# 50 Facts you might not know about Barack Obama **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 13, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569 "2008-11-13T18:36:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/1 "2008-11-13T18:36:16Z")
[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/article3401168.ece](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/article3401168.ece) Fairly interesting. Definitely our hippest president since Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/2 "2008-11-13T18:45:32Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > [tollbit-host.com](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/article3401168.ece) > > Fairly interesting. Definitely our hippest president since Clinton. Well, there’s only been one president since Clinton, so that’s not really saying much. I’d say hippest president since Kennedy. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/3 "2008-11-13T18:45:46Z")
He’s a leftie! Like Me and Bill Clinton. Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/4 "2008-11-13T18:46:23Z")
waitaminute… - his desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy Isn’t that the desk that Nathan Petrelli picked? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/5 "2008-11-13T18:47:40Z")
50 is all they could manage? [We at the SDMB got 80](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=456308&)! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/6 "2008-11-13T18:51:52Z")
I’m sorry, but in what world is benching 200 pounds impressive? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/7 "2008-11-13T18:57:42Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > He’s a leftie! Like Me and Bill Clinton. And John McCain, George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford and a couple of other presidents, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/8 "2008-11-13T18:58:39Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > waitaminute… > > - his desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy > > Isn’t that the desk that Nathan Petrelli picked? Obama can _fly_. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/9 "2008-11-13T19:09:13Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > I’m sorry, but in what world is benching 200 pounds impressive? Most non-gym going men of average size couldn’t manage it. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/10 "2008-11-13T19:11:57Z")
> [@CaerieD](#): > > Obama can _fly_. :eek: And so it begins. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/11 "2008-11-13T19:12:40Z")
Obama is a mammal. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/12 "2008-11-13T19:14:02Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Obama is a mammal. No I think he’s a fly. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/13 "2008-11-13T19:19:57Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > I’m sorry, but in what world is benching 200 pounds impressive? Mine. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/14 "2008-11-13T19:38:19Z")
I am good at _spending_ 200 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/15 "2008-11-13T19:44:41Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I am good at _spending_ 200 pounds. Hookers and blow? What’s the selection like on the Isle?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/16 "2008-11-13T19:48:19Z")
1. He has never been in my kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/17 "2008-11-13T19:48:27Z")
> [@Omegaman](#): > > Hookers and blow? What’s the selection like on the Isle?😃 Well, a few lots of 200 pounds have gone towards making it possible to procure free porn. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/18 "2008-11-13T20:00:37Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > [tollbit-host.com](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/article3401168.ece) > > Fairly interesting. Definitely our hippest president since Clinton. Hippest?! The man collects _comic books_! Far be it from me to call someone else a big ol’ geek, but come ON! ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/19 "2008-11-13T20:03:29Z")
> [@Sarahfeena](#): > > Hippest?! The man collects _comic books_! Far be it from me to call someone else a big ol’ geek, but come ON! Last time I checked, Spiderman did pretty freakin well at the box office, not exactly a small geekdom there. Conan the Barbarian has spawned three movies, and animated series, countless novels, a mmorpg, and pretty much inspired the entire sword and sorcery genre of literature. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569/20 "2008-11-13T20:04:45Z")
> [@Sarahfeena](#): > > Hippest?! The man collects _comic books_! Far be it from me to call someone else a big ol’ geek, but come ON! Huh. Between this comment and the observation about the desk, I’m now picturing Obama watching Heroes on the campaign trail and going into geeky paroxysms of joy when the conversation about the desk came up. There may have also been declarations of, “Shout out!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-facts-you-might-not-know-about-barack-obama/472569.md?page=2)