20 Entertaining Facts about President Obama

Did you know Pres. Obama enjoys basketball and poker? Check out the other facts "Extra" found out about our 44th president!

20 Entertaining Facts about President Obama

1. Ancestry

Pres. Obama is primarily of Kenyan, Irish and English ancestry.

2. One of Eight

Pres. Obama is the eighth left-handed U.S. President. The others are: Garfield, Hoover, Truman, Ford, Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Clinton.

3. TV Fave

Pres. Obama is a fan of the TV show “The Wire.”

4. Very First

Pres. Obama is the first U.S. President born in Hawaii.

5. Sibling

President Obama has a half sister, Maya, born to his mother and stepfather in 1970.

6. BIG Fan

Pres. Obama is a die-hard Chicago White Sox fan!

7. Influential Man

In 2005 and 2007, President Obama was named one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World.”

8. Hobbies

Pres. Obama enjoys playing basketball and poker.

9. Kicked It in the Butt

Pres. Obama quit smoking before his campaign for the Democratic nomination — at Michelle’s suggestion.

10. Nicknames

During President Obama’s childhood in Hawaii, his classmates knew him as Barry. Now, he goes by the nicknames Bama and Rock.

11. College Years

Pres. Obama attended Columbia University and Harvard Law School.

12. Making a Mark

Barack Obama became the first African-American President of the Harvard Law Review.

13. Grammy Winner

In 2006, Pres. Obama won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Recording. The award was for the audio version of his autobiography “Dreams from My Father.”

14. Date Night

The President and First Lady went to see “Do the Right Thing” on their first date.

15. In the Past

President Obama admitted in his memoir that as a teen, he experimented with drugs. He said he is not proud of it and considers it a mistake of youth.

16. Bedtime Story

Every night President Obama is at home, he reads the “Harry Potter” books to his oldest daughter Malia.

17. Religious Beliefs

Pres. Obama is a Christian, but his father, Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was an atheist, and his mother, Ann Dunham, was agnostic.

18. Barack

President Obama’s first name comes from the word that means “blessed by God” in Arabic.

19. Legal Eagle

Pres. Obama was the 27th lawyer to be elected president.

20. Acting Relative

President Obama is related to actress Park Overall.

comments

Phil, your statements on numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 14, 15, 20, 21, 23, 24, 28 are cited where? You demand evidence yet give none? How is that ignorance you seem to be clinging to (& are quick to put on others)?

Bob
December 21, 2009

Obama is a tool

Anonymous
October 29, 2009

@Nobama:
1. Not true, a little research on your part will show this.
2. Again, not true.
3. I have no idea what you mean by this.
4. Not experienced as president, of course, neither was any other at the time they were elected (second terms not wisthstanding). He does, however, have plenty of relevant experience, research his working history, instead of spouting ignorant nonsense.
5. Assertion based on nothing.
6. In what way does this disqualify him from presidency? Perhaps you should read a little Marx yourself, instead of spouting the usual conservative “OMG MARXISM!!11!!1one” without even knowing what it means.
7. Evidence?
8. & 9. You’re seriously misrepresenting the issue. Is the current benefit system perfect? No. Is it better than leaving people who are unfortunate enough to lose their jobs to live in poverty? Of course.
10. You think he didn’t make notes for speeches?
11. Again, how does this disqualify him from presidency?
12. See above.
13. Obama medical?…
14. Ridiculous far-right claptrap used against anyone who opposes their viewpoints. A form of the “No true Scotsman” logical fallacy.
15. See 11/12. Indeed, based on the seperation of church and state that is implicit in the constitution, this makes him a more suitable president.
16. In what way?
17. Evidence?
18. Stone-age mythology is hardly relevant here.
19. Based on what?
20. I suppose he called you and told you this?… What is this assertion based on?
21. Firstly, it’s quite ignorant to put all terrorists into a group and say they all have the same aims/goals. Secondly, it’s quite likely that you’re just defining as a terrorist any non-american that doesn’t agree with your views. See 14.
22. Based on your ignorance up to this point, I would not be at all surprised if this was a serious question.
23. As far as I’m aware, President Obama has never worked as an abortion doctor, and indeed holds no medical qualifications.
24. Freeing people who were illegally detained. You spout the word freedom so much, I assumed (wrongly it seems) that you might have some idea of what it actually means.
25. In what way is the current president to blame for the recent recession?
26. Do you understand why?
27. whose debt has doubled due to decisions made by the current president?
28. The number of gun-related deaths in the USA per unit population are the highest in the world (obviously excluding warzones). Are you happy for this trend to continue?
29. You seem to use the word freedom in a very vague way, without really seeming to understand what it is you actually mean.

