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In reply to the discussion: President Barack Obama Takes Over for Stephen Colbert (12/08/14) [View all]Rhiannon12866
(205,172 posts)39. I agree that he has to have had a good sense of humor to have remained sane these last years
Along with that, he's always likely the smartest person in the room, the most probable reason the Republicans are reluctant to meet with him. Not only do they lack humor, and smarts, but half of them are downright crazy!
Thanks so much for the example from history. Things have changed a great deal, and not for the better. My parents always voted Republican (though my mother promised me she would vote for the Democratic congressman I was working for... ), but when President Kennedy was killed, she was devastated. He was our president - and a decent human being. The Republicans seem to have lost that lesson...
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Rhiannon12866
Dec 2014
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I agree that he has to have had a good sense of humor to have remained sane these last years
Rhiannon12866
Dec 2014
#39
I'd say it was a generational thing, automatic respect for whoever is the president
Rhiannon12866
Dec 2014
#43
It was so delightfully funny. My son posted it to my FB page as well.. and we had a good
Cha
Dec 2014
#41
I must have missed that one.. I'll have to see it again. Course, Obama's delivery was pitch perfect
Cha
Dec 2014
#11
Why on earth did 2014 Democratic candidates run away from this guy? Dumbest move ever.
Scuba
Dec 2014
#17
Saw the show last night and I just had to find this clip, for those who missed it...
Rhiannon12866
Dec 2014
#37
Wow. Do idiot Americans realize every other nation on Earth would take this man as their leader
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#25
Brilliant! How he was able to keep a straight face if he was also seeing the "asides" is beyond me
FailureToCommunicate
Dec 2014
#27