You get a chance to say hi to Barack Obama. What do you say?

[Writer]

I say...

HEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYY. What's up?

[Chipper Chat]

1. Give GLBT folks equal rights.

Now!

[Onceuponalife]

2. Make good on your promise to defund "faith-based" charities

who discriminate and prosyletize or face my wrath. And you do not want to face my wrath.

[Cali_Democrat]

3. You're doing a GREAT job, Mr. President!!!

[trueblue2007]

4. You're a great president. May I have your baby?

[Writer]

5. Ooooooh!

Saucy!

[CLANG]

6. It's a rarified honour to meet you Mr. President!

[Raine]

7. Can I give you a hug?

:pals: }(

[dmr]

44. After my big bear hug, I'd ask him over to my house for an evening of chit chat

I'd make a big pot of coffee, bake a bundt cake, or have cocktails and make him dinner - whatever he wanted.

I'd just let him relax.

Oh, I have plenty to say and ask. But the mother in me would take pity on his soul and just let him be Barack, the man, and not the president who gets hounded by everyone.

Michelle and the kids could come over, too.

:hug:

[Sky Masterson]

8. I'd say something cool and hip like

"Word,my man" "How's it hangin, Prez dude?" "Can I become an ambassador to Amsterdam?"
:silly:

[quaker bill]

9. Thank you

I prefer simple.

[Clio the Leo]

12. Yep...

..... and I think more than him, I'd like to tell HER "thank you for the sacrifices you're making."

[BeyondGeography]

15. For trying to fix all this shit, absolutely

I would do my best not to say, "shit," of course...

[midnight]

10. Smiling....

[CTyankee]

11. "MR. PRESIDENT! Your daughters and my granddaughters are the same age."

I know that sounds crazy but I feel that there is a bond...

[Vinca]

13. Just because employer-based health insurance is our tradition

doesn't make it the right way to do things. Single-payer now.

[Bluenorthwest]

14. My family is equal to yours, and a bigot is a bigot is a bigot

is a bigot. The Gertrude Stein method. Or, a bigot by any other name would smell as foul, the William Shakespeare method. Means the same thing.

[NYC_SKP]

16. Pull my finger.

Ah, COME ON!

I'd be speechless. I might eke out a "thank you".

Given a few minutes with him, I might have more to say or ask; "should we remove the cap to save social security?"

:patriot:

[polichick]

17. I did have a chance to say hi to him...

During the campaign on a day he looked exhausted I said, "We're behind you."

Now I'd say, "Remember who's behind you and who isn't, and fight for progressive democratic policies."

[Arkana]

18. YOU....ARE...GOD!

[proud2BlibKansan]

19. END THE WAR

[IndianaGreen]

20. END THE WARS

Prosecute the Bush/Cheney criminals.

[Armstead]

21. "I luv ya but ditch those corporate "centrists" and be a proud liberal populist"

[Froward69]

22. Hi ~ remember me?

if he does... I would faint dead away.

[CBR]

23. What's up? How are Michelle and the kids? nt

[LWolf]

24. I say this:

Mr. President, I'm a teacher, I'm a woman, I'm a liberal, and I'm not happy with you.

There are many things you could do to earn my support, but start with this:

Fire Arne Duncan and appoint a real educator, and a liberal educator at that, as Secretary of Education. Scrap the RTTT, and the push for privatization and union-busting in the form of stimulus bribes and threats, charter schools, and merit pay. Listen to actual educators, and allow us to inform, and improve, your education policies.

Fail to do so, and not only will I not support any of your efforts or vote for you, I will be lobbying my fellow teachers across the nation to remove their support as well.

[Fire1]

42. Won't happen in my neck of the woods. My union is behind

him 100%.

[LWolf]

45. That's too bad.

I can't see anything getting any better when teacher's unions "get behind" bad policy 100%.

[LisaM]

50. Yes! What you said!

I agree 1000%.

[SharonAnn]

25. Thank you and your family for being willing to serve and deal with all this.

[SKKY]

26. I would ask him one simple question..

"You are aware that we have a majority, right?"

