Posted on 11/07/2008 11:16:34 AM PST by presidio9
It was a mere fleeting image amid all the others that were beamed into our living rooms on that momentous election night: 7-year-old Sasha Obama in her black party dress, bounding gleefully up into her father's arms, each in turn planting a happy kiss on the other's cheek.
But the heart-tugging moment was as poignant a reminder as any that a vigorous, appealing young family is entering the White House - one that will bring a dramatically different energy and style to the presidency.
And on that night, it wasn't hard to see why some have been tempted to make the comparison with another highly telegenic first family who fascinated and inspired the country nearly a half-century ago: the Kennedys.
Youth, style, optimism - all those hallmarks of Obama's ascension to power remind Ted Sorensen, the speechwriter and adviser to John F. Kennedy, of his former boss. And, he says, an infectious sense of confidence. That's something few of us who watched Obama on that balmy Chicago night could have missed: The sense of calm and assuredness, though not cockiness, that he projected as he accepted the mantle of the most powerful job in the world.
"Kennedy had that confidence, too," Sorensen said. "And it carries over. Just as Kennedy's election restored confidence to a nation, Obama's will have the same results - confidence of Americans in our leadership, of consumers in our economy, of other countries in America."
Young family
What will mark the style of an early Obama White House? Friends of the new first couple say the mansion will be infused with the spirit of Sasha and her 10-year-old sister, Malia, just as the Kennedy White House often is remembered as a playground for Caroline with her pony, Macaroni,
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My father was in the First World War, and got gassed (mustard gas). He died quite some time ago. My uncle (mother’s brother) was in the Second World War. He was killed in the Battle of Hertgen Forest. I remember seeing him in uniform once, as a small boy.
I didn’t see any action, because I enlisted between wars. But JFK extended my time in service by three months during the Berlin Air Lift—just to prove yet again to the Russians what a tough guy he was after that earlier demonstration of incompetence and cowardice.
That’s the part of all this Obama nonsense that my aunt (Daddy’s sister) is just floored by.. all the good men that have paid such a high price for this country to the point of giving their all. . . and she has voted Democrat a lot in her life. She’s 81 and voted for Clinton and still hasn’t connected the dots with their debauchery and socialism. Obama hit her really fast, and she was very concerned before the election. She said his mysterious “hold” over people was eerily reminescent of the newsreels she used to see of Hitlers rallies back during the war. She said he would promise the people the moon and they fell for it . . and the slogans, the slogans.
Did Camelot have a basketball court? I don’t think so.
They are not the Kennedys. More like the Jeffersons.
** No mention of the snarky tasteless joke about our ailing former First Lady, Nancy Reagan. Obama was asked if he has consulted with any former presidents. He laughed and said he’s talked with the living ones, but hasn’t had a seance with any dead ones. “I’m thinking about Nancy Reagan here.” Er, I think he really meant Hillary Clinton, but never mind. I have not heard this in any of the post-interview reports. **
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Mark Levin mentioned this tonight, too.
He gave President Bro heck over this insult, and then he
demanded that he should apologize to Nancy Reagan.
Shortly afterward, he noted an article stating that Obama
actually did make a call to Mrs. Reagan with an appropriate
apology.
(I think I got that right). :)
Just fyi. :)
** They are not the Kennedys. More like the Jeffersons. **
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hahaha! That’s funny.
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Well we’re movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up,
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.
Fish don’t fry in the kitchen;
Beans don’t burn on the grill.
Took a whole lotta tryin’,
Just to get up that hill.
Now we’re up in the big leagues,
Gettin’ our turn at bat.
As long as we live, it’s you and me baby,
There ain’t nothin wrong with that.
Well we’re movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up,
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.
Obama did not call Mrs. Reagan. Obama’s “people” did.
Then again, Obama’s grandmother, the woman who raised him, and his last remaining blood realitive, has been either lying on a mortuary table or in an urn all alone somewhere, and he still hasn’t made the trip back out to Hawaii. So, any slight towards Mrs. Reagan was probably not intentional.
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