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To: SiouxPal who wrote (551523)	2/22/2010 12:40:15 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1576853

Let's play Bingo! 1. Before Barry Obama's next televised speech, prepare your "Bullshit Bingo" card by drawing a square -- I find that 5" x 5" is a good size -- and dividing it into columns --five across and five down. That will give you 25 1-inch blocks. 2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block: • Restored our reputation • Strategic fit • Let me be clear • Make no mistake • Back from the brink • Signs of recovery • Out of the loop • Benchmark • Job creation • Fiscal restraint • Win-win • Affordable health care • Previous Administration • Empower (or empowerment) • Greed on Wall Street • At the end of the day • Empower (or empowerment) • Touch base • Mindset • Corporate greed • Ballpark • Game plan • Leverage • Inherited as in "I inherited this mess” • Relief for working families 3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words/phrases. 4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout "BULLSHIT!" Testimonials from past satisfied "Bullshit Bingo" players: "I had been listening to the speech for only five minutes when I won." - Jack W., Boston "My attention span during speeches has improved dramatically." - David D., Florida "What a gas! Speeches will never be the same for me after my first win." - Bill R., New York City “The atmosphere was tense in the last speech as 14 of us waited for the fifth box." - Ben G., Denver "The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed "BULLSHIT!" for the third time in two hours." - Harry A, Chantilly

To: SiouxPal who wrote (551523)	2/22/2010 12:54:23 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576853

How do you reconcile your comments here: Message 26231523 with these comments in the article you posted: "I think President Obama is earnest, smart, and much more centrist than his tea party caricature suggests. He has never been given a fair chance to succeed by those who openly crow about their desire to see him fail (while somehow congratulating one another on their relative patriotism). I know he was born in America, isn't a socialist, and doesn't worship in a mosque. I get that he inherited a minefield. Still, the level of federal spending concerns me. And he never closed the deal with me that health insurance is a right, not a privilege. But I'm not folding the tent on him. Not now. Not with the nation fighting two wars while its economy still teeters on the brink of collapse." or do you and Smerconish have your differences? Just curious.