In which I cop to a slight touch of Obamania:

[swordsman]

Over the last couple weeks I've caught myself subtly feeling "okay" about things. I listen to NPR most of the day at work. I hear a lot of news and news analysis and discussion. Plenty of stories about the Middle East and the financial clusterfuck and all that dominate the coverage. And a month ago, I heard these stories and kept thinking, "Fucking

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[chainmaile]

"During the presidential campaign I wasn't one of those glassy-eyed Obamaniacs huffing Hope out of a brown paper bag and chanting hosannahs to his name."

Love the visual. :)

[swordsman]

I must admit that I was partly motivated to write this post just so I could communicate that particular phrase to people.

[macklinr]

A friend of mine today said "I like our president."

My reply: "Man, that's a weird thing to say."