President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States on November 4, 2008, succeeding President George Bush.

Born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961, he attended Harvard Law School where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. He later became a state senator in Illinois, and went on to serve as a US Senator for the same state in 2004.

His presidency is considered historically significant for several reasons.

He is the first African American president, with an African father from Kenya and Caucasian American mother. He raised record amounts of money from small donations, mainly through the internet, on his own social media site, also leveraging Twitter, and Facebook. Because of this success, the use of social media in Obama's campaign has become a topic of study for those wishing to leverage the technology for promotional purposes, much in the way business blogging became a topic of discussion eight years ago as a result of political blogging.

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• The president honors the fallen at Fort Hood

  
  The Reid Report — Authority: 526
  President Obama traveled to Texas today to honor those killed (12 soldiers and one civilian) in the senseless attack on soldiers at Fort Hood by one of their own. Watch: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and News about the Economy Text of the president’s remarks after the jump. 1:55 P.M. ...
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• Di Di Mao! Anita Dunn Gone!

  
  . . . With Both Hands — Authority: 431
  The Dipwad Goof Mao-Mao-ing Communications Director for President Obamas Original Amateur Hour White House called it Qs! Dunn also came under attack in recent weeks from conservatives over a speech she gave in which she described Chinese leader Mao Zedong as one of her “favorite political philosophers.” Fox TV ...
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• Dear President Obama #295: Dodging the questions

  
  Anderson Cooper 360 — Authority: 674
  Reporters Note: President Obama is now pushing into Senate land with his health care reform hopes, and I’m pushing toward the 300th day of my letters to the White House. President Obama and spokesman Robert Gibbs talk at a White House event in June. Tom Foreman | BIO AC360° Correspondent Dear Mr. ...
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• No peace progress as Obama, Netanyahu meet

  
  Dr Nasir Khan — Authority: 485
  Middle East Online , November 10, 2009 ‘Shame on you’, the hardline premier was told Hardline Netanyahu leaves White House without Obama appearance amid Israeli defiance. WASHINGTON – Hardline Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left the White House Monday after spending an hour and ...
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• PRESIDENT OBAMA AND CLASSISM HIRING

  
  Character Corner — Authority: 132
  Yes, I am publishing another call I made to another show. This time the show was the Poor People’s Campaign on Blogtalk Radio. The host is a die-hard President Obama supporter. So I decided to ask him about how he feels about President Obama mainly hiring Blacks who graduated from Ivy League universities. Well, ...
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• hey rupey - i guess it takes one to know one

  
  ravings of a semi-sane madwoman — Authority: 447
  huh? do you even WATCH glennie or any of the other entertainers on your station? i sure as shite am not going to refer to them as NEWSCASTERS. that would be an insult to even katie couric Murdoch: Glenn Beck Was ‘Right’ To Say Obama Is ‘A Racist’ With ‘A Deep-Seated Hatred For White People’ After ...
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• Democratic party infected by fake Democrats, and that could kill health care reform

  
  The "D" Spot — Authority: 412
  But we already knew that the Republicans would do whatever they could to blow up the health care reform bill. Anybody who was shocked by that has apparently gotten their news channel confused with their cartoon channel. So yeah. Of course they did. The more fearful they become that health care reform could actually ...
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• Getting to 220

  
  Orange Punch — Authority: 140
  Apparently the way Nancy Pelosi managed to get to 220 votes for the Pelosi version of ObamaCare was to strengthen provisions preventing any government money from going to pay for abortions, even to preventing subsidies for low-income people to buy insurance policies that include coverage for abortion. There were ...
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• Ryan Dixon Delves Into Pelosi & Co.’s Insane Legislative Tyranny

  
  Conservative Blog: Urban Conservative 2.0 - Conservative News & Politics — Authority: 126
  Ryan Dixon, a correspondent for RENEWtv and the host of his own video series Young Republicans TV, delves into House Democrats’ ramming through of their proposal health care legislation.  Check it out: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
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• Obama: ‘We Were Dealt a Tough Hand’ on Economy

