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Posted By bigurn 3 months, 2 weeks ago in News
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OK, who called it first? Obama drops the Presidential-looking seal after the press politely tells him it looks a skosh egotistical. This is what the Germans call "schadenfreude" - enjoying someone else's misfortune.

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    bigurn3 months, 2 weeks ago

    I mean, really. I'm sure he's a nice guy and all, but I have never seen a Presidential candidate remake the Presidential seal for himself. Can you say "presumptuous"?

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      libsRfunny3 months, 2 weeks ago

      Clearly, he was for it before he was against it! Just like Pastor Wright, Rev. Pflegler, his grandmother, town-hall debates and public campaign funding.

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      aniokly3 months, 2 weeks ago

      I say elitist, and arrogant. Really, this man is a joke. Who ever told him to stand in front of a phony Presidential seal, should be taken out, and shot. Every day he makes a bigger fool of himself then the day before. About time for the handlers to hide him out again for a couple days. I am telling you he cannot be left out without his keeper.

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      DaneL3 months, 2 weeks ago

      I think pomous fits him perfectly.

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      inplacenews3 months, 2 weeks ago

      Look a bit further. This is not an uncommon practice among Presidential Nominees. Furthermore, that seal is not that big of a deal. This is perhaps the smallest in psuychological plays a politician could make.

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      sumptuousdigs3 months, 2 weeks ago

      Predumbpoo...

      Sh1t! Can't say it!

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    tanglang3 months, 2 weeks ago

    NICE! Now he not only throws friends and family under the bus but Seals too. The country would do well to send this guy packin!

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      jimdoze3 months, 2 weeks ago

      Seals? Being thrown under the bus???

      Oh nooooooo!!! Where are Mr. & Mrs. PETA Head when we need them?

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    aniokly3 months, 2 weeks ago

    This man is supposed to be running for the Presidency of the United States. It is comical to watch, but at the same time it is painful to think someone this inexperienced, and naive could get so far toward the Oval Office?

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      UnusualSuspect3 months, 2 weeks ago

      Hmmm...George Bush comes to mind...

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    TOD3963 months, 2 weeks ago

    Time to lighten things up a little.

    So this seal walks into a club...

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      jumpmaster3 months, 2 weeks ago

      TOD,

      I thought it was a priest, a rabbi, and a seal ...

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      SunnyDays3 months, 2 weeks ago

      Okay guys.. let us pity this person and pity ourselves if he ever win

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        abntv3 months, 2 weeks ago

        Now the libs will come running out of the woodwork yelling its no big deal...or maybe no big seal...whatever.

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        Mutainia3 months, 2 weeks ago

        Obama's bus is going to need new tires soon with all that he's thrown underneath them.

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          Nixie3 months, 2 weeks ago

          Maybe he needs to upgrade to a steamroller.

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          abntv3 months, 2 weeks ago

          And a lift kit

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          JoseMadre3 months, 2 weeks ago

          I know that many liberals are thoughtful and intelligent. That being the case, why do the Democrats keep annointing the most arrogant, self-agrandizing and self-deluded people?

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            bigurn3 months, 2 weeks ago

            The Presidential election has become a matter of image, not policy. That's the major shift in our political process. It's the "Hollywoodization" that started with the first TV debate between Kennedy and Nixon, and really took off Bill Clinton openly solicited help from movie stars.

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            SonOfTheMask3 months, 2 weeks ago

            Most thoughtful people don't want anything to do with being politicians so they're more than willing to support those that want the job...

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            slate3 months, 2 weeks ago

            A skosh egotistical?! PMNLOL

            Yeah an alligator is just a lizard and Moby Dick was just a minnow.

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              abntv3 months, 2 weeks ago

              Hey

              I was around when Moby Dick was a minnow and he was a cute little sucker.

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              slate3 months, 2 weeks ago

              It's all just a Vaudeville show folks with a smidgen of Southern Baptist Big tent revival. Can I hear and Amen for Change brothers and Sisters? I am the Way and the Only Way to your salvation. See here I have the 'seal of approval'!

              You will conform, or be cast out into oblivion under da Bus of Sorrow.

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                TheRealizer3 months, 2 weeks ago

                My coffee drinking group are unsure about the exact numbers, we agree there are around 150,000,000 people in the U S more qualified than the two finalists for POTUS!

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                  amazed3 months, 2 weeks ago

                  I think that numbers a tad low....

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                  slate3 months, 2 weeks ago

                  Man oh Man the left has reduced this election down to a one word thing,,,,,, nooooooo it's not "Change" If Obama wins, they will make him the first "Hyphenated " president, his blackness will the to most important topic.

                  Like I've said, I do understand African Americans joy to be able to vote for him, I know very well indeed. However, the OFFICE is way more important than who resides there for a period of time. The office will be there after the one or two terms are complete. The man will be judged by the merit of how he held the office, not the other way around.

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                    slate3 months, 2 weeks ago

                    All I want is a good man or woman as my president, what he or she looks like makes me no difference. The office of The President of the United States of America, is sexless, colorless, tasteless and odorless and should remain that way.

                    SO let one of the MEN win and take his place in history,,,,, face it,,,, every time someone is voted to that office by the people, it's a historic event. Skin color can neither add to or detract from that.

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                  vidman043 months, 2 weeks ago

                  Why, oh why doesn't he throw himself under that bus????????

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                    bigurn3 months, 2 weeks ago

                    I learned something new today. Thanks.