Posted on 08/16/2021 12:44:54 PM PDT by seanmerc
Jay Gatsby gave big, lavish, new-money parties at his sprawling mansion on the water because he wanted to seem cool. He wanted Daisy to notice him.
Barack Obama gave a big, lavish, new-money party at his sprawling mansion on the water because he wanted to seem cool. Being cool is important to him.
One difference is that Gatsby opened his house to the uninvited. Obama closed his house to many of the invited after getting flak for hosting “a celebrity mosh pit,” as Stephen Colbert called it, while officials were telling people to mask back up.
It’s hard to stop thinking about the over-the-top fete the former president held at his Martha’s Vineyard manse for his 60th birthday. It is such a perfect taxonomy of the Obama arc.
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Rules.
FReeper Rules Matter!
Who cares what she has to say, after all the abuse she leveled at President Trump?
Dowd’s mouth has that downturn wrinkle that is often found in chronic alcoholics.
Well God bless her. Can’t read the entire article but wow she seems to have nailed it.
Salute, Ms Mo.
Dowdy Dowd is right but ... Catherine Zeta Jones!
Obammy
Frankly, this is one time I think Obama deserves to be congratulated.
He knows this covid madness is just a crock, and he doesn’t want to let it interfere with his fun, thank you! But it was kind of a message, also, about his opinion of BIden and Biden’s actions.
Remember, with H1N1, Fauci wanted Obama to shut things down. Obama actually said no, that’s never been done before, we’ll just get through it. I think he did stop travel from some countries for a limited time, IIRC. And H1N1 was actually more dangerous. But for probably the only time in his life, Obama did something with which I agree.
Remember, Obama is having a good time, and he doesn’t want Crazy Uncle Joe to destroy our economy, kill all the good things in life such as parties and travel, and ruin it for him. Self interest has its good side.
CZJ forever!
I remember that sword fight.
Delicious.
Biden on vacation.
Harris won’t take responsibility.
Hillary Clinton who me? obama still partying.
PO’d because she wasn’t invited?
Even a lying skank can get it right every now and then.
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