Top 10 Things You Should Know About President Barack Obama
President Obama, his election team and his supporters built the biggest grass roots organisation in political history. They utilised facebook, myspace, youtube and countless other websites, and approaches, to attract and engage one of the biggest electorate turn outs in America.
The most watched video of President Obama on his youtube channel, is of his appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. This clip had been viewed more than six million times and when you have a gander you can see why. Boxing, dancing and romantic overtures involving ice cream are just a few of the highlights in this great video.
The President’s wife Michelle has been dubbed the First lady of Fashion, attracting a level of interest about her outfits, that hasn’t been seen since the days of Jackie Kennedy. This title was set in stone by Vanity Fair who paid tribute to Michelle’s taste by naming her one of the world’s best dressed people.
The President’s family can be traced back to the small village of Kogelo in West Kenya ‐ a village made particularly famous by the media’s presence there during the inauguration. Shortly after Obama won the election, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki declared the day a national holiday for the country.
Obama has a rather full CV and before he added job title, Leader of the Free World to this, it included Community Organizer, Attorney, Author, Professor and Politician. The new president is in fact a very accomplished writer with a portfolio that includes The Audacity of Hope and Dreams from My Father. Both books made it on to the New York Times Best Seller List.
President Obama is a big fan of playing and watching basketball. He follows the Chicago Bears, the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Bulls, in addition to supporting West Ham United Football Club over in the United Kingdom. He also likes to get involved and show of his skills, just like he did during a visit to the troops in the Horn of Africa, back in 2006. Much to the delight of the troops ‐ he donned sports gear and took on the soldiers.
Obama transmits his Weekly Address through conventional means and also through youtube, making him accessible and popular in communities across America and indeed the world. Even in Deep South, Republican states like Tennessee, his online videos reach the next generation, to the point where gangs of children cycle through the streets chanting his name and his mantras.
The President has his own store online, selling everything from coffee cups to yard signs. There’s even a post election success sale going on which means you lucky things can buy memorabilia from the 2008 campaign at half the regular price. Bargain! Tank tops, T‐shirts, Women For Obama bumper stickers and much more can now be purchased at credit crunch busting prices. Fun stuff if you like your memorabilia.
The first piece of legislation signed into law by Obama was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, the aim of which is to which is to make it easier for people to get the pay they deserve, on an equal footing ‐ regardless of gender, race or age. Marking the occasion President Obama said: “It's about justice. It's about who we are. And on this wonderful day, we're getting a step closer to both of those things.”
Obama has seven half brothers and sisters from his father’s marriages ‐ after he separated from Barack’s mother and moved back to Kenya. He also has a half‐sister called Maya Soetoro‐Ng, from his mother's second marriage to an Indonesian man called Lolo Soetoro. Obama was raised by his mother in both Hawaii and Indonesia.
‐Rob Savage
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