What kind of person is Obama?

Barack obama, full name: Barack Hussein Obama II.

On June 5th, 2008, Beijing time, 165438+ According to the counting results of the US presidential election, Obama was officially elected as the 44th president of the United States, thus becoming the first black candidate in American history and the first successful black president.

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Obama 196 1 was born in Hawaii, USA on August 4th. His father is black from Kenya and his mother is white from Kansas. 1983 graduated from Columbia university, 1985 went to Chicago to take part in social work. 199 1 Graduated from Harvard Law School, he was the first African-American to be the editor-in-chief of Harvard Law Review, and gained nationwide recognition during this period. 1996, Obama was elected as the Illinois senator from Chicago and was re-elected for the next three years; In 2000, after failing to run for a seat in the US House of Representatives, Obama devoted his main energy to the Senate in Illinois.

Obama Speech

In July 2004, the Democratic Party of the United States held a national congress, and Obama was appointed to give a "keynote speech" the next day. The so-called "keynote speech" refers to the democratic party's program and policy declaration, which is usually published by the party's promising political stars. 1988 The keynote speaker was Clinton, then governor of Arkansas. Obama lived up to expectations. He personally wrote a speech and delivered an impassioned speech entitled "Fearless Hope". In his speech, he proposed to eliminate party differences and racial differences and realize the dream of "one America." After the speech, Obama became a famous American politician. In June of the same year 165438+ 10, Obama was successfully elected as a federal senator with 70% of the votes.

On February 10, 2007, Obama officially announced his participation in the 2008 US presidential election in Springfield, Illinois, and put forward a campaign platform centered on "ending the Iraq war and implementing the universal health insurance system". On June 4th, 2008, 65438+20081October 4th, Obama was ahead of john edwards and Hillary Clinton, who were well-known than himself, and far ahead of the Democratic candidates. On June 3, 2008, Obama led Hillary Clinton and was designated as the Democratic presidential candidate. On August 23rd of the same year, Obama was formally nominated at the Democratic National Convention, thus becoming the first African-American presidential candidate in American history.

On October 5th, 2008/kloc-0, Obama defeated John McCain and John McCain and was officially elected as the 44th president of the United States.

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Obama's father, Obama Sr, is Kenyan, and his mother, ann dunham, is a white female teacher in the United States. Their marriage didn't last long. They only had one child, Obama. Later, Obama lived in Indonesia with his mother and stepfather for four years.

As children, Obama and his mother ann dunham were born in Wichita, Kansas, and later moved to Hawaii with their parents. In Hawaii, Dunham met and married Kenyan student barack obama (Obama Sr.) and gave birth to a son named Barry, who is now Senator Obama. This marriage didn't last long, and it ended when Obama Sr left home for further study at Harvard University. Dunham later married Lolo Sutoro, an Indonesian student, and came to Indonesia on 1967, bringing 6-year-old Barry to Indonesia.

Obama returned to Hawaii at the age of 10 to live with his grandparents. Dunham returned to Indonesia from Sutoro with her daughter Maya. Dunham is keen on making Indonesian folk female handicrafts, such as knitting and basket weaving, and has become an expert. Maya is now a professor at the University of Hawaii. Suryakusuma recalled: "We are all mothers. We talked about how sad it is for a mother to be separated from her children, but she (Dunham) is more concerned about Barry's education."

Suryakusuma met the future senator for the first time when Obama went to Indonesia to visit his mother when he was young. She said, "Dunham is proud of him. I remember when Obama became the first black editor of Harvard Law Review, Dunham was full of pride. "

After Obama's parents divorced, Obama only met his father once, and then he heard that his father died in a car accident in Kenya in 1982. Although he didn't spend much time with his father, he inherited his father's skin color and became a banner in his political career. His memoir, 1995, was first published as Father's Dream. After entering politics, Obama borrowed his father's name (Barack) and felt his father's brand in the name he was called every day.

