Me shaking President Obama's hand!

[nmbluesky]

Run time: 01:07 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrTzkTcIi0M   Posted on YouTube: April 09, 2011 By YouTube Member: impyfan12 Views on YouTube: 83   Posted on DU: April 09, 2011 By DU Member: nmbluesky Views on DU: 5366

 
I can't believe this actually happened! I am in the Marine Corps and deploying overseas this month so I decided to drive up to Washington D.C. for the first time this weekend and actually met the president! Everything worked out perfectly while sight seeing because he only stopped by the Lincoln Memorial for a few minutes. I'm still completely amazed that this actually happened.

[Saturday]

1. How exciting! :) nt

[dionysus]

2. awesome!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. How lucky for you!

A chance in a million, for sure!

And you got it recorded too...

Congrats!

:wow:

[nmbluesky]

4. Oh I wish..

This isn't mine..someone another..from his video post of youtube..

[PotatoChip]

So cool that not only did you meet him

Run time: 01:07 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrTzkTcIi0M   Posted on YouTube: April 09, 2011 By YouTube Member: impyfan12 Views on YouTube: 83   Posted on DU: April 10, 2011 By DU Member: PotatoChip Views on DU: 5366

 
but someone just happened to post it on YouTube. It looked in the video like the President had pre-planned to greet everyone in your little group there. I base that on how he and his security peeps seemed to immediately veer to your direction as there were going down the steps.

Lucky you and thanks for sharing

ETA... How did this vid end up in my reply to you? :shrug: I don't see where to remove it on this edit either. Bizarre!

[Tx4obama]

5. Congrats! I am thrilled for you!

I hope to someday make it to D.C.
It must be an awesome experience!

I was 'conceived' in D.C. when my mother spent some time there to see my father when he was in the Navy in 1959 :)

[itsrobert]

6. Of course you pop to attention and saluted

just having fun. Congratulations.

[Buzz Clik]

7. Awesome.

(and thank you!)

[rocktivity]

8. Listen to all that teenybopper squealing--did I click on one of my Bon Jovi videos by mistake?

(Justin Bieber's young enough to be my grandson--what kind of a girl do you think I am?)

And did I hear the security detail instruct everyone to keep their hands in sight?

:rofl:
rocktivity

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

16. If you're not thinking Elvis, Beatles or Bieber you're missing the sad irony.

[baldguy]

34. And in Park Service uniforms, too.

[Buzz Clik]

36. The president is popular. I am sorry, but it's true.

[barbtries]

9. in my 55 years on this planet

he's the only president i've ever seen in the flesh, and that was from some distance and before he was elected. i've seen some other president's caravan using up the entire northbound side of the 405 - who was that anyway?

anyhow. how exciting for you, and you have it on video!!

[DFW]

31. I've seen lots of presidents in the flesh, met more than a few

Only two of them really had "it," that intangible magnetic charisma that is difficult to describe,
no matter what one might think of their politics.

One was Bill Clinton. The other is Barack Obama.

[The Wielding Truth]

38. I saw JFK live when I was about 8. His smile. His tan.That was charisma!

[DFW]

52. I saw him from a distance at the dedication of IAD

I was eleven years old, and I got an autographed picture of him made out to me personally for
my 11th birthday in March 1963 (Pierre Salinger was a neighbor at the time--it helped!).

He did radiate charisma, too, no two ways about it.

[The Wielding Truth]

53. Did Clinton and Obama impress you more?

[DFW]

54. I was 11 years old, and saw JFK from 100 meters away

Apples and oranges. I met Clinton and Obama as an adult and face to face.

[proud2BlibKansan]

40. I saw Clinton and shook his hand

It was pretty exciting.

[JohnnyK]

10. You da man! Or woman!

[Faygo Kid]

11. Congrats. A moment you will always remember. All the best on your deployment.

I am so very happy for you. Best wishes.

[classof56]

12. Awesome indeed, and congrats to you!

What a great experience and memory!

