Re: President Obama
 

What did we think of his decision to do Leno last night?

I'm undecided. Fear it could backfire and be used against him for a long time to come ("we were facing our worst financial crisis, and you were busy doing the celebrity circuit" kind of thing).

And that Iran move - I wasn't expecting that. Be interesting to see what kind of response it gets.

Re: President Obama
 

I suppose anything President Obama says these days could backfire given the political climate between Democrats and Republicans. I was pleasantly surprised that Jay Leno asked some decent questions regarding AIG, TARP and Geitner. There wasn't that many softballs like I thought.

Just my two pennies.
--Jason

Re: President Obama
 

Does anyone know if he does anything artisically?

I noticed a few weeks ago he's left-handed and there has always been that myth of lefties being more artiscally inclined. From personal observations of others, I tend to agree.

And, no, basketball doesn't fraking count.

Re: President Obama
 

Not that I'm aware of he's not. And on the leftie thing - I've heard that too, but I don't buy it. The vast majority of my friends and co-workers are artists, and the overwhelming majority of them are right-handed, just like any other segment of society.

Re: President Obama
 

I never said right-handers were not artistic.

Re: President Obama
 

Yeah, I know that. All I said is that I've never seen evidence to support the idea that lefties are "more artistically inclined". I would assume that if they were, you'd see more lefties around the art world than you do in other walks of life, and that hasn't been my experience.

Re: President Obama
 

O.K. WETF.

You seem know everything else, find out if he does any painting. I bet he doodles his mind out on his briefing notes...

Re: President Obama
 

1929–1933 - Herbert Hoover................Left-handed
1933–1945 - Franklin D. Roosevelt.....................Right-handed
1945–1953 - Harry S. Truman...............Left-handed (ambidextrous)
1953–1961 - Dwight D. Eisenhower......................Right-handed
1961–1963 - John F. Kennedy...........................Right-handed
1963–1969 - Lyndon B. Johnson.........................Right-handed
1969–1974 - Richard Nixon.............................Right-handed
1974–1977 - Gerald Ford...................Left-handed
1977–1981 - Jimmy Carter..............................Right-handed
1981–1989 - Ronald Reagan.............................Right-handed or ambidextrous
1989–1993 - George H. W. Bush.............Left-handed
1993–2001 - Bill Clinton..................Left-handed
2001–2009 - George W. Bush............................Right-handed
2009–???? - Barack Obama..................Left-handed

</geek>

Re: President Obama
 

And, other than Clinton, were not all the lefties above painters of some sort?

Obama does have a knack with writing and speech performances, but I was thinking more on the visual side. He's no Michael Jackson in the dancing dept. from what I've seen.


Really, I have no idea if any were painters. I'm just bored.

Deckard, are you calling me a geek? [how do you do that arrow thing pointing down? Imagine that's what's in these brackets pointing towards Deckard's response] I was joking.

Re: President Obama
 

No. That would be me.