President Obama has a blog

By Adam Tinworth on January 20, 2009 5:40 PM | 4 Comments | No TrackBacks
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I must confess that I'm having a bad dose of the "bah humbug"s today, as I grump and work at my desk while people all around me, virtually and physically, get very excited by the inauguration of President Obama. (It's Tony Blair's fault, I think - I was so very excited when he was elected and felt so very betrayed by him at the end.)

But one thing has emerged which I am excited about - the relaunched whitehouse.gov has a blog.

That's right. This is the first blogging presidency. It's open for debate about how significant this is for the presidency itself - but it's a pretty darn good endorsment of blogging.

Bloggers are all sad individuals blogging in their bedrooms? Well, if one of those bedrooms is in the White House, perhaps people have a little rethinking to do...

Update: Daniel Bennett has a nice take on the new blog over at the Frontline Club.
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Jim Kiley
By Jim Kiley on January 20, 2009 6:46 PM | Reply

I admit that I'm somewhat surprised that people physically near you are so excited about this. I guess I shouldn't be, but it seems weird to me that citizens of other countries would care so much.

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Adam Tinworth replied to Jim Kiley on January 20, 2009 6:50 PM | Reply

I think you can thank Mr Obama's predecessor for that. For a man with no discernible foreign policy when he entered office, he sure had an impact on the world...

johnny ong
By johnny ong on January 22, 2009 4:45 PM | Reply

i think he's very technology savvy. he plays with his pda too

countryboy
By countryboy on January 29, 2009 4:51 PM | Reply

the reason why foreigners like President OBama is because we actually believe the hype machine has convinced us he is the second coming of jesus christ...as a Canadian my personal opinion is that Obama will do a heck of a lot better than the other guy from Texas

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