barack obama

Barack Obama was elected president of the United States in November 2008, comprehensively defeating the Republican John McCain. He is generally described as the "first black (or African-American) president", being the son of a Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas.

He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991 and was elected to the US Senate in 2004, having previously been a state senator in Illinois.

His presidential victory was put down to his winning support from a "rainbow coalition" of voters. He appealed to middle class Americans, and the race was seen to swing his way when the economic crisis of 2008 started to take hold. The unpopularity of Republican President George Bush was also a factor.

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  Does Vedic Astrology Solve the Question of the Birth of President Barack Obama?
  For a discerning believer in vedic astrology, there are also some important and obvious indications in his birth chart like the excellent positions of the planets, enough to explain why he has become the first Black President of the US or why he succeeded in bringing justice to the victims of a great US tragedy.
  by forgevalley / on May 21, 2012
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “barack obama”

 

• (See Reader Responses) Obama, Rubio birthers should read the law

  
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  Birtherism — the belief that Barack Obama was born in Kenya, not in the United States — pretty much died last year when the White House released a copy of the president’s long-form birth certificate showing he was born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961. After that, the number of Americans who doubted Obama’s place ...
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• [video] Jerome Corsi: The Provenance of Barack Obama — Important! Jerome Corsi believes that the Bilderbergs will now push their globalist agenda through Romney, because Obama is ‘damaged goods.’ And they might pull a false flag or start a war just so Oba

  
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  Important! Jerome Corsi believes that the Bilderbergs will now push their globalist agenda through Romney, because Obama is ‘damaged goods.’ And they might pull a false flag or start a war just so Obama can make it through his last term. If Obama is impeached, all of his signing statements will be void. Corsi ...
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• THIS JUST IN: Mitt Romney Is a Success! (Did it trickle down to “the help?”)

  
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  THE DATA LOUNGE Mitt Romney‘s Maids’ Salary Raises Questions WASHINGTON — “For a woman with three houses and sixteen grandkids, Ann Romney doesn’t have very much help around the house, according to her 2010 tax return. IRS forms released Tuesday by Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign show that despite ...
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• Obama Descended From Family That Owned Slaves, Study Finds

  
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  According to an article in the Guardian, a very highly respected newspaper from England, Barack Obama is not the descendent of American slaves, but of American slave owners. In the article “The genes that build America” which can be found here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jul/15/usa.genetics , ...
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• Why Bain Questions Matter

  
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  By Eugene Robinson Who are the dastardly enemies of free enterprise who decided to make an issue of Mitt Romney’s tenure at the private-equity firm Bain Capital? Er, those would be his fellow Republicans. Related Entries May 25, 2012 Student Debt as a Human Rights Issue May 21, 2012 Every Year ...
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• The President and the Democrats Have a Problem

  
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  Well, they have quite a few of them, but Michelles first talking about White House Press Secretary Jay Carney and the gaping spaces in his response to Wendell Goler of Fox News on the presidents previous support for #OWS. Its excellent:
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• Social-Media Powerhouse President Obama impromptu Twitter Q&A

  
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  To campaign for a renewable energy tax credit set to expire at the end of the year in Newton, Iowa, President Barack Obama sat down at a laptop and answered questions on Twitter. Chat lasted 21 minutes, during which Barack Obama answered seven questions, took place on the official White House account, and not his [...]
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• American Workers Displacement

  
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  The Bureau of Labor Statistics April jobs report is the latest evidence that, White House spin aside, the U.S. employment picture across all demographic spectrums is grim and getting grimmer. Last month, the economy produced a meager 115,000 jobs. And while some may believe the Obama administrations fantasy that ...
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• Government Spending Has Never Been Higher Than During the Obama Administration (Not Counting World War II)

  
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  See Doug Ross, " Double Whammy: Investors Business Daily Pimp-Slaps Rex Nuttings Pravda-Style Propaganda Piece at MarketWatch ": Yesterday, James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute delivered a major-league rhetorical beat-down to some Obama drone named Rex Nutting. MarketWatch had somehow allowed ...
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• CNN’s Morgan Was ‘Absolutely Thrilled’ When Obama Pledged to Close Guantanamo

  
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  On Thursdays Piers Morgan Tonight, during an interview with Obama supporter and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, host Piers Morgan declared that he was "absolutely thrilled" when President Obama promised to close Guantanamo Bay, and sh...
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• Bill Clinton Poses With Porn Star Brooklyn Lee (Photo)

  
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  Bill Clinton was a co-host at an event with Prince Albert II in Monte Carlo last night for the “ Nights in Monaco ” gala and was photographed with porn star, Brooklyn Lee . Brooklyn documented her encounter via Twitter sharing the below photograph. The former president who attracted worldwide ...
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• President Obama on Creating an Economy Built to Last

  
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  ) ) GOV. ROMNEY STILL SILENT ON RECORD AS GOVERNOR Related articles Romney challenges Obama on business and economy (rawstory.com) More Bain pain: Mitt Romney clings to Rush Limbaugh, says President Obama ‘is attacking capitalism’ (dailykos.com) Mitt Romney’s Bain History Deserves Scrutiny (usnews.com) Romney: ...
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• Common Ground: Obama, Romney Camps Support Text Donations

  
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  A year into the presidential campaign, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney agree on something: People should be allowed to make political donations via text messages.
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• Sacred Trust – Obama for America 2012 Television Ad

  
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  Related articles Two new Obama TV ads in Florida (tampabay.com) Obama focuses on seniors, veterans in positive ads (kansascity.com) Obama releases two new TV ads in Virginia (virginiabusiness.com) Obama airing ads on veterans, seniors (miamiherald.com) New Obama Ads Focus on Medicare and Veterans ...
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• White House Website Gone Wild

  
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  We’ll never know what Ronald Reagan would have done with WhiteHouse.gov, the official website of the White House But I know my father wouldn’t be abusing it the way Barack Obama is. WhiteHouse.gov is owned and operated by the federal government, but the incumbent gets to run it and design it to his own political ...
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• Barack Obama: President or god?

  
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  I was listening to a reply from President Obama the other day concerning some scathing remarks that Newark Mayor Cory Booker had made about a campaign ad that the Obama re-election team was running against Mitt Romney. Obama came out and proceeded to belittle Romney for being a businessman whose only concern was ...
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• Kudos To The Press For Serving As More Than A “Pass-Thru” Filter For Neocon Banter

  
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  The news article says: Mitt Romney has got a new ad out that outlines what he’d do on his first day as president of the United States . It’s a positive, introductory spot – probably an attempt to counter President Obama ’s attacks on his Bain Capital record. But is it realistic? We ask that because ...
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• Can Democrats run from Obama? Should they?

  
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  Two Democrats in the past two days have shunned President Obama . Asked during a debate Wednesday night whether he would vote for President Obama , Arizona House candidate Ron Barber (D) demurred. “My vote is my vote,” he told Republican Jesse Kelly , who he faces in a special election for the seat ...
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• Can Democrats run from Obama? Should they?

  
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  Two Democrats in the past two days have shunned President Obama . Asked during a debate Wednesday night whether he would vote for President Obama , Arizona House candidate Ron Barber (D) demurred. “My vote is my vote,” he told Republican Jesse Kelly , who he faces in a special election for the seat ...
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• Obama’s Soft Core Porn Video Making Campaign Cash Bundler

  
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  -By Warner Todd Huston The Washington Free Beacon has an amusing tale of strippers, videos, and Obama campaign donation bundlers that is already getting lefties crying foul. Apparently the Beacon discovered that one of Obama’s big campaign donation bundlers, one Stacii Jae Johnson, produced and starred in a ...
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