In Our Lifetime

June 3, 2008 5:38 PM

Not sure if (justifiable) politicsfilter objections trump history in the making, but I don't know whether this merits an FPP or not. Hence it seems legit for MetaTalk, even if only to get a moderator to rule on whether we can have what I think will be an FPP comment thread for the ages. But dammit, Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan immigrant and a Kansas farm girl, is about to be the nominee of the Democratic party for president of the US of Doggone A, and it is a moment worthy of of being marked and reflected upon for many in this community, I am sure, regardless of our political commitments.
posted by fourcheesemac to MetaFilter-related at 5:38 PM (6 comments total)

Oh.
O.K.
posted by Floydd at 5:43 PM on June 3

Not sure if (justifiable) politicsfilter objections trump history in the making

It really doesn't, but thanks for checking.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 5:44 PM on June 3 [3 favorites]

Uh huh. While another older, better qualified woman gets tossed to the sidelines. Yep. For the ages, that.
posted by jokeefe at 5:44 PM on June 3 [2 favorites]

Heh, this is going to go well, I can tell.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 5:45 PM on June 3 [1 favorite]

Why post this here? I guarantee you somebody will make a one link news post the second the major networks declare Obama the nominee in an hour or two. And I wager that somebody else will post a much better and more fleshed out post on the same subject 15 or 20 minutes later. With luck it is the first that will be deleted.

So now we have a third thread.
posted by Justinian at 5:46 PM on June 3

MeTa is not for trying out MeFi posts. Go to MeFi if you think it's worth it; this sort of thing is tiresome.
posted by jessamyn at 5:46 PM on June 3 [7 favorites]