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Top Ten Signs You’re Too Into Obama
10. You have spent time arguing with people on TPM who think they are more into Obama than you, they have flamed you to establish your naivete on such topics as FISA and The Clinton Question, and you have bothered to have these conversations.
9. You ordered twenty-six pounds of Obama buttons from DemocraticStuff.com, most of which you have not given away.
8. You have contributed 4% or more of your adjusted gross income to Obama. This is called tithing.
7. You can speak at length about why you like your Si Se Puede buttons better than the pink Michelle Obama, America’s next First Lady ones, but your favorites are the Obama silhouette with the JFK silhouette and the cool JFK quote.
6. You are interested in helping Obama voter protection program in state Rasmussen lists as Likely Republican. You feel you need more protection from than for your state’s voters, but what the hell.
5. You broke open classy wine to celebrate the close loss in Indiana.
4. You totally don’t mind Keith Olbermann.
3. You have both a David Axelrod autographed baseball and a Shepard Fairey autographed “Progress” print up in your office.
2. You have a lifesize cardboard Obama cutout up in your dining room.
1. Obama staffer asks you derisively if you hug the cardboard Obama before you go to bed.






Comments (92)
11. When your kids ask to go to McDonalds, you say
"Yes, we can!"
August 6, 2008 1:25 AM | Reply | Permalink
And you slap the server-guy when he says, "Yes we will!"
August 6, 2008 2:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hey Articleman -
For fairness and equal time to the both candidates, can you come up with "Top Ten Signs Your Too Into McCain?"
August 6, 2008 6:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
If you are into McCain at all, you are TOO into McCain.
August 7, 2008 7:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
You call an airline to see if you can change a flight in October so that you can be in this country for one of the debates. You are now trying to figure out what would be the best city in Europe to watch the debates in, and how to find other Obama supporters over there to watch with.
Last sunday you sang happy birthday to a life size Obama cut-out while eating lunch with 10 other Obama supporters while you were all wearing matching hand made Obama t-shirts.
You are thinking Paris Hilton might make a good VP because she was so good at being snarky to Republicans in her ad.
August 6, 2008 1:26 AM | Reply | Permalink
You are forced to watch the debates in a foreign country due to those pesky restraining orders;)
August 6, 2008 1:33 AM | Reply | Permalink
12. You have brought said cardboard cutout into the bed and/or shower with you. (Plastic protected, of course)
August 6, 2008 1:28 AM | Reply | Permalink
Well, it is not actually my cardboard cutout. I sent it off with its owner in a taxi. The taxi driver made us stop and take pictures of it in his taxi, thus holding up traffic for miles.
August 6, 2008 4:16 AM | Reply | Permalink
You post defensive sounding comments on TPM by way of explaining that you don't actually have the cutout in bed with you.
August 6, 2008 4:17 AM | Reply | Permalink
You know you do AM...give him a kiss for me before you nod off!
August 6, 2008 5:06 AM | Reply | Permalink
00. Your avatar on TPM is an image of Obama.
August 6, 2008 1:32 AM | Reply | Permalink
Et tu, muppet.
August 6, 2008 11:29 AM | Reply | Permalink
You can't remember anymore what life was like before Obama. It feels like he's always been there.
August 6, 2008 1:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
You suggest to complete strangers that they change their name to readtohusseinagasket.
August 6, 2008 2:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
13. You've trained your dog to paw-bump you whenever you say "Not this time."
14. You've sent Claire McCaskill angry letters for her lukewarm support of Obama.
August 6, 2008 2:04 AM | Reply | Permalink
You taught your dog to pronounce "barack."
And smile at the poor, benighted, dogs who continue to think in simplistic & divisive "bark bark" terms.
August 6, 2008 2:46 AM | Reply | Permalink
You've read all of Obama's books.
Twice. (Okay, three times.)
And you can quote them. (Which is cool because you've never been able to memorize stuff, even when you were supposed to in 9th grade English class.)
You think Obama's books should be taught in school and his speeches studied and memorized.
