Showtime at the Apollo [MoDo critiques the Obama hauteur]

NYT ^ | 21 Jan 2012 | Maureen Dowd

[oblomov]

FOR eight seconds, we saw the president we had craved for three years: cool, joyous, funny, connected.

“I, I’m so in love with you,” Barack Obama crooned to a thrilled crowd at a fund-raiser at the Apollo in Harlem on Thursday night, doing a seductive imitation as Al Green himself looked on.

The song would make a good campaign anthem: “Let’s stay together, lovin’ you whether, whether times are good or bad, happy or sad.” Don’t break up, turn around and make up.

Times have been bad and sad, and The One did not turn out to be a messiah, just a mortal politician who ruefully jokes that his talent is hitting the “sweet spot” where he makes no one happy, neither allies nor opponents.

The man who became famous with a speech declaring that we were one America, not opposing teams of red and blue states, presides over an America more riven by blue and red than ever.

The man who came to Washington on a wave of euphoria has had a presidency with all the joy of a root canal, dragged down by W.’s recklessness and his own inability to read America’s panic and its thirst for a strong leader.

In an interview with Fareed Zakaria for this week’s Time cover story, the president is maddeningly naïve.

[oblomov]

"Cool, joyous, funny, connected"? Um, like a narcissist receiving a big helping of narcissistic supply?

Greatly misunderstood by the rabble, the messiah just wants to be let alone to eat his waffles.

[YHAOS]

Mo has finally snapped. We all knew it was coming.

[ClearCase_guy]

Whoop! We have a winner! The election of 2012 is over — who could compete against this guy??? He is just soooo cool! He sings a bit of Al Green and both men and women swoon! Leader of the Free World? Oh yeah, Baby! Best president ever!

[/gag]

[freekitty]

The man who cheated and crooked his way to the top.

[Lazlo in PA]

Rules, people, rules.

[oblomov]

[Rudder]

Despite what his rivals say, the president and the first lady do believe in American exceptionalism — their own, and they feel overassaulted and underappreciated.

If we don't shape up and learn to appreciate Obama's purity of essence, he'll have to go to where he's most loved...some hell hole in the Middle East.

[musicman]

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[Venturer]

Get me a bucket, I think I may Barf.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Despite what his rivals say, the president and the first lady do believe in American exceptionalism — their own, and they feel overassaulted and underappreciated.

always the victim...how inspiring. (puke)

[GreyFriar]

Is this a pic for MoDo?

[GreyFriar]

Is this a pic for MoDo?

[Iron Munro]

The Real Mo-Do

[GreyFriar]

I-M, thanks for clairfiying. I thought the lady Lazlo posted was too lovely to be Mo-Do. However, I’m still wondering who she is. She has a slight resemblence to Mary Kay Hamm.

[Iron Munro]

I-M, thanks for clairfiying. I thought the lady Lazlo posted was too lovely to be Mo-Do. However, I’m still wondering who she is. She has a slight resemblence to Mary Kay Hamm.

I believe those first photos are Catherine Zeta Jones.

See this: Catherine Zeta-Jones

[FoxInSocks]

Nah, that’s Catherine Zeta-Jones.

[GreyFriar]

I recognized C Z-J as the 2nd person, but is the firstpic, lady standing also her? That person looks a little like Mary Kay Hamm and a little like Catherine Z-J.

[Right Wing Assault]

[Iron Munro]

I recognized C Z-J as the 2nd person, but is the firstpic, lady standing also her? That person looks a little like Mary Kay Hamm and a little like Catherine Z-J.

It's Catherine Zeta-Jones. Mary Kay Hamm never sported a pair of home-grown assets like that.

Place your cursor over the pic-1 photo, right click, then select properties.

Plus - those monster feet are a dead give-away.

[Lazlo in PA]

MoDo threads at FR traditionally have pics of Cathrine Zeta Jones. The woman that Michael Douglas dumped MoDo for. It's a long standing rule.