Finally, to address your comment on racism, I agree that anyone who voted for Obama specifically because he is brown-skinned is a racist. However, to suggest that this is the real reason people voted for him is an insult to the American electorate.
And finally, the fact that you felt it necessary to tell everyone that you are black tells me that YOU are a racist.

Phil
October 29, 2009

How the f*ck do you choose Christianity when you have your godless parents around you
That just makes 0, nada sense to me

Watson
October 29, 2009

@Nobama2010
See here is the thing. First of all you cannot hold a person accountable for his religion. You care about the constitution right? How about you look up the Seperation of Church and State. By any means following the constitution we should only be allowed to have an aethiest as our President. Then what is wrong with being a liberal or socialist? You haven’t supplied any real coherent comment on this. I also don’t like the welfare program either it needs to be reformed to have a time limit before you need to find and job and support yourself. I really actually disagree with many of you points. They are just slanderous opinions that aren’t be back up by anything substantial. Also if you are going try and make a point Capitalizing words and not having proper grammar doesn’t make you look intelligent. You are also racist because you had that you had to identify yourself as a black woman if you want equality there is no race here.

James
October 29, 2009

wow what harsh things to say now if you knew anything obama IS AMERICAN. he was born in HAWAII that makes him american. and he’s not wanting to fine us if we dont get health coverage thats BAUCUS before you start bashing our president maybe you should look into what you are talking about

Amanda
October 22, 2009

obama is an illegal president!!!!!!!!!!
open ur eyes everyone. i am an african american woman who is against obama for the following reasons 1. he’s not a natural born citzen 2. he’s basically throwing out the second amendment (right to bear arms) 3. getting a little too comfortable with terrorists. 4. he’s not experienced 5. our freedom of speech press and religion may be next 6. he attended marxist groups and rallies 7. he’s racist of white people. 8. he’s making people with money work for people who don’t (its called get a job)
……continued 9.why should my hard owned money go to people who don’t care about their life and are too lazy to work for there selves. 10. lincoln didn’t need a teleprompter. 11. he’s a liberal 12. he’s a socialist 13.fined $1000.00 if do not take obama medical??? 14. he’s anti american 15. he’s not a christian 16. trashing the constitution 17. abusing his power 18. “for false christs and false prophets will appear to perform great signs and wonders to decieve the elect” mathew 24:24
19. he’s trying to be a dictator 20. he wants it so that we would have to depend on him 21. he tells us what to do, it’s his way or no way at all? not on my watch 21. why should we support someone that terrorists are a fan of they love obama 22. who is this man? 23. aborts babies 24. frees terrorists 25. destroys the economy 26. raises taxes 27. doubles debt 28. attacks gun rights. 29. wats nextt my freedom? america is a free country and is going to stay that way? how stupid can americans be.
how stupid can americans be to vote for someone because he’s “BLACK” that is as racist as not voting for someone because they are black. no experience whatsoever and we the people vote for this person now we got to fight for we the people or else we the people will be no more. IMPEACH OBAMA!!!!!

nobama2010
August 4, 2009

I’m glad to have president Obama as our first African-American president.Also his wife Michelle as the first African American woman also in the white House in washington DC with their two Daughters Malia/sasha.

Samantha
August 4, 2009
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