Born in a poor village in western Kenya, Obama Sr is a cattle herder. Later, by a very accidental opportunity, he went to the United States to study, got to know Dunham and gave birth to Obama. Obama's grandmother and many relatives still live in that small village. Old Obama 1982 was buried in the village after he died in a car accident. 1992, Obama returned to his hometown for the first time and led his fiancee into the door. Old Obama's life is very complicated. While in Kenya, he married his first wife Kirzia and had two children, a son Roy and a daughter Omar.

According to Obama, my father never really left Cotzia. Dunham, however, said that Obama Sr did separate from Kirzia, but "because this marriage is a rural wedding, there is no document to prove the divorce". The Hawaiian marriage between Obama Sr and Dunham may not have been properly recorded. Obama said in his memoirs, "How and when this marriage began is still unclear. I will never have the courage to figure out some details." After Obama Sr left Dunham and his two-year-old son to study at Harvard, he and another American woman, Ruth, returned to Africa. Ruth became his third wife and gave birth to two sons in Kenya, one of whom died in a car accident. However, Obama Sr also often goes to Cotzia.

However, it is the children who grew up in such a family, but with their own "American dream", step by step towards success …

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Obama's life experience is complicated and bumpy, but when he grew up, he organized charity in Chicago and gradually accumulated his reputation. While studying at Harvard Law School, he became the first black editor-in-chief of Harvard Law Review-this position is usually regarded as a stepping stone for law students to enter the Supreme Court of the United States as a judge's secretary after graduation, but after graduation, Obama chose a small law firm specializing in civil rights litigation in Chicago.

After that, Obama chose politics and was re-elected as an Illinois senator for three times. In 2004, he stood out from the crowd at the Democratic National Congress and extended his popularity to the whole country. That year, he won the Senate election and became the fifth black federal senator in American history. Suryakusuma said: "You know, there is a white mother and a black father, and he has been to Indonesia, which makes him as easy to identify with all kinds of people as his mother." Some American communities see Obama as proof that integration can transcend race. William galston, a public policy researcher at the Brookings Institution, said: "I think American voters are ready to support leaders who embody the American dream."

Larry Sabato, a professor of political science at the University of Virginia, believes that no matter what controversy exists, Obama can attract voters by making his life story public. Sabato said, "Americans like success stories." Suryakusuma said that she could imagine Obama's mother's "enthusiastic performance" and "how proud she would be if she knew that Barry and her children were running for president of the United States".

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/KLOC-In the US presidential election more than 0/00 years ago, abraham lincoln could only take a carriage tour to speak; Seventy or eighty years ago, in order to win, franklin roosevelt could use radio speakers for publicity; In the Kennedy era, it became normal to speak in front of thousands of audiences on TV.

Obama campaign website home page

In the 2008 US presidential election, both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton of the Democratic Party and John McCain of the Party rushed to set up personal websites to publicize their platforms, broadcast campaign advertisements, release real-time news and collect public opinions. A senior expert in Silicon Valley commented: "Candidates who can make full use of the potential of the Internet will stand out in the presidential election." The New York Journal also recognizes this: "In 2008, the key factor that determines the outcome of the presidential election is not who knows more about politics, but who knows more about the Internet."

As the most open and democratic media form, the Internet has been deeply involved in the political affairs of election. Obama, a 47-year-old black idol, played the banner of "innovation" and "dream" with the advantages of civilian background and complex experience, and became the most user of internet tools under the handsome face of sunshine. According to the data released by the US Federal Election Commission, of the $36 million donations Obama received in June this year, $28 million was raised through the Internet, and 90% of the donations were below $ 100.

Unlike the traditional model of holding campaign rallies and fund-raising dinners, most of these small donations received by Obama are spontaneous online transfers. This should be a signal. The US Congress stipulates that each person's donation to the presidential candidate should not exceed $2,300. Therefore, American presidential candidates must strive for as many donors as possible in order to overwhelm other opponents in fundraising.

