I called it - 6 years ago

[buckshaw]

I totally forgot (until someone reminded me), but six years ago I saw a newly-reelected Illinois state senator on some C-SPAN type TV channel and I said, "wow, that guy can really speak, and he makes a lot of sense too." After listening for a few more minutes, I said "you know, we should remember this guy's name, I think he's going places. Maybe

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[woodychitwn]

It continually strikes me as amazing how few people knew about Obama before he spoke at the Democratic National Convention in 2004... Congrats on spotting him before we pushed him into the spotlight!

[buckshaw]

Aw, and I with you, lynxie!