Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Stop Barack, can't stop Barack.
Barack Obama is a good name. You can do lots of things with it. The title of this post is my current favorite and it should be sung to the tune of the techno type song that is probably by fatboy slim or someone like that. You know that song that goes "Stop the rock, can't stop the rock you can't, stop the rock...."
Also you could say things like "He's Barack-ing my world", which was originally from a Will and Grace episode. How about "Keep on Baracking in the free world"? Anyway, we could go on like this forever.
Barack Obama was on Oprah today. I don't generally watch Oprah, but she's got some interesting shows. For Christmas, Kathy got us a DVR cable box, which is essentially a cable box with a Tivo in it, only it's not Tivo, but the same thing, kindof like any tissue can be called a Kleenex. Anyhow, Kathy tapes Oprah every day, and today she had Barack on.
That man is ridiculously well spoken. It's not like the Chris Rock joke where people say Colin Powell speaks so well and it's like it's unexpected because he's black. Barack is way more engaging than the average guy. I'm not ready to pronounce him the savior of the Democratic party or anything like that, but when my man talks, I listen. He reminds me of Bill Clinton in that respect, though it's a different type of engaging. Clinton talks like he's your friend, and Obama talks like he knows everything there is to know about everything and if you listen long enough, then you will too.
Give it up for mixed race people.
Related question: Why is there only one black senator? There are one hundred senators and only 1/2 a black person. Until there are more black senators, there ain't never gonna be a black president. Write that shit down. Barack could single-handedly capture Osama bin Laden and balance the budget and that negro would still not get elected president.
Hopefully by the time I'm 35, America will be ready to elect a 1/2 black and 1/2 Jewish guy, because I'm running. We'd better hope for one all black guy, or one all Jewish guy first.
Another related question: Is Joe Lieberman the best the Jews could do? Of all the powerful Jews in this country, Joe Lieberman is currently the most prominent political figure? My clothes hamper has more personality than him.
Last related question: If Oprah ran for president, do you think she would win? I think she would have a fighting chance, in all honesty.
Also you could say things like "He's Barack-ing my world", which was originally from a Will and Grace episode. How about "Keep on Baracking in the free world"? Anyway, we could go on like this forever.
Barack Obama was on Oprah today. I don't generally watch Oprah, but she's got some interesting shows. For Christmas, Kathy got us a DVR cable box, which is essentially a cable box with a Tivo in it, only it's not Tivo, but the same thing, kindof like any tissue can be called a Kleenex. Anyhow, Kathy tapes Oprah every day, and today she had Barack on.
That man is ridiculously well spoken. It's not like the Chris Rock joke where people say Colin Powell speaks so well and it's like it's unexpected because he's black. Barack is way more engaging than the average guy. I'm not ready to pronounce him the savior of the Democratic party or anything like that, but when my man talks, I listen. He reminds me of Bill Clinton in that respect, though it's a different type of engaging. Clinton talks like he's your friend, and Obama talks like he knows everything there is to know about everything and if you listen long enough, then you will too.
Give it up for mixed race people.
Related question: Why is there only one black senator? There are one hundred senators and only 1/2 a black person. Until there are more black senators, there ain't never gonna be a black president. Write that shit down. Barack could single-handedly capture Osama bin Laden and balance the budget and that negro would still not get elected president.
Hopefully by the time I'm 35, America will be ready to elect a 1/2 black and 1/2 Jewish guy, because I'm running. We'd better hope for one all black guy, or one all Jewish guy first.
Another related question: Is Joe Lieberman the best the Jews could do? Of all the powerful Jews in this country, Joe Lieberman is currently the most prominent political figure? My clothes hamper has more personality than him.
Last related question: If Oprah ran for president, do you think she would win? I think she would have a fighting chance, in all honesty.
# posted by ChuckJerry : 1/19/2005 10:06:00 PM
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I agree with your sentiments about Oprah's shot at the presidency. There would be millions and millions of housewives that would come out of the house just to vote for her.
Again, I'm too lazy to do some research at this time of day, so does anyone know what percentage of registered voters actually vote? And how about what percentage of registerable voters are registered?
Third and last point. Do you think blacks, sorry, african americans, whom in the past have not participated in presidential elections, would break that trend and all come out and vote for the first black person to come out of the democratic primary?
Again, I'm too lazy to do some research at this time of day, so does anyone know what percentage of registered voters actually vote? And how about what percentage of registerable voters are registered?
Third and last point. Do you think blacks, sorry, african americans, whom in the past have not participated in presidential elections, would break that trend and all come out and vote for the first black person to come out of the democratic primary?
Barack is, indeed, uber-impressive. I worry that he's going to be under too much pressure in light of the expectations people are already having of him to just settle down and do his job in the Senate.
Of course Oprah would win. Have you seen the way the woman's studio audience screams for her? How they act like she's just removed tumors from all of their heads simultaneously with a wave of her hand? She could be president or Queen or God or whatever the hell she wanted.
Of course Oprah would win. Have you seen the way the woman's studio audience screams for her? How they act like she's just removed tumors from all of their heads simultaneously with a wave of her hand? She could be president or Queen or God or whatever the hell she wanted.
Of course Oprah would have a chance of winning. In a country where Jesse "The Body" Ventura was a governor of a middle-size state (it's not like he governed Wyoming) and Arnold governs the BIGGEST STATE IN THE COUNTRY, why couldn't a celebrity like Oprah (arguably one of the most powerful, self-made women we've ever had in our country) make the transition?
Saying "It's not a tumor", murdering hundreds of people in his films, and appearing naked in the Terminator movies doesn't (and shouldn't) seem to negatively affect Arnold's credibility as a political leader...
So who are the early possibilities for the 2008 Presidency on both sides? (I know a lot can change in the next 3 years.)
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Saying "It's not a tumor", murdering hundreds of people in his films, and appearing naked in the Terminator movies doesn't (and shouldn't) seem to negatively affect Arnold's credibility as a political leader...
So who are the early possibilities for the 2008 Presidency on both sides? (I know a lot can change in the next 3 years.)
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