What was your very first impression of Obama?

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rollingrock  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Tue Dec-22-09 11:54 PM
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What was your very first impression of Obama?
   
the first time I saw him was on the Tonght Show being interviewed by Jay Leno. This was early in the primaries. I thought he came off like a black version of John Kerry...milquetoast, 'centristy,' bland, etc. Not too impressive. I was never enthusiastic about Kerry either - bores me to death. But later I thought, well Obama has his youth going for him so maybe he could turn out to be sort of like a black version of John Kennedy?

I warmed up to him more and more by the end of the campaign. In part because the alternatives, Hillary and McCain, seemed much worse. So I ended up voting for Obama in both primary and general elections. So I guess my initial impression of Obama (as a black John Kerry) turned out to be correct! So I can't say I'm too shocked or disappointed.

DUmmies lips are gonna be chapped from all the Obozo ass kissing.

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[thundley4]

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean that's a storybook, man."
Joe Biden , Feb. 2007

[Tucker]

My 1st and current opinion.

[njpines]

my initial impression of Obama (as a black John Kerry)

 

Mentally envisioning this combination!!

(edited to add: Whoo-hoo, full member status achieved!  yeah, that's what SHE said!)

[USA4ME]

Does John Kerry have blue lips?

I was watching Dear Leader on TV the other day and he was wearing a blue tie like the color the IBM people wear, and sure enough his lips matched the tie.  Google it up and you'll see many others have noticed the same thing.

The cult following cheerleaders over there are the funniest.

FrenchieCat

42. My first impression was that he was smarter than a whole lot of priviledged assholes, who think they are smart as all hell, but are unaccomplished, don't really give a damn about anyone but themselves, have giant mouths, and don't really know shit.

I still feel that way.

That is classic Jim Jones and the People's Temple brainwashing. 

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[JohnnyReb]

FrenchieCat

42. My first impression was that he thought he was smarter than a whole lot of the privileged assholes, who thought that they were smart as all hell, but are unaccomplished, don't really give a damn about anyone but themselves, have giant mouths, and don't really know shit.

I still feel that way.

Me too......and I still feel that way too

[diesel driver]

Calling Zero "dumber than a box of rocks" is insulting to rocks....   

I call him "the black Jimmy Carter", only dumber and without the Southern accent....   

[JakeStyle]

tom_paine sighting in that thread!

tom_paine  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Wed Dec-23-09 08:14 AM
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83. A Corporate Centrist (slightly left-leaning) with no will to fight
   
I drank the Kool-Aide, even though it was a lie, and it rewarded me with months of good-feeling that I still cherish. Thus I am not sure I would trade it in, even knowing my first impression of Obama was correct.

I said then and I say now, that only Edwards, whatever his personal failings, was the only one who even sounded like their might be a REMOTE chance he would fight for us against the Corporate Aristocracy.

So the Corporate Aristocracy turned his volume down, and he was gone just as easily as that, and that was before his affair became public.

Now, that sentiment voiced in April 2008 has turned out to be eerily prophetic.

Quite frankly, we should have been suspicious of Obama as soon as the Coporate Media, which hasn't told the truth about anything in decades, began touting him. It was then we should have realized he was being tabbed for the Clintonesque role of Good Cop, in the charade of Inverted Totalitarianism than is the government of Americcca.

Haven't seen that nutjob in a while, I figured he was locked up somewhere.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Honestly, I thought he was well-spoken and looked like after a few more years of experience, like a full Senate term, he would have the charisma and knowledge to be a serious candidate in 2012 or 2016. 

Knowing what you're doing apparently isn't nearly as important in a Democrat candidate as I thought it was at that time. 

[Happy Fun Ball]

Had Edwards won...

tom_paine  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Wed Dec-23-09 08:14 AM
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83. A Corporate Centrist (slightly left-leaning) with no will to fight
   
I drank the Kool-Aide, even though it was a lie, and it rewarded me with months of good-feeling that I still cherish. Thus I am not sure I would trade it in, even knowing my first impression of Edwards was correct.

I said then and I say now, that only Obama, whatever his personal failings, was the only one who even sounded like their might be a REMOTE chance he would fight for us against the Corporate Aristocracy.

So the Corporate Aristocracy turned his volume down, and he was gone just as easily as that, and that was before his affair became public.

Now, that sentiment voiced in April 2008 has turned out to be eerily prophetic.

Quite frankly, we should have been suspicious of Edwards as soon as the Coporate Media, which hasn't told the truth about anything in decades, began touting him. It was then we should have realized he was being tabbed for the Clintonesque role of Good Cop, in the charade of Inverted Totalitarianism than is the government of Americcca.

[Carl]

I said then and I say now, that only Edwards, whatever his personal failings, was the only one who even sounded like their might be a REMOTE chance he would fight for us against the Corporate Aristocracy.

