Sounds lovely, Alas. Midnight Mass must have been beautiful. I have fond memories of seeing the old Papa, too, except for my last visit to the Vatican where I lost my new Gucci sunglasses...the drama, I know.
Speaking of toast...
OBAMA: -- (stammering) the odds of me getting elected have always been, uh, lower than, uh -- than some of the other conventional candidates, and if I bring something to this conversation, it's going to be because I do what I did yesterday, which is hopefully open up a new conversation about a new direction of the country.
RUSH: I'm beginning to think that we might be looking at the first stages of the slice of bread in the toaster. Pfft! People are hitting the lever. He's not quite toast yet. But do you realize what he just said? He just lowered expectations here by about half the height of Mount Kilimanjaro. Let me translate this for you. He said, "I have been shocked into remembering I didn't stand a prayer anyway because I'm black. You know, my odds of getting elected have always been lower than some of the other conventional candidates, and if I bring something..." So he tried to get by with transcending race. He was forced into making this speech. Now he's the candidate of race. This is a sympathy play; this is a victim play. Obama is now asking us to look at him as a victim.
Democrats: Chaos, Chaos, Chaos!
Obama plays victim; Hillary flip-flops on Michigan.
PA Voters Fed Up with "Race Stuff"