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A presidential hug at the Democratic National Convention.
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A presidential hug at the Democratic National Convention.
[GIF: Elspeth Reeve]
![[FIXED] President Barack Obama hugs Bill Clinton after his convention address. Photo by AP.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9wsrrxOur1qcxeloo1_500.jpg)
I understand that many people will say these kinds of things are “UnPresidential.” Bull. This is how people get information.
—Mandy Grunwald, advisor to then-candidate Bill Clinton in a 1992 memo about going on TV talk shows. Later that year, Clinton would famously play his saxophone on The Arsenio Hall Show.
ICYMI from last night. Contextually relevant.
Will Bill Maher’s $1M hurt Obama?
Sound off in today’s Arena discussion:
Comedian Bill Maher recently donated $1 million to pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action. The host of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” told CNN host Piers Morgan that he would miss the money “badly” but he wanted to inspire others to give. Will the donation from Maher - an often polarizing figure - help Obama? Or could his actions turn off voters?
The President and First Lady get down with Indian school children. Discuss the President’s moves or lack there of. Happy Monday everyone.
Democrats Violate Obama’s Personal Space During Signing Ceremony
Heh. Best caption we’ve seen all day. (via Gawker)
The election of Barack Obama, America’s first black president, was supposed to be a sign of our national maturity, a chance to transform the charged, stilted “national conversation” about race into a smarter and more authentic dialogue, led by a president who was also one of the nation’s subtlest thinkers and writers on the topic.
Instead, the conversation just got dumber.
"— Ben Smith on Shirley Sherrod incident, in So much for that ‘conversation’ on race
