Nonsense. Everyone could use free cheese.
Talking with him about politics would be boring for both him and me, if I want to hear him talk about politics I can just watch a televised interview.
Come on guys, this is our first nerd president. How awesome would it be to be able to say that you discussed Star Trek with the President of the United States?
I’d ask him if he believed the GOP had any intention of acting in good faith. If so, why was he so naive when tons of political amateurs knew what would happen before he even took office. If not, why was he so hell bent on bipartisanship.
Then I’d ask him about his run on kicking out lobbyists and big money, then turning around and purging everything from the health care bill that angered the pharmaceutical and health insurance industries. No public option, no reimportations, no medicare negotiations.
I’d ask him other questions (if his goal of getting scientific R&D to 3% of GDP will be achieved, whether middle class tax cuts are wise when we are so deep in debt, if any real efforts on Chinese currency devaluation and toxic products will be addressed, if we will get meaningful labor reform like EFCA passed, etc).
Besides normal chit chat?
“Is it true that the president gets two secret murders per term?”
“what’s the alien spacecraft like?”
“Who would win in a fight between ninjas and pirates?”
I would never talk of politics. I’m not political at all, so it’d be the equivalent of my grandma trying to talk shop with me about computer stuff.
Not what I would like to. Nothing meaningful. He lies so there would not be anything I would believe coming from his mouth.
Please pass me the salt…
Ummm…you are picking up the tab right?
I’d definitely ask about which world leaders are the biggest assholes…
And what he really thought when the idiot Italian PM made that tanning joke…
And whether he thinks he’d be a two-term pres…
If the opportunity to discuss his plans arises, I’d like to know what’s going on with his policies regarding gays in the military. Seriously, dude, there’s just no reason why talented, willing soliders are getting kicked out for a reason that ain’t no reason, especially when they’re in areas where we have desperate shortages like Arabic translators. I’d also want to know why the hell Gitmo is still open.
Otherwise I’d probably want to tell him about my life. It’s doesn’t hurt to give the guy in power a sense of how (some of) the other 99.99% lives.
Also - wasn’t it a damn shame that Firefly got cancelled?
He’s a Steelers fan, I believe. So I’d ask his opinion on the Ben Roethlisberger situation.
Then I’d ask about the aliens.
Just the original, and a landing ship scrapped in 1961. We’re long overdue.
I like many of his ideas and plans.
I’d ask about the kids since I have some in the same age group. Then I 'd ask what he’s been reading or planning on reading next, if he’s had time to read stuff. Then I’d tell him how proud I am to have him as Prez. He had a pretty good week this week last, and I think he’s finding his stride in getting things done.
He seems like like the battles well enough. Has he lost his cool yet? I couldn’t go that long without assploding on someone somewhere…
What, 34 more months? Awesome!
34? I’m counting 33.
And 81, if we turn out to be good enough to deserve it.
I wouldn’t tell him anything; I’d ask him how to serve my country, and then I’d listen.
For a fun evening, I think this is definitely the best option: trying to get super high-level dish.
I’d probably ask him about the White Sox.
“I used to think that I’d like having your job — now, not so much.”
If I had the nerve, I’d mention the evils of Bill Frist’s online gambling legislation. Obviously doing anything about it would be the lowest of low priorities, but apparently a modification could be slipped in as an amendment to some must-pass
legislation at the last minute, and no one would care.
I’d like to think I would encourage him not to give up the ghost on bipartisanship.
Dibbs on that last drumstick,
Oh, wow. There are more fictional Enterprises than there are actual Monitors. Fair enough.
Oh, come on. Do you really not know that you could volunteer with all sorts of organizations from political action to mentoring and make your community and country better?
Sure, but just imagine approaching one of those groups and saying, “Hello. President Obama asked me to give you guys a hand. Where do I start?”
He’s already encouraged more volunteerism in a few speeches, I believe.