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John Hodgman Asks Obama, "Are You a Nerd?"

Posted by samzenpus on from the gooble-gobble-one-of-us-one-of-us dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "Watch a video of comedian John Hodgman speak after Barack Obama at the recent Radio and Television Correspondents Association dinner in DC and discuss the central question of our age: "how we can heal the great and shameful division that has plagued our nation for so long — the age old conflict between jocks and nerds" and ask Obama: Are you now, or have you ever been, a nerd?"

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  1. You miss-quoted the article... by hellfire · · Score: 4, Informative

    ... and the article misquoted John Hodgeman.

    The article stated:
    "also the first geek President"

    Sorry to split definitions but we have to agree on the definition of nerd and geek. I don't consider them quite the same. I consider TJ a nerd but not a geek.

    Secondly to quote John Hodgeman directly:

    "He could be the first nerd president of the modern era."

    I don't consider Obama a geek, but he has many nerd qualities, so I would agree with this.

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