You have a poor sense of humor! Obama was born in Hawaii. His father was a black man from Kenya, his mother a white woman from Kansas who had moved to Honolulu with her parents. Obama's father left the family to attend Harvard and eventually returned to Kenya, where he worked as a government economist. His mothers second husband was an Indonesian oil manager, and Obama lived in that country from the ages of six to ten years old. Afterward, he went back to Hawaii to live with his grandparents.
Although Obamas father only visited him once after he left, the son grew up with stories of his fathers brilliant mind. Obama honed his own mind at Hawaii's top prep academy, Punahou School. From there, Obama went to Columbia University, where he became interested in community activism. After graduating in 1983, he moved to Chicago to spend three years as a community organizer on the city's poverty-stricken South Side.
Obamas intellect, drive, and social conscience led to his decision to become a lawyer. He went to Harvard Law School, where he became the first African-American president of the prestigious Harvard Law Review. Upon his graduation (magna *** laude) in 1991, Obama shunned offers of prominent law firms and impressive clerkships in order to practice civil rights law in Chicago. He also took a position teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School. Soon the idealistic young attorney became involved in politics.
2006-12-06 08:52:17
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answered by Anonymous
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What's your source? Post a link to the website you refer to.
2006-12-06 16:37:32
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answered by Rich B 5
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Who knows....
There are some Muslems in Africa where his father is from, but then there are also a lot of Christians in that land too....
Just make sure before you vote for him you check out his values system and what he stands for!
2006-12-07 00:31:24
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answered by TRUE GRIT 5
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Trouble with writers on this website is that they don't look up anything on their own. Many answers are available on Wikipedia.
2006-12-06 16:45:46
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answered by senior citizen 5
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I'm a Republican, but I've never heard any of that. I too would like you to post a link to this website.
2006-12-06 16:45:29
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answered by Anonymous
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Oh really? Good thing then his Dad isn't running for anything. huh?
Oh you missed another one: (pssst. he's black, pass it on).
God its starting already. Long live Republican dirty politcs
2006-12-06 19:26:31
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answered by Anonymous
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No his father is not Muslim but what if he was....your implication is very offensive
2006-12-06 17:46:59
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answered by DaHBIC 3
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