As early as the primary election in the first quarter of 2007, he tried his hand. Known as a "rookie", he made a blockbuster: through the Internet, he received 654.38 million donations, twice as much as Hillary! The amount of donations also exceeded Hillary. Since then, Obama has owned an "Internet ATM". Time magazine commented: "Obama 100 may come from thousands of ordinary supporters, but the data that can't be seen on the books will be reflected in the votes in the future. People are expecting such a surprise. "

On Obama's personal campaign website (), fans can enter their own zip codes on the website to get a list of Obama's campaign information in their region, and then join groups that support Obama. "These parties have attracted great interest from the community," Loenborg said. People donate money online as soon as they go home. These people have never participated in an election campaign before. In contrast, Hillary Clinton, Obama's party rival, has set up a similar "zip code location" function on her official website to gather and develop supporters, but the effect is far less than Obama's. The reason is that Obama has entered the WEB2.0 era of the Internet. "This is the Internet age, and Obama knows that people who often surf the Internet and have time to comment online are not rich, because most rich people don't have that much time, and they won't condescend to argue with the poor," said an Obama supporter. Judging by the number of supporters, Obama will undoubtedly win. "

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The so-called "Obama phenomenon" is a political whirlwind caused by Democratic presidential candidate Obama in the primary election of the 2008 presidential election. As the first black man to run for president in American history, Obama took "hope" and "change" as campaign slogans, broke people's expectations again and again, constantly set new records in American political history, and formed great political energy in the 2008 US presidential election, posing a real challenge to the traditional election pattern. In just over two years, Obama set off a whirlwind in the political arena, and some even compared the "Obama phenomenon" with former President Kennedy's strong popularity of 1960 to enter the White House.

Today, the name "Obama" has become the most important political brand in America. Moreover, the name "Obama" has changed English, and a number of new terms with the prefix "Obama" have appeared in American society, such as "Obama girl", "Obama storm", "Obama rock" and "Obama October". The Wall Street Journal even exclaimed that the fact that Hillary was not submerged in the face of the "Obama tide" is enough to show what an excellent politician she is. In the article When Magic Disappears, The New York Times columnist Brooks believes that "Obama mania" has become "Obama's loss and abnormal symptoms". Now, "O.C.S" has become a new English word, appearing in political discussions in the United States. It is under this phenomenon of "Obama fanaticism" that many voters are fascinated by it and help him write a series of winning streaks.

The root of the "Obama phenomenon" is that Obama represents hope and confidence and caters to the voters' psychology of seeking change. This change can be divided into several types: facing the internal and external difficulties of the United States, voters need to change and need a leader who can lead the United States out of the predicament; Voters need hope and confidence, and they need a leader who brings a new direction to America. The United States is facing a generational change from "post-war baby boom" to "post-baby boom", and voters need a fresh "post-baby boom" leader who transcends party interests and bridges the gap. In short, Obama has become a spokesman for change. Voters need a leader to lead America out of trouble. In the seven years since the CPC came to power, the economy has been depressed, the fiscal deficit is huge, the dollar has depreciated, prices have soared, the subprime mortgage crisis has made people's lives increasingly difficult, and the number of people without medical insurance has reached 50 million. World War II baby boomers are about to reach retirement age, and may face the dilemma that the government cannot pay social insurance funds in the future.

Externally, the more we fight terrorism, the more fearful we are, the deeper the Iraq war, the alienation of allies from Germany, the lack of good diplomacy and the weakening of international influence. Although the national strength is still strong and the technology is leading, the internal and external decision-making mistakes have brought huge losses to the interests of the United States and affected the interests of voters. It's the same at this time, but when? In this case, people's thoughts have changed, and they are strongly dissatisfied with the waste of financial resources, excessive intervention in foreign affairs, and the fact that Congress is caught in a dispute between the two parties and cuts social welfare expenditures to pay for the war. Although Obama did not list how to change and govern (the policy agenda should be produced at the party congress), the theme of "change" touched the hearts of voters and became an important factor in his great influence and appeal. Voters need a leader who brings new hope and confidence to America.

