I want my own little plastic Obama doll

[bigtree]

...or is that too weird?

Opinion: Guardian
Are we seeing signs of a Democratic wave in the primaries?
Jill Abramson

snip:

"It’s easy to look at what’s happening in Washington DC and despair. That’s why I carry a little plastic Obama doll in my purse. I pull him out every now and then to remind myself that the United States had a progressive, African American president until very recently. Some people find this strange, but you have to take comfort where you can find it in Donald Trump’s America."

[Kirk Lover]

1. I think the weird is carrying the damn thing around with you. n/t

[lunasun]

2. The writer addresses that in the last line

" Some people find this strange, but you have to take comfort where you can find it in Donald Trump’s America"

[Kirk Lover]

3. I was answering: I want my own plastic Obama doll, is that weird?

[bigtree]

4. you think?

...you can put lots of stuff in a purse.

Or my biking shirt.

[kimbutgar]

5. I still have on my shelf my Obama bobble head dolls I brought in Hawaii.

One of him carrying a surf board and another of him in a Hawaiian shirt. I miss the days of no drama Obama.

[bigtree]

7. I'm looking at a few

...I'm close to agreeing with myself that an Obama bobblehead would look cool on my truck dashboard.

I don't know, though, if I'm forward enough to pull it off without being self-conscious. I did have my Kerry for President sticker on the window for years.

[cilla4progress]

6. On my coffee table are

Pete Souza's Obama photo memoir; an Obama-themed birthday card that shows him and Michelle dancing and plays music; and the Rolling Stone's Special Collector's Edition of "The Obama Years, A Historic Presidency."

They will remain there for the duration.

[bigtree]

8. that sounds comforting

...and interesting!

[onethatcares]

9. a close friend of mine

has a letter signed by President Barrack Hussein Obama that actually addresses her letter to him. She has it in a frame and when I read it the tears welled up from out of no where.

[demmiblue]

10. I bought Barack Obama trading cards from 7-11.

I have been tempted to open the package since the Trump disaster, but it would be really cool for a future demmiblue relative to be able to open it!

[cilla4progress]

11. Haha. I also have

“Presidential AchieveMINTS” sent to me by my brother in law upon Obama’s first inauguration.

Also:

Dreams From My Father
The Audacity of Hope and
Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs, given to me as a Christmas present by my family one year.

Wow! I’ve never taken inventory before! Guess I’m an Obama nerd.

And yes, it is comforting.