Barack Obama in His Own Words

by Obama, Barack

• ISBN13: 9780786720576
• ISBN10: 0786720573
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-27
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

Since delivering his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama has been hailed as the clear savior of not only the Democratic party, but of the integrity of American politics. Despite the fact that he burst onto the national scene seemingly overnight, his name recognition has grown by leaps and bounds ever since.Barack Obama in His Own Words, a book of quotes from the Illinois Senator, allows those who aren't as familiar with his politics to learn quickly where he stands on abortion, religion, AIDS, his critics, foreign policy, Iraq, the War on Terror, unemployment, gay marriage, and a host of other important issues facing America and the world.

Author Biography

Lisa Rogak is the author of In His Own Words: Colin Powell and Howard Dean In His Own Words. Her works have been reviewed and otherwise mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, Parade Magazine, USA Today, Family Circle, and hundreds of other publications. She lives in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Table of Contents

Barack Obama in brief
On abortion	p. 3
On Abraham Lincoln	p. 4
On Afghanistan	p. 5
On Africa	p. 6
On the African-American community	p. 7
On AIDS	p. 10
On the American dream	p. 12
On being a Christian	p. 13
On bipartisanship	p. 14
On blue states and red states	p. 16
On books that have inspired him	p. 17
On campaign finance reform	p. 18
On his childhood	p. 20
On his children	p. 21
On China	p. 22
On his cigarette habit	p. 23
On Congress	p. 24
On his critics	p. 24
On the current state of politics	p. 25
On Darfur	p. 25
On his decision to run for president	p. 27
On democracy	p. 30
On the democratic party	p. 30
On diversity	p. 34
On education	p. 36
On energy policy	p. 39
On equal rights	p. 44
On foreign policy	p. 45
On free trade	p. 49
On the future	p. 49
On gay marriage	p. 51
On generational conflict	p. 52
On global warming	p. 54
On globalization	p. 54
On gun control	p. 55
On health care	p. 56
On Hillary Clinton	p. 57
On homeland security	p. 58
On how he makes decisions	p. 59
On immigration policy	p. 60
On impeaching bush	p. 62
On the Internet	p. 63
On Iran	p. 64
On Iraq	p. 65
On Islam	p. 73
On isolationism	p. 74
On Israel	p. 75
On the issues	p. 77
On jobs	p. 79
On John McCain	p. 81
On his keynote speech at the 2004 democratic convention	p. 82
On his lack of experience	p. 83
On his marriage	p. 85
On the media	p. 88
On the Middle East	p. 91
On the military	p. 92
On mixing politics and religion	p. 93
On his multiracial heritage	p. 95
On his name	p. 97
On national security	p. 98
On North Korea	p. 100
On nuclear weapons	p. 101
On his personal integrity	p. 102
On his personal strengths	p. 104
On his political agenda	p. 108
On political campaigning	p. 110
On his political career	p. 112
On political parties	p. 114
On a politician's past	p. 115
On politics	p. 115
On his popularity	p. 119
On pork-barrel spending	p. 123
On the presidency	p. 124
On president George W. Bush	p. 126
On the president he'd be	p. 131
On privacy	p. 132
On race	p. 132
On religion	p. 136
On republicans	p. 138
On the role of government	p. 139
On rural issues	p. 142
On Saddam Hussein	p. 143
On secular society	p. 144
On the senate	p. 145
On the separation of church and state	p. 150
On spreading democracy	p. 150
On stem cell research	p. 151
On teaching	p. 152
On terrorism	p. 153
On veterans	p. 155
On voter ID cards	p. 156
On war	p. 157
On the war on terror	p. 158
On washington, D.C	p. 160
On writing books	p. 162
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