Epithet by which future history will remember Obama

[Jonathan Lighter]

It's catchier than "Father of His Country" and "Great Emancipator," nearer
today's Zeitgeist than "Give-'em-Hell Harry."

JL



On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Heard the Prez referred to on the tube by somebody-'nother as "The Big
> O." It wasn't clear whether the speaker was familiar with Oscar
> Robinson.
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> Unless the implication was the people leterally got off on the slaying of
> Usama.
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> Youneverknow.
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
> to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > Democratic strategist Paul Begala on CNN's _Sitation Room_ explained this
> > evening that the killing of Bin Laden makes President Barack Obama "the
> > Tenured Professor of Whup-Ass."
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> > Republican strategist Michael Wood disagreed, saying in essence that
> > President George W. Bush deserved the title.
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> > Back and forth went the claims until they began belaboring each other
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> > bladders.
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> > (A true report, but only through the name "Bush.")
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> > JL
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> truth."
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