Happy? You crazy.

Ha! I'm not crazy!

Well, I'm sure I'm crazy in other ways....

We have a president, perhaps for the first time since the founding of our republic, who expresses his belief that America is not the greatest earthly force for good the world has ever known

Oh noes, a leader who doesn't use hyperbole. WHAT WILL WE DO.

OK, she's complaining that Obama doesn't accept American exceptionalism. When in fact he does.

Frankly, I hate the idea of American exceptionalism. So many people think, "Well, if we do stuff like torture people, it's OK because we're good."

Oh noes, a leader who doesn't use hyperbole. WHAT WILL WE DO.

SOMEONE SOUND THE ALARM.

Seriously, though, I so enjoy Obama's lack of hyperbole. The whole image of America as the be all-end all saviour of the free world has always driven me crazy. The idea that we somehow MUST be the greatest nation on earth has always irked me. Why can't we just strive for OUR best, instead of THE best?

"If Democrats are driving the country toward socialism at a hundred miles per hour, while the Republicans are driving at only fifty

...what time do they meet in St Louis? No wait, wrong math question.

"We have a president, perhaps for the first time since the founding of our republic, who expresses his belief that America is not the greatest earthly force for good the world has ever known,"

Gotta love that "perhaps" - very nice get-out-of-actual-researching-facts-free weasel word!

Um, you guys? Did you forget that God brought us to America to save the rest of the world from tyranny???

I have no doubt that she's going to run, but I am clinging to the hope that there are enough smart people left in America to not let her get elected.

At the moment Romney seems the most likely to challenge her in the primary, but her name-recognition and fundraising is so strong I don't know if he can beat her. Maybe someone else will emerge. Newt could be an interesting challenger. Somebody will have to get a campaign going, hers is already going full-speed ahead.

If the economy is still bad Obama could have a really rough time. There's a one in one chance the war in Afghanistan still won't be going well. Who knows what will happen with North Korea (I don't think there will be a war, but N.K. can make the U.S. look weak). Parts of his base are very unhappy with him.

Gotta love that "perhaps" - very nice get-out-of-actual-researching-facts-free weasel word!

Yeah.

"We have a former governor of Alaska who perhaps has had her brain eaten by rabid weasels and replaced with a broken Game Boy."

Ok, I know what y'all said, but today in the mail? 2 catalogs for dog products. 2 catalogs I've never gotten before.