{"id":9,"date":"2008-04-07T05:12:58","date_gmt":"2008-04-07T12:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/?p=9"},"modified":"2008-05-31T08:34:58","modified_gmt":"2008-05-31T15:34:58","slug":"seven-things-about-obama-i-never-knew-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/?p=9","title":{"rendered":"Seven Things About Obama I Never Knew Before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are seven things I never noticed about Barack Obama until I met him up close and personal in front of Ann and Gordon Getty&#8217;s house in San Francisco on April 6, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>This post is just a teaser for my zombietime report <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/obama_visits_billionaires_row\/\" target=\"_blank\">Obama Visits Billionaires Row<\/a>, which is now online for your viewing pleasure.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/wp-content\/images\/IMG_9350.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n1. When he makes phony expressions of recognition to acknowledge a crowd of fans, his facial contortions aren&#8217;t nearly as grotesque as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/really_truly_hillary_gallery\/Hillary91.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Hillary&#8217;s<\/a> when <i>she<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/really_truly_hillary_gallery\/Hillary94.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">makes<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/really_truly_hillary_gallery\/Hillary92.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">phony<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/really_truly_hillary_gallery\/Hillary95.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">expressions<\/a> of recognition to acknowledge a crowd of fans.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/wp-content\/images\/IMG_1454.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n2. He sometimes has a sort of Harry Belafonte-esque calypso sashay to his walk.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/wp-content\/images\/IMG_1413.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n3. The chief of his security detail is way too attractive for someone in that kind of job.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/wp-content\/images\/IMG_1446.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n4. He&#8217;s so nice (or desperate for votes, depending on your point of view), he&#8217;ll even shake hands with a guy wearing a stupid iridescent top hat.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/wp-content\/images\/IMG_9353.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/> <img src=\"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/wp-content\/images\/IMG_9353_2.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n5. The mole on his face is slightly more repellent than I had previously realized.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/wp-content\/images\/IMG_1413_2.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/> <img src=\"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/wp-content\/images\/IMG_9354.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n6. From some angles, he seems to be getting a bald spot. From other angles, he&#8217;s not. Weird.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/wp-content\/images\/IMG_1463.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n7. When rich people invite him over to entertain guests, they make him come in through the servant&#8217;s entrance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are seven things I never noticed about Barack Obama until I met him up close and personal in front of Ann and Gordon Getty&#8217;s house in San Francisco on April 6, 2008. This post is just a teaser for my zombietime report Obama Visits Billionaires Row, which is now online for your viewing pleasure. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zombietime.com\/zomblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}