Half of my letters brand me an idiot - President Obama

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[Sub-Driver]

Half of my letters brand me an idiot - President Obama

* From correspondents in Washington * From: AFP * March 11, 2010 10:24AM

US President Barack Obama has joked that half of the 40,000 letters that pour into the White House each day brand him an "idiot''.

Tongue-in-cheek, the President remarked that his staff did not spare him the wrath of his correspondents - selecting a representative portion of 10 letters for him to read when he returns to the White House residence at night.

"I will tell you, that my staff is very even-handed, because about half of these letters call me an idiot!'' Mr Obama said overnight, chuckling at his own joke during a rally in Saint Louis, Missouri.

[wolfcreek]

Think he’s being generous with the half that don’t.

[sit-rep]

lol...

[RU88]

Keep rahming socialized medicine down our throats and you’ll be up to 85% in no time. (Sorry it’s not 100 but we need to take into account his hard core base of layabouts and hopelessly deluded flower children)

[RaceBannon]

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[kevkrom]

US President Barack Obama has joked that half of the 40,000 letters that pour into the White House each day brand him an "idiot''. Tongue-in-cheek, the President remarked that his staff did not spare him the wrath of his correspondents - selecting a representative portion of 10 letters for him to read when he returns to the White House residence at night. "I will tell you, that my staff is very even-handed, because about half of these letters call me an idiot!'' Mr Obama said overnight, chuckling at his own joke during a rally in Saint Louis, Missouri.

What an idiot. ;)

Statistically speaking, that hand-picked sample means nothing. I could just as easily say that the staff had to scour through all 40,000 letters just to find 5 that didn't call him an idiot.

[reagan_fanatic]

Amazing.

How in the world is his staff able to find any letters NOT calling him an idiot?

[stephenjohnbanker]

“The other half call him a communist.”

Obama counts this as a positive letter.

[b4its2late]

Only half?

[Joe 6-pack]

"Note the three self-centered references. I, my, me."

There are actually four self-centered references in that sentence. I, my, me and idiot.

[NCC-1701]

“...No kidding. I, me, my; every day, all day....”

Note my tagline.

[synbad600]

Mr. 6-pack, you’re funny.

[RockinRight]

I don’t think he’s joking, actually...I’d be surprised if any less than 75% call him an idiot, in fact...

[corvus]

“... President Barack Obama has joked that half of the 40,000 letters that pour into the White House each day brand him an “idiot’’.

What about the ones that were shredded before opening?

[RedMDer]

Hi. I'm an idiot.

[Tribune7]

And the other half, Obama said, are written by actual idiots.

[supremedoctrine]

The names were funny, especially “Staliqua”.
Now I’m trying to think of a “qua” name that would go with
Chavez, or Castro.

[OrangeHoof]

I’m partial to Afriqua myself. I’m sure her friends call her “freak” for short...

[BAW]

US President Barack Obama has joked that half of the 40,000 letters that pour into the White House each day brand him an "idiot''.

Truth hurts.

[egannacht]

Obama is just rounding down to 50