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    Barack Obama

    Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States, made it official on Monday, April 4, that he planned to live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for four more years.

    The announcement came before dawn in the form of a YouTube video and emails.

    Obama presented himself as the candidate of change in 2007 and worked to lure Democrats with ads that promised heady possibilities: “We Can End a War," "We Can Save the Planet," "We Can Change the World."

    The 2012 announcement was more tempered and reflected a candidate who has the bruising experience that comes from occupying the Oval Office. He has:

    • Wrestled with a crushing recession marked by relentless high unemployment that shows little possibility of significantly dropping before Election Day.
    • Fought with Congress and reached 11th hour compromises to avoid government shutdowns and default that were unpopular with many in his 2008 political base.
    • Spent much of his first year in office so focused on health care reform that political opponents and some supporters said he lost sight of what was foremost on Americans’ minds – jobs.

    Obama, 50, and considerably grayer than when he was elected in 2008, did not appear in the video launching his 2012 campaign. Instead, it presented supporters taking what is arguably a more realistic approach to winning the election.

    "Unfortunately President Obama is one person," says a woman identified as Alice from Michigan. "He cannot go -- plus he's got a job. We're paying him to do a job so we can't say, 'Hey could you just take some time off and come up here and get us all energized?' So we better figure it out."

    One supporter, Ed from North Carolina, goes as far as to say, "I don't agree with Obama on everything, but I respect him and I trust him."

    Obama has set up his campaign headquarters in Chicago rather than Washington, which is uncharacteristic for an incumbent president running for re-election.

    Profile details:

    • Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii
    • Family: Michelle Robinson (wife); Children: Malia and Sasha.
    • Religion: Christian.
    • Job before candidacy: 44th president of the United States.
    • Political experience: Successful campaign for White House in 2008; U.S. Senator from Illinois; Illinois State Senator.
    • Most recent book written:Change We Can Believe In”

    More on Barack Obama: 'Hope' and 'Change' meet reality

    Pros: Rich campaign war chest; power of incumbency; ending war in Iraq, as promised; passed health care reform as promised; foreign policy successes, including death of Osama bin Laden.

    Cons: High unemployment rate; low favorable ratings in polls; compromises with congressional Republicans that have disillusioned some supporters; continued intense political opposition to health care reform program.

    Obama on the Web:
     
    • Mike M  •  1 hr 40 mins ago
      Radical Republicans don't want you to know that making cutting the deficit be the number one goal of government is now causing Great Britain to plunge into the first double-dip recession since 1975. They are enduring their longest economic slump for a century, shock figures confirmed yesterday. And as a good conservative usually does, even in the face of overwhelming facts to the contrary, David Cameron said he would not reverse his austerity policy. He added: ‘The one thing we mustn’t do is abandon spending and deficit-reduction plans, because the solution to a debt crisis cannot be more debt.’

      Let's hope Cameron continues, and shows the world that the spending-cuts-only approach touted by every Republican organization here in America is recession-prone, as most economists have been saying all along. The British results should be in before this fall's election.
    • Mike M  •  2 hrs 2 mins ago
      The Republicans are projecting just a little. Is it that important winning and losing the Presidency for them? Isn't this obsession with beating Obama become a little bit insane? They are lying on a regular basis, and signing up to be Democrats so they can vote for "unassigned" convention delegates to embarrass him?

      The radical Right-wing are becoming unhinged about this.... starting with their own leadership: "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. This from a guy who's supposed to negotiate budgets, advise and consent on cabinet appointments, to help run the country. Instead, he chooses to ignore the will of the American people and do only one thing: attempt to remove our President.

