08-25-2008, 10:33 PM | #1 |
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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. |
08-25-2008, 10:44 PM | #2 |
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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.
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08-25-2008, 10:46 PM | #3 |
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08-25-2008, 10:46 PM | #4 |
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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. |
08-27-2008, 06:43 AM | #5 |
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Crack is difficult to give up.
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08-27-2008, 07:23 AM | #6 |
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Stuff like this makes me want to vote for him. Barack, above all, is genuine, I believe.
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08-27-2008, 11:27 AM | #7 |
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Laura Bush is a smoker? Wow, the things they cover up.
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08-27-2008, 12:52 PM | #8 |
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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. |
08-27-2008, 02:02 PM | #9 |
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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.
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08-27-2008, 02:05 PM | #10 |
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You'd give him one of those elbows and find yourself in federal prison.
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