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Pretty weak, typical round-about answers that you'd expect from any politician. Not what AMA has come to expect, and what's the proof that it's actually Obama w

Pretty weak, typical round-about answers that you'd expect from any politician. Not what AMA has come to expect, and what's the proof that it's actually Obama writing the answers and not some intern or campaign staffer?

alttab 14y ago
I agree. all the questions I want answered are at the bottom.
saraid216 14y ago
> Pretty weak, typical round-about answers that you'd expect from any politician. Pretty much. Though it did amuse me that he answered the beer question.
brown9-2 14y ago
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/photo-obama-answering-reddit-questions http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/photo-obama-answ... Of course, there is no proof that what he is typing on the laptop is answers to questions on Reddit, but then again, no picture is really proof that the person writing the answer is the person they claim to be.
- Wingman4l7 14y ago
  The mouse is on the left side of the laptop -- and according to the almighty Wikipedia[1], Obama is left-handed -- so +1 for authenticity. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness_of_Presidents_of_the...
wamatt 14y ago
Yeah it's mostly sanitized, but I'm still impressed though at his overall level of savvyness, deciding to do a Reddit AMA at all. Come on what did we expect? A heart to heart with a unicorn, err... I mean honest politician? :p He seems to be getting credit and generating overall positive impact, regardless of the depth of his answers.
- panacea 14y ago
  Pretty naive to think the President is the savvy one deciding to do a reddit AMA, and not one of the many, many people in his reelection campaign PR team. Anyway, it reminded me that the news of his first election was the highest voted submission in reddit's history at the time.
  - wamatt 14y ago
    > Pretty naive to think the President is the savvy one deciding to do a reddit AMA Isn't that a tad bit presumptuous? WRT his decision, I suspect it bubbled upwards through his campaign staff, and at some point he said something like, "Cool". Don't think that takes away from his decision, regardless of nature of the chain. He could have said "Nah, not wasting my time with that" when presented the option, but instead he decided to do it.
  - arrrg 14y ago
    So he is good at managing you say? I mean, that’s one of the most important traits of any President: The ability to hire the right people and delegate. You cannot administrate a country alone, it would be truly sad and pathetic if every good idea he ever decided on implementing came only from himself. You are naive and have a very simplistic view of the President’s role if you think this is totally worthless if it wasn’t his own idea.
- trafficlight 14y ago
  He even referenced his own meme at the end of his last comment. http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z1c9z/i_am_barack_obama_president_of_the_united_states/c60nmtc http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z1c9z/i_am_barack_obam... http://i.imgur.com/VKN34.jpg http://i.imgur.com/VKN34.jpg
jedbrown 14y ago
Has he publicly supported a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United? Google search for "obama overturn citizens united" is packed with references to the reddit thread.

alttab 14y ago

I agree. all the questions I want answered are at the bottom.

saraid216 14y ago

> Pretty weak, typical round-about answers that you'd expect from any politician. Pretty much. Though it did amuse me that he answered the beer question.

brown9-2 14y ago

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/photo-obama-answering-reddit-questions http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/photo-obama-answ... Of course, there is no proof that what he is typing on the laptop is answers to questions on Reddit, but then again, no picture is really proof that the person writing the answer is the person they claim to be.

Wingman4l7 14y ago
The mouse is on the left side of the laptop -- and according to the almighty Wikipedia[1], Obama is left-handed -- so +1 for authenticity. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness_of_Presidents_of_the...

wamatt 14y ago

Yeah it's mostly sanitized, but I'm still impressed though at his overall level of savvyness, deciding to do a Reddit AMA at all. Come on what did we expect? A heart to heart with a unicorn, err... I mean honest politician? :p He seems to be getting credit and generating overall positive impact, regardless of the depth of his answers.

panacea 14y ago
Pretty naive to think the President is the savvy one deciding to do a reddit AMA, and not one of the many, many people in his reelection campaign PR team. Anyway, it reminded me that the news of his first election was the highest voted submission in reddit's history at the time.
- wamatt 14y ago
  > Pretty naive to think the President is the savvy one deciding to do a reddit AMA Isn't that a tad bit presumptuous? WRT his decision, I suspect it bubbled upwards through his campaign staff, and at some point he said something like, "Cool". Don't think that takes away from his decision, regardless of nature of the chain. He could have said "Nah, not wasting my time with that" when presented the option, but instead he decided to do it.
- arrrg 14y ago
  So he is good at managing you say? I mean, that’s one of the most important traits of any President: The ability to hire the right people and delegate. You cannot administrate a country alone, it would be truly sad and pathetic if every good idea he ever decided on implementing came only from himself. You are naive and have a very simplistic view of the President’s role if you think this is totally worthless if it wasn’t his own idea.
trafficlight 14y ago
He even referenced his own meme at the end of his last comment. http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z1c9z/i_am_barack_obama_president_of_the_united_states/c60nmtc http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z1c9z/i_am_barack_obam... http://i.imgur.com/VKN34.jpg http://i.imgur.com/VKN34.jpg

jedbrown 14y ago

Has he publicly supported a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United? Google search for "obama overturn citizens united" is packed with references to the reddit thread.