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Not Everyone 'Fawning' Over Prez Obama

Tongue-in-cheek column mocks critics

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(Newser) – You might be euphoric after Barack Obama’s inauguration, but “not everyone feels the ‘Obama high,’” writes Lloyd Garver on the Huffington Post. These “Democrat-haters” who “enjoy puncturing balloons of hope” probably viewed Inauguration Day through slightly less rose-colored glasses than you did: For one thing, “How bad was that inaugural poem? It didn't even rhyme. And Aretha Franklin's hat looked like something Dick Cheney tried to shoot.”

What’s more, “The fawning press is sickening. Why did nobody in the media have the courage to say, ‘That's an ugly dress?’” Weightier questions abound: “If Obama can't even handle an oath, how is he going to handle the problems of a nation in trouble?” But the president’s biggest let-down is his broken promise: “I didn't see a puppy up there with Obama and friends, did you?”

Of the flubbed oath, Lloyd Garver writes,
Of the flubbed oath, Lloyd Garver writes, "Roberts was obviously too busy to have rehearsed this oath, but shouldn't Obama have been smoother?"   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
"Over and over again over the past few months, he promised millions of new jobs. But while he was wearing his fancy tux, many people were still out of work," writes Lloyd Garver of President Obama.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Barack and Michelle Obama supposedly care about family values, but
Barack and Michelle Obama supposedly care about family values, but "exactly how late did they allow their daughters to stay up after the inauguration? And it was a school night," wonders Lloyd Garver.   (AP Photo)
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Obama had promised to tackle our economic problems immediately. Yet on the day of the inauguration, the stock market went down 332 points. Nice work, Mr. President. - Lloyd Garver

And what about Iraq? Did the war come to an end right when he said the words, 'So help me, God?' It did not. - Lloyd Garver

The Portuguese Water Dog is, obviously, Portuguese. Wouldn't that be a slap in the snout to all of the perfectly good American breeds? The Labradoodle isn't even a recognized breed of dog. - Lloyd Garver

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