merrie ”UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It’s the Post Office that’s always having problems.” —Barack Obama, attempting to make the case for government-run healthcare, while simultaneously undercutting his own argument, Portsmouth, N.H., Aug. 11, 2009 ”I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” ”You’re likeable enough, Hillary.” ”Why can’t I just eat my waffle?” ”I’ve now been in 57 states — I think one left to go.” —Barack Obama, at a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon ”The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.” Obamaisms Gaffes by Barack Obama http://bit.ly/QxCtC www.bookwormroom.com One of my conservative friends (yes, there are other conservatives here in Marin) commented on the fact that Pelosi and Co. keep saying the health care vote will be “historic,” as if that’s automatically a good thing. Herewith a short list of historic events (in no particular order) that I’d prefer not to see replicated: 1. The Black Death 2. The Spanish Inquisition 3. The Hundred Years War 4. The Thirty Years War 5. World War I 6. World War II 7. Kennedy’s Assassination 8. MLK’s Assassination 9. The Tiananmen Square Massacre 10. The Armenian Genocide 11. The York Massacre 12. Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination 13. The Battle of Antietam 14. The Bataan Death March I’m sure you can readily think of other “historic” events that weren’t automatically good simply by virtue of being historic
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