Kathy,
Yes, it was staged.
Every time I see the President, I feel like I need a shower. A shower doesn't help, though. He disseminates a sort of filth that doesn't just come off.
Here's a personal story.
I spent most of High School dating a girl who turned out to be the school slut. I didn't know that, of course, but it seems everyone else did. By the time I wised up and dumped her, she'd already screwed half of the guys on my team (football) and I felt like crap. I'd never been so depressed and betrayed. But I left her and things got better a lot faster than I thought they could.
Seeing (hearing, reading) Maobama brings similar feelings of sadness, loss and embarrassment to me. How could we have been so stupid? How can we possibly recover from what he's done to us - what he's done right in front of us? He's making us look like fools, and I'm ashamed.
There's a big difference, though, Between MaO and the slut I used to date. Once I knew Florence was a trailer trash whore, not worth a shit and definitely not worth two seconds more of ME, I was able to move on. I found another girlfriend. Much nicer. Far prettier. Someone I've trusted and loved.
But America IS worth a shit and I can't just walk away from it. There is no better, prettier girl waiting in the wings and never will be. Getting over what the President has done, and is still doing to our nation (and to my friends, my family, their HERITAGE), won't be easy at all.

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