PRESIDENT Obama to America: "I'm a lefty. Get used to it."

[MrScorpio]

Damn skippy!

[Gregorian]

1. I don't believe it. Somebody pinch me.

And he's a lefty.

And so am I.



By the way, did you hear Feinstein? "I used to be a lefty, until bla, bla, bla..." Until she sold her SOUL! To the devil.

[Patsy Stone]

2. I'm a lefty

and I love it. Bill is a lefty, too. :toast:

[originalpckelly]

3. Lefty here too!

Oh yeah baby!

[Greyhound]

4. I think Raygun was the last righty to sit in that chair. n/t

[jgraz]

8. It's a conspiracy, I tell ya!

It's just a matter of time before all the lefties rip off their human masks and start eating us.

[IntravenousDemilo]

10. Nah, shrub is right-handed. On the other hand, President Gore is a lefty. n/m

[Greyhound]

21. I guess it was 41, and Raygun was a southpaw too.

So we did have 3 in a row.

Hmmm.:shrug:

[Shiver]

5. Ambidextrous

Beat that :P

[bananas]

6. Did he say that?

I missed it.

[MrScorpio]

9. It's a direct quote

And I'm sure that it has more than one meaning

[harun]

22. Yes, while performing his first act as President too. Which was

signing this:

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/01/in-first-act-ob.html

[bananas]

23. Thanks - found a couple of news stories that mentioned it

http://sify.com/news/politics/fullstory.php?id=14841236
US Presidential Election 2008 IANS
Obama signs first presidential proclamation
Wednesday, 21 January , 2009, 02:49
Last Updated: Wednesday, 21 January , 2009, 03:21

Washington: Following his inauguration on Tuesday, President Barack Obama walked into the Capitol and signed his Cabinet nominations and signed a proclamation of national renewal and reconciliation.

"I'm a lefty. Get used to it," Obama quipped as he signed his name. "I was told not to swipe the pen," he said after signing the document.

The last three presidents have signed similar proclamations in this same time and venue.

The nominations are to be presented to the Senate for confirmation by the full Senate.

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=109630

World leaders greet President Obama with hope, caution

Berlin, Jan 21 (DPA) World leaders lined up Tuesday to pay tributes to Barack Obama on the occasion of his inauguration as the 44th President of the US, with the new president drawing comments from America's allies across the globe - as well as from current enemies.

<snip>

Obama signs first presidential proclamation

Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) Following his inauguration Tuesday, President Barack Obama walked into the Capitol and signed his Cabinet nominations and signed a proclamation of national renewal and reconciliation.

"I'm a lefty. Get used to it," Obama quipped as he signed his name. "I was told not to swipe the pen," he said after signing the document.

The last three presidents have signed similar proclamations in this same time and venue.

The nominations are to be presented to the Senate for confirmation by the full Senate.

<snip>

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paula-gordon/an-end-to-childish_b_159465.html

Paula Gordon
Posted January 20, 2009 | 05:17 PM (EST)

An End to Childish*

Finally, the national nightmare ends. Finally, an adult, calling us all to put away childish things. Finally, surcease from Joe McCarthy's America into which I was born. Finally, The Usurper relieved of authority he wrongfully exercised these eight terrible years.

Yet it took Senator Diane Feinstein's "Thank you, Mr. President" to President Barack Obama -- accepting his signed documents transferring authority -- to ground me in today's profound reality. (I chuckled to hear him say of his handedness, "Now everyone will know I'm a lefty.")

Having endured decade after decade after sorry decade as our servants acted as our masters in defiance of our better angels, for the very first time I can -- and do -- identify with the person who will serve us as President.

Now begins the work of giving hope legs.

And I? I wept.


*-- When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. -- 1 Corinthians 13:11

[IntravenousDemilo]

24. "I was told not to swipe the pen."

Wouldn't it have put some people in a tizzy if he had presented the pen to some minor functionary like an intern or somebody's assistant whom no one had ever heard of before? That would certainly have made someone's day.

[swishyfeet]

7. Fuck.

Southpaws are not to be trusted!

[Coexist]

11. another Lefty Left-hander checking in!

[cynatnite]

12. I'm a lefty!

:woohoo:

[undeterred]

Does not mean he is on the LEFT though.

I would like to get used to it if he was!

[Coexist]

13. another Lefty Left-hander checking in!

[Romulox]

14. Compared to Cheney, maybe. Compared to every other democray in the developed world? No. nt

[leftstreet]

19. ...

...and re-developing world

[jellen]

15. lefty ....me too

I wonder if there would be more leftys if everyone would have been left to their natural inclinations.

[MineralMan]

16. All the best people are left-handed. That's what my Mom

told me, anyhow.

[IsItJustMe]

27. LOL. And how right she was.

[TahitiNut]

17. The left side of the body is controlled by the right side of the brain and vice versa. Thus ...

... it can be said that left-handers are in their right minds.


:silly:

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. My beloved son is a lefty...and a mighty fine 1st basemen I might add.

[IntravenousDemilo]

26. Left-handers have a distinct advantage at some sports, e.g. as baseball pitchers.

That's because most batters are right-handed, as reflects the population.

[treestar]

20. Freeper heads begin to explode, 5,4,3,2,1

As they take it to mean politically!

[slackmaster]

25. My ex-wife is a lefty, sometimes it made eating out together a PITA

Sometimes she insisted on sitting to my right because the hearing in her right ear was weak. Our elbows bumped together continuously.