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Messages From Obama's BlackBerry

By , About.com GuideSeptember 1, 2009

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Obama's BlackBerry President Obama has proven a difficult target for comedians and satirists, but the comedy team Kasper Hauser has managed to brilliantly skewer our seemingly parody-proof president in their irreverent new book, "Obama's BlackBerry."

Satirizing the emails and text messages of our first BlackBerry-toting president, the book features hilarious imagined interchanges between Obama and his wife and daughters, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and the likes of Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity.

It's the funniest Obama humor book to date, and is well worth a read for political humor enthusiasts and Obamaphiles.

Here's an exchange with Joe Biden:
BidenMyTime: hey u, whatcha doin?
BarackO: m really busy. w/ joint chiefs.
BidenMyTime: need me?
BarackO: got it covered. keep working on yr pet project.
BidenMyTime: puppy?
BarackO: universal healthcare.
BidenMyTime: right :( can I leave at 4:45?
BarackO: don't care
BidenMyTime: how does MySpace work?
BarackO: not now. ask malia
Here's one with Clarence Thomas:
JustClarnece: hey
BarackO: hey
JustClarence: u wanna hang out?
BarackO: no
Here's a dig at Obama the nerd, texting Michelle:
BarackO: have you seen my spock ears?
FirstLady2U: oh no.
BarackO: come on, I feel naked w/o them
FirstLady2U: we said not in public?
BarackO: not public, big mtng w/Putin
And here are a few more amusing messages from Obama's inbox:
Bill Clinton: Can you send Hillary to Syria this Friday?
Dennis Kucinich: Mahalo! I am selling 1977 VW bus
PayPal: You have sent AIG $173,000,000,000
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Let me go after Bin Laden alone
George W. Bush: Did my dog show up at your house?
Evite: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is turning 53!
Facebook: Joe Biden has poked you on Facebook
For more excerpts, visit firstblackberry.com.

For more book recommendations, see my list of the Top 25 Political Humor Books.

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