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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
madaboutharry
(40,153 posts)skeewee08
(1,983 posts)can you imagine geting that call form the President...
lunatica
(53,410 posts)LOL!
LOL!
CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)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
bigtree
(85,919 posts). . . so cool to have such a long chat.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,085 posts)....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)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)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)...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!
ecstatic
(32,567 posts)But only during times like this!