Was Barack Obama's election the greatest historical event in your lifetime?

SharpshooterTom · 04-07-2014 04:06AM #1

Remember that iconic moment back in november 2008 when Barack Obama got elected? The first African American president ever to hold office?

There's a good chance Obama will go down as American greatest ever president by the time he leaves office in 2016, not that I agree with that, but just the sense of how popular he is within the world and the media that many can't help but call him that probably I suspect.

Would you regard Obama's election the most historic event you've witnessed in yourlife time? For those old enough, was it greater than the fall of the Berlin wall or man on the moon?

Sleepless and Manic · 04-07-2014 04:09AM

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

The first African American ever to hold office?

Um. The first African American to be President.

Many have held office. Obama was a senator.

Killer Wench · 04-07-2014 04:14AM

Why would it be the greatest event in all y'all lifetime? Did you vote for him?

SterlingArcher · 04-07-2014 04:20AM

He did some good but em , but Guantanamo. Them kind of empty promises mean nothing to me or you. But some some poor guy that has spent years of his life wrongly imprisoned.

That is the most soul destroying thing for any human.

SharpshooterTom · 04-07-2014 04:23AM

Sleepless and Manic wrote: »

Um. The first African American to be President.

Many have held office. Obama was a senator.

Sorry that was my fault, I left that word out by mistake it wasn't intentional. *edits*

SterlingArcher · 04-07-2014 04:27AM

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

Sorry that was my fault, I left that word out by mistake it wasn't intentional. *edits*

Oh Sure sure. Ha fail.

Nino Brown · 04-07-2014 04:29AM

I once found 50 euro in an old pair of trousers. That was so far ahead of Barack Obama's election in my life that he's not even in the running.

I think as far as historic events go, so far it will be 9/11.

Sleepless and Manic · 04-07-2014 04:31AM

Fall of the eastern bloc was pretty huge.

Obama? I live in america so its pretty big.

Its certainly bringing the closet racists out into the open. The amount of flack he gets for no other reason than his skin colour is sickening.

THall04 · 04-07-2014 04:31AM

Berlin Wall goin down was a much bigger event.........but nothing will beat Ireland beating Romania in Italia '90.

Hank Scorpio · 04-07-2014 04:33AM

The greatest event? I can't even recall the year he was elected nor do I care. America =/= Ireland

SterlingArcher · 04-07-2014 04:37AM

Sleepless and Manic wrote: »

Fall of the eastern bloc was pretty huge.

Obama? I live in america so its pretty big.

Its certainly bringing the closet racists out into the open. The amount of flack he gets for no other reason than his skin colour is sickening.

What? Really small thinking. He is a marketing dream. If ever there was a puppet. He is perfect. Takes all the flack . And leaves no discontent about why there had not been a black president. for the next few years It's cusy . I call him checkmate.

Amirani · 04-07-2014 04:44AM

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

There's a good chance Obama will go down as American greatest ever president by the time he leaves office in 2016

I think that's extremely unlikely.

creolebelle · 04-07-2014 05:11AM

Are you for real? As an African american I say no. Technically he isn't african american, he is biracial

Optimalprimerib · 04-07-2014 05:17AM

Tbh im not sure he made a great difference. Unless you were born in 2002, 9/11 wins this without a shadow of a doubt. Other huge events would be diana's death; for irish people, saipan; Pluto being demoted from being a planet; madeline mcanne; introduction of the Euro and depending on your age, the fall of the Berlin wall.

His election would still be on the list but really 9/11 and the implications that brought in terms of the wars, security increases and economic fallout cannot ever be surpassed.

SterlingArcher · 04-07-2014 05:21AM

Diego Simeone wrote: »

I think that's extremely unlikely.

I think it is safe to believe Tomas is a troll. No other explanation.

Jesus Wept · 04-07-2014 05:29AM

Do you mean the biggest historical event?
Cause that question would make some sense.

With the question as is, no him being elected did not feature whatsoever in the list of 'great events' of MY lifetime.

thomasj · 04-07-2014 05:31AM

the greatest event of my lifetime (and for most people I'd imagine) would be a personal level. wedding, graduation travel etc I would say would rank higher than any news event no matter how major.

with regards to historical it would have to be 9/11. I don't remember where I was for the fall of the Berlin Wall or Obamas election but I'll never forget where I was when the twin towers were hit and the events that followed. everything right down to the national day of mourning that followed where everywhere shut down for the day.

SterlingArcher · 04-07-2014 05:32AM

i heart chewy louie wrote: »

Do you mean the biggest historical event?
Cause that question would make some sense.

With the question as is, no him being elected did not feature whatsoever in the list of 'great events' of MY lifetime.

