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Julio Osegueda, Florida College Student, Rules Obama Town Hall (VIDEO)

Huffington Post   Danny Shea First Posted: 03/13/09 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 02:05 PM ET

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College student Julio Osegueda stole the show at President Obama's Fort Myers town hall Tuesday afternoon, just one day after attempting to sell tickets to the event on Facebook.

WATCH: OSEGUEDA APPEARS ON "COUNTDOWN," TALKS ABOUT OBAMA'S RESPONSE

Osegueda enthusiastically asked Obama the final question of the event.

"It's such a blessing to see you Mr. President, thank you for taking time out of your day!" Osegueda shouted. "Oh, gracious God, thank you so much!"

Osegueda, a 19-year-old student at Edison State College and a four-year employee at McDonald's, asked Obama a question about employee benefits.

Obama graciously answered the question while many in the crowd laughed and some onlookers even took photos of Osegueda as he asked his question.

"You sound like you've got good communication skills," Obama told the aspiring broadcaster/DJ, who is majoring in communications at Edison State College.

Watch:

Monday, Osegueda took to his Facebook page to try to sell his extra tickets to Tuesday's event:

  • Julio is selln an obama ticket for 2maros event. taking offers less than ebay and craigs list which are asking a thousand bux a piece. 10:44am
  • Julio is seln an obama tiket 4 2maro. takn offers. 8:53am

When he was unable to sell it, he declared he would "keep his extra tiket as a collectors item," and that he wasn't mad "cuz its illegal n e ways."

Osegueda appears to be an avid Obama supporter. His Facebook photo is an image of an Obama poster declaring, "This Is Our Moment," and his MySpace page features several references to Obama as well.

Osegueda was also quoted in a local news report on Inauguration Day. "I couldn't even move," he told the Cape Coral Daily Breeze, and said that he wanted to see Obama "bring the troops home."

"It still hurts to see young men and women like me getting hurt, putting their lives on the line," he said.

Update: Osegueda spoke to the Miami Herald after the town hall.

"I was just seeing no one else was doing anything to get his attention, so that's when I started jumping up and down and he picked me," he said.

Regarding his work at McDonald's, Osegueda said he likes working the drive-thru best:

"Right now I work everything, cash register, grill, drive-thru," he said, adding, "Drive-thru's my favorite because I get to interview the people on the intercom and talk to them.


"Like, if someone orders an iced tea, I might say, 'You mean you want a large, ice-cold, tasty, refreshing beverage?' "

WATCH: OSEGUEDA APPEARS ON "COUNTDOWN," TALKS ABOUT OBAMA'S RESPONSE

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College student Julio Osegueda stole the show at President Obama's Fort Myers town hall Tuesday afternoon, just one day after attempting to sell tickets to the event on Facebook. WATCH: OSEGUEDA APPE...
College student Julio Osegueda stole the show at President Obama's Fort Myers town hall Tuesday afternoon, just one day after attempting to sell tickets to the event on Facebook. WATCH: OSEGUEDA APPE...
 
 
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05:16 AM on 02/17/2009
Thi sis s s
11:56 PM on 02/16/2009
nice post
awckid3
No good deed goes unpunished.
03:34 PM on 02/14/2009
Julio, your enthusiam in general brought tears to my eyes. Don't ever let anyone take that away because once you do, it's over.
12:25 AM on 02/14/2009
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01:11 PM on 02/14/2009
I totally agree with Josh Seldal, It appears that a vast majority of the people at these rallies are under the influence of the "kool Aid". The Obama movement was pretty successful at getting the young to buy into this mentality that everybody has an entitlement waiting for them. Ask these same students a question that they can relate to.One like this; Lets say you a student at a university is working very hard to maintain a GPA of let's say, 4.0 to hopefully continue to get scholarships or just for self accomplishment. Then for the purpose of getting some failing students through, they ask you to "spread the wealth" they ask you to share your GPA and settle for a 3.0 to help the other guys out. I wonder what the response would be....
awckid3
No good deed goes unpunished.
03:32 PM on 02/14/2009
Mario, please.
12:43 PM on 02/15/2009
Great example Mario!
08:00 PM on 02/13/2009
its people like you that are continuing the problems that we have in todays world. Hero/cult/messiah worshipers like you show no intelligence in this world. You say you are in college, read the history books. You tell me what country prospered when the people soley rely on government to solve all of their problems. NONE. Do things for yourself, dont accept handouts. Make something of yourself...
11:00 AM on 02/13/2009
Julio is hillarious! I didn't know if I was watching a town hall meeting or a game show. Even for a game show the kid sounded like he was about to have an orgasm. Hey, Julio, he's the Pres' not a cult figure, or a god , in fact, he puts his pants on the same way you and I do. We'll see in time if his bill makes us or breaks us.
04:51 AM on 02/13/2009
second one
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02:25 AM on 02/13/2009
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americanalien
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08:19 PM on 02/12/2009
Julio is so cool. I will be adding him as a friend on Facebook.
06:48 PM on 02/12/2009
Riffing on OBummer2009 up there, it seems to me that slavery is really the ideal motivator? Low wqages? Not motivating enough! No, only if we make McDonald's emp0loyees slaves and beat them regulalry will they be properly motivated to improve their lot in life? Am I right or am I right? Or am I just...right-wing?