August 6, 2008 2:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
At both Barack Junior & Obama Senior High Schools.
August 6, 2008 2:36 AM | Reply | Permalink
{fist bump}
August 6, 2008 9:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
You're irritated because your universal health care system has you on a waiting list for that urgent ear-extension-related cosmetic surgery... and there's no slot open until mid-November.
August 6, 2008 2:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
You're already lighting candles beside the grassy knoll.
August 6, 2008 5:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
More like- under a gassy troll.
August 6, 2008 5:10 AM | Reply | Permalink
/snerk
You may have to pay for my keyboard. Coffee all over it now... Thanks!
August 6, 2008 9:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
It's in the mail. Sorry bout that.
August 7, 2008 1:24 AM | Reply | Permalink
so we ?
August 6, 2008 11:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
Although you grew up in Vermont, you now talk about going to the "grocereh" store in "Montgomereh."
Come to think of it, how does someone who grew up in Hawaii get away with pronouncing it "Montgomereh"?
August 6, 2008 8:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
You really want an Obama tire gauge.
August 6, 2008 9:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
and you don't even own a car...
August 6, 2008 12:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
You think Paris Hilton's energy policy is hotter than the rest of her.
August 6, 2008 9:17 AM | Reply | Permalink
Uh-oh. In that case, I think I'm too into Obama.
August 6, 2008 9:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
Uh oh. Guilty on that one. But just barely.
August 6, 2008 9:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
You have adopted the fist-bump as your greeting of choice.
Your homepage is barackobama.com
You count the days on the calendar when Barack Obama will be sworn in as president.
You pay for pizzas to be delivered to the local Obama campaign headquarters.
You know in your heart that if your house catches fire the one thing you'll grab is your signed first edition of "The Audacity of Hope".
August 6, 2008 9:17 AM | Reply | Permalink
I've got a calendar that counts down the days until Bush is on his way back to his dude ranch. Does that count?
August 6, 2008 9:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
I have a similar calendar at my desk at work - but it includes Bushisms such as "United Nations Senate".
August 6, 2008 8:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
You bought your wife an Obama '08 pillow. You wake up to find her nibbling and drooling on it as she snores. And then you wonder why she never nibbles and drools on you while she snores. :(
August 6, 2008 9:34 AM | Reply | Permalink
Too funny.
Say, how many bumper stickers on a single car is considered too many? 5?
August 6, 2008 9:50 AM | Reply | Permalink
We need a thread for the people too into McCain.
Wait, don't laugh. Have you heard about the Hess employees contributing some 40% of their net income to McCain's campaign? Now that is some overzealous enthusiasm.
August 6, 2008 9:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
There's Ann Coulter's new site www.getdrunkandvoteformccain.com
where each time he adopts another liberal stance she adds to the number of drinks ticker that shows the consumption level required to cast a ballot.
August 6, 2008 11:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
I totally agree! Just make it about a McCain's voter, not McCain himself. Otherwise, that topic is here 24/7
August 6, 2008 11:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
How many of these do you have to check off before you have to seek out a 12 step? And will my 12 step be held in the same church basement as the Hillary 12 step? 'Cause that could get ugly real quick.
August 6, 2008 10:02 AM | Reply | Permalink
- Your ringtone, text tone, and doorbell all play will.i.am's "Yes We Can".
- You were one of the people passionately arguing that no mandate for health care was obviously 5-10% better than a mandate.
- You possess more than one Obama t-shirt.
- You possess any Obama clothing other than a t-shirt.
August 6, 2008 10:21 AM | Reply | Permalink
Like an Obama hat, you mean? And what if you _needed_, I mean, really _needed_ both a blue and a white Obama T-shirt, and a state-specific Obama T-shirt. That doesn't count as three, does it?
August 6, 2008 11:30 AM | Reply | Permalink
Dial 1-800-OBAMA-OD. Therapists are standing by.
August 6, 2008 8:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
No silly - I take it with me and hug it while I sleep in my Obama tee-shirt.
;)
you is a very funny man, articleman.