There are some common ideals and beliefs in the depths of the American spirit, which can make Americans maintain a collective conscience in prosperity or adversity without disappointment, and can make Americans of different colors, beliefs, classes and parties work together. In recent years, especially after "9 1 1", these ideals, values and hopes of the United States have been shrinking, and the United States has become increasingly divided. Obama promised that if he becomes the president of the United States, he will unite the whole United States under the inspiration of the same sense of mission and turn over a gray page in the history of the United States in recent years, where politics has been divided and hopes have repeatedly failed. At the same time, following the convention of American politics, Obama also wants everyone to know the root of this new America-the most primitive American dream. So he kept repeating the key words of "change", "hope" and "faith" in the campaign, which made him successfully turn himself into Kennedy's successor and a symbol of the new America.

As one of Hillary's advisers said, Hillary can beat any opponent, but Obama is not a candidate-he represents a movement. He is not selling a set of policies, he is selling a vision; What he shows is loyalty to a belief and loyalty to the power of people to realize their beliefs. And this belief is change, which is why people don't care about the details of policy: dreams are enough.

Michael Barron, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, believes that the voter structure in the United States will change greatly every 16, and voters who have changed generations are more willing to take risks and choose new people. So the itch of 16 plays an important role. "Newsweek" columnist Aite pointed out that in fact, the situation that voters seek to change has a precedent in 1992 when Hillary defeated Bush as president. When Clinton was elected president at the age of 46, he was the first person to enter the White House in the post-war baby boom era. The 46-year-old Obama is a post-baby boomer.

In fact, this can be traced back to history. For example, from the end of World War II to George H.W. Bush, American presidents are basically veterans of World War II, from generals to colonels to lieutenants. At first, it was General Eisenhower, Kennedy was a field officer and George H.W. Bush was a lieutenant officer. In the Clinton era, World War II veterans basically faded out of the political arena, followed by the "postwar baby boom", represented by Clinton and George W. Bush. So far, they have just come to power 16. Judging from the alternation of generations in the United States, these people have also begun to fade out of the political arena, and the "post-baby boom" is about to rise. The 46-year-old Obama just represents the "post-baby boom", so this is one reason why Obama gives many people hope.

A bigger background of the "Obama phenomenon" is that the United States has indeed made great progress in the civil rights movement since the 1960s.

In the 1960s, a vigorous civil rights movement took place in the United States, the main content of which was the movement of black Americans against apartheid and discrimination and for democratic rights. After the civil rights movement in the 1960s, the United States broke down the barriers for some very capable black people to enter the mainstream American society. There are many black leaders and politicians active in American politics, including Powell and Rice in the Bush administration. Obviously, after the civil rights movement in the 1960s, a considerable number of black elites entered the mainstream society of the United States, helping the United States to make great progress in solving racial problems. This is the biggest background of the "Obama phenomenon". Without this background, the "Obama phenomenon" has no reason to exist.

"Obama phenomenon" is related to the media's pursuit of sensational effect. The primary task of the media is ratings, and ratings are the fundamental interests of the media, so the pursuit of sensational effects has become the proper meaning of the media, which naturally forms the psychology of voters to follow suit.

The media's pursuit of sensational effect. Obama's successive victories not only increased Obama's self-confidence and cohesion, but also had a great impact on voters, especially those middle voters who have been swinging between Hillary and Obama. It is inevitable to have herd mentality. As for Hillary's complaint that "the American media is not friendly enough to her", and the media likes hype, and generally does not favor Obama or Hillary, but Obama's recent winning streak will be praised by the media. Because the media live by ratings.

