Because we need some levity up in here.
This made me aw:
Stephon stood just a few feet away from Barack Obama. The president, busy shaking hands, looked right at him. “It was like he was waiting for me to say something,” he said later.
So the 26-year-old Prince George’s Community College student took his cue and spoke to President Obama in his first language: American Sign Language. “I am proud of you,” Stephon signed. The president, almost involuntary, instinctively, immediately signed back.
“Thank you,” Obama replied.
This is one of those moments that humanize the office of the presidency:
Born deaf, and justifiably proud, Stephon told us later he had no idea he’d be seated in the VIP section so close to the president and Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley at the March 15th event. But what a difference a seating assignment can make. “When I shook his hand it did not feel like he was superior to me,” Stephon said. “He was just a humble man.”
You have to click through and watch Stephon’s video and read the transcript of his story. It’ll put a smile on your face, and you need that today — or, at least, I did.
[via Distriction]
a SQUEEEEE!!!! moment if ever there was one, eh?
:)))))
OMFG Obama AAAAND O’Malley? diiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeee….too. much. fineness.
That was so cool!
I was gonna post this last night! #ABLC hive-mind activated!
We have a cool President.
Has anyone ever really been able to say that before?
From what I’ve read, Teddy seemed to be a pretty cool president. But, no, we haven’t had a president this cool in recent memory.
That story makes me so happy I’m practically in tears. What an amazing, awe-inspiring and, yeah, cool President we have.
and these are the moments that don’t humanize the office of the president:
http://ansarulyateem.blogspot.com/2011/12/drone-carnage.html
funny how sociopaths can be both charming to some and despicable to others. but then again why would this crowd give a flying fuck about anyone other than their 1st world buddies. drone on. why? because we can and no one cares, especially the president. but boy is he just so dreamy and cool. i think i just came.
I think you should think about going instead.
FTW.
Oh, oh, oh, ABL said you win! Boy, I thought I came the last time, but this time I really did! Thank you ABL I feel so much better now that you’ve given your pet the praise he craves.
Now back to the propOganda.
AWESOME!