Obama 5: Up Or Out

Making

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🗓️ 8 March 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Former president Barack Obama has only lost one election in his life. It was in 2000, and that defeat set him on the course for his eventual U.S. Senate run. Making Obama is a production of listener-supported WBEZ Chicago. Support WBEZ and the future of podcasts like this at https://wbez.org/making

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0:00.0	He had some idiosyncrasies, which I'm sure you guys have heard about.
0:07.0	One of them was the secret smoking.
0:09.0	He was a secret smoker to people that he thought would judge him.
0:12.0	I'd see him on the back porch smoking.
0:14.0	Yeah, Michelle wouldn't let it smoke in the house.
0:15.0	He would smoke cigarettes in the men's room.
0:17.0	Although, I think Emil Johnson says he mooched in those days.
0:21.0	We always had a bottle of listerine along the way.
0:24.0	Hello, hello.
0:26.0	You have me?
0:29.0	I'm sorry, I was just sitting there.
0:31.0	Hi, nice to meet you, Colin.
0:33.0	I'm Jennifer.
0:34.0	Jennifer.
0:35.0	Yes, like to meet you.
0:36.0	Nice to meet you.
0:37.0	Oh, this is lovely.
0:39.0	Yeah.
0:40.0	Betty Lou Saltsman lives in a spacious downtown apartment with floor to ceiling windows that overlook the Chicago River.
0:48.0	Now, Betty Lou and President Barack Obama go way back.
0:52.0	It's right here.
0:53.0	But look at how young he is.
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