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10 Things You May Not Know About Barack Obama

July 1, 2007



In our ongoing campaign to inform the voters about ALL of the candidates for President, here are a couple interesting facts about Barack Obama that you may not know.

1. Barack Obama has a Grammy Award! He won for Best Spoken Word Album in 2006 for the audio book edition of his book Dreams From My Father.
   
   
2. In High School, Barack Obama went by the name Barry Obama.
   
   
3. Barack Obama played varsity basketball in High School. He earned the nickname "Barry O'Bomber" from his excellent jump shot.
   
   
4. Barack Obama's middle name is Hussein - spelled the same way as Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, the executed, former-President of Iraq.
   
   
5. Barack Obama is half-Caucasian (from his mother's side). His father hailed from the Nyanza Province of Kenya. His mother was a native of Wichita, Kansas.
   
   
6. Barack Obama is a former millionaire. In 2005, he claimed taxable income of $1.6 million. For 2006, he claimed only $983,826. His Senate salary for 2006 was reported at $157,082. Of the many hundreds of thousands of dollars Obama earned, he gave $60,307 to charity.
   
   
7. Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review.
   
   
8. Barack Obama announced his run for President of the United States with less than three years experience in politics on a national level. Prior to 2004, he served in the Illinois State Senate.
   
   
9. Barack Obama is sometimes called "Alabama" or "Yo Mama". In a June 2007 speech in Hampton, Virginia, he said "Because people just couldn't pronounce (my name). They'd call me " Alabama," or they'd call me "Yo Mama."
   
   
10. Barack Obama has no policy on the Importance of Breakfast.

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