Barack Obama doing AMA on Reddit RIGHT FUCKING NOW. -NOT BAD.

[Cantih]

Mods, you can fold this into the election thread later, but it needed the seperate thread for getting noticed

Hi, I’m Barack Obama, President of the United States. Ask me anything. I’ll be taking your questions for half an hour starting at about 4:30 ET.

Proof it's me: https://twitter.com/BarackObama/stat...03767350968320

We're running early and will get started soon.

[Cail]

wow

[Plow]

why are there not 5000000 when are you legalizing pot questions yet?

[archibaldcrane]

There's a bunch already on there.

[Ksandra]

amazing

[Xajii]

As expected, it kinda broke Reddit. I can't access the AMA at all.

This has happened numerous times before with more popular threads. Probably will be down for some time. Even the best servers around can only handle so much traffic, methinks.

[Ksandra]

Gonna throw up q/a he responds to since I guess a lot of people can't access it.

We know how Republicans feel about protecting Internet Freedom. Is Internet Freedom an issue you'd push to add to the Democratic Party's 2012 platform?



[–]davidjoho 73 points 26 minutes ago
And when you say "Internet Freedom" do you mean the Republican version ("Freedom for the access provider monopoly") or the version in which the Internet is free to anyone with an idea or an expression?

[–]PresidentObama[S] 14 points 7 minutes ago
Internet freedom is something I know you all care passionately about; I do too. We will fight hard to make sure that the internet remains the open forum for everybody - from those who are expressing an idea to those to want to start a business. And although their will be occasional disagreements on the details of various legislative proposals, I won't stray from that principle - and it will be reflected in the platform.

t seems like each new President brings a new direction to the Space Program. With Bush we got Constellation, and you brought us more of a focus on Science missions. Do you have the ability to give NASA the power to choose it's own direction and not be hampered by whatever the President and Congress are feeling like that day?
Let me be clear, I love the direction that NASA is headed in currently but they could do so much for. I think that just as much as NASA clearly needs a larger budget, they need the power to use that budget effectively.



[–]PresidentObama[S] 18 points 10 minutes ago
Making sure we stay at the forefront of space exploration is a big priority for my administration. The passing of Neil Armstrong this week is a reminder of the inspiration and wonder that our space program has provided in the past; the curiosity probe on mars is a reminder of what remains to be discovered. The key is to make sure that we invest in cutting edge research that can take us to the next level - so even as we continue work with the international space station, we are focused on a potential mission to a asteroid as a prelude to a manned Mars flight.

[TacoTaru]

The comments immediately following the space program question were hilarious.

[–]s0crates82 75 points 14 minutes ago
|a asteroid
an asteroid, Mr. President.

[–]Whoa_Chill_Bro 33 points 8 minutes ago
don't correct the President, neckbeard.

[Ksandra]

moar

What is the first thing you'll do on November 7th, win or lose?



[–]PresidentObama[S] 14 points 2 minutes ago
Win or lose, I'll be thanking everybody who is working so hard - especially all the volunteers in field offices all across the country, and the amazing young people in our campaign offices.

[Ddz]

Can't load any comments I am interested in this! Keep it coming lol. Saw that someone asked him about toilet paper, in or out lolol

[Xajii]

Thanks Ksandra, really appreciate it. Keep it up!

Also, never have I dealt with more of a case of "reading it in his voice" than now

[Caiyuo]

Thanks for copies, Ksan

e: was this on the schedule for AMAs? I know the sub-reddit usually has a big list of people who are expected.

[Plow]

For those having trouble:

http://www.reddit.com/user/PresidentObama

that'll show you all his answers, if it's not clear what the question was just click "context" right below his answer

[Xajii]

Even that doesn't load -_- thanks anyway though

This is like not having enough seats at an event

[Cantih]

How are you going help small businesses in 2013 and 2014? and what if any bills are you going to impliment for small businesses, in 2013, and 2014?

[–]PresidentObama[S]

We've really focused on this since I came into office - 18 tax cuts for small business, easier funding from the SBA. Going forward, I want to keep taxes low for the 98 percent of small businesses that have $250,000 or less in income, make it easier for small business to access financing, and expand their opportunities to export. And we will be implementing the Jobs Act bill that I signed that will make it easier for startups to access crowd-funding and reduce their tax burden at the start-up stage.

What was the most difficult decision that you had to make during this term?

[–]PresidentObama[S]

The decision to surge our forces in afghanistan. Any time you send our brave men and women into battle, you know that not everyone will come home safely, and that necessarily weighs heavily on you. The decision did help us blunt the taliban's momentum, and is allowing us to transition to afghan lead - so we will have recovered that surge at the end of this month, and will end the war at the end of 2014. But knowing of the heroes that have fallen is something you never forget.

couple more

[zoobernut]

For those having trouble:

http://www.reddit.com/user/PresidentObama

that'll show you all his answers, if it's not clear what the question was just click "context" right below his answer

That is awesome. Thanks Plow.

[kuronosan]

He's a Bulls guy.

[Tyche]

LOL, I was waiting for the beer recipe to come up.

[kuronosan]

This could be so full of win.

[Xajii]

Now I can't load anything on the entire site, lol.

Please keep posting pertinent answers if you can, guys. Would really appreciate it