Love the headline.

He's a big fan of Lincoln, as per his interest in "Team of Rivals." This is actually pretty cool. And it's a nifty headline.

Is it just me or do other people get the feeling that Obama has a big hard on for Abe?

HAH!! OMG I can't believe it!! I TOLD you guys he was a muslim!!! I TOLD YOU!!

/DNRTFA
//nice1sub

I really don't see any similarity, none. I thought Obama was reincarnated FDR.

GaryPDX: I really don't see any similarity, none. I thought Obama was reincarnated FDR.

But Obama can play hoops. FDR, not so much.

The Onanist: GaryPDX: I really don't see any similarity, none. I thought Obama was reincarnated FDR.

But Obama can play hoops. FDR, not so much.

Ba-zing!

Wow. I submitted this with an almost identical headline about one minute too late.

Our biorhythms are nearly synched up, submitter. We could probably destroy the world with our combined power.

The Onanist: GaryPDX: I really don't see any similarity, none. I thought Obama was reincarnated FDR.

But Obama can play hoops. FDR, not so much.

As long as he fixes all the ancient broken water pipes in the nations infrastructure, we can rejoice.

+1

For a laugh on this fine Christmas Eve-Eve I present you with:


The Freepers take on the whole thing! (new window)


Ta-da!

Immediately following the inauguration, he's going to be facing the *exact* same asteroid crisis faced by President Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact.

Ya know..a LOT of people think Lincoln was a tyrant. hmmmmm

DarthBrooks: Immediately following the inauguration, he's going to be facing the *exact* same asteroid crisis faced by President Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact.


I'm sure he will be able to deal with the asteroid but I wonder how he will handle the bad sub-plots and shiatty acting...

GaryPDX: Ya know..a LOT of people think Lincoln was a tyrant.

A lot of people think you have a closed-head injury.

GaryPDX: a know..a LOT of people think Lincoln [insert name of any president here] was a tyrant. hmmmmm

there we go.

One exception might be William Henry Harrison...but even then he probably had his detractors for that month.

sigdiamond2000: GaryPDX: Ya know..a LOT of people think Lincoln was a tyrant.

A lot of people think you have a closed-head injury.

2009 is going to be a fun year.

What, no one is pissy that he's swearing an oath on the bible? Fark doesn't accept religion in any form. Where's the anger?

/not trolling
//will be around for a while

UberDave: DarthBrooks: Immediately following the inauguration, he's going to be facing the *exact* same asteroid crisis faced by President Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact.


I'm sure he will be able to deal with the asteroid but I wonder how he will handle the bad sub-plots and shiatty acting...

Just like Morgan Freeman, he will rebuild Washington D.C. in exactly the same low-lying swamp that was just devastated by an impact tsunami.

/Personally, I'd stick it somewhere *far* away from the ocean.

DocsInOKC: What, no one is pissy that he's swearing an oath on the bible? Fark doesn't accept religion in any form. Where's the anger?

While I would MUCH prefer the leader of our country to be sworn in on the Constitution (and think that someday it will be commonplace to do so) - I don't have much problem with the practice of swearing in on a religious text (as long as they are able to choose with text, or to do without).

TheGrayCat: While I would MUCH prefer the leader of our country to be sworn in on the Constitution (and think that someday it will be commonplace to do so) - I don't have much problem with the practice of swearing in on a religious text (as long as they are able to choose with text, or to do without).

I would have to agree with you. I prefer that we have a secular government because I don't want the government telling me that I have to attend church or where to attend.

This however is Fark and religion as a general rule is pretty much a bad thing.

SphericalTime: He's a big fan of Lincoln, as per his interest in "Team of Rivals." This is actually pretty cool. And it's a nifty headline.

i'd say he has a lincoln fetish. i'm waiting for him to start sporting the tall hat.

sigdiamond2000: A lot of people think you have a closed-head injury.

DocsInOKC: What, no one is pissy that he's swearing an oath on the bible? Fark doesn't accept religion in any form. Where's the anger?

He's still swearing an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.

Not to mention that, even if he was an atheist, he would pretty much have to swear on a Bible because to do otherwise would jeopardize his agenda for the next eight years.

GaryPDX: I really don't see any similarity, none. I thought Obama was reincarnated FDR Khrushchev.


FTFY

Are feeling well? Don't seem yourself.

DocsInOKC: What, no one is pissy that he's swearing an oath on the bible? Fark doesn't accept religion in any form. Where's the anger?

/not trolling
//will be around for a while

I was going to--just a little bit--but then I realized that he's (supposedly) a religious fellow and would probably want to swear on a Bible. If I were ever elected President (remember me in 2024!) I'd want to be sworn in on the Constitution.

GaryPDX: Ya know..a LOT of people think Lincoln was a tyrant. hmmmmm

Yeah, they were called confederate soldiers and slave owners.

So is the ceremonial terrorist fist bump before or after the oath of office?

The Great EZE: If I were ever elected President (remember me in 2024!) I'd want to be sworn in on the Constitution.

I'd like to be sworn in on the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

bravian: So is the ceremonial terrorist fist bump before or after the oath of office?

Jab.

Terrorist atheist fist JAB.

Get it right.

