Presidency of Barack Obama

President Obama’s Hypocrisy President Barack Hussein Obama is the forty fourth president of the United States elected in 2008 and he is the first president, under the constitution, of African descent. He worked his way up from the Illinois State Senate to the US Senate and was officially sworn in as president on January 20, 2009. Given his background in politics, logically, people assumed that he was a responsible, trustworthy candidate for president; however, his actions prove otherwise. His…

Barack Obama became the first African American to become President of the United States on January 20, 2009. With his presidency, he promised to make changes that would unshackle Americans from crisis and start a new beginning, despite some unsuccessful policies along the way. Taking a look into how he rose to be successful, the triumphs he has provided, and some of his unfortunate improprieties, helps to paint a better picture of the man we call our President. Obama prepared himself as a…

“Obama’s Deal” is an intriguing video giving many unknown details of the launch and rise of Barack Obama’s presidency. Obama knew from the beginning that being elected the president of the United States would be an intricate endeavor for many reasons. But what made Barack Obama stand out? What made him the preeminent democratic candidate? Obama was, without a doubt, a force to be reckoned with, which was clearly shown when he decided to follow through with and idea that he aspired to accomplish.…

44th President, Barack Obama, in his 2009 Inauguration speech, mitigates the concerns of the American people through his reassurance of impending change. Throughout his speech, Obama acknowledges the existing turmoil in the United States; however, he combats these concerns with optimism and hope. He employs a patriotic tone in order to urge the American citizens to join him in his endeavors towards mending the country. He does this by strategically implementing the following appeals: fear and…

I believe that President Barack Obama’s defining legacy is being able to maintain hope throughout any change, obstacle, or difficult time in one's life. Over the course of Barack Obama’s 8 years of Presidency, he has retained hope even when dealing with the doubts of many Americans and made the most difficult decisions of his life. I do consider his defining legacy of hope to be a positive step in American history, because it motivates people to never give up on what they want to see happen. The…

President Obama 's additional war-related campaign agreement was to improve the United States military assurance in Afghanistan in order to maintain the extremist Taliban’s from achieving power and allowing the Al Qaeda repeatedly using the country as the foundation for terrorist operations against the United States. Obama soon after taking office, granted the military 's request, which was originally made at the end of the Bush presidency, to dispatch an additional 21,000 troops to Afghanistan,…

Barack Obama is the first African American president. It took 43 presidents before him for our nation to nominate president of another race, but he was the first. Barack Obama had a successful childhood. He had an even better career. With all his political roles Barack Obama is a successful person. I will describe Barack Obama 's early life and successful. Throughout his childhood Barack move around a lot I know because in my researches said “The family left on Hawaii and moved to Indonesia so…

“Presidential Character: Barack Hussein Obama” In this paper I will attempt to define the characteristics of President Barack Obama using James David Barber’s approach and then show how these characteristics affected the performance of his administration. By examining President Obama’s character, worldview, and style, I will argue that he would fall under the Active-Negative classification according to Barber. Similar to the presidencies of Lyndon Johnson and Woodrow Wilson, Obama’s presidency…

there was a historical presidential race taking place between Barack Obama and John McCain. John McCain was a seventy-two year old Republican, who's campaign became extremely difficult because his running mate Sarah Palin was oblivious when it came to foreign or domestic policy, in addition to the 2008 Republican President's low approval rating and the financial crisis. Eventually, as the race dwelled on, Obama won the hearts of voters. “Obama carried not only Democratic strongholds in New…

points and argument on his critique of, ‘The Black Presidency” in the video that we watch in class. In his argument he made the connection that President Barack Obama’s presidency whether we want to believe it to be true or not significantly change the ways in which we look at not only American Politics but society as a whole. In the one hour and fifty something minutes video Dyson eloquently stated the fact that one President Barack Obama, presidency has change the way in which race relations…