The Omegle Project

As you may or may not know, Omegle is a weird website that lets you randomly chat with a random stranger anonymously.

I decided to try an experiment with it and ask random strangers what they thought of Obama.

Here are the responses. Most are surprisingly civil.

#1 The Talkative Calm Person (a.k.a. the Internet Rarity)

You: What do you think of Obama?

Stranger: He is the worst president ever.

You: Why?

Stranger: His policies suck, he's hurting our country...

You: I'm doing this as a blog experiment for http://the-reactor.blogspot.com. Are you an American?

Stranger: Yes, I am.

You: Did you vote for him?

Stranger: No. McCain.

You: And what do think is America's future with Obama as president?

Stranger: Honestly... not good.

Stranger: If he suceeds in some of the things he wants to do, America may cease to exist.

Stranger: Which scares me.

You: What things would cause that, do you think?

Stranger: Well, we have already seen his economic plans do not work.

Stranger: Our unemployment is up, economy is done, companies are shutting down faster than ever.

Stranger: His plans he has set up are failing. The Cash For Clunkers thing? That lasted 4 days before we lost so much money, they had to stop it.

Stranger: And, with the health care policy, more people will become sick, and probably die from lack of treatment.

Stranger: He is doing nothing for education which continues to get worse in America.

Stranger: I could go on all day. lol

You: Well I think that's more than enough info. Thanks for your time, and be sure to check out the blog post!

#2 The Non-Starter (there were dozens of these)

Stranger: JULIANA

You: What do you think of Obama?

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#3 The Tangential Wanderer

You: What do you think of Obama?

Stranger: hey

You: What do you think of Obama?

Stranger: cool

Stranger: :)

You: Why is he cool?

Stranger: from?

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#4 The Racist

Stranger: yo

You: What do you think of Obama?

Stranger: I think his attempt to reform healthcare is admirable but hes a n***** so it will never get done

You: Alright, that's all I needed. Thanks.

Stranger: your welcome

#5 The One-Word Canadian

Stranger: hi

You: What do you think of Obama?

Stranger: hes alright

You: Why do you think that?

Stranger: idk

You: I'm doing this for a blog experiment on the-reactor.blogspot.com. How well do you think he's running the country?

Stranger: im from canada, so i dont know

You: Do you and your friends talk/hear much about him?

Stranger: no.

You: So do you have an opinion either way?

Stranger: naww

You: Alright. Thanks for your time.

Stranger: yep

#6 The Word-Of-Mouth Only Dane

Stranger: From?

You: What do you think of Obama?

You: I'm doing this for a blog experiment on the-reactor.blogspot.com.

Stranger: I dont know much about him

You: Where are you from?

Stranger: But I like that he wants to close Guantanamo :D

Stranger: Denmark

You: What is the general feeling about Obama in Denmark?

Stranger: Uhm, I think we like him pretty much ^^

You: Any particular reasons?

Stranger: Ehm, no idea xD

You: Just like him just because?

Stranger: I dont know, but I never hear anything bad about him

You: What kinds of things DO you hear?

Stranger: Nothing actually. But people dont like Bush over here..

You: Why is that?

Stranger: No idea

Stranger: I just hear people say that they dont like him .___.

You: Alrighty, thanks for your time. Be sure to check out the blog.

Stranger: Okay

#7 The Misspelling Anti-Bush Person

Note "quantanamo" and "irak."

You: What do you think of Obama?

You: I'm doing this for a blog experiment on the-reactor.blogspot.com

Stranger: I think he is better than BUSH

Stranger: :P but i wouldnt call him a messiah or anything

Stranger: :P

You: Why do you think he's better than Bush?

Stranger: for starters

Stranger: he is not from texas :P

Stranger: just joking about that part

Stranger: he has a fresh look on things

You: Any specific things?

Stranger: closing quantanamo bay

You: Any other things?

Stranger: removing the soldiers from irak :P

Stranger: anti-war thingy

You: And where are you from?

Stranger: removes the image of the former warlord america had :P

Stranger: former american

Stranger: living somewhere else

Stranger: :P

You: Where do you live now?

Stranger: Amsterdam

Stranger: Holland

You: Gotcha. Alrighty, thanks for your time. Be sure to check out the-reactor.blogspot.com for the post.

Stranger: yeah

#8 The New Yorker Who Likes Billy Mays

You: What do you think of Obama?

Stranger: got milk?

Stranger: ROPFL

Stranger: hes OK i guess

Stranger: i like bilyl mays better

You: Why do you like Obama?

You: I'm doing this for a blog experiment on the-reactor.blogspot.com

Stranger: why do i ?

You: Yes, why do you like Obama?

Stranger: bc hes a democrat he has the same views as i except internation health care

You: And where are you from?

Stranger: or free health care its a nice idea but no

Stranger: NY

You: What do you disagree with him about then?

Stranger: his health care ideas :P

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#9 The Baconface Rough Starter (who actually turned out to have good answers)

Stranger: BAcoNFacE?

You: What do you think of Obama?

Stranger: He deserves to be President rather than Hilary or Mcain.

You: And why is that?

You: I'm doing this for an experiment for the-reactor.blogspot.com

Stranger: Because Mcain's whole campaign was just his life story and how much he wanted to be president. D<
& Hilary I just don't think should be the first woman president.

You: So why do you like Obama specifically?

Stranger: he's trying / going to fix the mistakes that Bush made
and doing rather well if you ask me.

You: Doing well in what respects?

Stranger: He's done a lot of work in the short time he's been president. Already making actions to stop the war.

You: And what do you think of America's future with him as president?

Stranger: I hope that we can fix some things that he promised to fix during his campaign, like the war & healthcare & whatnot.

You: Alrighty, thanks for your time! Be sure to check out the post at the-reactor.blogspot.com.

#10 The Not-Sure-Who-Obama-Is Moon Person

You: What do you think of Obama?

Stranger: i love him

You: Why is thaat?

Stranger: he does good sex

Stranger: thout

You: Please explain.

Stranger: who is obama

You: He's the president of the United States. Where are you from?

Stranger: moon

Stranger: not bush

You: What's not Bush?

Stranger: gorge bush

You: What about Bush?

Stranger: i do not know

You: Okay, thanks for your time. This was for a blog experiment on the-reactor.blogspot.com. be sure to check it out.

Stranger: r u m /f?