Barack Obama

Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas). Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.

Obama grew up in culturally diverse surroundings. He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator. Since announcing his candidacy in February 2007, Obama has emphasized ending the Iraq War and implementing universal health care as campaign themes.

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, Obama co-sponsored the enactment of conventional weapons control and transparency legislation, and made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. His father went to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D. studies, then returned to Kenya, where he died in an auto accident when the younger Obama was twenty-one years old.

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Re: Enquête des RG aux USA
... http://www.brookesnews.com/070801obama.html The audacity of apostasy: Barack Obama's Muslim links Dr. Jack Wheeler BrookesNews.Com Monday 8 January 2007 One of the most entertaining opportunities that will emerge in 2007 will be using Barack Obama to fight Islamofascism. ...
fr.soc.politique - Jul 02, 02:33pm by abourick - 13 message - 7 author

Re: Barack Obama -- for Randy
Emma says... But if the debate on the issue of religion in schools always gets very heated, then I can understand why everyone ends up taking extreme positions. Linda was also quite passionate about it. I suppose you all are. Does it bother you one way or the other? ...
alt.messianic - Jul 01, 04:22pm by Padraic Brown - 34 message - 5 author

In the Money
... Sen. Barack Obama raised $31 million for his presidential primary campaign over the past three months, surging past Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's fundraising machine by nearly $10 million for the quarter to take the lead in contributions in the crowded Democratic field. ...
talk.current-events - Jul 02, 10:18am by trudogg - 1 message - 1 author

Re: Obama Gets Record Campaign Donations - Hillary Doesn't
Barack Obama raised at least $32.5 million in the second quarter of 2007, topping his first quarter effort by nearly $7 million, the Illinois Democrat's campaign announced Sunday. More than 154,000 donors contributed to Sen. Barack Obama's campaign in the second quarter, his aides said. ...
talk.politics.misc - Jul 02, 08:54am by hohenseerick@yahoo.com - 2 message - 2 author

Obama bests Hillary in second-quarter fundraising for 2008
... A 4:36 am posting Sunday on an ABC News blog reveals that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is expected to announce his campaign raised more than $30 million during the second quarter, possibly surpassing Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) whose campaign says she'd probably hit $27 million. ...
WebTV Dawgs/Dittos - Jul 01, 09:11pm by tulsakatz - 1 message - 1 author

Nielsen roundup of presidential media buys
... trend is anticipated to increase. Since the two weeks beginning June 11, both Chris Dodd and John Edwards have run half of their reported TV advertisements to date and Barack Obama began running TV ads in Iowa on June 27. The presidential campaigns are using ...
tvbarn2 - Jul 02, 10:44am by Aaron Barnhart - 3 message - 3 author

My Favorite Political Quotes
... 10. "Senator Joe Biden is pretty clean and articulate for a white guy." Senator Barack Obama. 9. "Gosh, idiot." Napoleon Dynamite in response to Joe Biden's remarks about Barack Obama. 8. "There are three things I fear in this world: Osama, Obama, and your mama." Mike S. Adams in an interview with Chelsea Clinton. ...
alt.fan.rush-limbaugh - Jul 02, 05:37am by MFOgilvie - 7 message - 4 author

Lieberman: Socialist Dems and George Soros' Views are 'Anti ...
... The places he's put his money are, in my opinion, so destructive that it unsettles me." Soros, who gave $18 million to Democratic advocacy groups seeking to defeat President Bush in 2004, has said he supports Barack Obama for 2008. That troubles Lieberman, who says he doesn't respect Soros' values. ...
alt.politics - Jul 02, 09:39am by Patriot Games - 1 message - 1 author

Re: [watercooler] Re: Presidential quiz
... Barack Obama (8%) 27. Alan Augustson (7%) 28. ... Your Results: 1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate (100%) 2. Dennis Kucinich (77%) 3. Barack Obama (75%) 4. Joseph Biden (73%) 5. Alan Augustson (71%) 6. Hillary Clinton (70%) 7. Christopher Dodd (67%) 8. Wesley Clark (67%) 9. John Edwards (66%) 10. Al Gore (63%) 11. ...
Political Watercooler - Jul 02, 04:33pm by Mike VP - 5 message - 2 author