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but I have a suggestion for Hillary when next she meets Obama. A smattering of Shakespeare is hard to beat, although those who are jealous of his genius try to disparage him as a "DWM". Here goes:
Here's flowers for you;
Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram.
The marigold that goes to bed with the sun
And with him rises weeping; these are flowers
Of middle summer and I think they are given
To men of middle age. You're very welcome.
There are two points in this. Despite all the hype, Barack Obama has passed his 45th birthday and is now in earlyish middle age. Nevertheless, the pompous pundits call him "Young" because that makes the mostly male gasbags feel good about themselves. The garrulous gaggle is not exclusively male because you've had Maureen Dowd "in extremis" babbling about Barack's pulchritude, princeling-ness and even going into geyser mode when writing about Barack's "feminine" side. It's not unknown for a woman of Maureen Dowd's vintage to have yearnings for a "toy boy".
I've just popped in for a minute or two and I hope my musings have proved "inspirational". as that sort of thing seems to be all the rage. Ciao!
