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Obama Takes His Daughters Back to School
September 08, 2008 10:03 AM
ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Barack Obama dropped his two daughters off at school Monday -- in a motorcade complete with a Secret Service detail -- for their first day back to school in Chicago.
The Democratic nominee, dressed in work out clothes and a baseball hat, held the hands of his daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven, as they walked, toting backpacks, into the University of Chicago Laboratory School.
The elite charter school costs between $15,000 to $20,000 a year in tuition. Michelle Obama currently sits on the board.
Obama's eldest daughter, Malia, is going into 5th grade, and his youngest is going into the 2nd grade. If Obama wins the White House, his daughters would be the youngest kids in the White House since President Jimmy Carter's daughter, Amy.
After dropping his kids off at school, Obama hit the gym and then flew off to Michigan for a day of campaigning.
"My kids started school today," Obama told the Flint crowd. "Took my 5th grader and my 2nd grader to class. The 5th grader didn't really want me to go up to the classroom but I went. She's still Daddy's girl."
September 8, 2008 in Obama, Barack, Vote 2008: Democrats | Permalink | User Comments (223)
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Barack Obama drops his daughter off at school and then goes to the gym? This is news?
They didn't report what he had for breakfast? Or how many sugars he used in his coffee? What kind of lame reporting is this?
We need this information! How can I make it through the day not knowing how long he spent brushing his teeth!
Posted by: Heather | Sep 8, 2008 10:47:42 AM
I almost cried when I saw pictures of Bristol Palin on the internet. An underaged girl surrounded by empty liquor bottles. She looked so sad. Where was her mother?
Then I think of Joe Biden who traveled from Washington to DE every night to take care of his sons.
The truth is Sarah Palin is a poor mother and as a Christian woman, my heart breaks for her children. IT is absolutely relevant. CHARACTER is RELEVANT.
Posted by: Dee | Sep 8, 2008 10:48:58 AM
justaskin: Why did Obama first say he would have 10 town hall debates with McCain anytime & anyplace and then refuse to a single one?
Could it be he found out nobody could write his answers and there wouldn't be a teleprompter for him to oratize from?
Posted by: beth | Sep 8, 2008 10:49:19 AM
Obama will be more diplomatic, more fair to the rights of American citizens, better at fixing the economy, more honest about policies, and therfore better for MOST of American people.
If you make +$250k a year, hate abortion more then losing your job, like sending jobs out of the country, like drilling for more oil company profits, or do not beleive in global warming you should vote for McCain.
If you like reducing taxes on the families that need it, reducing taxes on companies that are starting new, increasing taxes on companies that use loopholes to pay nothing, increasing taxes on the wealthy who used the last 8 years to rape America and its economy, or think renewable energy is the way to erase dependency on foreigners you should vote for Obama.
Also:
If you like Unions, vote Obama.
If you like freedom, vote Obama.
If you like healthcare, vote Obama.
If you like intellegent debates, vote Obama.
If you like smearing, vote McCain.
If you like attacks instead of facts, vote McCain.
If you like taxing poor people, vote McCain.
If you like corporate loopholes that caused Enron/Fannie,Freddie/houseing crisis, vote McCain.
If you like war, vote McCain.
If guns and religion mean more to you then jobs and homes, vote McCain.
Posted by: Tim | Sep 8, 2008 10:49:24 AM
Dee, those were not Bristol Palin in those pictures. Once again liberals used phony pictures to slime Sarah's kids.
Posted by: beth | Sep 8, 2008 10:50:18 AM
questions for Palin
Without mentioning her supervision of the Alaskan National Guard (a task all governors have), her state’s proximity to Russia, and her son’s military service, what qualifies her to be commander-in-chief in such turbulent times? How does she reconcile being a “reform” candidate with being under ethical investigation in her home state? Why did she originally back the infamous Bridge to Nowhere? Does she support Alaska not receiving a single additional earmark under a McCain Administration? (And if so, what would that mean economically for her home state?) Does she now agree with McCain’s opposition to drilling in ANWR? Does she believe that the war in Iraq is “a task from God”? Does she support converting homosexuals into heterosexuals, as her church in Alaska promotes? And has her own personal family situation changed her views on family planning and sex education?
Posted by: conservative with a brain | Sep 8, 2008 10:52:09 AM
Dee, beth is correct. Liberals posted pictures of a girl at a party with liquor bottles and then said it was Bristol Palin when she doesn't even look like her!
Posted by: katy ann | Sep 8, 2008 10:53:00 AM
"justaskin: Why did Obama first say he would have 10 town hall debates with McCain anytime & anyplace and then refuse to a single one?
