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Enrique

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15. remind me never to become president

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2012, 10:17 AM

May 2012

I don't have any clue what I wrote in personal letters when I was 22, but I'm certain I don't want it published in Vanity Fair.

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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

Can anyone imagine Dubya writing a sufrommich May 2012 #2

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

i liked him because i considered him a deep thinker JI7 May 2012 #64

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