August 6, 2008 10:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
I saw Obama tank tops last week. Something pleasant for the ladies, but it violates the "no more clothing than a T-shirt" rule set up in the thread.
August 6, 2008 11:34 AM | Reply | Permalink
Well that's too bad, cause that's usually what I sleep in -
or is that TMI? LOL!
August 6, 2008 12:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
You practically LIVE on TPM because it's the only place you can find predominantly good things said about Obama.
GREAT post!
August 6, 2008 10:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
I have been reading the comments and I am ROTFL!
IMO, McCain has the Obama cardboard! I am thoroughly convinced he is in love with Obama, judging by his behavior lately!
August 6, 2008 10:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
Whew! I'm really into Obama but didn't answer "Yes" to any of your questions!
August 6, 2008 11:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
I took the test and it seems Obama is likable enough, but McCain is a total asshat. That's gotta count for something right? :)
August 6, 2008 11:22 AM | Reply | Permalink
You mean he's likable, as far as you know, right?
And you have called McCain a total asshat, which is a denunciation, but you didn't reject him. I've rejected him. So I really think you could both call him an asshat and reject him, just like me.
I'm just saying.
August 6, 2008 11:33 AM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, Obama is lickable enough as far as I know :). And I wholeheartedly reject, renounce, denounce, condemn, and repudiate Senator McCain.
August 6, 2008 11:52 AM | Reply | Permalink
Umm Freudian typo or I was channeling AM above. Let me correct before Michelle Obama comes after me. Obama is likable enough.
August 6, 2008 11:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
LOL!
August 6, 2008 12:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Now THAT is busted, Dij.
Winner for #1 Too-Into-Obama! ;-)
August 6, 2008 12:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's so into Obama she gave up rooting for the Knicks and now follows the Bulls.
She's so into Obama she's started punching out snarly old white-haired men just in case they're "The One".
She's so into Obama she's started calling her "My Michelle".
She's so into Obama she made up a seal saying "Vero Ass-umus".
That DJ's in way too deep.
August 6, 2008 3:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
My nominee for TPMer Quote of the Year.
August 6, 2008 8:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
what if you kid's first words are:
1. mama
2. obama
3. sisepuede
August 6, 2008 12:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Actually, that is not far from the prosaic truth in our house. Our little boy had down "mommy" and "daddy" before "si se puede," but my wife was watching the Berlin speech on web the other night when it was time for the little boy to go to bed and he said good night to his grandmother (who is visiting us this summer), good night to my wife and then "night night Barack Obama" to the computer.
August 6, 2008 12:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hmm... my son has Obama and si se puede down. He was cursed to political rhetoric, though. His second day after he escaped the womb he was taken down to the local polling place for an election (I gave him my "I voted" sticker, because I thought the irony was pretty good). Now, at 21-months, he's running around with his slogans. God love moldable children.
August 6, 2008 4:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
All your avatar are belong to me.
(...if I can ever get TPM to accept an avatar...I'm co-opting yours...)
August 6, 2008 8:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oilbama was certainly successful in voting for the 2005 Energy Bill, written in secret by Vice President Cheney and the energy lobby. Thomas Friedman referred to the bill as “the sum of all lobbies.” U.S. PIRG noted that the bill’s “heavy tilt toward big oil companies reflects the influence of Exxon Mobil and other oil companies on policy-makers in Washington, DC.”
August 6, 2008 1:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
You'll be despondent after the inauguration when you discover Obama is not nearly as far left as you projected.
August 6, 2008 1:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
0.5 You publicly confess the top ten signs that you're too into Obama (and predict the number of recs that you'll receive with a margin of error of 4)
August 6, 2008 2:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
I used to have the cardboard Obama in bed with me but its rough edges bothered me and it required that I wear an Obama t-shirt to prevent it from hurting me. I don't like sleeping in a t-shirt. So now the cutout stands by the bed and I do hug it every night.