Just to show how completely stupid you are you believe that.
He was an ambulance chasing lawyer that only cares about someone to the point it makes him richer.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

MSB's first imression: Lying, commie racist huxster


AND I WAS RIGHT!

[dandi]

Damn, there's a lot of brain damage in this post!

tom_paine  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Wed Dec-23-09 08:14 AM
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83. A Corporate Centrist (slightly left-leaning) with no will to fight
   
I drank the Kool-Aide, even though it was a lie, and it rewarded me with months of good-feeling that I still cherish. Thus I am not sure I would trade it in, even knowing my first impression of Obama was correct.

Feeeeeelllliiinngggsss!  Whoa-whoa-whoa......

 

I said then and I say now, that only Edwards, whatever his personal failings, was the only one who even sounded like their might be a REMOTE chance he would fight for us against the Corporate Aristocracy.

So the Corporate Aristocracy turned his volume down, and he was gone just as easily as that, and that was before his affair became public.

So this DUmbass thinks that an ambulance chaser with a full basketball court in his ****ing house was somehow or another a "man of the people" and he was going to fight the power.  Did I get that right?

Lemme 'splain, DUmbass:  If you honestly believed that, then The Breck Girl had you snowed more than is ill wife and his airheaded mistress.  Which would make you the DUmbest DUmbass of them all.

 

Now, that sentiment voiced in April 2008 has turned out to be eerily prophetic.

Prophetic?  Are you ****ing serious?!?  Anyone who had half a brain and was not completely comatose could have saved you some time, o great oracle, and kept you from having to display your gargantuan stupidity in public.

Quite frankly, we should have been suspicious of Obama as soon as the Coporate Media, which hasn't told the truth about anything in decades, began touting him.

No shit, Sherlock.  Welcome to where we were two ****ing years ago...

[delilahmused]

FrenchieCat

42. My first impression was that he was smarter than a whole lot of priviledged assholes, who think they are smart as all hell, but are unaccomplished, don't really give a damn about anyone but themselves, have giant mouths, and don't really know shit.

I still feel that way.

Did Frenchie miss the part where Barak Hussein Obama (mmm...mmm...mmm) had a relatively privileged upbringing complete with private schools and rich leftists who preached Marxism to assuage their guilt about being privileged?

Cindie

[Chris_]

My first impression was that he probably had the ability to hear pretty good and should not go any where windy without heavy shoes or a hat over his ears.

My second impression was that he was intelligent enough to say just the right things to lure folks with low intelligence and/or high ignorance into following him.

My third impression was the he was arrogant.

[DefiantSix]

Did Frenchie miss the part where Barak Hussein Obama (mmm...mmm...mmm) had a relatively privileged upbringing complete with private schools madrasas and rich leftists who preached Marxism to assuage their guilt about being privileged?

Cindie

Fixed that little discrepancy fer ya, young lady. 

[jukin]

I got a little vomit in the back of my throat.

[The Village Idiot]

My first impression was that he was another lying leftist

[BadCat]

My very first impression of him?

"My God, there is a ****ing Communist!"

[blitzkrieg_17]

My very first impression of him?

"My God, there is a ****ing Communist!"

Those were my words too, just without the My God.

[Oceander]

Way, way back when?  The first time or two he got national attention, he said one or two things that suggested that he might not be beholden to the same tired old 1960s b.s. that every other politician seemed to be hung up on - he disabused me of that fanciful notion rather quickly, however.

[Chris]

Honestly, my first impression of Obama (and the campaign he was running) was more of a refined version of Kerry's 2004 campaign that we had just seen.  Tell your base what they want to hear even if you have to pull it out of your ass to get it.  Kerry had a different speech for every audience... no core values, nothing of conviction.  Just tell them what it takes to get their vote and worry about the details later. 

Obama was that and more.  I don't know where the cult of personality came from, but it wasn't anything more than a bunch of suckers buying pretty speeches and flowery words written by professional bullshitters.

[Chris]

Way, way back when?  The first time or two he got national attention, he said one or two things that suggested that he might not be beholden to the same tired old 1960s b.s. that every other politician seemed to be hung up on - he disabused me of that fanciful notion rather quickly, however.

I shit you not, the first speech I heard Obama give, he was telling a bunch of slack-jawed Yankees how to care for their children.  If they need that much help, if someone running for the office of the President of the United States is what it takes to get some people to watch their damn children, then it's over, man.  Game over.

[bkg]

I shit you not, the first speech I heard Obama give, he was telling a bunch of slack-jawed Yankees how to care for their children.  If they need that much help, if someone running for the office of the President of the United States is what it takes to get some people to watch their damn children, then it's over, man.  Game over.

we are clearly fooked.

[BlueStateSaint]

I remember watching his speech as the '04 DimRat convention, and a heavy sense of unease came over me--"This guy's gonna be trouble in the future."  Guess that one is coming true now . . .

Thing is, I got a sense of "This woman's gonna be good in the future" when I saw Sarah Palin do her acceptance speech at the '08 Republican convention.