Smart, normal, curious, not radical, and post-Boomer
March 4, 2008 5:17 AM Subscribe
An hour and a half with Barack Obama. Yeah, I know it's a single link post to a blog entry... but it's one Hell of a good blog entry.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This seems not so much like a hell of a good blog entry as it does like an okayish, info-lite blog entry from a rich famous guy. NCSA Mosaic 4evar, though. -- cortex
Blogger's impression...
-Fourth, this is the first credible post-Baby Boomer presidential candidate.-
So, which are the less than credible post-Baby Boomer presidential candidates?
This blog post aligns with your fervour or belief or hopes or whatever. Good for you. It doesn't mean that it's actually any good or worthy of being posted here.
posted by peacay at 5:31 AM on March 4, 2008
-Fourth, this is the first credible post-Baby Boomer presidential candidate.-
So, which are the less than credible post-Baby Boomer presidential candidates?
This blog post aligns with your fervour or belief or hopes or whatever. Good for you. It doesn't mean that it's actually any good or worthy of being posted here.
posted by peacay at 5:31 AM on March 4, 2008
It's not just any blogger posting this.Not having looked first at who wrote this, I thought, well, this is interesting, a regular guy goes to see Obama, gets an hour and half with him, ends up with a favorable opinion and gives him ten grand in campaign donations. Then I realize the blogger is Marc Andreessen, the multimillionnaire internet entrepeneur. So, of course he got to see Obama when he asked for an appointment. Aside from that, I'm not sure what makes this a "Hell of a good blog entry". All he could say at the end of the day was, "smart, normal, curious, not radical, and post-Boomer," and, a decent manager and good on foreign policy. I don't disagree with his endorsement, but he could be giving us more substance out of that hour-and-a-half.
posted by beagle at 5:34 AM on March 4, 2008
posted by beagle at 5:34 AM on March 4, 2008
Yeah... So we should ignore his actual policy positions and think he's not really as radical as he says he is. But doesn't that make him dishonest then?
posted by Jahaza at 5:44 AM on March 4, 2008
posted by Jahaza at 5:44 AM on March 4, 2008
"But I heard he's a Muslim. And a terrrist. And he's got a huge uncircumcised cock that smells like curry!"
(paraphrasing Bill Maher)
posted by fungible at 5:53 AM on March 4, 2008
(paraphrasing Bill Maher)
posted by fungible at 5:53 AM on March 4, 2008
Not a joke worth repeating, fungible.
posted by ~ at 6:00 AM on March 4, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by ~ at 6:00 AM on March 4, 2008 [2 favorites]
I hadn't thought of the post-Boomer aspect to Obama so I'm glad for having read this.
posted by Skorgu at 6:16 AM on March 4, 2008
posted by Skorgu at 6:16 AM on March 4, 2008
I thought the post-boomer thing was kind of odd, but it may be that I'm just too far removed from the Boomer's in time to really 'get' their political outlook. I think Boomers can be kind of annoying sometimes, but I was kind of surprised to see Andreessen's criticisms.
Anyway, I've often thought that what made Obama special, or at least one of the things that made him special was how normal he seems. The vast majority of politicians seem kind of crazy.
Anyway, the type of voter that's still got some swing left is not going to worry too much about the ideas of some former boy-wonder dot-com millionare. Thankfully as far as Hillary is concerned it looks like the nomination will slip further from her fingers tonight. It looks like her negative advertising might have worked well enough to eek out enough of a victory such that Obama will have to continue on, but there is no way she'll be able to maintain %20+ victories she'll need to close the delegate gap.
posted by delmoi at 6:29 AM on March 4, 2008
Anyway, I've often thought that what made Obama special, or at least one of the things that made him special was how normal he seems. The vast majority of politicians seem kind of crazy.
Anyway, the type of voter that's still got some swing left is not going to worry too much about the ideas of some former boy-wonder dot-com millionare. Thankfully as far as Hillary is concerned it looks like the nomination will slip further from her fingers tonight. It looks like her negative advertising might have worked well enough to eek out enough of a victory such that Obama will have to continue on, but there is no way she'll be able to maintain %20+ victories she'll need to close the delegate gap.
posted by delmoi at 6:29 AM on March 4, 2008
Smart, normal, curious, not radical, and post-Boomer.