Down the hall, by the front-door, is my cardboard McCain and that has a motion sensitive voice box. Whenever I come in through the door now, it says "you're just hot." Of course, I also have Μή μου άπτου tattooed on my left inside wrist.
August 6, 2008 3:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
You need to get yourself an inflatable Obama. It's very smooth.
August 6, 2008 3:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Evainne you obviously are not that "into" Obama or you would've rubbed the edges smooth by now.
August 6, 2008 3:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
You people are so bad. Sporting such nice avatars and totally encouraging me to go all skanky on articleman's thread.
I have ordered an inflatable Obama. It is in the mail (or is it "in the male?" Both would be true...).
I've tried to kiss and rub off the hard edges of the cardboard Obama but they are too tough. After weeks of scratches and dents, I gave up. But now it watches me sleep with no t-shirt. That's something, no? heh. ;)
August 6, 2008 4:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Now you know how McCain feels
August 6, 2008 4:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Which McCain? The yellow teeth baring one giving Cindy away? or the cardboard one in my hall which tells me that I'm just hot? ;)
August 6, 2008 4:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
They're distinct?
August 6, 2008 5:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, they are distinct! One in my hallway is the real one. The one Cindy possesses is the simulacrum. She stole it from a Disney theme park.
Also, can you believe that the people who sold me the inflatable Obama had a handcuff option? What kind of people are they?
August 6, 2008 5:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
You are writing the Kama Sutra of cardboard and inflatable Obama. As real McCain is of real Obama, cardboard McCain is most envious.
August 6, 2008 11:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Of course you do. ;)
August 6, 2008 5:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
I luvs you!! ;)
August 6, 2008 5:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Clearly, you got the counterfeit "Made in Taiwan" Obama cut-out.
The authentic, "Made in USA" Obama cut-outs are smooooth, with no rough edges.
August 6, 2008 8:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
You have watched the Paris Hilton parody ad, and you think Paris Hilton wasn't being snarcastic when she said;
"wrinkly old white haired guy".
August 6, 2008 3:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
I ordered my tombstone today in the shape of Obama fist bumping God.
I figure if he loses, I'll commit suicide and my epitaph will read, "Well, I guess we couldn't."
But I'm not really all that into it.
August 6, 2008 3:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
That wins serious originality points.
August 6, 2008 11:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Where did your HOT avatar go?
August 7, 2008 1:27 AM | Reply | Permalink
Number four is unfair - I don't qualify on any of the other nine, but I LOVE Keith Olbermann.
Also, I gotta cop to this one:
You practically LIVE on TPM because it's the only place you can find predominantly good things said about Obama.
Posted by stillidealistic
Really, still, I only do it to collect stuff to email to my dad, who worries every time the MSM says anything nice about McCain.
August 6, 2008 3:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
1. Your a Douche-bag.
August 6, 2008 3:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Only a douche-bag doesn't know how to contract you and are.
August 6, 2008 4:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
{terrorist fist bump}
August 6, 2008 8:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
re-dap
And props for the 1790's capitalization of Douche-bag!
August 6, 2008 9:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
OK, if I admit I have a problem can I have an Obama button?
August 6, 2008 8:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's only after you complete step 12 of the program.
August 6, 2008 9:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
You miss the best.thread.ever. because you were too busy hanging on his every word at the townhall meeting in YOUR TOWN!!!
August 6, 2008 10:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bragger.
Now let's quarrel about who's more into Obama.
August 6, 2008 11:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
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August 7, 2008 12:37 AM | Reply | Permalink
Must... break... through... TPM.... lethargy.... to.... comment on excellent articleman post.
Except.... Genghis already made the joke I wanted to make, damn him!
Anyway, reluctance to comment aside, I enjoyed this.
August 7, 2008 1:03 AM | Reply | Permalink
Definitely not top ten, but signs nonetheless:
You use Obama Mama Incense for Change,
you see his face in a vintage Listerine Donkey Razor Blade Bank, and you simply must own a bottle of the Barack Obama 2005 La Finquita Winery Napa Valley Merlot.
August 7, 2008 1:10 AM | Reply | Permalink
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