      This sounds not only just a little unhinged, it sounds wholly treasonous.
    • FireObama  •  1 day 7 hrs ago
      Malik Zulu Shabazz- (Formerly Tirone Jones) The Chairman of "The New(and Still) Black Pamthers . Can I have the job that makes up these names? Quanell Z Opium Radicum FoodStamp Jr.
      • joe 1 day 6 hrs ago
        I've looked in every store and still can't find the New Black Pampers© anywhere.
      • FireObama 1 day 5 hrs ago
        They stock them in the liberal section next to foodstamp window
      • FireObama 16 hrs ago
        And under the gubment cheese.
    • Kevin  •  2 hrs 40 mins ago
      Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar Motherf@)*#n Liar.
      • Mike M 2 hrs 29 mins ago
        Keep shouting...... maybe somebody will believe you...... NOT!

        If you listened to some other station than your Faux infotainment channel you might figure out what actually is going on.
      • Kevin 2 hrs 23 mins ago
        and if you quit blowing Chris Mathews I might understand what you were saying....
      • Mike M 1 hr 21 mins ago
        Kevin: what if I told you that I haven't watched Chris Matthews for at least a decade...... Would that help you understand my comment?
    • FireObama  •  16 hrs ago
      obongo's poll numbers very similar to jimmy carter, Right before a Crushing Landslide Defeat.
    • Mike M  •  3 hrs ago
      8 - forced the Republicans to allow payroll deduction decreases for you and I, when the Republicans wished to see them expire to pay for their Big Business friend's tax decreases
      9 - took the responsible position of paying our creditors when the Republicans held our national credit worthiness hostage during the 2011 debt ceiling crisis.
      10 - has successfully run an administration hobbled by the most Republican filibustered appointments, in percentage terms, than any other administration in US history
      11 - after over ten failed attempts by both Democratic and Republican administrations over more than a century of effort, signed into law the first comprehensive healthcare insurance reform in US History
      12 - had Osama Bin Laden, the world's most wanted man for nine years, taken out - through accurate reading of Intelligence and use of effective US military force capability, something the incompetent Bush administration couldn't accomplish in seven years of search
      13 - signed a peace agreement, with pullout timetable, with the government n Kabul Afghanistan: finally fulfilling his campaign promise to pull out, in a responsible fashion, from the two multi-trillion dollar war that his predecessor got us in.
      14 - freed Aung San Suu Kyi after being under house arrest for more than 20 years by a military dictatorship, where now she is a member of the Myanmar parliament.
    • Mike M  •  3 hrs ago
      36 - the FDA is now regulating tobacco
      37 - ending previous practice of having White House aides rewrite scientific and environmental rules, regulations, and reports, including those of global warming. the scientists involved in the study are now allowed to give their own conclusions wthout White House censor.
      38 - freed two Americans detained by the North Koreans, authorizing former President Clinton to negotiate on behalf of the two christian evangelists caught crossing into that totalitarian country
      39 - appointment of first Latina to the Supreme Court
      40 - limited salaries of senior White House aides to $100,000 a year
      41 - returned money authorized for refurbishment of White House offices and private living quarters
      42 - took 61 days vacation, as compared to Bush Jr. who took 180 days at the same time during his presidency, and Ronald Reagan who took 112 days.
      43 - successfuly legislated a ban on insider trading by representatives and senators in Congress.
      ....and on and on and on......

      This guy has done absolutely nothing in his first three years. I hope, in comparison to the previous tenant of the White House, he gets five more years to do absolutely nothing, because the end result won't be an economic fiasco.
    • Mike M  •  3 hrs ago
      22 - ended the previous stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date
      23 - phased out the expensive F-22 war plane and other outdated weapons systems that were earmarks of Congress
      24 - removed restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research
      25 - increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants) after years of neglect
      26 - authorized better body armor, that is now required for our troops
      27 - restarted the nuclear nonproliferation talks and building back up the nuclear inspection infrastructure/protocols
      28 - cash for clunkers program offers vouchers to trade in fuel inefficient, polluting old cars for new cars; stimulating auto sales
    • Mike M  •  3 hrs ago
      15 - unlike both the Bush presidencies, who allowed the Exxon Valdez oil spill suits to languish in courts for more than 20 years, he forced BP to immediately pay compensation to the fishing industry after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
      16 - he restored the goodwill of America to western countries throughout the world, after they had been dictated to during the Bush Jr. years
      17 - saved the American automobile industry, with no net cost to the taxpayers
      18 - he stopped the use of torture at Guantanamo Bay, something the Bush administration had practiced and justified, even torturing a US citizen
      19 - called out Vladimir Putin as the dictator he is, rather than the "good 'ol boy" his predecessor thought, and has continuously kept the pressure on Russia ever since
      20 - kept Russia from occupying the Ukraine
      21 - made White House aides sign promises to keep them from lobbying five years after their tenure
    • Mike M  •  3 hrs ago
      Now that we've got the children like FireObama tucked away in bed, how about we discuss real issues.
    • Don Pablo  •  Steubenville, Ohio  •  17 hrs ago
      March 19, 2012 6:55 PM
      National Debt has increased more under Obama than under Bush

