Barack Obama

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Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Sub-pages 1.1.1 topics 1.1.2 phases 1.2 Related Pages 2 Links 2.1 Reference 2.2 Official 2.3 Projects 2.4 Filed Links 2.5 News & Views 2.6 Quotes By 2.7 Humor

[edit] Overview

Senator Barack Obama was elected President of the United States in 2008, in a major landslide victory. He is the first African-American to be elected to this office or even nominated for it by a major political party.

[edit] Sub-pages

[edit] topics

• There are some fears Obama might be assassinated.
• /campaign
  • Obama's /birth certificate was demanded by Republicans trying to build a case that Obama is not legally qualified to be president, during the closing days of the race
  • The /Muslim smear is false but was nonetheless widely believed right through the election (it remains to be seen whether this rumor will persist)
• /criticism of Obama
• Racist fears intensified dramatically as Obama's victory became likely and then actual
• /writings: pieces written (or spoken from prepared notes) by Obama
• /impeachment: conservatives want to impeach Obama for supposedly doing stuff that George W. Bush actually did but which they apparently believe Bush couldn't possibly have done because he was moral.

[edit] phases

• /academia: Obama's academic career
• /senate: Obama's career as the senator from Illinois
• /campaign for the presidency
• /victory: reactions to the historic event
• /transition: transitioning from Bush to Obama

[edit] Related Pages

• McCain vs. Obama: comparison of the two major 2008 candidates

[edit] Links

[edit] Reference

• Wikipedia
• Conservapedia
• dKosopedia
• SourceWatch

[edit] Official

• Senatorial site
• campaign site
  • Fight The Smears

[edit] Projects

• Eyes on Obama: seems generally pro-Obama (domain registered to Imran Media, a company in Menlo Park, California)
• Obama 2.0: ostensibly a site which "digs a little deeper" into Obama, by which they apparently mean criticism. Seems generally conservative and pro-big-business.

