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thenewgreen  ·  4382 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Portrait of a Presidency

What was his answer to the question "What don't we know about your daily life"? Also, you can embed photo's in comments here using imgur, if you have the link handy. I think this is what you are referencing and I agree, it's an interesting signature:





mike  ·  4382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Here's his signature on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (#118 in the picture series). Much more flowing and happy than the health care signature. Looks like he had trouble with the O. I wonder how tired he was when he signed that.

http://imgur.com/XK04o

mike  ·  4382 days ago  ·  link  ·  
user-inactivated  ·  4382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hmm. Looks like I'm slightly misremembering - I think that question got asked but not answered. He did answer this, "How do you balance family life and hobbies with, well, being the POTUS?", which is similar enough:

    It's hard - truthfully the main thing other than work is just making sure that I'm spending enough time with michelle and the girls. The big advantage I have is that I live above the store - so I have no commute! So we make sure that when I'm in DC I never miss dinner with them at 6:30 pm - even if I have to go back down to the Oval for work later in the evening. I do work out every morning as well, and try to get a basketball or golf game in on the weekends just to get out of the bubble. Speaking of balance, though, I need to get going so I'm back in DC in time for dinner. But I want to thank everybody at reddit for participating - this is an example of how technology and the internet can empower the sorts of conversations that strengthen our democracy over the long run. AND REMEMBER TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER - if you need to know how to register, go to Gottaregister.com. By the way, if you want to know what I think about this whole reddit experience - NOT BAD!

Here's the whole thing, for good or ill. Pretty disappointing content-wise but completely groundbreaking in every other respect.

thenewgreen  ·  4382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Absolutely ground breaking. It's either a step towards a more accountable government or towards Idiocracy, time will tell.

Pretty cool of him to do it though.