Ah see chewy read between the lines.the get out clause. Can guarantee it is not on anybody's great events list. He has been Just another joker in the house of cards.

SeantheMan · 04-07-2014 05:32AM

SterlingArcher wrote: »

I think it is safe to believe Tomas is a troll. No other explanation.

I agree, it's easily one of the most idiotic things I've ever come across on boards, it can be the only reason.

Obama is a puppet like all the rest, the president of the US holds no real power. He can't even get his own people into positions without it being blocked by repleblicans......and as mentioned above....Guantanamo..still open.

Personally I could name over 500 to 1000 events off the top of my head that were better than him becoming president.

Last week I won 100 quid on a World Cup bet, infinitely greater to me than someone I couldn't care less for becoming president of a foreign country.

SharpshooterTom · 04-07-2014 05:46AM

SterlingArcher wrote: »

I think it is safe to believe Tomas is a troll. No other explanation.

My name is Thomas.

creolebelle wrote:

Are you for real? As an African american I say no. Technically he isn't african american, he is biracial

Thats correct he is. The ironic thing is is that Obama himself identifies himself as African American only, or at least that is what he stated when filling out the 2010 US census. It is his african american heritage (which is only half), which makes him historic, so I decided refer that to him in my OP.

No Pants · 04-07-2014 06:13AM

Greater than FDR? You've got to be joking.

As for events, the fall of the Berlin Wall and Nelson Mandela's release were pretty big.

scudzilla · 04-07-2014 06:16AM

I had a fart in 1996 that i deemed to be greater

PirateShampoo · 04-07-2014 06:19AM

No, my daughters being born and losing my mum were.

SharpshooterTom · 04-07-2014 06:21AM

No Pants wrote: »

Greater than FDR? You've got to be joking.

Well I was thinking that, but the unemployment rate dropped in the US yesturday to 6.1%.

Of course with all the media hype of the "great recession" we're living through currently, if he lowers the US unemployment rate significantly to less than 5% by the time he leaves office, he certainly will be compared to FDR on economic terms.

Although the unemployment rate is largely meant to be falling because people have given up looking for work, if you give up looking for work you don't get counted as unemployed.

i heart chewy louie wrote:

Do you mean the biggest historical event?

You're right actually I'm going to change the thread title it doesn't make sense as implies that people are talking about personal events. This is what happens when you write a thread at 4 o'clock in the morning.

henryporter · 04-07-2014 06:23AM

Being born would probably be the greatest event of my lifetime

Adamantium · 04-07-2014 06:55AM

I can't believe nobody has mentioned this and it effects us all, the PC and the internet.

Seriously help us if we are ever hit by a huge solar flare to knock it most of it out, there'll be havoc than you could imagine. It'd be like 9/11 times 100.

Jesus, that's......, yes, that's 91,100.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZcZ6eJoxeE

http://www.wired.com/2012/02/massive-solar-flare/

tritium · 04-07-2014 07:19AM

Not even close!

The fall of the wall is probably tops for me. Other big ones include 9/11, Iraq war 1&2, advent of the AIDS virus, the wikileaks and Snowden stories (which have yet to find their full historical place)

As for greatest American president ever? No chance. His administration looks like it will be remembered for achieving very little either domestically or globally in spite of the cheer leaders who swoon whenever he opens his mouth.

jacksie66 · 04-07-2014 07:22AM

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Adamantium · 04-07-2014 07:25AM

Galway being liberated from the Indians.

Adamantium · 04-07-2014 07:33AM

thomasj wrote: »

the greatest event of my lifetime (and for most people I'd imagine) would be a personal level. wedding, graduation travel etc I would say would rank higher than any news event no matter how major.

with regards to historical it would have to be 9/11. I don't remember where I was for the fall of the Berlin Wall or Obamas election but I'll never forget where I was when the twin towers were hit and the events that followed. everything right down to the national day of mourning that followed where everywhere shut down for the day.

This was the only time as an 10 year old, I legtimately thought WW3 had started, not the sparodic guerilla war we got, but international conflict was going to kick off conventional style, with thousands of troops of soldiers running at each other on open fields, and we were out to get the big bad akin to WW2. I was convinced one rouge country/government was behind it and it was only a matter of time before the USA and others would find out who.

The naiviety of thinking that was how all wars were fought. The notion of a suicide bomber was utterly bizarre and new.

People talk about TV of the 2000's , 24 was the zeitgeist

Zaph · 04-07-2014 07:33AM

Men landing on the moon is the greatest historical event in my lifetime. It's just a shame I was too young at the time for me to remember it. That said, I can think of several events that I'd rank ahead of Obama being elected. He's popular, although not with everyone, and is very much a people person, but it takes more than that to be considered the greatest US president ever.

Was Barack Obama's election the greatest historical event in your lifetime?

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