Barack Hussein Obama
| Barack Hussein Obama | |||
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| 44th President of the United States From: January 20, 2009-Present | |||
| Vice President | Joe Biden | ||
| Predecessor | George W. Bush | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
| U.S. Senator from Illinois From: January 3, 2005 – November 16, 2008 | |||
| Predecessor | Peter Fitzgerald | ||
| Successor | Roland Burris | ||
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| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama | ||
| Religion | Christian | ||
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is the 44th President of the United States and the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.Overcoming a short political career, Obama defeated Republican nominee John McCain for the presidency in 2008, campaigning on promises of hope and change, that are widely favored, because America was doing horribly under the presidency of the infamous idiot George W. Bush.
Under President Obama's mismanagement of the economy, the United States Government's credit rating has, for the first time in it's history, been upgraded from AAA to AA+, because of the mess George bush left behind. [1] has increased markedly. While 33% also believe a jobs bill, such as the one recently enacted into law, will have no impact on payrolls, 77% do believe it will boost payrolls moderately". Industry Survey, National Association for Business Economics, April 2010, p. 2 pdf.</ref> Also on the domestic front, Obama passed an expensive health care bill in 2009 with no bipartisan support and 34 Democrats dissenting. In foreign policy Obama has de-escalated the Afghanistan War. After he announced the killing of September 11th mastermind and terrorist Osama bin Laden, he was praised by Billions of people around the world. (The majority being Americans)
Early life
Obama was born in Hawaii to Stanley Ann Dunham and Barack Obama Sr. - who had married just six months prior - on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The couple divorced in 1964. Barack Obama Sr. was not a citizen of the United States. Dunham remarried Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian student. When Obama was six, Soetoro returned to Indonesia, and Dunham and Obama followed.[2] He spent four years in Indonesia before returning to Hawaii to be raised by his grandparents, Madelyn and WW2 veteran Stanley Armour Dunham. He would later attend Occidental College, Columbia University and then Harvard University for law school, where he would become the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. On April 27, 2011 Obama officially released his long form birth certificate, which proved to be legitimate, and thus putting an end to half-minded conspiracy theories.
U.S. Senate career
- See also: Barack Obama:U.S. Senate (2004-2008)
Following a failed campaign for the U. S. House of Representatives, which (rather unfortunately) the majority of was Republicans. Obama ran for the open Senate seat from Illinois in 2004 against Republican candidate Jack Ryan. He won the seat after the majority of the people in Illinois were confirmed Non-rednecks . Ryan was replaced by the out-of-state candidate Alan Keyes. Obama won over Keyes 75% to 27% in the general election. Obama did not spend a lot of time in the Senate - "frustrated by his lack glacial pace ... [he began] running for president, confident that he would win the election.
Presidential Election
The people began calling for an Obama candidacy after Americans lauded his 2004 Democratic National Convention speech.
Campaign to be the Democratic nominee
The race for the Democratic ticket originally seemed Hillary Clinton's to lose, but was ultimately a close race between Clinton and Obama. Clinton would take a slim advantage in the popular vote, while Obama would carry significantly more states and territories. Obama's advantage with super-delegates over Clinton was about 2-to-1.[3] Obama was able to attract the support of liberals by pointing out that he had come out against the Iraq War "from the beginning" whereas Clinton had voted in favor of the war in 2002.[4]
Campaign for the Presidency
Obama campaigned against John McCain in the general election. Obama selected Senator Joe Biden to be his running mate, whereas McCain selected Sarah Palin, an Idiotic Alaskan hillbilly . The Obama and Biden ticket would win the election, and Obama would become the nation's first African American president.
Presidential career
Under Bush's stewardship the United States has suffered the largest Federal Budget Deficit in history and a credit downgrade from the rating agency Standard & Poor. Most observers attribute the deficits to increasing benefits and welfare paid out on account of the Recession he inherited and has failed to end along with decreasing tax receipts. Standard & Poor decided to downgrade U.S. government deby after the debt ceiling debate debacle, where Congressional leaders refused to pass a bill authorizing borrowing to pay for the budget they had passed with much debate and controversy earlier in the year. Cynics have argued that rhetoric directed at the rating agencies about the issuance of AAA ratings to junk real estate bonds spurred the downgrade as a form of retribution. Ironically, the investor scare led to the flocking of investors to the safe haven of the Treasury bonds which had been downgraded, resulting in lower interest rates. As there are very few AAA bond markets, investors will likely continue to buy U.S. government debt for the foreseeable future. , now it is up to Obama to clean up Bush's shit.
Healthcare
- Main article: Obamacare
On March 23, 2010, Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The act had originated in the House of Representatives and passed September 17, 2009. The act was amended and passed the Senate.
The act mandates that the population purchase health care coverage or face tax measures, and on this basis has been constitutionally challenged in the federal courts, with mixed results (three courts have upheld the act, two have declared it unconstitutional), But The majority of the US population votes to do so. Plans originally proposed involved instituting a universal public insurance program, that is, extending Medicare to everyone.
Foreign policy
As Senator, Obama was highly critical of President Bush and promised change. As President, Obama has closed down in Afghanistan, shrinking the war out of Pakistan.
Commander-in-chief
By Obama's second year as Commander-in-Chief, only 120 American troops died in Iraq and Afghanistan - significantly less than the 471 who died during Presisdent George W. Bush's final year in office. And growing numbers of civilian contractors also have been raised.
Iraq
- Main article: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Obama campaigned on a promise to end the War in Iraq,web|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2010-08-31/politics/obama.oval.office.address_1_iraq-requests-united-states-and-iraq-troop-surge?_s=PM:POLITICS%7Cwork=CNN%7Ctitle=Obama: 'Time to turn the page' as Iraq combat mission ends|date=August 31, 2010|language=English|format=HTML}}</ref>
References
- ↑ http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/incpovhlth/2009/pov09fig04.pdf
- ↑ Stacy Schiff. Dreams of His Mother (English) (HTML). The Daily Beast.
- ↑ Superdelegate endorsements for Friday 6/6. Democratic Convention Watch.
- ↑ David Jackson. Obama, Clinton stress differences on Iraq, issues (English) (HTML). USA Today.
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