In addition, Obama is favored by more media because he is a newcomer and has more news points to explore. Moreover, Obama is a young man after all. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, Obama also pays more attention to emerging media such as the Internet, and it is easier to cooperate and communicate with these people. The media coverage of his "opening a new era" is conducive to his popularity gathering and fund raising.

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I. Economy

Obama: Oppose the Bush administration's tax cuts for the rich who earn more than $250,000 a year.

Mccain: Support the continuation of the Bush administration's income tax relief policy, and propose to reduce the corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%.

Second, trade.

Obama: urge to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Area Agreement and strengthen labor and environmental provisions; Support the free trade agreement with Peru.

Mccain: support free trade agreements with Colombia, South Korea and Panama, and start negotiations on new free trade agreements with 27 EU member States; Oppose the change of the North American Free Trade Area Agreement; Support the opening of new trade markets.

Third, the Iraq war.

Obama: He has always opposed the war in Iraq, and promised in the election campaign that if elected president, he would withdraw American combat troops from Iraq within 16 months after taking office.

Mccain: voted in the Senate to support the Iraq war and opposed attaching a timetable for troop withdrawal to the war appropriations bill. He recently said that if elected president, he will achieve the goal set in Iraq in 20 13 and withdraw American combat troops in Iraq.

Fourth, health insurance.

Obama: support the continuation of the current employer-based medical insurance system; Support the federal government to implement the children's universal health insurance plan; Establish a national health insurance plan.

Mccain: Oppose the federal government's compulsory implementation of the universal health insurance plan, support the transformation of the current employer-based health insurance system into a free market system, and provide certain tax breaks for low-income groups.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) diplomacy

Obama: Emphasizing that negotiation is more important than military action, he said that he would negotiate with the leaders of Iran, Syria, North Korea and Venezuela.

Mccain: He called on the United States to play a more active and powerful role in the international diplomatic arena and promised to promote the reconstruction of relations between the United States and its allies.

Climate change of intransitive verbs

Obama: Promise to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of the United States to 1990 by 2020.

Mccain: support reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the United States by 30% by 2050; Call for developing clean energy technology and using alternative energy to achieve this goal.

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After Obama and Bourne won,

On June 4th, 2008, preliminary statistics released by major American television networks showed that Senator barack obama of Illinois, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of the United States, defeated Senator John McCain of Arizona, the opponent of the Democratic Party, and was elected as the 56th president of the United States. According to preliminary statistics, Obama has won 297 electoral votes, exceeding the 270 electoral votes required for being elected president; Mccain only got 145 electoral votes.

After being successfully elected as the 44th president of the United States, Obama delivered a speech in Chicago, saying that "this is your victory, and America is about to change". At the same time, he also thanked his family and team and paid tribute to his opponent, John McCain. Mccain also called Obama to congratulate him later, and Obama also expressed his great expectation for McCain to join the future US government.

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Barack obama, a book of the same name.

Publishing House: Tsinghua University Publishing House

Page number: 208 page number

Publication date: 2008

ISBN:7302 18 1209/9787302 18 1200

brief Introduction of the content

In July 2004, barack obama made a splash at the Democratic National Congress, and then made a splash in politics. After three years, the young senator from Illinois joined the powerful struggle for the presidency of the United States in an avalanche, and a legend is being staged. As he himself said, politicians also have their own American dreams.

Barack obama was born in a Kenyan family in Kansas, USA. His parents divorced when he was two years old, so he moved to Hawaii and Indonesia. When he grew up, he participated in community organizations, served voters, helped the lower class and gradually entered politics. With his outstanding performance in the 2008 presidential primary election, Obama convinced more and more people that the so-called dream is not out of reach.

Brief introduction of the author

Heather Lehr Wagner has published more than 30 books in social and political fields, focusing on the life experiences of successful people. She received a bachelor's degree in political science from Duke University and a master's degree in government from William and Mary College, and now lives in Pennsylvania with her family.