Obama ought to invite the captain of Flight 1549 to the inauguration. As soon as he's sworn in, he should surprise the captain with the Presidential Medal of Honor or Freedom or whatever medal fits.
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Right now, Obama is PEOTUS. On Tuesday, he will become POTUS. Neither abbreviation works well in spoken form. SCOTUS is worse, I reckon.
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The PEOTUS will be sworn in by CJ SCOTUS and then he will become POTUS.
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I think I will cheer loudest when Bush climbs aboard the Marine helicopter that will take his ass back to Texas or wherever he's going when his presidency is finished. I wonder what they will ferry Cheney away in. I hope it's like that scene from Silence of the Lambs where Hannibal Lecter is restrained and caged. I hope they have to drag his ass out of the West Wing kicking and screaming. There should be an angry mob waiting along the route his limo takes as he is driven away from his seat of power for the last time. There should be loud booing and lots of middle fingers and loogies on the windshield.
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