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 170
  President Barack Obama told ABC News that his administration was dealt a tough hand on the economy, but hes convinced hes doing everything he can. (Nov. 9)
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• The West Must Come to Terms With a Strong Russia: Rossijskaya Gazeta, Russia

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 729
  The day the Wall came down: Bewildered East German border guards puzzle over whether to shake the hands of their former adversaries from the West, on November 9, 1989. Yes – today is the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. A reading of this op-ed by former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev ...
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• Thousands More Jobs Lost After House Vote

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 557
  During the 48 hours since the U.S. House of Representatives passed its so-called “health care reform plan,” at least four large companies have announced plans to slash a total of 13,000 jobs.  The list appear below:Johnson & Johnson — 8,000 employeesSprint — 2,500 jobsPfizer — 2,000 jobsElectronic Arts ...
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• Obama and Pelosi Ram through Health Care, Ignoring “The Urgency of Now” on J.O.B.S.…

  
  NO QUARTER — Authority: 600
  Just before midnight Saturday, the House rammed through the 2,000 page monstrosity laughingly known as the health care bill. I’d say they did it under cover of night, reneging on a promise of a 72-hour waiting period. Again, who read this thing? How much arm twisting was involved to prevail in this close vote of ...
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• “War on Climate Change” Will Not Advance Security or Freedom

  
  Conservative Blog: Urban Conservative 2.0 - Conservative News & Politics — Authority: 126
  In his speech to the UN on climate change, President Obama warned that the “security and stability of each nation and all peoples—our prosperity, our health, our safety—are in jeopardy” and that “we must seize the opportunity to make Copenhagen a significant step forward in the global fight against climate ...
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• Catching up on the weekend

  
  Eye on Williamson — Authority: 135
  Still catching up from the weekend. Health reform passed the House on Saturday, despite the best efforts of 39 Democrats and all but 1 Republican to kill it, House Passes Historic, Bipartisan Health Reform Legislation . It’s “make him do it”, with “we got your back”, Want Obama To Be Bolder? Take To The ...
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• Surging Through the Khyber Pass and into a quagmire - We Will Not Solve the Problem with Troops Alone

  
  Sir! No Sir! Exposing and Debunking Military Lies from Vietnam to Iraq — Authority: 137
  This interview, with National Security Adviser General James Jones, was published by Spiegel Online International, November 9, 2009 US National Security Adviser James L. Jones talks to SPIEGEL about his skepticism regarding calls for more US troops to be sent to Afghanistan, the chances of Pakistans nuclear ...
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• Surging Through the Khyber Pass and into a quagmire - Cronies and warlords wait in the wings

  
  Sir! No Sir! Exposing and Debunking Military Lies from Vietnam to Iraq — Authority: 137
  This article, by M K Bhadrakumar, was published in the Asia Times, November 9, 2009 Afghans do not like Britains tutorial - not only on good governance but on any topic under the sun. For a fleeting hour or two, a question hung in the rapidly chilling autumn air in the Hindu Kush: did British Prime Minister Gordon ...
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• Wall Call: Fox News Only Network To Carry Obama’s Berlin Speech

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 801
  Pres. Barack Obama delivered his remarks on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall today in a video message during the ceremonies in Germany (there was a little controversy about him not appearing in person). In his place – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke first. And which cable news ...
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• A strategic bullying

  
  The Reaction — Authority: 584
  By Carl Im very angry about the current state of healthcare reform. Yes, the House passed, barely, a bill that includes a public option, but at the price of for all intents and purposes banning abortions for the weakest women among us . As Jesus put it, "As you treat the weakest among you, that is how ...
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• President Obama Signs Worker, Homeownership, and Business Act

  
  Roni Deutch: The Tax Lady Blog — Authority: 434
  Last Friday, President Obama yesterday signed the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Act of 2009 (H.R. 3548) into law. According to the Tax Professor , this new law has seven major tax provisions, in addition to extending the homebuyers credit. All of the tax changes are listed below. 1. ...
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