do you still cringe when you hear the word President on TV?

[samsingh]

with bush in the position, stolen as it was, i used to cringe whenever i heard President or government or VP.

i'm now starting to get it that the President and his people are again the good guys. It's starting to sink in and it feels good.

[librechik]

1. yes--have to stop and change gear

then i get a little "hope" rush.

kinda Like it!

[liberal N proud]

2. Amazingly NO!

In fact I find that I am information starved when it comes to the new administration.

[truebrit71]

3. Not since about noon-ish last Tuesday...

...it's amazing what effect an election can have on one's vocabulary!

[Delphinus]

4. No! I can watch TV newscasts

with joy and listen to the radio without having to remember where the mute button is. It's wonderful! I smile joyfully everytime I say President Obama - and I say it often and I say it fully. I don't want to call him by just his last name - I want it all there.

[gratuitous]

5. A little, but I'm getting over it

I'll be okay in about a week, I think. But yeah, I've been so conditioned over the last eight years to roll my eyes whenever the words "the White issued a statement today" that it can't be expected to go away all at once.

[bdamomma]

6. no I cringe when I hear republicans and boehner.

[louis-t]

7. Jeez, I noticed that this morning and wanted to post.

You beat me to it. It's like cringe starts and then I remember.

[NMDemDist2]

8. Yes, I still need to remind myself. Funny thing today on the radio

I live in the heart of Freeperville here in the oil patch of SE New Mexico and I was listening to the local radio in the car today. the newsreader was reading the news and pronounced Obama's name "BEARack Obama" so the first syllable sounded like Bear as in Barry

what a maroon......how long as Obama been on the scene and the idiot couldn't (or wouldn't) pronounce the President's name

:banghead:

[NRaleighLiberal]

9. Nope - the relief was so great on Jan 20 that I changed quickly! It is now a great word again!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. no, I grin

knowing the adults are back in charge of things.

[nc4bo]

11. Actually no. In fact I'm sorta pissed off that some of TV people keep referring to our President

by only his last name.

Just this morning CNN's Poppy Harlow referred to the current POTUS as "OBAMA" and not by his proper title: President Obama. Not once did she call him by his former title through her entire piece.

:nuke:

I know I'm nitpicking but this really REALLY bothered me.

:nuke::nuke:

[Iggo]

12. The one that gets me is "White House spokesman".

My reflex reaction is "Yeah, go fuck yerself."

Then it all comes back to me. We won.

[Radical Activist]

13. I don't like calling him President Obama.

The word is too sullied.

[BlooInBloo]

14. Uh, no?

[Cleita]

15. I do when I hear President Bush, which I'm still hearing too often still.

The only time I want to hear the words President Bush in the future when they are part of the sentence, that subpoenas have been issued to him and other higher ups in his administration for war crimes and treason.

[nc4bo]

17. I hear more President Bush's than I do President Obama's

and I don't like it.

Where's the frackin' respect for the current President?!!

[11 Bravo]

16. Not since noon on Tuesday, January 20, 2009.

[ComtesseDeSpair]

18. Not anymore!

I am amazed by how fast I have come to embrace the term "President" again. In fact, I say "Our President" to my gf all the time now. It feels so damned good to be able to say that. :bounce:

[Diane R]

19. That word still elicits pain and panic. I'm getting better, but it will take awhile.

[WI_DEM]

20. No, because we have a real president now.

[Frustratedlady]

21. Not when I hear the word "president" but when I'm scanning DU.

I have to backtrack and reread the titles, as I was accustomed to skipping any President Bush entries.

I'll get it.