Barack Obama - things I didn't know - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

MikeWaters · 08-25-2008, 10:33 PM

1. Both his parents are dead.
2. After the age of 2, he only met his father once, when he was 10.
3. His father, I guess, was a bigamist. He was married to a woman in Kenya when he married Barack's mother. He later had additional children with this first wife.
4. Barack was a hero already at a young age, because he was the first black Harvard Law Review Editor, and received a book contract as a result. He went to Bali for "several months" to work on it.
5. Played varsity basketball.
6. Reformed/reforming smoker
7. Went to an elite Hawaiian private high school.

Barack Jr. with Barack Sr., at age 10:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...bama_Sr_Jr.jpg

Probably old news to the rest of you, but interesting to me.

myboynoah · 08-25-2008, 10:44 PM

What's a reformed/reforming smoker?

One either smokes or one doesn't smoke. Sounds like Obama is a smoker.

Who was the last smoking president, aside from Clinton and his Monica-laced cigars? I don't really count those.

MikeWaters · 08-25-2008, 10:46 PM

MikeWaters · 08-25-2008, 10:46 PM

Barack, I believe, quit smoking just before he announced for President.

McCain is a former 20 year smoker.

Even Laura Bush is/was a smoker.

Mars · 08-27-2008, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Barack, I believe, quit smoking just before he announced for President.

Crack is difficult to give up.

Levin · 08-27-2008, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Stuff like this makes me want to vote for him. Barack, above all, is genuine, I believe.

myboynoah · 08-27-2008, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Barack, I believe, quit smoking just before he announced for President.

McCain is a former 20 year smoker.

Even Laura Bush is/was a smoker.

Laura Bush is a smoker? Wow, the things they cover up.

MikeWaters · 08-27-2008, 12:52 PM

Barack, a pretty good baller, is rumored to have said if elected he will build a basketball court in the White House.

Now, that's my kind of President.

Surfah · 08-27-2008, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by myboynoah

Laura Bush is a smoker? Wow, the things they cover up.

Quite the smoker. She's very embarrassed by her habit and has worked hard to cover it up. It's reported she has quit in the last year.

myboynoah · 08-27-2008, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Barack, a pretty good baller, is rumored to have said if elected he will build a basketball court in the White House.

Now, that's my kind of President.

You'd give him one of those elbows and find yourself in federal prison.

08-25-2008, 10:33 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Barack Obama - things I didn't know 1. Both his parents are dead. 2. After the age of 2, he only met his father once, when he was 10. 3. His father, I guess, was a bigamist. He was married to a woman in Kenya when he married Barack's mother. He later had additional children with this first wife. 4. Barack was a hero already at a young age, because he was the first black Harvard Law Review Editor, and received a book contract as a result. He went to Bali for "several months" to work on it. 5. Played varsity basketball. 6. Reformed/reforming smoker 7. Went to an elite Hawaiian private high school. Barack Jr. with Barack Sr., at age 10: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...bama_Sr_Jr.jpg Probably old news to the rest of you, but interesting to me.

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08-27-2008, 12:52 PM	#8
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Barack, a pretty good baller, is rumored to have said if elected he will build a basketball court in the White House. Now, that's my kind of President.