[edit] Filed Links

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• 2009-09-27 :more:talk: More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation § “Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.” more...
• 2008-11-11 :more:talk: Natürlich wird Barack Obama den Iran Überfallen § “Nobody who is of sound mind and body doubts that the US has their armed robbery of Iran completely planned through and the dates for it to get started have already been set.” more...
• 2008-11-08 :more:talk: Robert Fisk: Obama has to pay for eight years of Bush's delusions § “That this nonsense was disseminated around the world by those tasked to defend the United States in the "war on terror" shows the fantasy environment in which the Bush regime has existed these past eight years.” more...
• 2008-11-02 :more:talk: Freedoms Will Be At Risk Under President Obama § “We have been clearly warned by [ Obama's ] running mate, Joe Biden, that America will suffer some form of attack within the first 6 months of Obama’s administration.” more...
• 2008-10-26 :more:talk: Republican fears of historic Obama landslide unleash civil war for the future of the party § “Senior Republicans believe that John McCain is doomed to a landslide defeat which will hand Barack Obama more political power than any president in a generation.” more...
• 2008-10-21 :more:talk: In the endgame, metrics adding up for Obama § “...as long as the economy is the focal point, it's difficult to see how this gets any better for Republicans up or down the ballot.” more...
• 2008-10-15 :more:talk: All 2008 US Nobel Laureates in Science Endorse Obama! § “With one voice, 65 of the nation's greatest minds, the largest number of Nobel Laureates to ever endorse a political candidate for office, have encouraged the American public to vote Obama on November 4th.” more...
• 2008-07-30 :more:talk: Teaching Law, Testing Ideas, Obama Stood Slightly Apart § “Before he outraised every other presidential primary candidate in American history, Mr. Obama marched students through the thickets of campaign finance law. Before he helped re more...
• 2008-07-07 :more:talk: Self-Swiftboating § “Is the impression [given by] this bobbing and weaving [..] a misimpression? Or are we seeing, as the pundits are now beginning to chant, the true face of Obama? ... It is more...
• 2008-07-05_Obama's_America_blesses_God
• 2008-07-04_Not_questioning_their_patriotism,_but...
• 2008-06-22_focus
• 2008-06-20_The_Two_Obamas
• 2008-06-20_Obama_Replied
• 2008-06-19_Obama,_telecoms_and_the_Beltway_system
• 2008-06-18_Visiting_The_Old_Country_Buffoon
• 2008-06-18_Obama_cuts_an_ad_to_help_John_Barrow_in_his_primary_fight
• 2008-06-15 :more:talk: Williams Calls Hume and Kristol "Out Of Touch" For Saying McCain's Tax Plan Will Help Working Americans § “Earlier this week, the non-partisan Tax Policy Center released a paper showing that Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) tax plan "offers three times the break for middle class families" than the proposals of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), which "would steer the bulk of the benefits to the wealthiest families." On Fox News Sunday this morning, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol called the report "good for McCain"...” more...
• 2008-06-15_Obama_Seen_Beating_McCain_in_Web_War
• 2008-06-11_Christian_Leaders_Meet_Obama_Privately
• 2008-06-09_Obama:_Give_economy_$50_billion_boost
• 2008-06-06_The_value_of_experience
• 2008-05-26_Poor_whites_are_being_conned
• 2008-05-19_Obama's_Iraq_challenge:_debate_me
• 2008-05-18 :more:talk: I knew JFK, says Gore Vidal, and believe me Obama’s the better leader § ““I never believed in Jack’s charisma,” Vidal says shortly. JFK, he believes, was “one of our worst presidents”; [[Robert F. Ken more...
• 2008-05-18_Doug_Kmiec_on_'The_Politics_of_Apostasy'
• 2008-05-16_Senate_Votes_to_Reverse_FCC_Decision_Allowing_Media_Consolidation
• 2008-05-09_Barack_Obama_wants_to_be_president_of_these_57_United_States
• 2008-05-08_Where_did_the_Web_rumors_about_Obama_come_from
• 2008-04-22_Obama_Climbs_On_The_Vaccine_Research_Bandwagon
• 2008-04-15_Obama_Outraises_Clinton_Among_Small_Town_Pennsylvanians
• 2008-04-14_What_Obama_Really_Said_About_Pennsylvania
• 2008-04-11_On_V.P_And_Foreign_Policy,_Courting_the_Working_Class,_and_Hard-Pressed_Pennsylvanians
• 2008-04-11_Barack_Obama_tells_it_like_it_is
• 2008-04-10_A_Silver_Lining_In_the_Blue_Battle
• 2008-04-04_Obama_and_King
• 2008-04-03 :more:talk: All Those Academics § “Is there any evidence that most, or even a significant chunk, of Obama's supporters are academics?” Jonathan Chait asks in response to this column by Michael Barone. more...
• 2008-03-31_Some_Republicans_Emerge_To_Endorse_Obama
• 2008-03-31_Shades_of_Gray
• 2008-03-31_Obama_had_greater_role_on_liberal_survey
• 2008-03-29_The_Chickens_of_Identity_Politics_Come_Home_to_Roost
• 2008-03-28_Deeper_and_Deeper
• 2008-03-24_The_conservative_case_for_Barack_Obama
• 2008-03-21_Will_Rush_Limbaugh_Be_Indicted_for_Voter_Fraud
• 2008-03-21 :more:talk: The full story behind Rev. Jeremiah Wright's 9/11 sermon § “One of the most controversial statements in this sermon was when he mentioned "chickens coming home to roost." He was actually quoting Edward Peck, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and deputy director of President Reagan's terrorism task force, who was speaking on FOX News.” more...
• 2008-03-21_Anchor_Walks_Off_Set,_Wallace_Rails_Network_For_Obama-Bashing
• 2008-03-18_A_More_Perfect_Union
• 2008-03-14_John_McCain_Supports_Barack_Obama_on_Reverend_Wright_Issue
• 2008-02-25_The_Audacity_of_Data
• 2008-02-23_Star-Telegram_Q&A_with_Barack_Obama
• 2008-02-21_Police_concerned_about_order_to_stop_weapons_screening_at_Obama_rally
• 2008-01-29_Our_Tech_President_Endorsements:_Barack_Obama_and_John_McCain
• 2008-01-28_Politics
• 2007-12-11_Liberal_views_could_haunt_Obama
• 2007-11-28_Obama_Scoffs_at_Clinton_War_Claim
• 2007-02-21 :more:talk: FOX ATTACKS OBAMA § A compilation of snips from Fox News, showing the many "fair-and-balanced" ways in which Fox has sought to undermine Barack Obama's candidacy. Also includes some bits of the CNN report whi more...
• 2006-09-26_Obama's_First_Law_Known_As_'Google_For_Government'
• 2006-06_Obama_religion_speech

[edit] News & Views

• 2007-11-14 4Barack by Lawrence Lessig
• 2007-08-10 How the Democrats Blew It in Only Eight Months by Alexander Cockburn, The Nation: 'Then Obama drew even fiercer fire by saying he would take nukes off the table in the war on terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan. "I think it would be a profound mistake for us to use nuclear weapons in any circumstance," Obama told the AP on August 2, adding, after a pause, "involving civilians." Then he quickly said, "Let me scratch that. There's been no discussion of nuclear weapons. That's not on the table."' Well, at least he's flip-flopping in the right direction.
• 2007-05-07 Racism lurks in the shadows for Obama by Leonard Pitts, Jr.: more about racism in the US than about Obama; cross-posted.
• 2007-04-22 Obama: Blacks as guilty as Imus (cross-posted to racism in the US)

[edit] Quotes By

• 2007-06-03
  • Wolf Blitzer: "I want you to raise your hand if you believe English should be the official language of the United States."
  • Barack Obama: "This is the kind of question that is designed precisely to divide us. You know, you're right. Everybody is going to learn to speak English if they live in this country. The issue is not whether or not future generations of immigrants are going to learn English. The question is: How can we come up with both a legal, sensible immigration policy? And when we get distracted by those kinds of questions, I think we do a disservice to the American people." [9]
• 2007-02-11 In response to 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft’s question: "Would you advocate the use of military force to keep Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons?": "I think we should keep all options on the table..." (sources; related: potential US invasion of Iran)

[edit] Humor

• 2008-03-19 Black Guy Asks Nation For Change: Obama framed as a panhandler