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MeFi post:
Obama on Flickr, 11-04-08
A picture of change.
posted to MetaFilter by nickyskye
at 2:18 PM on November 7, 2008
Can I just say that it's awesome that this is on Flickr? Not released to print picture desks, not given to the newswires, but on Flickr. This President has surrounded himself with a team that gets it. He's the first President of our generation, and it feels great.
See ya, boomers.
posted to MetaFilter by bonaldi
at 2:27 PM on November 7, 2008
Wow, Madame Tussauds already has the Obama couple.
posted to MetaFilter by Dumsnill
at 2:30 PM on November 7, 2008
MeFi post:
How Obama Did It
What I wouldn't give for a prank call tape between her and the "President of Africa"...
posted to MetaFilter by shirobara
at 7:20 PM on November 5, 2008
Only partway through the first chapter, but I've already found something that helps me put my finger on just what exactly it is that drew me to Obama. That he seems like someone who would say this, and actually mean it:
And he was upset with his own campaign after a low-level staffer referred in a press release to Clinton as "(D-Punjab)" because of her ties to supporters of India. "I don't want you guys freelancing and, quote, protecting me from what you're doing,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by dersins
at 7:30 PM on November 5, 2008
This is like the longest and best e trip of my life.
posted to MetaFilter by gman
at 8:33 PM on November 5, 2008
Incidentally, I read these accounts and think that, if their campaigns are any evidence, neither Clinton or McCain were fit to be President. Not for being bad people, but for being completely incompetent at managing others.
posted to MetaFilter by rodgerd
at 9:54 PM on November 5, 2008
...did anyone else notice a little bit of bias? Surely, there were some bad moves in the Obama campaign, but none of them can be found here.
You're not going to hear about it, because their campaign mantra from Day One has been "no drama". I.e. no childish infighting, no airing of dirty laundry. And that, as much as anything else, won them the presidency. The willingness to set everything aside and work together, inspired by a common... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by randomstriker
at 12:25 AM on November 6, 2008
"I mean...she can't possibly be that dumb, can she?"
"YES SHE CAN!"
posted to MetaFilter by malevolent
at 1:06 AM on November 6, 2008
There's a documentary heading our way too, which should be really interesting.
posted to MetaFilter by Duug
at 7:00 AM on November 6, 2008
At a private gathering in Aspen, Colo., in the summer of 2007, a friend asked Cindy whether she would stab Rove in the back if he walked by. "No," she answered, "I'd stab him in the front."
Hah!
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 9:08 AM on November 6, 2008
During one of the debate preps, the lights blew, flickering on and off like a strobe light from the 1970s disco craze. Obama stood behind the podium, quietly singing the song "Disco Inferno," last popular in the heyday of "Saturday Night Fever."
video, please...
posted to MetaFilter by fingers_of_fire
at 8:07 AM on November 7, 2008
During one of the debate preps, the lights blew, flickering on and off like a strobe light from the 1970s disco craze. Obama stood behind the podium, quietly singing the song "Disco Inferno," last popular in the heyday of "Saturday Night Fever."
Awesome.
posted to MetaFilter by minifigs
at 2:58 AM on November 7, 2008
MeFi post:
I've been waiting for me
I wonder if McCain's team had a similar website prepared. Nothing at statusquo.gov...
posted to MetaFilter by Knappster
at 2:53 PM on November 6, 2008
Fuck, they're good.
posted to MetaFilter by gman
at 3:20 PM on November 6, 2008
MeFi post:
Say good night, Gracie.
That dude interviewing Nader is a real dick. America, you need better journalists.
posted to MetaFilter by chunking express
at 6:02 PM on November 5, 2008
Totally Fox News. Ignore the substance of the comment to focus on a possibly offensive term. Classic.
posted to MetaFilter by mrgrimm
at 6:05 PM on November 5, 2008
It takes a special kind of smug jerk to make me sympathize with Ralph Nader.
posted to MetaFilter by grobstein
at 6:21 PM on November 5, 2008
MeFi post:
Let's get slow
Ah, I was just listening to Luna's Bewitched today. Man, I love Tiger Lily.
Seam is another slowcore band I used to listen to, way back when.
posted to MetaFilter by KokuRyu
at 9:38 PM on November 5, 2008
MeFi post:
We have the facts and we're voting...
Obama wins the first presidential election of the new Star Wars era. We're at a moment in history people.
posted to MetaFilter by i_cola
at 6:38 PM on November 4, 2008
Ohh, the motorcade went by me a few minutes ago. Extra cool.
posted to MetaFilter by a robot made out of meat
at 6:47 PM on November 4, 2008
Another congratulatory woo-woo from Canada! Also, I'm really glad I don't have to start selling my WTF AMERICA? t-shirts and posters tomorrow.
posted to MetaFilter by illiad
at 7:21 PM on November 4, 2008
As usual, Todd looks fuckin' amazing.
posted to MetaFilter by gman
at 8:26 PM on November 4, 2008
Michelle Obama is going to be the best First Lady we've had since Eleanor Roosevelt. That family is just amazing.
This is just so excellent.
posted to MetaFilter by krinklyfig
at 9:20 PM on November 4, 2008
Everyone should get a puppy at the end of this campaign. The End.
posted to MetaFilter by jeanmari
at 9:26 PM on November 4, 2008
In 62 years of life I've never had a day like this. Thank you all for helping to make it so extraordinary and memorable.
posted to MetaFilter by X4ster
at 12:41 AM on November 5, 2008
Palin as President is now the yes we can speech.