[HopeOverFear]

27. I love you!!!!

[cherokeeprogressive]

28. Good Job, Mr. President, Sir. If I may suggest a good next move... wait a minute...

Is there somewhere we can speak in private?

[jpak]

29. WHERE"S MY PONY!!111

:evilgrin:

[azmouse]

30. I'd probably be unable to speak and make a complete fool of myself.

oh well... there's a first time for everything, right? ;)

[gkhouston]

31. "We need jobs!!!!" n/t

[calimary]

32. I believe in you and contributed and voted for you happily. PLEASE stop being so

nice to the republi-CONS and pay more attention to your progressive/liberal base (those who brought you to the dance).

And PLEASE, while you're calling out the opposition on policy issues in public, could you PLEASE say something about the way they mishandle the name of our party? That is also defeating any real dialogue between our two sides.

[Homer Wells]

33. I say "You're doing a great job, but...

you need to be a bit more 'Rooseveltian', and keep the people
informed on your actions and convictions, via 'Fireside Talk' type broadcasts!"

[frazzled]

34. C'mon back and visit Hyde Park once in a while

You know you want some breakfast at Valois, and you'd totally find out what folks are thinking. Some grits and eggs and biscuits ... and the best amalgam of real people (from neighborhood workers and the old guys in their porkpie hats to university professors and students) discussing the politics of the day. And then a little browsing at 57th Street Books. You miss it, you know you do.

[sabrina 1]

35. I'd ask him if someone was threatening him as that would be the

only explanation for his complete flip-flop on Health Care reform and other issues. I'd ask him why he once believed that forcing people to pay for something they cannot afford was wrong, which most democrats agreed with, and why now, he thinks it's okay?

I don't understand the adulation for political figures. They work for us and when you hire someone to do a job, that's what you expect them to do. I am not impressed at all by politicians no matter how handsome or attractive they are. They are not my boyfriend or brother or whatever. I've met many of them through my summer part-time job, and up close, including top Democrats, they are just ordinary people who are not even as impressive as people I know who probably do far more work for people than any politician will ever do unless we make them.

So, meeting Obama or any other politician wouldn't affect me except to ask him face to face why President Obama is so different from Candidate Obama.

[AspenRose]

36. Hi, Mr. President.

:hi:

[quantass]

37. "Despite making history and all the hopes WHY did you squander a one time OPPORTUNITY for POLITICS?"

[bigwillq]

38. Equality for ALL! (nt)

[timeforpeace]

39. You do know you can't win the Afghan war, right?

[Fire1]

43. Depends on his definition of "winning." n/t

[Sheepshank]

40. a middle class family.

Would you and your family please come over for dinner. We''l have some laughs and you can regale us with White House life. We'll tell you quaint stories of fun that doesn't cost us a penny and you can see what it's like on our end? Maybe we can chat about some stuff while playing Rook or Uno or Guesstures...yes Guesstures, that would be fun.

[Kltpzyxm]

41. Investigate and

prosecute BFEE and its enablers.

[Aristus]

46. "Keep up the good work, sir!"

:patriot:

[insanity]

47. got a smoke?

[krispos42]

48. "The only thing in the middle of the road are yellow stripes and dead squirrels, Mr. President".

"Now go give us something to get excited about!"

[Love Bug]

49. "Don't forget the unemployed who's benefits are about to run out, Mr. President."

"Our government failed the middle class by allowing wall street to gamble with our money. Any jobs bill passed now is going to take time to work. In the meantime, the 7 million or so unemployed since 2008 are going to continue to need some help while waiting for things to turn around."

[centristgrandpa]

51. i totally understand now the meaning of ...

the Audacity of Hope, it seems to be a one way street so far, maybe this year trillions can go to main street. Them corporate thugs you gave trillions to are laughing, now you want to mandate trillions to the insurance industry, hope is an understatement president obama...

[bdamomma]

52. Are you still listening to us????

[rocktivity]

53. I'm still waiting on my habeus corpus.

:patriot:
rocktivity