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AFTERNOON INTERLUDE: LI'L BARACK EDITION.
This video of Barack Obama going on book chat 13 years ago to talk about Dreams From My Father. Its interesting to learn that Obama then is...Obama now. Down to the bringing-people-together rhetoric. Indeed, the only part of the video that's dated is its final moments, when the host implores viewers to access more materials by sending her a self-addressed envelope. It's easy to forget what a pain in the ass it was to get literature before e-mail came along.
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COMMENTS (7)
The sase bit was hilarious. The Internet is cleary the best thing ever to happen for the Long Tail.
Posted by: Nicholas Beaudrot | August 20, 2008 4:43 PM
He sounds exactly the same. He looks like he's about fourteen years old. Wow, he was young. Of course, it was before email was ubiquitous, so that's like pre-historic, anyway. There was life before Facebook?
Posted by: Kevin S. Willis | August 20, 2008 5:04 PM
He seems so sweet and gentle. He is quite likeable. I may vote for this earnest young man. He has a lot of potential.
Posted by: Larry Darrell Darrell | August 20, 2008 5:17 PM
He had me at when his grandma eyed the Jello mold. Elitist my ass.
Posted by: Geoff G | August 20, 2008 6:33 PM
How ironic: 1995 and how difficult it is to get "literature". I tend to suspect there's something really damaging in there, and at the very least one of the things BHO has been deceptive about is going to become clear to most people.
Posted by: 24AheadDotCom | August 20, 2008 11:09 PM
There were actually three segments, all available on the original site that posted it. MIght be nice to give the original blogger credit in this case.
Posted by: KathyF | August 21, 2008 3:19 AM
He really is the same dude with the same pitch. You can see why people though early on he would go on to higher office. Hell, he should just use this video at the convention to introduce himself to America. Fried chicken, jello and succatash vs. 500$ loafers- no contest.
Posted by: am | August 21, 2008 10:27 AM