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[dampscribbler]

This is the first time in my life I have a President I actually *like.*  It feels...funny.  To want to know what he said and did today.  To be applauding his moves.  To actually care about his family. 

I wonder how long it will last?

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[susandennis]

I 'liked' Clinton but that was different. I think, looking back on it now, that that like was really lust.

But, Obama? I feel exactly the same way. I keep thinking it's inaugural overflow but maybe not. Maybe I really am that interested!

Interesting, eh?

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

I thought I liked Clinton, but I think that was just "I like him compared to the alternative." Now I'm feeling, "wow, my lifetime has a *great* President, and I want to enjoy every moment of it!"

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

I liked Clinton for his policies, not for his personal life. Obama seems admirable all-over. Is it real? It feels like a real change.

The thing I love is not having to run to change the radio station every time I hear the President's voice!

[kellyrfineman.livejournal.com]

Instead, you have to run to turn it up!

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. I couldn't even stand to listen to Bush campaign, it's been awful to have my stomach turned by the voice (and the words) of our President for EIGHT LONG years.

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

Well, think about this. I've been living 10 miles from the dork for the whole time I've been in this area. 9/11 happened 2 weeks after we bought our house:(

Last week I remarked to DD1 that Bush had been president all her life and now we were getting a new president (someone else in the room made an expression of disgust at that thought! LOL).

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

I remember when Shrub was re-elected I actually thought "I do not want to have another child during this man's reign."

I'm glad you can laugh at that person's expression of disgust. I'm not sure I would be as cool about it.

Congratulations on your new neighbors! "There goes the neighborhood," eh? :-)

[kellyrfineman.livejournal.com]

I liked Clinton, too, so it's the second time in my life I've liked my President. That said, I keep turning on MSNBC to find out what wonderful thing he's done today. Today, he reversed Bush's ecological policies. Squee!!

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

I know, isn't it amazing to see headlines that make you smile and even squee? I just might start watching the news again!

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, it won't be enough:( I just heard on the radio that some climate change scientist said that the changes are permanent and it will take something like a thousand years before they could be reversed if we don't worse first:(

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

I've been hearing for years that even if we fully stopped greenhouse emissions "right now" (whenever that happened to be), which is of course damn near impossible, that we'd be a minimum of 50 years of things getting worse before they started to improve again. But that seems like all the more reason to get started ASAP.

[kellyrfineman.livejournal.com]

True, but had the policies been left in place, they'd be worse and worse still. Some improvement has to be better than none.

[juliakarr.livejournal.com]

Hopefully for 8 years!

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hope so!!