What if Obama pulls a William Henry Harrison and gets fatally ill during his inauguration and we're stuck with Biden.

Change promised and then replaced with the old guard? It'd be 1840 all over again!!!

The Icelander: Not to mention that, even if he was an atheist, he would pretty much have to swear on a Bible because to do otherwise would jeopardize his agenda for the next eight years.

Considering that the only two presidents not to take the oath on a bible only lasted one term you maybe onto something there...

/both John Adams and John Quincy Adams took the oath on a lawbook

The Icelander: The Great EZE: If I were ever elected President (remember me in 2024!) I'd want to be sworn in on the Constitution.

I'd like to be sworn in on the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

This is fun game.

I'd like to be sworn in on the right breast of Jessica Alba.

This is great! I'm sorry for those of you upset about this, but it truly is an educated act of symbolism that represents a unity of mission in America, namely, to progress past our close-minded morals into a more inclusive and welcoming society.

DocsInOKC: What, no one is pissy that he's swearing an oath on the bible? Fark doesn't accept religion in any form. Where's the anger?

/not trolling

Working yourself into a state of persecuted indignation over what others haven't said?

Whatever gets your heart going in the morning, brother. I prefer coffee, myself.

Whatever. Seems like more gamesmanship. Dont care what book he uses, just get him in there, so we can see what he can do.

I'm surprised no one in this thread has ventured a forecast on what other things Obama may end up having in common with Lincoln. Hopefully Obama isn't a big fan of theater.

From the Freep thread:

Try to tell blacks that MLK was a Republican and it doesn't do any good either.

80 posted on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 10:31:40 AM by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)

This is how far from reality these people are, they've deluded themselves into believing a strenuous advocate of labor rights was a Republican.

BuckTurgidson: Jab.

Terrorist atheist fist JAB.

Get it right.

I stand corrected.

Does that podium face Mecca? Has John Robberts been eatin' pork cracklin's?

This going to be an exciting day.

bravian: Considering that the only two presidents not to take the oath on a bible only lasted one term you maybe onto something there...

This is doubly true today. All Republicans would have to say is "Obama is a radical atheist pushing a socialist agenda!" and 80 percent of the country would write letters and protest and riot until he finally threw his hands up.

From the link posted above

I hope his hand catches on fire. - rightwingintelligentsia

Has anyone told this moron, Obama, that Lincoln was a Republican?

...and furthermore... As far as I am concerned, this is further proof that B. Hussein Obama MAY be the most megalomaniacal person to EVER be elected president of the United States.

Give him a chance to govern for Pete's sake.

No. He's a marxist/socialist for Pete's sake! Would you give Stalin a chance?

If/when restitution is declared mandatory, does he simply move cash from one pocket to another?

And does he get a full share or a half share?

It's kinda like Fark over there but without ads.

GaryPDX: I really don't see any similarity, none. I thought Obama was reincarnated FDR.

Of course you don't, Gary. *pats head*

GaryPDX: Ya know..a LOT of people think Lincoln was a tyrant. hmmmmm

I think it's time you seek help for your affliction, Gary. It seems to be getting worse.

"Your grass is getting a little long."
"Ya, I had a guy for that....dick."


/and as a religious guy, I wouldn't mind at all if they swore on the Constitution.

mofomisfit: From the Freep thread:

Try to tell blacks that MLK was a Republican and it doesn't do any good either.

80 posted on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 10:31:40 AM by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)

This is how far from reality these people are, they've deluded themselves into believing a strenuous advocate of labor rights was a Republican.

He was a Republican. But it wasn't a Republican President that called his wife when he was in jail.

Republicans gave up on African Americans when they figured out they weren't making them money.

Remember, Republicans were the Liberal party. Liberal economics (called classical liberalism) and liberal social policy.

East Coast Liberals were Republicans -- before they followed Kennedy and Johnson into the Democratic party over civil rights.


Freepertown leaves that shiat out.

I like the freeper comments about how Lincoln was a REPUBLICAN president, so how could Obama not "realize that?"

It is a rare glimpse into a distorted and damaged psyche.

Snarfangel: UberDave: DarthBrooks: Immediately following the inauguration, he's going to be facing the *exact* same asteroid crisis faced by President Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact.


I'm sure he will be able to deal with the asteroid but I wonder how he will handle the bad sub-plots and shiatty acting...

Just like Morgan Freeman, he will rebuild Washington D.C. in exactly the same low-lying swamp that was just devastated by an impact tsunami.

/Personally, I'd stick it somewhere *far* away from the ocean.

That's why about 200 years ago they proposed moving the capital to the bluffs just south of St. Louis at Jefferson Barracks and what was the village of Carondelet.

DocsInOKC: What, no one is pissy that he's swearing an oath on the bible? Fark doesn't accept religion in any form. Where's the anger?

/not trolling
//will be around for a while

Swearing on a religious text is a centuries old tradition, and is only a symbol. You're not swearing to uphold the text you're swearing on, you're swearing on your honor and your text to uphold the oath - in Obama's case, to preserve and defend the Constitution. I like this choice. Yet another outreach to republicans.

Heroic Poser: and as a religious guy, I wouldn't mind at all if they swore on the Constitution.

As a non-religious man, I would prefer they did.