The Obama Thread (Merged x6)

[cryptic name]

You know what's cool that no one ever talks about?
Back when he was a young, hungry up-and-coming journalist...Dan Rather was doing a special on Heroin addiction, and he didn't feel that he could fully understand the phenomenon unless he'd tried it, so he actually scored some H and shot it up and described his experience.

that's really f**kin awsome.

 

[terry78]

Oh c'mon terry tell me you're joking.

I don't smoke, but my mind gets open everytime I drink dat vodka juice

Yes, I am joking. I don't drink or smoke at all, man. I've sampled a bit back in the day, but I don't do either/or.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

If you've never smoked weed, then it means you're out of touch?

That's why I said exposed, I did not mean necessarily "do them" but not be some guy who thinks every urban legend surrounding them is truth. As Terry said, you have to be open to them.

 

[jaguarr]

That's why I said exposed, I did not mean necessarily "do them" but not be some guy who thinks every urban legend surrounding them is truth.

Exactly.

jag

 

[ShadowBoxing]

I tend to agree. Any politician who tries to paint themselves as "angelic" immeidately makes me suspicious of them, anyway, and suggests that they really lack real life experience that I would consider very valuable in giving them enough perspective to do their jobs.

jag

Yeah, you deal with people everyday. All types or men, women and children. People who take that "angelic" position in life tend to end up very afraid to take risks and generally (from my experience) have a degree of social ineptness. I also find those who don't at least stay open to the idea of trying things (not even trying them, but just being comfortable with the notion of) like drugs, sex, booze, being friends/relations with people "unlike" yourself, tend to be very uncomfortable in their own skin.

These things make for a very bad leader.

 

[Ben Urich]

My uncle worked for Dan Rather back when he was an up-and-coming journalist. Apparently, if a woman on his staff wanted to advance, she had to sleep with him.

 

[Quietstorm]

That's why I said exposed, I did not mean necessarily "do them" but not be some guy who thinks every urban legend surrounding them is truth. As Terry said, you have to be open to them.

I see what you're saying.

 

[cryptic name]

My uncle worked for Dan Rather back when he was an up-and-coming journalist. Apparently, if a woman on his staff wanted to advance, she had to sleep with him.

give him a break, it might've been the heroin

 

[ShadowBoxing]

My uncle worked for Dan Rather back when he was an up-and-coming journalist. Apparently, if a woman on his staff wanted to advance, she had to sleep with him.

Good night and good luck girl

 

[RockSP]

"I'm like a black president, cuz ****** ain't seein' me!"--Skillz (f.k.a. Mad Skillz)

 

[lazur]

Good! Now make him President so he can legalize it!! t:

 

[lazur]

Good! Now make him President so he can legalize it!! t:

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Exactly.

jag

Right, I hate how people judge someone else's tastes as weird (especially when it's a cultural thing).

I mean hell one day I'll get bored with regular, good ol sex. And then I'll probably do that thing that you do...that's in my avatar...ya'know, minus the talking meatball.

 

[Slipknot]

Lazur has been acting so weird lately... it's freaking me out. Oh... and yeah, I really like Obama and hope he decides to run in 2008.

 

[Kritish]

I might vote for him.

 

[jaguarr]

Lazur has been acting so weird lately... it's freaking me out. Oh... and yeah, I really like Obama and hope he decides to run in 2008.

lazur is a stoner.

jag

 

[Matt]

At least he is honest.

 

[lazur]

Lazur has been acting so weird lately... it's freaking me out. Oh... and yeah, I really like Obama and hope he decides to run in 2008.

Define "weird", please.

 

[tomahawk53]

Yeah, you deal with people everyday. All types or men, women and children. People who take that "angelic" position in life tend to end up very afraid to take risks and generally (from my experience) have a degree of social ineptness. I also find those who don't at least stay open to the idea of trying things (not even trying them, but just being comfortable with the notion of) like drugs, sex, booze, being friends/relations with people "unlike" yourself, tend to be very uncomfortable in their own skin.

These things make for a very bad leader.

I agree.

Also the people that try to take that angelic position are often hiding a bunch of skeletons in their closets. It's smart of Obama to come out and admit it because sure enough it would probably have come out eventually anyway.

 

[blind_fury]

John Kerry is an idiot. If he was more honest about his peace protest of the 60's instead of caving in to right-wing think tanks he could've got alot more swing voters for sticking to his beliefs. Just goes to show you how out of touch he was.

Obama is smart. He knows people are tired of the same old spin.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Obama is smart. He knows people are tired of the same old spin.

I watched him on Tavis Smiley the other night for the first time and no doubt about it, he's smart and he won me over just with his ideas, attitude and delivery. It got me excited, the thought of a president who seems....admirable

And it blows my head off that people (like Hype Poster, "SoullesS") would decide not to vote him in as president, without hearing word one from him, just because of the ammount of melanin in his skin.

The guy even said, "Call me a bigot, a racist, whatever. I don't care. I don't want a Black man running the country."

I'm more like, "Call me intelligent, educated, wise...whatever, I don't want a freaking moron like George Bush (under the influence of EVIL men like Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz) running the country."

Hey, maybe Bush struggles to concoct complete English sentences, but at least he's White!

 

[blind_fury]

Obama better not be too uplifting. It's the best way to get assassinated.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Obama better not be too uplifting. It's the best way to get assassinated.

That's true.

Ghandi - shot
John Lennon - shot
Dr. Martin Luther King jr. - shot
JFK, RFK - shot
Lincoln - shot

I'm not gonna say Malcolm X 'cause he was more hateful than those guys at one time.


and.....NO one's tried to sh00t Bush?, or Michael Savage?...or David Duke?...or Uwe Boll?

puhLEASE

Reagan got shot, but he survived, because psychos are bad aims and you get better medical care when it isn't the U.S. gov't. that assassinated you.

 

[Hotwire]

At least he's honest. So with that in mind, he's never going to win another election. Honesty just doesn't fit into this country's political sytem.

 

[Quietstorm]

That's true.

...or Uwe Boll?

puhLEASE

Haha! t: