC . . . even his speech writers can´t come up with a single profound remark. As I´ve said before, a middle-schooler writing such tripe would get nothing better than a C (for trying)
And maybe Rep. Clymer, the self-appointed de-coder of every utterence by a white person as racist, can splain ´A day to fight the overwhelming urge to take a nap´ for us. Couldn´t be a vague reference to laziness, could it? Nah, the person saying it is the wrong - er - right color.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Grambo, 11/22/2012 12:04:09 PM (No. 9029409)
It’s hard to believe that not one speech writer could come up with a heartfelt-sounding pronouncement. It would be interesting to see Obama’s blue-lined drafts to see what sort of things he refused to utter.
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