Obama:I'm Singing in the Rain

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With two wars and G.M. in bankruptcy proceedings, shouldn’t the president be glued to the grindstone, emulating W.’s gravity when he sacrificed golf in 2003 as the Iraq insurgency spread?

“I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,” the former president explained later. “I think, you know, playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.”

Actually, what sends the wrong signal is going to war with a phony justification, inadequate troop levels, insufficient armor, an inept Defense secretary and an inability to admit for years, deadly ones, that you needed counterinsurgency experts.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/opinion/10dowd.html?_r=1

Ruth La Ferla:Z Dress? .Here Comes Fash-On-Bama

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“I voted for Obama, but I didn’t vote for that dress”.
Some of the most heated conversations on the morning after election night centered on Michelle Obama’s dress. The first lady-elect took to the stage at Grant Park in Chicago on Tuesday night wearing a red-and-black sheath by Narciso Rodriguez.That Dress? Everyone Has an Opinion - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com

"We should all lay off and let her dress the way she wants to," said Letitia Baldrige....