“You see, even though back then Barack was a Senator and a presidential candidate... to me, he was still the guy who'd picked me up for our dates in a car that was so rusted out, I could actually see the pavement going by through a hole in the passenger side door... he was the guy whose proudest possession was a coffee table he'd found in a dumpster, and whose only pair of decent shoes was half a size too small.” StillsGuyFoundSidesHalfDoorsCarTablesShoesSizePossessionCoffeeHolesBarackPresidentialCandidatesDecentPairsSenatorsPassengersPavementPresidential CandidateDumpstersSimple Guy Author:Michelle Obama
“Barack Obama said he may negotiate with the Taliban. A lot of people are saying okay, but be careful. But I said this guy has experience negotiating with the enemy. For gosh sake, he lives with his mother-in-law, you know.” PeopleKnowsMaySaidLawMotherGuyEnemyOkaySakeCarefulBarackBe CarefulThis GuyIn-lawsTalibanNegotiatingMother In Law Author:David Letterman
“There are some who might say that somebody named Barack Obama can't be elected senator in the state of Illinois. They're probably the same folks who said that a guy named Rod Blagojevich couldn't be elected governor of the state of Illinois.” SaidStatesMightGuyFolksBarackGovernorsSenatorsIllinois Author:Barack Obama
“And then there's this guy, Barack Obama, who lost - I could take up a whole afternoon talking about his failures, but - he lost his first race for Congress, and now he gets to call himself my husband.” FirstsWholeGuyLostRaceTalkingHusbandCongressBarackMy HusbandAfternoonThis Guy Author:Michelle Obama
“I`ve always thought of him [Barack Obama] and from conversations know him to be a guy who takes the long view, who doesn`t get too high, doesn`t get too low and seizes the opportunities when they`re there and knows how to ride the wave. I ascribe that to Hawaii. He`s a body surfer, so he knows how to get on the wave. He knows just the right time.” KnowsLongBodyGuyOpportunityViewsKnow HowConversationLowsWaveBarackRight TimeHawaiiSurfer Author:Howard Fineman
“My first 'SNL' episode was with Michael Phelps and Lil Wayne. And if you go back and watch the monologue - it was supposed to feature Barack Obama, but we couldn't get him - it was with William Shatner. But if you watch it, Guy Fieri is sitting in the front row.” IfsFirstsGuyWatchesFrontsSittingBarackFeaturesEpisodesWayneMonologuesSnl Author:Bobby Moynihan
“[ When I met Barack Obama] He says, I do a pretty good me myself - he said something like that. But he's - he is a close talker. He's a touchy guy.” SaidGuyMetsBarackTalkersTouchy Author:Jordan Peele