Peace and blessings on your deployment.

[jberryhill]

13. I wish he would stop running down stairs

He does the same thing when he gets off of the plane, and doesn't use the handrail.

Running down stairs is dangerous.

[shireen]

14. that's cool but his security detail makes me nervous

how do you keep him safe in a random outdoor crowd? That's scary.

[lucca18]

15. How wonderful!!

What a great video...thanks for sharing, and be safe!

[RBInMaine]

17. Cool Beans !

[vroomvroom]

18. LOL..That Police/Guard Girl was Giddy as a School Girl in the Background.

[Tx4obama]

19. Okay so let me get this straight - mnbluesky was NOT in DC - right?

The text in the OP is a copy and paste from the video description at youtube and the video at youtube was posted by impyfan12 - and impyfan12 is NOT nmbluesky, right?

[postulater]

20. This is the secret video from Nickolaus' computer.

[Politicalboi]

45. I guess not too many read the post

Posted by nmbluesky that said it wasn't their own experience.

[jaxx]

21. One of those meant to be moments......lucky YOU!

Thanks for sharing and the video.

[YvonneCa]

22. That is SO exciting. I am happy for you...

...that you were able to shake his hand. I was just in DC a week or so ago and was right there on those steps...I know how I would have felt to see the President there. AND you got video! :7

Thank you for posting this. Thank you even more for your service. :patriot:

[onestepforward]

23. Very cool!

How exciting!

:hi:

[ZombieHorde]

24. How fun. nt

[HankyDubs]

25. did you kiss the hem of his garment?

:woohoo:

[grahamhgreen]

26. That's very cool!

Not real happy with his policies, but still, that is awesome!

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[Paradoxical]

28. We should not view our political leaders as celebrities.

[humanityisfree]

30. I agree

I feel like this display of public adoration and complete lack of self control is just another reason why our system is broken...

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[liberal N proud]

32. Good for you

[RBInMaine]

35. Oh gee, look at the "enthusiasm gap" here. :-)

[Scurrilous]

37. K & R

:thumbsup:

[The Wielding Truth]

39. So happy for you,nmbluesky! Glad you posted it.

[BumRushDaShow]

41. Cool!

Glad you got to see the CIC up close and despite all the party poopers at DU. :hug:

[sheldon]

42. Thanks for your service! Stay safe!

I would shake Obama's hand and be stoked about it too. :)

[Dj13Francis]

43. Yeah, well...

I once had a whole conversation with Alan Grayson. That certainly beat shaking Obama's hand by a factor of ten.

[dancingme]

44. Great! So happy for you!

And thanks for you service.

[FourScore]

46. Cool! n/t

[pacalo]

47. That was nice. :)

[gauguin57]

48. Thank you for your service ... and congrats on meeting Obama!

Great to see that the crowds still really love him ... that they still yell and squeal when he heads their way, and smile as he greets them!!!

[FailureToCommunicate]

49. Good luck on your deployment, whether you saw the Commander in

Chief or not. Obama seems like a CINC would like to meet if you could -unlike some of the recent ones...

[trud]

50. now if only he'd done something to merit that acclaim n/t

[Curtis]

51. Yeah it's pretty amazing.

I met Nixon when I was 8 during a kids day at the air force (we were sworn in and spent a couple of weeks with our parents. It was great he happened to be visiting when we were sworn in so he did the ceremony. Afterward, he actually bent down, took my little hand in his huge hand and said, "welcome to the air force little man." Nixon, but what the heck.

Since then, I met Reagan when he was governor of CA, Bradley in '86, Jesse Jackson in '88 (managed his campaign in San Diego), became friends with Cesar Chavez in 88 to his death, met Jerry Brown in 1992 (he told me to think about, and I did but lost, running for the California Assembly) and quite a few congress critters. Funny thing is I remember each of them vividly. It's pretty amazing to rub elbows with these people.

[roody]

55. I don't remember anyone screaming for Bush.