Barack Obama Bio-Sketch

Barack Hussein Obama

A person's emotional response, core belief system, and their viewpoint on life is greatly determined by events that happened in their life. Barack Obama's harsh family background has been influential in how he acts in reaction to circumstances as they pass. Barack Obama was born on August 4,1964 as the son of Ann Dunham and Barack H. Obama Senior who met at the University of Hawaii. They were just married for three years when they divorced when Barack was two, leaving him with a shattered family. Ann Dunham later married Lolo Seotoro and moved to Indonesia because Lolo's student visa was revoked. There Barack's half sister Maya Soetoro was born. While Barack was in Jakarta, Indonesia he attended school from kindergarten through fourth grade. While attending school he wrote a few essays stating that he wanted to become president. In 1971 he was sent back to Hawaii to live with his grandparents. In Hawaii Barack attended the Punahou School from fifth through tweleth grade. Later he graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles and received a Bachelor's Degree in political science form the Columbia University in New York. Later on, he graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude, or in the top ten percent of his class. He was elected the first African American editor of Harvard Law in 1988 and he graduated in 1991. His lifestyle of work lead him to run for Illinois State Senate as a Democrat. In 200 he tried unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives, but later beat a millionaire for the US Senate. Barack was left in the US Senate, with both of his parents dead, and soon to run for President. His mother had died of ovarian cancer in 1995 and his father (biological) had died in a car crash leaving his wifes and seven children.

Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.

Joe Biden

Joe Biden was born November 11, 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He is Catholic and is the first of four children. His first wife, Naomi, and one year old daughter died in a car crash in 1972. He later remarried to Jill Biden, and now has four children. Their names are Beau, Hunter, and Ashley. Beau is Delaware’s Attorney general, Hunter is a lawyer, and Ashley is a social worker.Joe Biden has represented the state of Delaware in the US Senate since 1972. he is an exceptional leader in foreign policy. He believes that the term family farm should never become a legend in Delaware.

Republican Bio Sketches

John S. McCain

person’s viewpoint on life can be influenced by their background. John McCain’s military lifestyle has influence on the decisions he makes today. John McCain the third was born on August 29, 1936, a son to Admiral John S. “Jack” McCain and Roberta Wright McCain. He was born I the Panama Canal Zone, a military installation where his family was stationed. John McCain grew up as a military brat who never lived in a place for more than five and a half years. Even then that place was when he was being held captive. He was rebellious when he went to school, so he never really received any good grades. He attended US Naval Academy where he placed 894th among his classmates of 899. Each year, he would earn more than 100 demerits, which kept him I the century club hall of fame. He was married to model Carol Shepp for fifteen years and had one daughter and adopted her two sons from her previous marriage. After he came back from being captured, he started to have affairs and soon divorced Carol. Later on he remarried to Cindy Lou Hensley, a millionaire. They are still married today and currently have two sons, and two daughters, one of which was adopted. Their daughter Meghan McCain is a journalist who is currently working as an aide to her father’s campaign. Their son John attends the US Naval Academy and his brother James joined the US Marine Corps and is currently stationed in Iraq. During his time fighting, John McCain survived many near death experiences while others died. In his plane crash, he broke both of his arms and one of his legs; he recovered but then found that he could no longer fight in war. He has been on the US Senate since 1987 and hopes to become President in 2009. This will be the second time that he has run for President, and if elected, he will be the oldest President in history.

Sarah Louise Heath Palin

Sarah Palin was born on February 11,1964 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Her parents are Sarah and Charles R. Heath. She is married to Todd Palin and as five children: Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig. Sarah is a non-denominational Christian. Her professions include sportscaster, homemaker, and politician.
On December 4th, 2006 she took the office as the governor of Alaska. With this checker piece of her life moved, she made history with being the first woman governor of Alaska. Palin earned her bachelors degree of communications and journalism at the University of Idaho. The citizens in Alaska may have her as governor but that doesn’t mean that they all necessarily like her. Some think that she does fine as Alaska’s governor but do not believe that she will be able to handle being vice president. Others believe that she has had no real experience, only governoring Alaska from the confines of Wasilla, Alaska.

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10 Issues- Republican

Abortion: pro-life: doesn't believe in abortions unless the mother's life is in danger

Education: parents should be able to change their child's school if it is not meeting their expectations

Death Penalty: is for dealth penalties, believes that if a perosn goes and kills someone they shouldn't have the chance to escape/ do it again

Environment: clean the envrionment

Health Care: americans need to choose their own health care 7 for it to stay with them for as long as they choose

Immigration: secure us borders from illegal immigrants, instituting a better immigration program

Iraq War: does not plan on removing the iraq troops any time soon

Economy: says that our genertion has to pay for the 10 million dollar threat, improve job availibility and security

Poverty: put the needs of the special interest aside to advance the interests of the American people

Stem Cell Research: supports funding for stem cell research but opposes cloning and the making of human embyros for research only, would rather use ones that would otherwise be discarded

10 Issues - Democratic

Abortion: pro-choice

Education: Wants to enforce the no child left behind program more

Death Penalty: Supports the death penalty for crimes where the outrage of the community is justified'

Environment: he stresses protecting the envirionment, to improve the CO2 emission restraint laws

Health Care: Obama's plans for health care is to create new affordable health care options

Immigration: Obama will shorten the time to become a U.S. citizen. He will also have a way that undocumented immigrants can become U.S. citzens

Iraq War: to withdraw our troops from Iraq

Economy: Provides a tax cut for working families

Poverty: increase min. wage to $9.50 , work for all americans, urban & rural

Stem Cell Research: supports it but opposes cloning, or making human emybros for research purposes only

New Jersey

New Jersey is my choice for the math part of the pbl blog. I chose New Jersey because my dad's family lives there. Also, my family travels there at least once a year at Christmas.