BARACK OBAMA'S FIRST HUNDRED DAYS

Day 29 - February 17,  2009

President Obama hotly rejected charges that he was in danger of becoming a middle-of-the road president with bourgeois tastes and a militaristic attitude. He snapped at one reporter, "I don't think Michelle really meant that."

Later in the day the White House announced that Michelle Obama had laryngitis, and that it was expected to last four years.

The president accepted the resignation of Walter Mondale, even though Mondale didn't hold a job with his administration. "We all need to feel important," the president said.

Mr.Obama rejected an offer by Iran to stop enrichment of uranium by 2040. But he said the offer was a positive step, unlike the setting off of a nuclear bomb in the Iranian desert yesterday morning. "At least it's a positive offer," he said.  "It shows my night out in Las Vegas with President Ahmadinejad worked." 

President Obama welcomed a delegation of German parliamentarians.  He recalled the warm welcome he received in Berlin last July and praised Germany's "historic commitment to ethnic minorities."  Several Obama staff members immediately fainted, but are expected to recover.

The chief executive rejected Al Gore's request to ban the song, "Baby it's Cold Outside," and to replace the "Star-Spangled Banner" with "It's Too Darned Hot."  President Obama said he didn't think the federal government should be making artistic judgments.

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