Happy Birthday President Obama !

[steve2470]

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Barack H. Obama is the 44th President of the United States.

His story is the American story — values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in service to others.

With a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, President Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He was raised with help from his grandfather, who served in Patton's army, and his grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to middle management at a bank.

After working his way through college with the help of scholarships and student loans, President Obama moved to Chicago, where he worked with a group of churches to help rebuild communities devastated by the closure of local steel plants.

He went on to attend law school, where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. Upon graduation, he returned to Chicago to help lead a voter registration drive, teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago, and remain active in his community.

President Obama's years of public service are based around his unwavering belief in the ability to unite people around a politics of purpose. In the Illinois State Senate, he passed the first major ethics reform in 25 years, cut taxes for working families, and expanded health care for children and their parents. As a United States Senator, he reached across the aisle to pass groundbreaking lobbying reform, lock up the world's most dangerous weapons, and bring transparency to government by putting federal spending online.

He was elected the 44th President of the United States on November 4, 2008, and sworn in on January 20, 2009. He and his wife, Michelle, are the proud parents of two daughters, Malia and Sasha.

[littlemissmartypants]

1. Indeed.

Great catch, Steve!

[steve2470]

2. Best president of my lifetime !

Jimmy Carter is a close second.

Go Obama ! Go Dems ! GOTV 2014 !!

[IrishAyes]

39. Amen to that!

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Happy Birthday, Mr President!

[lovemydog]

4. Far and away the best President I've seen in my life.

Happy Birthday President Obama! Thank you for helping strengthen the economy and keeping us out of stupid wars. Thank you for refocusing attention on the middle class and working poor. Thank you for helping pass, seemingly against all odds and with nearly everyone complaining, the most significant health care reform of our generation. Thank you for being a leading voice in expanding rights to include more and more people who in the recent past suffered horrendous legal discrimination. Thank you for bringing your brilliant, generous wife Michelle to the world stage, and for her work with veterans and kids. Thank you for inspiring me to actually care about local politics, enough to get involved, for the first time in my life. Keep fighting till the end of your term. It is very much appreciated.

[IrishAyes]

40. Sometime after President Obama leaves the Oval Office,

I won't be entirely happy until we can also address him as Chief Justice Obama. SCOTUS is where he's most needed next.

[Cha]

5. mahalo steve for getting an early in the day birthday greeting off to President Obama!

He was actually born at 7:24pm and yes in Honolulu, HI, USA .. I remember that from his long form birth certificate posted online.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/04/28/us/politics/28obama-text.html

[steve2470]

6. Mahalo Cha, I hope your day is wonderful

OTW question, do you like Honolulu ? When I was there, I liked it. I didn't see much of the city, only the part near Waikiki Beach and the way to the airport.

[Cha]

7. Not sure I do like Honolulu.. I live on Kaua'i and it's a much smaller Island than Oahu

where Honolulu is the capital.

But, I have been to Honolulu a couple of years ago and it was just like any other big city on the mainland. I couldn't even tell I was on an Island. But, that was just my inner city experience.. others may have another perspective.

Were you just there passing through?

[steve2470]

9. I was there on vacation, stayed at beachfront hotel, so yea my experience is pretty slanted nt

[Cha]

11. Glad you liked it! You have to try Kauai sometime if you ever get out

this way again.

[steve2470]

12. I will, I've been to Maui also, Maui was great of course nt

[IrishAyes]

41. Yes, I have one of those coffee mugs with his picture and birth certificate.

It reads, Made in the USA.

But I can't bear to use it for coffee. What if I dropped or chipped it? What if this, what if that? So it sits safely on my desk where I use it as a pen holder.

[Cha]

42. Sounds like a sweet memento to me, IrishAyes.. and a

stellar pen holder!

[riqster]

8. And many more!

It will be very interesting to see what he does with the next two years, and indeed the rest of his life.

For a young guy, he's pretty impressive.

[msanthrope]

10. Very Happy Birthday! nt

[66 dmhlt]

13. Happy B-Day, Pres. Obama. And a huge "THANK YOU!" for all you do ...

And put up with from the other side of the aisle.

[berni_mccoy]

14. Happy Birthday Mr. President!

[greatauntoftriplets]

15. Happy 53rd, President Obama!

[justhanginon]

16. Best wishes to you sir, on your birthday. May you have

many more.

[Aristus]

17. Happy Birthday, Mr. President!

[sheshe2]

18. Yes indeed!

Happy Birthday Mr President!









Thanks for the party Steve!

[steve2470]

24. Always glad to bring the party to BOG, yourself, and the President ! nt

[Cha]

31. Sweet birthday tweet from The Obama Diary to President Obama, she..

TheObamaDiary.com @TheObamaDiary
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53 Years of Speaking Softly ...... and Carrying a Big Stick

Happy Birthday @BarackObama
6:26 AM - 4 Aug 2014 115 Retweets 69 favorites

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[sheshe2]

33. OMG!

I just love that one!

