You Want To Know What Obama Did Today?

[Hope And Change]

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., asks his media pool if they are going to see a movie with he and his family as he leaves the East Bank Club Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Chicago.

[blondeatlast]

1. That's gonna take a lotta popcorn! nt

[Lars39]

2. I like how he's keeping as balanced a family life as possible.

:)

[bluestateguy]

It's important that he get enough rest and sleep

Exhausted candidates make gaffes on the campaign trail.

[AtomicKitten]

3. Causal Saturday!

[Drunken Irishman]

4. I really am having a hard time accepting Obama...

I mean, Obama's support of the White Sox that is.

[Brigid]

12. He's a White Sox fan?

:wow: Oh, no!! What is this Cubs fan supposed to do with that? Maybe I should send him a Cubs t-shirt. :evilgrin:

[jefferson_dem]

5. Wonder what they saw. My money's on WALL-E.

[gateley]

6. Boy that must be difficult -- just going to a movie.

Do they have to clear the theater? And if not, wouldn't most people just be looking at the Obamas rather than at the screen?

It's so sad they have to lose their privacy and 'normalcy'.

Hope they have a good time!

[jobycom]

7. Is that a RAZR? CALL THE MEDIA!!!

That's sure to anger someone or another, for some reason or another.

[Skip Intro]

18. He's got two phones, one is his hand and one on his side.

A Razr and I don't know what on his side.

And it does make me shake my head, but this isn't a rant about Obama, tho you gotta wonder if the razr is there to make him look "cool." I am just repulsed by the faddish, rediculous. over the shark bs state of the industry, and the whole craze of cell phones and texting and pic messaging and ringbacktones and data devices and blackberrys and iphones and the latest, super greateast, stereo-bluetooth, gps, cannot live without it crap that seems to drive so many to get so wrapped up in what is a damn phone.

I'll relate this little bit, I manage a cell phone store. Been in the industry for a while. Loved it and made lots of money in the begining, and now mainly deal with complaints about ringtone limitations or the phone not being available in a "liquorice" color.

OMFG! It's a PHONE! Get a fucking life! You know?

Like I said, not a rant about Obama, a rant about some silly shit I see on a daily basis.

I'm gonna keep going, sorry.

I had this dude that works for the same company over for poker a couple weekends ago and he has two cell phones. Right out there, on the table, during the game. And he's exchanging text messages with someone, and every now and then we hear the ohsocool message alert going off. This goes on for a few, and then the other phone rings, some realtone of some song that made the fact that he had that ring tone sooooo cool. And while he's on one phone texting, and the other talking, it became apparent to everyone at the table that he was talking to the person he was also simultaneously texting. My head wanted to explode.

Ok, I'm done. Sorry for the rant, it just came out. But why two cell phones?

[jobycom]

20. Hehe!

Seriously, though, I was struck by the phone and the attempt at casual/cool going on. Maybe a bit too much. I don't say that to pick on Obama, but because I remember the grief Gore got for the whole "earth tone clothing" thing.

But I'm also thinking, this is about McCain. McCain joked about not needing to email on his phone, and picking on his staffers for their Blackberries. So here's Obama, on a "day off," dressing like a modern yuppie on a weekend and visibly displaying two cellphones--one in hand, one in holster, taking advantage of his free time to see a movie at the head of his entourage. He looks like a laid back entrepeneur type, and all that makes McCain look older, less current, and less modern.

Reminds me of Kennedy playing football on the beach.

[patrice]

8. Wall-E?, Hellboy?, Journey to the Center of the Earth? . . . P.S.

With all respect, Just helping out here: The preposition "with" takes pronouns in the Objective case, i.e. "... with him and his family ...." "He" is Subjective case, suitable only as the doer of some action or with a linking verb (is or was).

P.P.S. A good way to test which case your pronoun should be is to drop the second part of what follows the preposition, e.g. " ... with he as he leaves the East Bank Club Saturday..." doesn't sound right does it? BUT "... with him as he leaves the East Bank Club Saturday..." does sound right.

:hi:

[Jane Austin]

10. Thanks for helping prevent a future

cringe on my part. :)

[patrice]

11. I am worried about further deterioration in the LOGIC of our language.

People don't think there IS any logic to it, so they give up on the Grammar. Can you imagine how much confusion this creates and MUST cost us in $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ all of the time, especially with non-native speakers who are trying to figure out what the hell "we" mean?

Not to mention how JARRING it is to listen to all of the improper pronoun case (and misplaced modifiers) IN THE MEDIA ALL OF THE TIME.

:hi: janeaustin :hi:

[Jane Austin]

22. You mean you don't enjoy hearing people say

"in lieu of" when they mean "in view of"? :)

Or, how about "on behalf of" when they mean "on the part of"? I'm hearing that one on liberal talk radio lately, and it makes me shudder.

Gah.

[jkshaw]

14. Thanks, patrice.

So many people make this mistake because of the objective case pronoun fear -- we all remember the kids saying things like, "Me and Melanie went to the movies ..." and go into contortions to avoid it. Your suggestion of a proof is just the thing.

[litlady]

23. Regardless of who wins the presidency...

there should be more proper grammar in presidential speeches! The past eight years have been scary!

[BlooInBloo]

9. If it's not anti-Obama, then it has no place on DU....

Please keep that in mind for the future.

[Brigid]

13. He looks like Tiger Woods in these pics.

I wonder what they went to see. :)

[litlady]

24. Wall-E!

Such an awesome movie.

[applegrove]

15. He is such a string bean it is weird to see him in casual clothes. A suit

hides his skinnyness much better so it is a shock to really see how tall and thin he is.

[AllentownJake]

19. He's lost weight

His hair is going grey too.

If he wins and serves two terms he'll have white hair in 2016 which might turn back to black by 2020. Campaigning and being President ages people.

[Phx_Dem]

16. This may not be appropriate to say about

a Presidential candidate, but he's a hottie!

:loveya:

(Mrs. Phx-Dem)

[gblady]

17. the press...

followed him in and out of his hair cut today also...
must be so wierd to be followed around all the time...




I love his expression in this one!



I hope he sees WALL-E...much food for thought...

[Skidmore]

21. Darn, he's such an elitist.

Isn't he? Wait till Monday for the media to twist this family event into something it isn't.

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[Hope And Change]

26. I noticed you edited your post.Could it be grammar errors in your post?

Oh, and remember, the primary is over.GET OVER IT!