If you were asking me to write a capsule description of what I would look for in the next President of the United States, that would be it.
????
posted by dsword at 6:38 AM on March 4, 2008
If you were asking me to write a capsule description of what I would look for in the next President of the United States, that would be it.
????
posted by dsword at 6:38 AM on March 4, 2008
I'm really unsure what makes this a hell of a good blog entry. It seems fairly mundane to me.
posted by agregoli at 6:39 AM on March 4, 2008
posted by agregoli at 6:39 AM on March 4, 2008
Part of the reason I posted it is because it's by Marc Andreessen, the guy who basically invented the web browser.
posted by chuckdarwin at 6:48 AM on March 4, 2008
posted by chuckdarwin at 6:48 AM on March 4, 2008
On the other hand, the inventor of Mr Talkative's Waterboarding Boards is for McCain. What'm I to do??
posted by DU at 6:51 AM on March 4, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by DU at 6:51 AM on March 4, 2008 [1 favorite]
Well, the guy who basically started NCSA Mosaic and then spun it into Netscape, at least.
posted by mikeh at 6:52 AM on March 4, 2008
posted by mikeh at 6:52 AM on March 4, 2008
The vast majority of politicians seem kind of are dangerously crazy.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 6:58 AM on March 4, 2008
posted by Kirth Gerson at 6:58 AM on March 4, 2008
Metafilter posters -- human dartboards for the New Millennium.
OK, for the record, I AM CANADIAN! (tm reg; pat pend; misuse is abuse). Up here, we get a pile of coverage about the US election (especially when one of our own moronic prime ministerial staffers decides that interfering in the US electoral process is a good idea. Oh yeah, that'll return 24 Sussex Drive / White House relations to the glory days not seen since Nixon muttered "asshole" about Pierre Trudeau and everyone pooped on Diefenbaker. But I digress. Where was I?)
Oh yes -- anyway, this was one of the first pre-canonization looks at the man I'd read. I found it fascinating and, frankly, after eight years of the current incumbent, it gives me some hope that maybe 300 million people can actually find someone better than George W "If you can't beat 'em, REALLY beat 'em" Bush.
It matters to me because I have to live next to you and we need to know if you're coming to steal our fresh water to give California a drink, or that we're going to get caught in the fallout when a really pissed-off suicide bomber nukes the Maid of the Mist because he was turned back at the border crossing.
Bottom line? Thanks for posting this, ChuckDarwin. I read it end to end. I enjoyed it. Don't let the bastards grind you down.
posted by Mike D at 7:06 AM on March 4, 2008
OK, for the record, I AM CANADIAN! (tm reg; pat pend; misuse is abuse). Up here, we get a pile of coverage about the US election (especially when one of our own moronic prime ministerial staffers decides that interfering in the US electoral process is a good idea. Oh yeah, that'll return 24 Sussex Drive / White House relations to the glory days not seen since Nixon muttered "asshole" about Pierre Trudeau and everyone pooped on Diefenbaker. But I digress. Where was I?)
Oh yes -- anyway, this was one of the first pre-canonization looks at the man I'd read. I found it fascinating and, frankly, after eight years of the current incumbent, it gives me some hope that maybe 300 million people can actually find someone better than George W "If you can't beat 'em, REALLY beat 'em" Bush.
It matters to me because I have to live next to you and we need to know if you're coming to steal our fresh water to give California a drink, or that we're going to get caught in the fallout when a really pissed-off suicide bomber nukes the Maid of the Mist because he was turned back at the border crossing.
Bottom line? Thanks for posting this, ChuckDarwin. I read it end to end. I enjoyed it. Don't let the bastards grind you down.
posted by Mike D at 7:06 AM on March 4, 2008
Jahaza: "Yeah... So we should ignore his actual policy positions and think he's not really as radical as he says he is. But doesn't that make him dishonest then?"
What exact policy position of his is radical? I've read through his position papers on his web-site and they all seem pretty standard slightly left-of-center Democratic stuff.
posted by octothorpe at 7:17 AM on March 4, 2008
What exact policy position of his is radical? I've read through his position papers on his web-site and they all seem pretty standard slightly left-of-center Democratic stuff.
posted by octothorpe at 7:17 AM on March 4, 2008
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