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Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama

Barack Obama



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Red bullet Illinois senator Barack Obama is a "radical Muslim" who "will not recite the Pledge of Allegiance."

Red bullet Barack Obama was sworn into office on the Quran.

Green bullet Photograph shows Barack Obama without his hand over his heart while the U.S. national anthem is being played.

Red bullet Barack Obama has been endorsed for President of the U.S. by the Ku Klux Klan.

Red bullet Barack Obama's presidential campaign is being funded by Hugo Chávez.

Multi-color bullet Editorial criticizes anachronisms in Barack Obama's 2007 Selma speech.

Red bullet Barack Obama urged his supporters to join him in changing "the greatest nation in the history of the world."

Multi-color bullet Photograph shows Barack Obama with various family members.

Multi-color bullet Editorial criticizes Barack Obama's political stances.

Red bullet Access to Michelle Obama's senior thesis has been restricted until after the 2008 presidential election.

Red bullet Photograph shows Barack Obama holding a telephone upside down.

Red bullet E-mail reproduces Barack Obama's statement about the U.S. national anthem.

Red bullet E-mail from missionary describes Barack Obama's connection to political events in Kenya.

Red bullet The Book of Revelation describes the anti-Christ as someone with characteristics matching those of Barack Obama.

Multi-color bullet E-mail lists fifty lies told by Barack Obama.

Multi-color bullet E-mail lists quotes garnered from Barack Obama's books.

Red bullet Barack Obama does not qualify as a natural-born citizen of the U.S. because his mother was too young.

Multi-color bullet During a campaign stop, Barack Obama said that he had visited "fifty-seven states."

Red bullet Barack Obama announces every time he claps a child in America dies from gun violence; kid in classroom tells him to stop doing that.*

Green bullet During the 1960's, Robert F. Kennedy said he believed a black man could become President of the United States within forty years.

Red bullet The bulk of donations to the Obama campaign come from a handful of wealthy foreign financiers.

Red bullet E-mail compares proposed changes in taxes after the 2008 presidential election.

Red bullet A Certification of Live Birth document provided by the Obama campaign is a forgery.

Green bullet Insurance broker posts "A taxpayer voting for Barack Obama is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders" sign.

Red bullet Barack Obama "blew off" U.S. soldiers during a July 2008 trip to Afghanistan.

Green bullet During an refurbishment of the Obama campaign jet, an American flag image was removed from the plane's tail.

Red bullet During an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Barack Obama said, "a strong government hand is needed to assure that wealth is distributed more equitably."

Red bullet Hundreds of people with physical ailments have reported being healed by a touch from Barack Obama.

Red bullet Native Americans dubbed Barack Obama "Walking Eagle."

Multi-color bullet E-mail presents Bill Brown's assessment of Barack Obama's political record.

Yellow bullet E-mail lists unpaid campaign debts incurred by Senator Joe Biden.

Red bullet Joe Biden is planning to step down from the vice-presidential slot on the Democratic ticket in favor of Hillary Clinton.

Multi-color bullet E-mail warns of health issues associated with the Obama-Biden ticket.

Red bullet Three former Fannie Mae executives are linked to the Obama campaign as chief economic advisors.

Red bullet Barack Obama's education and house were paid for with money obtained from questionable sources.

Red bullet Barack Obama filed a lawsuit to require banks to "make loans to poor people."

Multi-color bullet Barack Obama has an acquaintanceship with Bill Ayers, a former domestic terrorist.

Red bullet The editor of the National Review has endorsed Barack Obama for president.

Multi-color bullet Photograph shows Barack Obama carrying the book The Post-American World, "a Muslim's view of a defeated America."

Yellow bullet The Obama campaign sent Secret Service agents to visit a Texas woman after a volunteer worker deliberately misreported their phone conversation.

Red bullet Barack Obama never mentioned Israel by name in either of the first two 2008 presidential debates.

Red bullet Michelle Obama gorged herself on an expensive room service dinner while her husband was attending a meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel.

Red bullet Barack Obama admitted to being a Muslim during an ABC News interview.

Red bullet Barack Obama would not qualify for a security clearance due to his relationship with Bill Ayers.

Red bullet Barack Obama asked law enforcement personnel to remain out of view during a campaign event in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Red bullet Scholars at the Smithsonian Institution have uncovered new interpretations of Nostradamus that relate to Barack Obama.

Green bullet The numbers 6-6-6 were the winning combination in an Illinois lottery the day after Election Day 2008.

Red bullet President Obama issued an order "allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to resettle in the United States."

Green bullet As part of the inauguration festivities, Tiger Woods gave a speech in thanks of the military.

Green bullet Photograph shows a store's display window presenting books about Barack Obama with a book about monkeys.

Red bullet Photograph shows the tail number of Air Force One to be 'N166ER.'

Red bullet CIA director Leon Panetta's daughter is a "radical anti-American."

Multi-color bullet Statement reproduces President Obama's response regarding opposition to his veterans' health insurance plan.

Multi-color bullet Message details decisions made by President Obama in directing the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates.

Multi-color bullet Message details requirements of the GIVE (Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education) act.

Red bullet President Obama will legalize marijuana if one million people call a designated phone number.

Red bullet Prophecy that a black man will inhabit the White house "when pigs fly" ties Obama presidency to swine flu.

Red bullet Recently released records document that Barack Obama received college financial aid in the U.S. as a "foreign student from Indonesia."

Red bullet Barack Obama's status as a Muslim prevented his wife from traveling with him to Islamic countries.

Red bullet Representatives sent by the Obama administration to meet with the auto industry advocated legislatively changing the laws of physics.

Multi-colored bullet A proposal before Congress would repeal the 22nd amendment to allow Barack Obama to serve more than two terms as president.

Red bullet Barack Obama must have used a non-U.S. passport to travel to Pakistan in 1981.

Red bullet Video clip shows President Obama being snubbed while attempting to shake hands during a visit to Russia.

Green bullet In 2007, Barack Obama belatedly paid parking tickets accumulated while he was a student at Harvard.

Red bullet A Certified Registration of Birth issued in Kenya documents that Barack Obama was born in that country.

Multi-colored bullet First Lady Michelle Obama has an unprecedented number of staffers working for her.

Multi-colored bullet Account describes President Obama's August 2009 visit to Montana.

Red bullet Photograph shows Barack Obama as a Black Panther.

Red bullet Photograph shows Barack and Michelle Obama at a White House ball.

Red bullet A June 2004 Associated Press article identified Barack Obama as "Kenyan-born."

Red bullet Barack Obama's thesis for Columbia University, entitled "Aristocracy Reborn," noted that America's founding fathers "did not allow for economic freedom."

Multi-colored bullet FOX News will be airing a revealing documentary about Barack Obama.

Red bullet A federal judge has ordered Barack Obama to prove his eligibility for the presidency in court on 26 January 2010.

Multi-colored bullet Photograph shows President Obama during a ceremony at Arlington Cemetery in observance of Veterans Day.

Red bullet Photograph shows Barack and Michelle Obama saluting the U.S. flag with their left hands.

Yellow bullet Photograph shows Barack Obama posing with a couple who crashed a White House state dinner.

Red bullet Photograph shows President Obama removing his shoes during "Islamic Prayer Day" at the White House.

Red bullet List details a "trifecta" of firsts related to President Obama.

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