well I say

This amusing anecdote about Obama in 2002 was recounted by the now notorious Reverend Wright to an Obama biographer.

Obama had just visited the Congressional Black Caucus in Washington DC in an effort to drum up support for a possible Senate run...

...what truly struck Wright from that meeting was Obama's astonishment over the black caucus event in Washington. It opened Wright's eyes once again to just how innocent and idealistic Obama could be about the world of politics...

..."He had gone down there to get support and find out who would support him and found out it was just a meat market," the pastor said in an interview, breaking into a laugh. "He had people say, 'If you want to count on me, come on to my room. I don't care if you're married. I am not asking you to leave your wife - just come on.' All the women hitting on him. He was, like, in shock. He's there on a serious agenda, talking about running for he United States Senate. They're talking about giving [him] some pussy. And I was like, 'Barack, c'mon, man. Come on! Name me one significant thing that has come out of black congressional caucus weekend. It's homecoming. It's just a nonstop party, all the booze you want, all the booty you want. That's all it is.' And here he is with this altruistic agenda, trying to get some support. He comes back shattered. I thought to myself, 'Does he have a rude awakening coming his way.'"

Corruption! Someone like Elliot Spitzer should look into this. Oh wait...

I'm wondering if this kind of thing ever happened to Gordon Brown at, say, the TUC Conference. On reflection, I think probably not.

Comments

[Hillary]

I'm wondering how one short anecdote could find a more perfect synthesis between the apparently opposing archetypes of Obama as the 'innocent' 'idealist' (and, we infer, hardworking serious politician, not to mention devoted monogamous husband) and Obama as pheromone-leaking, virile, magnetic alpha male.

Priest and warrior? You've got 'em both there, my friend. Rev Wright should be on BO's payroll. Or, like, not.

[marbury]

I would see your point if Obama had been portrayed as anything but a shocked innocent in this telling.

[Hillary]

I'm not questioning that, and I'm sure it was genuine. But, in this anecdote, even as he IS the innocent abroad he is ALSO apparently irresistible to women - to the point where they become barely controlled in his presence. And, in fact, the sense of raw masculinity that that implies is only heightened by the assurance that Obama doesn't even know he's deploying it! He can't stop himself! He just exudes power and desirability! Women are almost literally falling at his feet and yet he just steps over them, eyes firmly fixed on a higher purpose. Potent AND moral: it's a heady combo.

He's so gorgeous, swoon, thud, etc.