Let's play "6 Degrees of Seperation" from Barack Obama. I'll go first!

[elehhhhna]

How many degrees away is Elena? 2?

I provided business services to the City of Chicago Office of the Mayor when Michelle Robinson worked there. She was considered "tough" -- in the way that decisive, busy, no-nonsense professional women are considered tough. In the way women who won't take free lunches or gifts from any vendors are considered tough. She was a diplomatic professional.

She was obviously going places. Bigtime. And people were shocked when she married "some African guy" AND took his last name, even professionally.









Elena's also 2 degrees from Kevin Bacon but that's another war story.

[tammywammy]

1. 4

My friend
Her dad
Michelle's Aunt is the dad's accountant
Obama

[orleans]

2. my friend performed at a private fundraiser for barack (who was

also there) and although my friend did not meet him, he worked for/knew the people whose house it was held at. i am 3 degrees of separation away from obama.

(i think that is how it goes, right?)

[Merlot]

3. I have distant relatives in Chicago

Does that count for anything?

[a kennedy]

40. yeah me too, my brother lives in Chicago.....

:fistbump: :patriot:

[tridim]

4. Bonus points if you can work cousin Cheney into the mix.

[tibbiit]

9. I can

me, my uncle max who knows cheney, who knows B Obama. =3
tib

[eleny]

A friend of mine met him at events in Chicago when he served in the State House

Does that count?

[RevolutionStartsNow]

5. Howard Dean

I met him a few times while working on the campaign.

Is that 1 degree of separation?

[MUAD_DIB]

6. 2. I met/chauffeured Robert Reich to his fundraiser.

He is a really sincere guy.



Now how far am I away from knowing Kevin Bacon?

[1monster]

12. I've worked with my husband in several theatre productions. He worked with James Remar

in an outdoor symphonic production in the 1970s. Jamie worked with Darryl Hannah in THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR. Darryl Hannah worked with Tom Hanks in SPLASH. Tom Hanks worked with Kevin Bacon in APOLLO 13.

So I'm five from Kevin Bacon... although I think I can get there in less moves if I go another route.

So, by virtue of my answering your post, you are, at most, six degrees from Kevin Bacon!

[MUAD_DIB]

41. My wife and I play that game all the time.

I'll let h er know that I am "In the Game."

:D

[Sanctified]

7. I am best friends 4 ever with Rick Warren.... Do I win... Do I win? n/t

[Lorien]

8. 2 as well. My cousin is a Democratic county commissioner and friend of

Bill Clinton. who campaigned with Obama there towards the end.

[FirstLight]

14. OoooH! wow, I never thought of THAT!

I met Bill Clinton as a reporter covering the Environmental Summit here at Lake Tahoe in '98...so that's 2 for me too! cool!

...and here I thought I didn't "know" anybody!

[1monster]

10. One: My nephew lives one block from the Obama's Chicago home.

How many of you have to show the FBI identification to drive on the street in front of your home? :D

[abq e streeter]

11. I guess this is 2 degrees...the chief of the transition team

( John Podesta) was a buddy of mine when we were undergrads many years ago... And I guess this would be 3 degrees: Rahm Emmanuel's dad was my pediatrician when I was a kid...( which is when one has a pediatrician come to think of it).

[Hekate]

13. USRep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) has known Barack since infancy.When Abercrombie was first in politics

... running for the Hawaii State Legislature, I met and chatted with him; had a T-shirt silk-screened with his campaign stuff, that kind of thing.

Of course that was about 1970 and the man doesn't know me from Adam, but still.

Hekate

[latebloomer]

15. Um, I once shook Ted Kennedy's hand

Does that count?

[Mind_your_head]

16. Icann, but won't admit it.....my six or three degrees of separation (or togetherness)

[Obamarama]

17. 2 degrees here

One of my neighbors is a professor. He worked for a while at the University of Chicago in the same office as Michelle. Not certain if she was married to Barack yet or not.