Would ya just look at his expression there as an adult!

53 Years of Speaking Softly ...... and Carrying a Big Stick

Thank you Cha!

[Cha]

34. You're welcome, she..

[lovemydog]

48. Wonderful, Cha!

Mahalo.

[Cha]

49. Hey lovemydog! Mahalo to you~

[mountain grammy]

19. Happy Birthday, Mr. President!

[uppityperson]

22. Welcome to DU. What do you mean?

[steve2470]

23. Say what you mean, please...... nt

[Agschmid]

25. Meh... you should do the same.

[Cha]

37. Sorry, you posted your crap in the wrong place.. this is the Barack Obama Group..

bye

[sheshe2]

57. So sad..... boo effing hoo.

MIRT, our awesome team removed them, Cha!

Love ya MIRT!





So long farewell, adieu~

[Cha]

58. I thought I smelled

but I didn't want to bring out the little troll sign just yet.

to MIRT, she!

And, another birthday toast to President Obama just because..

[sheshe2]

38. Your first post is in the Barack Obama Group.

LOL!

Happy Birthday Mr President!



See ya~

[Cha]

43. He needs to be patient, she..

Happy Birthday, President Obama~

[IrishAyes]

45. re picture:

SO SUE ME!!!!

[Cha]

46. ..

I feel your laughter

[sheshe2]

50. Woot!

[Cha]

53. Lol :)

[treestar]

21. O that's right!

53 years young!

[randys1]

26. If a Hollywood writer had to create the coolest, smartest first Black President

you couldnt come up with this guy, too good to be true in so many ways.

Sure, he aint liberal enough for me, but he sure is bad ass enough for righty, they just hate him and that makes my day...

[IrishAyes]

44. Remember how easy it is for us to sit on the sidelines and armchair quarterback.

President Obama's in quite a different situation. He has to do what he can to nudge the country forward, and the Willfull Idiocracy can only be prodded so hard before they stampede in an even worse panic. Even so, President Obama has done a great job against insanely savage opposition. In his heart of hearts, I believe, he's far less centrist than some misperceive him to be.

[lovemydog]

51. I agree IrishAyes.

I think we will see that even more in the coming years, both during his Presidency and well past it. I hope we get another President as great as him in my lifetime. I doubt it will happen. If it does I will be very pleasantly surprised. He has stimulated me to open my heart in a very positive manner, toward people from all walks of life. Hope you enjoy a wonderful week.

[IrishAyes]

52. Thank you. I hope your week is special too.

As to another such great president, we might be very blessed with any number of our candidates. But no one will ever be him. Hard act to follow.

I confess one reason I appreciate President Obama so much - he just makes me happier.

[lovemydog]

54. Many thanks.

It's going well. I took my dad out for a birthday dinner this evening. Yes, his birthday is August 4. I told him that what I've learned both from President Obama and from my dad is that if you open your heart to people from all walks of life, rich or poor, male or female, gay or straight, achievement oriented or non-achievement oriented, it can make you and those around you happier. He paused for a long while and said thank you and that it really means a lot to him.

[IrishAyes]

55. Glad you had a well deserved special time.

Both my parents are gone now. But two things Dad always said that remind me of President Obama:

1) Beware the wrath of a patient man.

2) Only a jackass answers every donkey that brays.

[lovemydog]

56. Your dad was a wise and funny man!

[randys1]

61. You sound like me, and while in his heart of hearts you may be right

his actions prove that he is in a situation most of us cant appreciate

[3catwoman3]

27. Let's GOTV...

...and give him a belated November birthday present of Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress.

[Major Hogwash]

28. Happy Birthday, indeed!

Another great day for America!

Gotta love it.

[Iggo]

29. YAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! YAY!

[Cha]

30. A birthday tweet to President Obama from VP Biden, steve..

Joe Biden ✔ @JoeBiden
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Happy birthday, President Obama!
6:03 AM - 4 Aug 2014 1,889 Retweets 1,897 favorites

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[steve2470]

35. aw very nice !! I really like Joe ! nt

[53tammy]

32. Happy Birthday, Mr President!

[freshwest]

36. From our hearts to you, President Obama:

Thank you for believing in us all. And bless you and the United States of America!

[Cha]

47. Sweet, fresh~

[SleeplessinSoCal]

59. I got an appreciation for a facebook post on Obama's birthday.

Posted yesterday, "Happy Birthday Mr. President. And thank you for putting up with all the crap."

and got a "Ditto what (Sleepless) said!" from an Obama supporter in a thread that was being hijacked.

[steve2470]

60. only 39 recs ?

Dear Skinner, of course this site is just full of Democrats.

[FrenchieCat]

62. Happy Birthday to President Obama......

He'll still have a large chunk of his life ahead of him after this presidential stint! Good for him!

[AverageJoe90]

63. Perhaps the most awesome President we've had in 30 years.

Hi Steve. Hope you're doing well, and thanks for posting this!

[steve2470]

64. I am, thank you, and all the best to you ! :) nt