      "(CBS News) The National Debt has now increased more during President Obama's three years and two months in office than it did during 8 years of the George W. Bush presidency.

      The Debt rose $4.899 trillion during the two terms of the Bush presidency. It has now gone up $4.939 trillion since President Obama took office.

      The latest posting from the Bureau of Public Debt at the Treasury Department shows the National Debt now stands at $15.566 trillion. It was $10.626 trillion on President Bush's last day in office, which coincided with President Obama's first day.

      The National Debt also now exceeds 100% of the nation's Gross Domestic Product, the total value of goods and services."
      • Gabby 14 hrs ago
        National Debt (real time) stands at $15,743 Trillion and predicted to reach $16 Trillion in JULY. Obama is the worst president in history since W Wilson
      • Dean 12 hrs ago
        so bush started it
      • Alex Sosnowski 10 hrs ago
        Bush had to go through 911 so he had to spend money to get Osama Bin Laden. Obama comes in and triples it.
    • DADA  •  1 day 6 hrs ago
      Obama is mr. We, because everytime he speaks he uses the word we. But who is we?
      • joe 1 day 6 hrs ago
        Everyone but himself.
      • Mark 1 day 5 hrs ago
        all of us
      • Mike M 1 day 4 hrs ago
        You have never heard a president or a head of state speak that way? Born yesterday Dada?
    • FireObama  •  16 hrs ago
      Change it Back !!! GTFU !! Go ride your gaybankruptmuslim camel off into the sea.
    • jay  •  Sunnyvale, California  •  12 hrs ago
      If mitt romney and bain would not have backed the steel comp.they would have closed 8 years sooner.
      • Mike M 10 hrs ago
        They loaded them with debt...... Why did it work well for them but it won't work for US? You are in the closet if you think Romney is going to cut the deficit soon.
      • jay 10 hrs ago
        They kept them from closeing for 8 years like everything the dems say distorted numbers
      • Mike M 9 hrs ago
        Name the steel company.
    • StudManDan  •  Smithsburg, Maryland  •  1 day 19 hrs ago
      Obama isn't it time for another vacation... You better get them in because come Jan 2013 you will have to pay for your vacations just like the rest of us tax payers.
    • jay  •  Sunnyvale, California  •  13 hrs ago
      OBAMA JOB KILLER------NEW MOVIE
    • 44mag  •  1 day 9 hrs ago
      ONE SHOULD READ THE DEFINITION OF " INEPTOCRACY "
      SEVERAL TIMES TO CATCH WHAT THIS NEW WORD
      REALLY MEANS !!~!!

      Ineptocracy

      Could not find it in my old Webster's. Googled it and discovered it is a recently "coined" new word found on a T-shirt on eBay. Getting really close to the bone! Read this one over slowly and absorb the facts that are within this sentence!


      Ineptocracy: (in-ep-toc'-ra-cy) - a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.


      I love this word and believe that it will become a recognized English word...finally, a word to describe our current political situation.
    • 1234  •  14 hrs ago
      GOP sweep 2012!!!
    • jay  •  Sunnyvale, California  •  14 hrs ago
      forcing his health care on everyone
    • 44mag  •  1 day 11 hrs ago
      What name is 10-4 John posting under now ?
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