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bigtree

(85,919 posts)
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 09:05 AM Sep 2012

'Hello, this is Barack Obama'



President Barack Obama uses a cell phone to contact supporters during a surprise visit to meet campaign workers at an Obama campaign office, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Port St. Lucie, Fla.





















St Lucie County has 169, 570 registered voters.

72,961 Democrats
35,060 Independents
54,798 Republicans
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'Hello, this is Barack Obama' (Original Post) bigtree Sep 2012 OP
What a trip that must have been for the person on the other end of the phone. madaboutharry Sep 2012 #1
WOW!!! skeewee08 Sep 2012 #2
I would never clean my telephone again! lunatica Sep 2012 #3
... Phentex Sep 2012 #12
He called me during the 08 campaign! CoffeeCat Sep 2012 #4
cool call, CoffeeCat! bigtree Sep 2012 #5
Honestly though, how many here would think.... Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2012 #6
Yup, I'd definitely think it was a prank Victor_c3 Sep 2012 #9
then you deserve to get a call, Voice for Peace Sep 2012 #10
You would think that... CoffeeCat Sep 2012 #13
kick bigtree Sep 2012 #7
I wish I lived in a swing state ecstatic Sep 2012 #8
lol nt. bigtree Sep 2012 #11

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
4. He called me during the 08 campaign!
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 09:27 AM
Sep 2012

I nearly died, "Hello Angela...this is Barack Obama."

We talked for quite a while...at least 15 minutes.

Then his phone died and he had to call me back. Hilarious!

My husband and I always regret that I didn't do *69, so I could have his phone number to call him whenever I just wanted to chat. hehe

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,085 posts)
6. Honestly though, how many here would think....
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 10:03 AM
Sep 2012

....that it was just a prank caller?

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to get a call from him, but how hard must it be to actually convince someone that yes, it is the President?

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
9. Yup, I'd definitely think it was a prank
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 11:31 AM
Sep 2012

I'd probably cry if I were to actually talk to him. The war has made me an emotional wreck and he has done a lot of things to make me proud of being an American - something I haven't felt since before I deployed to Iraq in 2004.

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
10. then you deserve to get a call,
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 11:36 AM
Sep 2012

and have a good long cry, and even if he doesn't call you know he's got your back as best he can.

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
13. You would think that...
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 04:06 PM
Sep 2012

...but his voice is absolutely unmistakable. You know right away that it is him. Absolutely, no question.

When Obama called me, I was playing a game with my husband and daughters. I was in the zone! I picked up the phone, heard that voice and there was just no doubt.

Maybe that's why he uses this technique of connecting with people, because everyone just knows it's him. He has a very recognizable voice and way of speaking. It's part of his signature.

I imagine that other people could not get away with this. If Brad Pitt called me, I wouldn't know his voice from anyone else's. Same with Romney and many others.

Trust me, when you hear that voice through the phone, you immediately know!

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