| | '''Barack Hussein Obama II''' is the 44th president of the [[United States]], although questions remain over whether he was really born in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] as he claims.<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82033]</ref><ref>[http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/birth_certificate_5.jpg Large, high-resolution picture of his birth certificate]</ref><ref>[http://www.kitv.com/politics/17860890/detail.html?rss=hon&psp=news KITV Honolulu report]</ref> August 4, 1961) | | '''Barack Hussein Obama II''' is the 44th president of the [[United States]], although questions remain over whether he was really born in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] as he claims.<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82033]</ref><ref>[http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/birth_certificate_5.jpg Large, high-resolution picture of his birth certificate]</ref><ref>[http://www.kitv.com/politics/17860890/detail.html?rss=hon&psp=news KITV Honolulu report]</ref> August 4, 1961) |
| − | served as a first-term [[Democratic party|Democratic]] [[Senator]] from [[Illinois]] (2004-2008) and then, along with his running mate [[Senator Joseph Biden]], won the presidential election<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_wins_presidency/2008/11/04/147788.html?utm_medium=RSS]</ref> after twenty-three months of campaigning, raising an unprecedented $750 million and spending over $700 million of it,<ref>http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/summary.php?cid=N00009638</ref> most of which came from anonymous donors. Post-election, Obama's aides surprised some by indicating that he would make an unprecedented speech within his first 100 days from a Muslim capital.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/opinion/21roy.html</ref> Obama used his Muslim middle name when sworn in as President,<ref>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET_Cetera/Obama_to_take_oath_using_middle_name_/articleshow/3813120.cms</ref><ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/10/politics/main4660590.shtml?source=RSSattr=Politics_4660590</ref> and chose not to use the Bible for his real, private oath. Elected by claiming he's a [[Christian]], Obama has since avoided attending church on [[Christmas]] and Sundays.<ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-obama-religion26-2008dec26,0,1910913.story</ref> | + | served as a first-term [[Democratic party|Democratic]] [[Senator]] from [[Illinois]] (2004-2008) and with his running mate [[Senator Joseph Biden]] won the presidential election<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_wins_presidency/2008/11/04/147788.html?utm_medium=RSS]</ref> after 23 months of campaigning, raising an unprecedented $750 million and spending over $700 million of it,<ref>http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/summary.php?cid=N00009638</ref> most of which came from anonymous donors. Post-election, Obama's aides surprised some by indicating that he would make an unprecedented speech within his first 100 days from a Muslim capital.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/opinion/21roy.html</ref> Obama used his Muslim middle name when sworn in as President,<ref>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET_Cetera/Obama_to_take_oath_using_middle_name_/articleshow/3813120.cms</ref><ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/10/politics/main4660590.shtml?source=RSSattr=Politics_4660590</ref> and chose not to use the Bible for his real, private oath. Elected by claiming he's a [[Christian]], Obama has since avoided attending church on [[Christmas]] and Sundays.<ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-obama-religion26-2008dec26,0,1910913.story</ref> |
| | Obama refers to America in the third person, as a foreigner would. In his first television interview after becoming president, Obama declared that "all too often the United States starts by dictating." Earlier, when Obama gave his acceptance speech, he said "We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there."<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl135</ref> | | Obama refers to America in the third person, as a foreigner would. In his first television interview after becoming president, Obama declared that "all too often the United States starts by dictating." Earlier, when Obama gave his acceptance speech, he said "We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there."<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl135</ref> |