Besides 538 this has been my daily stop for the last 3 weeks.
Hope he returns it to yesterday's version so I can get the last few jokes.
Wonderful site.
posted to MetaFilter by cjorgensen
at 11:47 PM on November 4, 2008
the revolution was televised
posted to MetaFilter by hexxed
at 7:18 AM on November 5, 2008
Really? Are you sure? Is this happening?
I feel like a little girl waking up on her birthday to find a pony in my room that shoots rainbows out of its ass.
Wait, I might be drunk too.
posted to MetaFilter by Ugh
at 7:50 PM on November 4, 2008
PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!!!
posted to MetaFilter by bumpkin
at 8:00 PM on November 4, 2008
It's official. I just watched the results on TV, and all I could do was make like the Shake & Bake kid and say "AND I HELPED!"
posted to MetaFilter by jonmc
at 8:01 PM on November 4, 2008
These Premises Are Alarmed writes "NBC calls VT for Obama. Way Ballsy."
Civil_Disobedient called the whole thing for Obama back in '05
posted to MetaFilter by Mitheral
at 8:25 PM on November 4, 2008
Ok, just have to say: I was at opening night of Spamalot in Ottawa tonight,
and when the Knight who formerly said Ni told Arthur what they now are... he broke to a report of the election in "that silly country to the south" for an entire minute, and the entire theatre burst out in applause at the news of Obama's lead.
Arthur, still in character, waiting through the whole thing, replied: "Gosh". :D
posted to MetaFilter by Durn Bronzefist
at 8:28 PM on November 4, 2008
Now we try, hard, and with a serious and thoughtful effort, to figure out exactly why Sarah Palin is so attractive to some people, and what fundamental needs of theirs are not being met otherwise. Then we try to figure out how to fill those needs without the possible side effects that electing such a divisive person would bring.
We work very very hard to bring the country together, so that we stand a chance at getting this "change" thing to actually work. If... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by amtho
at 8:32 PM on November 4, 2008
Dubya is in sooooo much trouble with his parents right now.
posted to MetaFilter by mullingitover
at 8:32 PM on November 4, 2008
I'd just like to say that there are many, many cars honking outside on 125th Street here in Harlem, US. of A. Yelling, too. And it's not just the people trying to get into the McDonald's drive-in.
I am so happy that my usual cynical attitude is taking a powder. For a few days.
posted to MetaFilter by computech_apolloniajames
at 8:36 PM on November 4, 2008
Hear that faint sound? That's us, just a few of us, in the reddest corner of Idaho, cheering.
posted to MetaFilter by gamera
at 8:42 PM on November 4, 2008
Every state that I have ever lived in (PA, IA, OH, NM, and FL) has gone Obama in this election.
You can thank me for this election, motherfuckers.
posted to MetaFilter by dirigibleman
at 9:26 PM on November 4, 2008
Rachel Maddow just mentioned Obama's oratory and I about shit my pants with joy at the idea that we can talk about our President-elect in terms of oratory for once.
posted to MetaFilter by fairytale of los angeles
at 9:30 PM on November 4, 2008
~ As a pro-sleep pro-Obama American, I can definitely say that this was worth staying up for, and I am so grateful it didn't go into the night. (My first presidential election was the utter disaster of 2000
My first sleep-vs-caring presidential election was Billy Clint in '96. My mom woke me up around 2 a.m. to tell me "he won!"
12 years later, I called her, to let her know the same thing.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by paisley henosis
at 9:33 PM on November 4, 2008
Oh god. You know, you see things on TV and they always have that air on unreality to them. Mediated. But when "the next first family of the United States" came on, I fucking LOST IT. Total, bawling, choked up 25 year old dude.
And now the city is screaming with cheers of celebration, horns honking, screams from rooftops, and I can't hold my shit together at all.
Oh god, oh America. I missed you. You're so fucking beautiful sometimes.
posted to MetaFilter by The Whelk
at 9:36 PM on November 4, 2008
Dear S. Palin, that community organizer just beat you in a near landslide.
posted to MetaFilter by drezdn
at 9:42 PM on November 4, 2008
Well, it seems like it's puppies for everyone these days as Biden's wife says he can now get one.
Be careful, Oprah was in the crowd. Lady be up and giving 125,000 people in Grant Park their own pets.
EVERYBODY GETS A PUPPY
posted to MetaFilter by XQUZYPHYR
at 9:50 PM on November 4, 2008
Like a bit of a dork, I cried a little this morning when I cast my ballot - everything just had this hyper-real sense of importance. I'm crying a little again now. Same reason.
posted to MetaFilter by ersatzkat
at 10:02 PM on November 4, 2008
Okay, are they going to have enough room on Inauguration Day?
posted to MetaFilter by effwerd
at 10:07 PM on November 4, 2008
When I think of America-related historical events of great importance I've lived through, it's pretty bleak (I was born in 1974):
9/11
Two space shuttle disasters
Katrina
Reagan getting shot
Iraq I and II
I guess the Wall coming down in '89 is a genuinely positive world historical event that I'm grateful for.
But man, I need to find me a wife and have kids and grandkids now,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bardic
at 11:22 PM on November 4, 2008
Ctrl+S Who needs newspapers?
posted to MetaFilter by Skorgu
at 8:16 AM on November 5, 2008
Any truth to the rumor that between now and January 20 Cheney has to be Biden's butler?
posted to MetaFilter by Sailormom
at 10:02 AM on November 5, 2008
