Skinny kids with funny names who grew up to be politicians
b'"The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too."\\nThat was Vivek Ramaswamy during the recent Republican presidential candidates debate - on Fox.\\nOh wait -- no it wasn\'t -- that wasn\'t Vivek Ramaswamy at all.\\nLet\'s try that again.\\nThat was Barack Obama, delivering the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention - on C-SPAN.\\nMany observers said Vivek Ramaswamy sounded a lot like Barack Obama when he said during the Fox debate: "Who the heck is this skinny guy with a funny last name."\\nEveryone singled out future president Obama\'s 2004 keynote speech for the comparison ... but there were other times Barack Obama said he was a skinny kid with a funny name ... and so have other candidates.\\nAs you\'ll hear in the latest episode of C-SPAN\'s "The Weekly" -- it\'s a podcast all about skinny kids with funny names who grew up to be politicians.\\n\\xa0\\nFind C-SPAN\'s "The Weekly" wherever you get podcasts.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'