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Author Topic: 50 things you didn't know about Barack Obama  (Read 300 times)
IgnorantRockFan
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« on: 16:26:48, 10-11-2008 »

1) He listens to Bach
er... I can't remember the other 49 and I've lost the URL to the article now  Roll Eyes . But that's the important one, anyway
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« Reply #1 on: 16:29:46, 10-11-2008 »

I read in an article on First Ladies that Laura Bush's favourite novelist is Dostoevsky, but the Republican Party's publicity machine wanted that hushed up.

She must be so disappointed in her sons.
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« Reply #2 on: 16:34:28, 10-11-2008 »

2)  He's left-handed.

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« Reply #3 on: 17:03:05, 10-11-2008 »

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« Reply #4 on: 21:08:33, 10-11-2008 »

Here's a link:

http://www.poormojo.org/pmjadaily/archives/023879.php

He collects Spider Man comics

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« Reply #5 on: 21:20:14, 10-11-2008 »

Why do Democratic Presidents have sex appeal, but Republican Presidents do not?
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« Reply #6 on: 10:08:25, 11-11-2008 »

He collects Spider Man comics

So he understands that with Great Power comes Great Responsibility  Smiley

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« Reply #7 on: 11:10:12, 11-11-2008 »

4) He has performed with the Chicago SO.
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« Reply #8 on: 11:30:23, 11-11-2008 »

5) His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso

6) His speciality as a cook is chilli  Smiley

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« Reply #9 on: 14:39:00, 11-11-2008 »

7) He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life

Seems appropriate...  Sad
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« Reply #10 on: 18:02:29, 11-11-2008 »

eight) his wikipedia entry shows him making a jump shot during a basketball game.
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« Reply #11 on: 18:09:42, 11-11-2008 »

9.  He has read all the Harry Potter books.  Hmm. 
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« Reply #12 on: 18:12:42, 11-11-2008 »

9.  He has read all the Harry Potter books.  Hmm. 

Hopefully he read them to his daughters, rather than for their intrinsic literary value. Wink
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« Reply #13 on: 19:41:31, 11-11-2008 »

Why do Democratic Presidents have sex appeal, but Republican Presidents do not?

You mean like LBJ ?
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« Reply #14 on: 21:59:39, 11-11-2008 »

10.  He has either really good or really bad timing, depending on how you look at things.

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He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived

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