If I'm Hillary, I say Sunday night, "Those things played out in public a long time ago, Donald, and we spent a very difficult time afterward rebuilding trust in our marriage because we love each other. That is clearly not a concept that you've ever been familiar with."

Hey I understand that Trump is about to release an "Apology" video in response to the video of him joking crudely with the cast of Inside Edition was released. It's been released unedited, so you can get the full effect of it. The media is on this like mosquitoes on tourists.

This remark is time stamped. I predict that Trump will do a cursory semi-apology tonight and then unload on Clinton tomorrow. Remember when he went after her early in the primary for being an 'enabler'? That he accused her of abetting Bill in his extra-presidential dalliances, yadda, yadda, yadda?

Buckle up. Bill's about to defend his first wife.

Someday?!?! Oh wait, I thought it said,

"Someday Republican will misquote him..."

They will, but it won't be until they call themselves "Democrats" again. Kinda like how they love to claim to be "the Party of Lincoln" today.

You are in our prayers! Stay safe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AGQbe9mWZU

I will say, though, that I never saw a wax figure that looked as much like the person depicted as that sculpture I linked to in [8] does.

I'll say... wow is that an accurate lump of gray. Now if they can get the oil painting on its face just the right shade of orange and get the teeny hands molded correctly. :)

Trying. With Michale away and hunkered down, there's no one to jump on the bad jokes, so that I won't put my foot in my mouth.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/08/01/16/36C75D0800000578-0--a-12_1470065572338.jpg

I doubt that he'll be invited anytime soon. heh.

Seriously, I think Obama will leave office with quite good approval numbers, but that they will only improve with time (especially among Republicans). I picture Madam Tussaud's in the year 2030 having a display that includes the Clintons, the Obama's, and the two Bushes. The juxtaposition between the two dynastic families, the first black and (possibly) the first female president all interacting in the same political time and place will, I'm sure, be too much for historians to resist, and I expect lots of keystrokes to be spent analyzing the whole spectrum of the era 1992-2024, and its peculiar mix of cultural shift, partisan tribalism, shifting international terrain, and economic challenge. Trump's ascension to the nomination will be studied in relation to all of those, and the yet-unknown effect of his candidacy will have its own chapters in a whole shelf full of books, whether he wins or loses the election.

So, as for Obama's approval ratings after he leaves office: I think we can safely assume that his numbers will rise (just as Carter's did, after all) and his role as the nation's first black president will certainly be celebrated, especially so in the black community. Someday Republicans will quote him, you can bet on it.

https://youtu.be/6WZkErIBBUs?t=4s

:)

Any chance we'll see him in Putin territory before next January? :)

Let us know you're alright as soon as you can!!!

Stay safe for the next few days. I'm sure I speak for everyone here when I say we truly want to see you blown away by Hillary Clinton's victory in a month, and not by mere hurricane winds!

:-)

Suggested playlist:

"All Along The Watchtower"
(Jimi Hendrix or Bob Dylan, take your choice....)
"Two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl."

Riding The Storm Out
(REO Speedwagon)

Riders On The Storm
(The Doors)

Who'll Stop The Rain
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)

and finally,

When The Levee Breaks
(Led Zeppelin)
"If it keeps on rainin', the levee's gonna break..."

Like I said, stay safe....

-CW