[kestrel91316]

18. Weeellllllllll, he's my 7th cousin. But then so is my assistant.

But I have to brag: only 3 degrees of separation between me and ABE LINCOLN (my grandfather - old Mr. Conkling - Pres. Lincoln). Can't beat that.

[Cetacea]

24. Lincoln? That is impressive! n/t

[WyoHiker]

19. 3, bordering 2...

My Brother-In-Law (Administrator in Omaha Public Schools)
Warren Buffet (Large Contributor to OPS.)
President Obama. (Has Buffet on his Economic Advisory Committee)


I'll try to widdle it down to two.

Sentator Mike Enzi (R-WYO) Spoke at my Coffee Shop. (This was my Business Partner's Idea)
President Obama. (Served with Enzi in the Senate)


Neither Strings would get me into the White House very quickly.
Mr. Buffet would be slow in responding to my Brother in Law and Senator Enzi wouldn't remember me.

[ogneopasno]

20. Two. I'm also two away from several presidents and candidates.

[Cetacea]

23. Same, as well as some congress folk. n/t

[spindrifter]

21. A friend of mine held Barak Obama when

he was a baby. She knew Stanley Ann when she was in high school.

[ThomWV]

22. 2 - I get to him by way of Bill Richardson

[Starbucks Anarchist]

25. I met Bush once.

Does that count?

[Inspired]

26. I met him once too. It was a very random meeting.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

29. He came to my high school when he was running for governor.

How'd you meet him?

[Inspired]

31. In a city park in Des Moines, IA, back in August '01.

We were having an outdoor staff meeting in the park while Bush was jogging there. The secret service came over to our group and did a quick search of everyone and then Bush jogged over and shook our hands. He was real sweaty and gross from running.

It was cool to meet a president that way, even Bush.

[Inspired]

27. If I've met him does that mean I'm 1 degree of separation? Or none?

[islandmkl]

28. i went to see Barack during rallies in Tampa and Sarasota...

i was very close at both events - near hand-shaking distance...

but i forgot my goddam protractor!!...

how the hell can you all tell the degrees without a protractor??

[brooklynite]

30. My wife's Uncle's College roommate dated Stalin's daughter...

...Stalin was a Marxist...as is Barack Obama (at least according to the FR gang...)

[elehhhhna]

37. an old BF's ex-wifes' Dad worked for Hitler.

[Oak2004]

32. I get bonus points!

Major donor to nonprofit I founded.
Obama.


and for bonus points:

Tom Tancredo (Please don't hit me! We all have questionable figures in our past, and if one is a former Republican, even a former liberal Republican, one probably has had address books that needed to be buried with a wooden stake through them)

Tom Delay (Ewwwwwwww. Now I have to shower)

Cousin Cheney (There may be a direct connection between Tancredo and Cheney, but given the sheer number of congresscritters I will assume otherwise)

[flvegan]

33. I can do it in one. Obama voted for S.3880 in 2006*

It's the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, and it prejudices justice and seeks to someday put someone like me and friends of mine in jail.



*It passed the Senate with unanimous consent, but no vote tally was taken. Erego, Barack is assumed to have voted for it.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

34. I know someone who attended a fundraiser for Obama when he was running

for state senate.

[AyanEva]

35. While waiting for the bus during the summer...

I met a man who had gone to school with Obama's mother. I think it was high school.

So it goes:

me> random dude> Stanley Ann> Barack Obama


Is that three or two? I'm not sure if it's 1-random dude, 2-mom, 3-Obama or if it's 1-random dude, 2-mom. How do I count this?

[OhioBlue]

36. Our Field Organizer worked Iowa and had her pic taken with

Obama... does that count?

As far as Kevin Bacon.... well, I had a dorm mate in Collge that went to HS with Luke Perry.... I know I can make a connection in a few steps there.

[Maine-ah]

38. ok here we go

I'm a Pierce (through marriage)
Bab's is my husband's cousin
which makes W a cousin
and brings me to Obama.

so, that's 4?

[noel711]

39. Obama was social worker based at Holy Rosary church...

I grew up on the next street...

My sister's boss is Biden's lawyer...