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TrogL

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10. Wow!!!!

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2012, 09:59 AM

May 2012

The Waste Land is my second favourite poem (The Hollow Men is my favourite).

The footnotes are indeed important otherwise line 425 doesn't many any sense, which Obama seems to have missed (unless that's what he means by "ambivalence". America itself sits at the moment at a similar cusp.

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Obama, in a "letter to one of his romantic partners".. [View all] Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 OP

Ooooooooooooooh!!!! That'll piss off the wingnuts! MADem May 2012 #1

Ha....This sounds exactly like things I wrote in college Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 #6

I'm not sure if this OP was supposed to be pro-Obama or anti-Obama.... cbdo2007 May 2012 #30

Well, it's from Politico and they're assholes, but I posted a link to the VF article from which it MADem May 2012 #31

You betcha! GoCubsGo May 2012 #40

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ROFL alcibiades_mystery May 2012 #4

DUzy malaise May 2012 #9

I couldn't ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2012 #12

"Laura, Aristus May 2012 #56

Dear Laura, Swede May 2012 #13

+1 Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 #17

lol. nt sufrommich May 2012 #18

LOL! n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #19

+1 uponit7771 May 2012 #23

Pomes... that's "pomes" are hard (Bullwinkle T. Moose). lamp_shade May 2012 #26

LOL!!! Whisp May 2012 #27

. ProSense May 2012 #48

I am sure Mitt wrote stuff just as deep on Ayn Rand. yellowcanine May 2012 #22

Ha! More like "Thanks for getting the towel." nt Poll_Blind May 2012 #24

Ha ha ha! MADem May 2012 #32

I can't imagine him reading it out loud. SammyWinstonJack May 2012 #34

+1. nt sufrommich May 2012 #39

Forget Dubya - I can't imagine students today writing that period. TBF May 2012 #46

Imagine Bush writing something like this... antigone382 May 2012 #3

Wow, remember when people used to write letters like this ... frazzled May 2012 #5

+1 Scuba May 2012 #8

No thinking required anymore..... cbdo2007 May 2012 #29

It's kinda sweet but I can imagine that he's a bit embarrassed by it now... CTyankee May 2012 #36

Yeah, once in a while ... frazzled May 2012 #41

Oh, of course he should't be embarrassed. I didn't mean that at all. But we all write stuff CTyankee May 2012 #45

So, tell me, what do you think some good topics of conversation could be? Aside from politics Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 #50

Something totally unexpected ... frazzled May 2012 #52

good ones. I especially like the topic about who the digital world Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 #54

uh-oh. GOP takeaway, aside from the above, is proof he's gay. magical thyme May 2012 #7

Alex is used for females as much or more than for males. nt. bluestate10 May 2012 #51

tell it to the GOP magical thyme May 2012 #59

Wow!!!! TrogL May 2012 #10

Can you imagine Dubya writing such a wonderful, introspective letter? myrna minx May 2012 #11

What? FloridaJudy May 2012 #14

The truly twitter-literati would use the "Wassup" form! MADem May 2012 #43

remind me never to become president Enrique May 2012 #15

+1 uponit7771 May 2012 #21

Wow, that's deep! Odin2005 May 2012 #16

Obama discussed T.S. Eliot with a woman friend? What a snob! yellowcanine May 2012 #20

It gets better--she was a FURRINER!! Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!!! nt MADem May 2012 #33

He is Spock. BumRushDaShow May 2012 #25

That's hot. nt msanthrope May 2012 #28

+1 nt TBF May 2012 #47

update...more about the Obama biography Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 #35

"I never did bother to check all the footnotes" Prism May 2012 #37

I have to admit, most of this goes over my head. Old and In the Way May 2012 #38

It's actually a fairly conventional take on Eliot alcibiades_mystery May 2012 #53

sure do hope no one researches this and finds he lifted it all from Cliffs Notes. nt Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 #55

Seriously? alcibiades_mystery May 2012 #58

of course not. I am just so impressed with what he wrote. nt Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 #60

that's true but he says it rather well. cali May 2012 #62

No argument there alcibiades_mystery May 2012 #63

Does my English major heart good to read this deutsey May 2012 #42

How romantic GeorgeGist May 2012 #44

he continually proves me right about him JI7 May 2012 #49

in what way? cali May 2012 #61

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What's really going to piss off the right-wing nuts LibertyLover May 2012 #57