Could it be he found out nobody could write his answers and there wouldn't be a teleprompter for him to oratize from?"
It is probably because no one cares about McCain, and if Obama was in the building McCain might actually get an audience.
Posted by: Tim | Sep 8, 2008 10:53:52 AM
I glad Obama took the oppurtunity to have his children driven to school in a motorcade and a great photo op. Nice to see that he connects to the middle class. The tuition is quite costly I see.
Work out at the gym. The guy is invisible when you look at this side profile since he is so skinny.
NO OBAMA!
Posted by: Frank- South Hampton,NY | Sep 8, 2008 10:54:22 AM
You have to admit writing your memoirs before you have a substantial voting record is pretty unusual? Obama clearly avoided the issue of his foreign affairs experience with George S.
Posted by: rafraf | Sep 8, 2008 10:54:53 AM
Cheney just endorsed Palin as VP...now that's a great endorsement! I'm sure Sarah would be happy to follow in his "I don't have to follow the Constitution, arrogant, total disregard for the American people," shoes!
Posted by: mary | Sep 8, 2008 10:56:07 AM
There were also few blackhawks helicopters in the air and two US Army Abrams tanks on the ground.
Posted by: John | Sep 8, 2008 10:56:38 AM
you guys always talk about how obama uses a teleprompter when is sara going to be off the prompter and doing actual interviews
also its funny that the mccain camp seems to be taking all of the obama camps lines and using them as their own
i heard mccain camp manager today saying, i havent heard one policy proposal from the obama camp, and all they do is complain and attack... thats not what america needs, we need a real debate
lol who do these people think the american people are
we will run on experience and try to destroy obama with it for months, and then we will use a political stunt and become the celebrity we accuse obama of being
then we will give a speech and every american will forget about the last 8 years of this administration and the last 4 months of our campaign by just saying a few words
lol who are these people?
sara palin is a liar, her whole speech and continued reuse of that speech every day ont he campaign trail is riddled with absolute lies
Posted by: Bhrandon | Sep 8, 2008 10:57:31 AM
I TOTALLY AGREE
questions for palin
Without mentioning her supervision of the Alaskan National Guard (a task all governors have), her state’s proximity to Russia, and her son’s military service, what qualifies her to be commander-in-chief in such turbulent times? How does she reconcile being a “reform” candidate with being under ethical investigation in her home state? Why did she originally back the infamous Bridge to Nowhere? Does she support Alaska not receiving a single additional earmark under a McCain Administration? (And if so, what would that mean economically for her home state?) Does she now agree with McCain’s opposition to drilling in ANWR? Does she believe that the war in Iraq is “a task from God”? Does she support converting homosexuals into heterosexuals, as her church in Alaska promotes? And has her own personal family situation changed her views on family planning and sex education?
Posted by: personalities or issues | Sep 8, 2008 11:00:13 AM
Fifteen to twenty thousand a year for PRIVATE grade school?? Is that a piece? What about my kids Senator?
Senator Obama "But what I do oppose is using public money for private school vouchers. We need to focus on fixing and improving our public schools; not throwing our hands up and walking away from them." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb/2008
WALKING AWAY FROM THEM???? ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU ARE DOING SENATOR?? ARE YOUR KIDS BETTER THAN MINE???
McCain: "When faced with grim prospects, fairness requires that parents be given choices and the ability to exercise them." July speech to NAACP
And the candidate for the common man is ??
Posted by: Curious Indep | Sep 8, 2008 11:01:19 AM
also as a parent of a special needs child i think shes horrible to be running for vice president when that kid needs so much attention...
i think she is an awful person
Posted by: Bhrandon | Sep 8, 2008 11:02:49 AM
curious indep
uhmmmm sending your kids to a public school does not mean that someone isnt for fixing public schools
its hte system we hav ein place
mccian is going to continue to promote it, obama wants to fix it
think its pretty clear.
Posted by: Bhrandon | Sep 8, 2008 11:04:30 AM
to lying Curious Indep
where did Mccain & kids go to school.
and when graduating at bottom of class get special treatment?
STICK TO ISSUES NOT SOAP OPERA STUFF
Posted by: and | Sep 8, 2008 11:04:47 AM
The one big mistake the Obama campaign did was overestimate the intelligence of the American people. We sure are stupid. We voted a complete idiot into office twice and now we want to vote his clone in. We don't deserve to be the leader of the free world.
Posted by: mary | Sep 8, 2008 11:06:11 AM
At least we know Obama spends time with his kids.
One thing can be said - we know Palin wasn't watching one of her kids at one point.
Posted by: John | Sep 8, 2008 11:06:16 AM
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