Thanks But No Thanks

New Yorker by Hendrik Hertzberg | Jan. 24, 2009 (Opinion)

Unfortunately, saying something nice about the outgoing President at the outset of an Inaugural now seems as inescapable as ordering God to bless America at the end. Full Story »

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Jack Dinkmeyer
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 by Jack Dinkmeyer - Jan. 24, 2009

Definitely a slow weekend news article. Basically a compilation of opening thank-you remarks from a variety of previous presidents in their inaugural speeches. In Obama’s case, it became, “Okay Mr. Bush, I’ve made the obligatory nice, now bend over so I can kick you where the sun doesn’t shine.”

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