10 Things You Didn't Know About Barack Obama
1. Obama was born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu. His first name, Barack, means "blessed" in Swahili and was also his Kenyan father's name.
2. He says he hasn't liked ice cream since working at Baskin-Robbins as a teenager.
3. His childhood nickname was Barry.
4. Obama was the third African-American senator since Reconstruction.
5. He married Michelle Robinson, also a Harvard Law School graduate, who supervised him while he was working as a summer associate in a Chicago law firm. They have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
6. As an Illinois state senator, he sponsored a bill to require the police to videotape interrogations in capital crime cases. Illinois was the first state to do this.
7. A school in his father's hometown near Lake Victoria in Kenya has been renamed the Senator Barack Obama Secondary School.
8. He loves playing Scrabble.
9. Obama and his wife bought a house on Chicago's South Side in June 2005 for $1.65 million. It has four fireplaces.
10. His heroes are Martin Luther King Jr., Mohandas Gandhi, Pablo Picasso, and John Coltrane.
Sources:
- Current Biography
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Chicago Tribune
- Associated Press
- Politics in America 2006
Reader Comments
RESPECT
I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF PRESIDENT OBAMA . HE IS GREAT MAN.
Stan
Stan, you are so right on. What scares me so much is this Obama dude is Muslim and can't bring himself to fight with his own kind. Have you seen him go to church lately? No, he plays golf every Sunday. He runs well because he's from Keyna. The man is killing our country and what really bothers me is he wants a health bill on his desk ......no matter what's in it. Don't you think that is crazy. It's so Arrogant of him. And, how about all the criminals in congress.....that don't pay their taxes. We would be in prison by now if it were us. Now, if we allow this congress to pass this so called health care package say goodbye to our future. Have you noticed i haven't even touched on Acorn. He basicly started the program or at least was the attornay for them while in his crime riden Chicago. HOW ABOUT US FORCING HIM OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE BEFORE HE GETS ALL THE TOP SECRET INFORMATION OF OUR NATION. We all should be working on removing him. There is so much more i haven't touched on. I WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK......DON'T YOU?????????/
11th fact about obama....
he was born in keyna
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