Quivering thighs at The Province;

Rapt eyes shone as Obama spoke with stunning eloquence of re-building America. When the president delivered perhaps his most impressive rhetorical offering, telling the world’s tyrants, “We will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist,” many in the audience gasped audibly at the sheer power of his language.
I haven’t seen a group of people wearing their fervour so completely, and so uniformly, since a guy I used to work with brought me to visit his weird sex cult in California.
But maybe Obama, unlike the cult leader in the purple house, really deserves this worship.

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Brace yourselves…
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In a less changier time…
Update – Obaaama! (h/t Jim)

The metaphor that soars…
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“Inspiring the transformation of America”.

Heaving bosoms at the Associated Press;

Washington pulsed with anticipation of Obama’s swearing in as the nation’s first black president. The city was aflutter with preparations for four days of parties and pomp, shadowed at every turn by layer upon layer of security.

To the man with the best “O” in his logo…

WaPo;

Barack Obama’s inaugural organizing committee has struck deals with three television networks to the tune of more than $5 million, giving the networks exclusive access to inaugural events. But the arrangement is prompting questions about the president-elect’s efforts to raise money by turning his inauguration into made-for-TV productions.

Not that it matters. After Obama becomes President, everything America needs will come from money orchards. *

The Outdoor Wire, the nation’s largest daily electronic news service for the outdoor industry, has announced their “Gun Salesman of the Year”.
(Sorry – original link is now dead, so I’ve relinked to the Hot Air . Hoax?)
Update – Here it is at Outdoor Wire (scroll to page bottom).

“For inaugural balls, go for glitz, forget economy”

Is there nothing that Obama can’t do?

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(Stop being ridiculous. This sort of vehicle is expected to meet the security and safety needs of its passenger, and it’s unfair to compare that to the level of security and safety provided by that planet-killing SUV you bought to drive the kids around in.)
More planet healing austerity…

Is there nothing that Obama can’t do?

President-elect Barack Obama said this weekend that he does not expect to close Guantanamo Bay in his first 100 days in office. “I think it’s going to take some time and our legal teams are working in consultation with our national security apparatus as we speak to help design exactly what we need to do,” Obama said in an exclusive “This Week” interview with George Stephanopoulos, his first since arriving in Washington.
“It is more difficult than I think a lot of people realize,” the President-elect explained. “Part of the challenge that you have is that you have a bunch of folks that have been detained, many of whom who may be very dangerous who have not been put on trial or have not gone through some adjudication. And some of the evidence against them may be tainted even though it’s true. And so how to balance creating a process that adheres to rule of law, habeas corpus, basic principles of Anglo American legal system, by doing it in a way that doesn’t result in releasing people who are intent on blowing us up.”

And all this time you thought the use of the double negative was a slip up on my part.

What could possibly go wrong?

Dec. 3, 2008 – President-elect Barack Obama names New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson Commerce secretary calling him “a leading economic diplomat for America…”
Jan. 4, 2009 – Obama’s press secretary Robert Gibbs on Richardson’s withdrawal – “I think our vettors have done a good job”.
Nov. 17, 2008; – Heath Haussamen, on New Mexico Politics

In addition, the FBI is probing dealings between the state and a California firm that was paid almost $1 million related to a $1.6 billion transportation program. Investigators are looking into at least two financial contributions totaling $100,000 that the company involved, CDR Financial Products, made to political committees formed by Richardson around the time it won the state contract related to Governor Richardson’s Investment Partnership (GRIP) in 2004.

Chesty McCheesecake’s Sweet, Sweaty Seduction.

So Barack Obama is about to take over George Bush’s job, when he’s not man enough for Paris Hilton’s?

Obama team probe of Obama team finds no Obama team impropriety

I dunno – where is Canada’s Chicago?

“The reporter who was chastised Tuesday by President-Elect Barack Obama for “wast[ing] a question” about Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was none other than John McCormick, the Chicago Tribune’s deputy editorial page editor whom Blagojevich wanted fired from the Trib’s editorial board.”

“We’ve reviewed the evidence and declare ourselves exonerated.” Is there nothing that Obama can’t do?

Barack Obama said Monday an internal review has concluded members of his transition team were “not involved in inappropriate discussions” with Rod Blagojevich even as questions swirled over reports his chief of staff gave the Illinois Governor a list of preferred candidates to fill the president-elect’s U.S. Senate seat.

Meanwhile, over at the Chicago Sun Times…

Sneed hears rumbles President-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, is reportedly on 21 different taped conversations by the feds — dealing with his boss’ vacant Senate seat!
A lot of chit-chat?
Hot air?
Or trouble?

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Related – Obama’s “My Pet Goat” moment. If past performance is any indication, expect to see more of these.