Friday Hate: 1/23

This week's edition of Friday Hate is about:

People who claimed on Tuesday, "This is the first time I've been proud of my country in eight years."

What the fuck is wrong with you? You don't get to choose when you are proud of the country that you live in.

Actually, you do. And that's the beauty of American. It's the same thing as the whole "Flag burning vs. people who died so you can burn the flag" thing. But that doesn't mean it's not a dick move.

Don't mistake this for a political rant, because it's not.

It's like being a fair-weather fan in sports. Not to trivialize the whole thing, but nobody likes a front-runner. Regardless of what you think of the president, you should always at least have respect for the president.

The people who say that are the same people who would boo President Bush when he appeared at public functions. It's one thing to not agree with politics, and let's face it, usually around hald of the country won't agree with a particular person's politics, it's quite another to show blatant disrespect to the leader of the free world.

There isn't a politician on this earth that I can't stand more than Hillary Clinton, but if she had been elected president (I just threw up in my mouth a little bit), I wouldn't dreamed of booing her under any circumstances.

It is interesting to observe in the opening days of the Obama administration that the country has seemed to rediscover its fascination with the highest office in the land.

I do think American needs to feel th romance that comes with being president again. For whatever reason (okay, I think we all know the reason(s)), the personal life of the president has lost its luster.

It began before Bush though. When Clinton was impeached, the natural charisma that comes with being president was diluted by the legal process. I think it led to Bush, a guy that seemed like a cool guy to grab a beer with, getting the chance.

For a while, his daughters' dalliances in D.C. were front page news, but since then world events have overshadowed his personal life, to the point that it barely made a splash when one of them got married.

With Obama, you have two young daughters who will spend their teenage years (and maybe beyond) in the national spotlight, and unless something goes awry, it will be hard to turn away.

Speaking of Michelle Obama, a brief and concluding side note: Doesn't she seem like she is a total bitch when the cameras are off?

Sure, she puts on a good face, but she strikes me as an ice queen. Not an ice queen like Hillary, because I don't think Michelle has any political aspirations beyond being first lady.

She just has something in her face that suggests that if the slightest thing goes wrong, she will smile and laugh in the spotlight, and then hand out a first-class ass-reaming in the back room.

I've heard this rumor from people I know who have been close to them, and I'd be lying if I told you that I didn't hope to see some sort of caught-in-the-act moment pop up on YouTube, a la Bill O' Reilly and Chris Berman.