Like you, I first heard of Obama during the 2004 campaign year.
I actually saw Obama's original Republican opponent, with his then-wife and their young son, on a visit to University City Studios on my 45th birthday (that's, ahem, ten years ago). I have no recollection of what any of them looked like except for the then-wife, who was jaw-droppingly beautiful.
As I recall, Alan Keyes was persuaded to step in as a replacement nominee, even though he had to move to Illinois from somewhere else, after having just criticized Hillary Rodham Clinton for having moved to New York to run for the Senate. And interestingly, as you may have noticed, Mr. Keyes is on the ballot as the presidential candidate of the American Independent Party.
As for Palin, I may have seen some mention of her having been elected governor of Alaska a couple of years ago, but I haven't paid much attention to Alaska ever since "Northern Exposure" ended its run. Although yesterday I did get three Alaska quarters in change, and upon arriving home immediately put one of them into my State Quarters album.
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I actually saw Obama's original Republican opponent, with his then-wife and their young son, on a visit to University City Studios on my 45th birthday (that's, ahem, ten years ago). I have no recollection of what any of them looked like except for the then-wife, who was jaw-droppingly beautiful.
As I recall, Alan Keyes was persuaded to step in as a replacement nominee, even though he had to move to Illinois from somewhere else, after having just criticized Hillary
RodhamClinton for having moved to New York to run for the Senate. And interestingly, as you may have noticed, Mr. Keyes is on the ballot as the presidential candidate of the American Independent Party.As for Palin, I may have seen some mention of her having been elected governor of Alaska a couple of years ago, but I haven't paid much attention to Alaska ever since "Northern Exposure" ended its run. Although yesterday I did get three Alaska quarters in change, and upon arriving home immediately put one of them into my State Quarters album.