Here's your chance to talk with the President.
Even if you're not a fan of President Obama, you still have to admit this is rather cool: the President of the United States will conduct a live, multi-person video chat using Google+ Hangouts next week. The news follows just two weeks after The White House joined Google+, and just a day before the President presents his latest State of the Union speech (9:00 p.m. EST on YouTube.com/whitehouse or on WhiteHouse.gov/sotu).
"Starting immediately after the speech, the White House will be using social media and other online resources to answer questions from the American public and respond to your ideas about rebuilding America," the White House stated on Monday while also providing a schedule. "The President is committed to creating a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. That’s why President Obama and more than twenty-five members of his administration will be responding to your questions about the speech all week and talking about the issues that matter most to you."
Then on Monday, January 30, the President will join a special Google+ Hangout session from the West Wing and answer several of the most popular questions that have been submitted through YouTube. Those wishing to submit a question to President Obama can do so starting Monday, January 23 until Saturday, January 28. Simply visit the White House YouTube channel to submit questions and vote on favorites. Some of the people who submit questions will even be invited to join the President in the Hangout and take part in the live conversation.
"The Google+ Hangout with President Obama culminates a full week of online engagement with the White House," reads the public announcement. "It also marks the first in a series of White House Hangouts that will cover a range of topics and issues. Follow the White House on Google+ for the latest on White House Hangouts."
In related news, Obama fans who want a ringtone of the President singing Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" at the Apollo Theater in New York City can scoop up the sound byte here.
And honestly, pretty cool that he is doing this. Connecting with the younger audience is going to be really important this year, especially with all of the newly graduated college students that are having a hard time finding jobs.
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And honestly, pretty cool that he is doing this. Connecting with the younger audience is going to be really important this year, especially with all of the newly graduated college students that are having a hard time finding jobs.
Then again, maybe this is my chance to let him know how I feel about a few things.
@ FacebooKiller has been born.
All you haters of this new tech...Use it to give our officials a CLUE, and stop *itching.
And the fact that this dip spent twice as much money in half the time with no results as the previous dip hasn't computed in your brain yet? I fart in your general direction.
I think he was trying to do what Roosevelt did in the 30's (which worked at the time). It Gave the jobless jobs and built a huge chunk of our (now dilapidated) modern infrastructure.
Why are your troops being sent to their death in overseas lands when your borders are complete joke? What are you going to do about the Federal Reserve? What are you doing to defend the Republic and the Constitution, and put American interests first? Why is your administration, with your backing, selling arms to states neighboring Iran? What are you doing about the devastating impact of mass, uncontrolled immigration into your country? Wha
Why is your country continuing to prop up the private offshore interests who contr
Hi approval rating was dire long before he joined Google. Without Obama's push for his technology he wouldn't have been able to concoct a propaganda army. The world burns when offshore interests tell Presidents to drop bombs of people who've done f*ck all, to anyone.