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roseembolism) wrote2008-11-06 10:17 am
roseembolism) wrote2008-11-06 10:17 am
Sing Obama: for me it all started with "I'm sorry I messed up your game"
For those who are interested in how Obama went from a minor senator to the White House, here's a comprehensive Newsweek report.
However, from my personal experience, I remember around December last year I had barely heard of Obama, merely that he was a politician that had opposed the Iraq war. He didn't stand out from the rest of the pack of presidential hopefuls.
This all changed one morning when I was listening to an NPR report on Obama's rising star, and at 4:15 into the program, I heard Obama calling up a reporter to apologize for messing up his game. For a moment I sat there stunned, unbelieving, because presidential candidates just didn't act like that. And then as I howled with laughter, I realized we had something special and brilliant in Obama. That we actually potentially had America's first 21st. century president.
And as it turned out, I was right.
However, from my personal experience, I remember around December last year I had barely heard of Obama, merely that he was a politician that had opposed the Iraq war. He didn't stand out from the rest of the pack of presidential hopefuls.
This all changed one morning when I was listening to an NPR report on Obama's rising star, and at 4:15 into the program, I heard Obama calling up a reporter to apologize for messing up his game. For a moment I sat there stunned, unbelieving, because presidential candidates just didn't act like that. And then as I howled with laughter, I realized we had something special and brilliant in Obama. That we actually potentially had America's first 21st. century president.
And as it turned out, I was right.