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.

[silverleaf]

half of his letters brand him an idiot

the rest are written by Ellie Light...err, Mitch Stewart

[TigersEye]

Those of us who think worse of you don’t write you, 0baMao.

[fivecatsandadog]

In da Nile.

[TigersEye]

Well, Barack, if half the mail I got said I was an idiot, I would be doing some serious introspection. But then, that is how a reasonable person would react.

That's right. If you were an idiot you would go out and tell everybody about it and laugh like it was a joke.

[roaddog727]

Only half?

Duuuuuuude.

Your staff is feeding you rainbows and unicorns - let alone the heavy application of fairy dust in general.......

[Dr.Zoidberg]

And the other half brand him “imbecile”.

[Mygirlsmom]

Half are too kind and the other half are delusional.

[myknowledge]

Obama truly deserves the denigrating letters.

[Sir Beowolf]

Only Half, we have got to enlighten the other 7% just to keep up with the polls.

[Thank You Rush]

“”selecting a representative portion of 10 letters for him to read “”

I am so glad he doesn’t wear himself out reading 10 letters out of 40,000!!!! Poor baby - poor fool! He will always be in love with himself.

[ErnBatavia]

The ego of these people who thirst for such office simply cannot compute the very simple fact that if they prevail, they’re automatically going to be the most hated person in the country, and probably the entire world as well.

[freebird5850]

Well call this post 40,001 who calls him an idiot - and a failure and a usurper and a Marxist and a communist and..anyone feel free to add!

[reaganaut]

Only half?? I must be slacking...

[cake_crumb]

Only half Barry? According to the polls, either your staff IS sparing you a few percent of “villiage idiot” letters or not enough of those who disapprove of you are writing you.

[cake_crumb]

I STRONGLY disagree. He’s an idiot too.

[chemicalman]

You don’t need letters, Hussein.

[prairiebreeze]

FOFL!

[A_Former_Democrat]

And the other half were probably written by first graders

[mowowie]

more like 70% bonehead.

[mowowie]

No reason for the /sarc.