Talk:Barack Obama/Archive3

Pedantry time
Opening section describes Obama as "44th president elect" - I believe I'm correct in saying that, while he will indeed be the 44th President, not all of his predecessors were elected to the office (e.g. Millard Fillmore). However, as a citizen of Restoftheworldistan, my opinion doesn't matter enough for me to feel confident editing the article. Can someone confirm? Lost Number 15:32, 13 November 2008 (EST)
 * I have fixed it to your satisfaction, hopefully.PFoster 15:39, 13 November 2008 (EST)
 * Yeah, looks good. We're gonna need to "past tense" the Senator thing in a few days, he has announced he'll be stepping down very shortly, I forgot the date though.  ħ uman  18:01, 13 November 2008 (EST)
 * Sunday.PFoster 18:02, 13 November 2008 (EST)
 * There have been 44 presidencies, but only 43 people have been presidentFdof (talk) 07:59, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

weary
The article says: "A lot of Americans are weary of Obama as they believe he is not actually American. This is probably because he weighs less than 25 stone." Should that be wary of Obama?--Bobbing up 14:35, 17 November 2008 (EST)
 * Probably? Yes.  ħ uman  21:15, 23 December 2008 (EST)

Homeschooled
When Obama lived in Indonesia, technically he was home-schooled by his mother in English. I think that Conservapedia owes him a little credit for that... then again they probably wouldn't do so without calling his "home" was a madrassa or something. A.Ha 19:20, 23 December 2008 (EST)

"Quote" removed from lead
Ed Poor couldn't follow this tripe, so he deleted it. But at least he copied it here for discussion.

Looks like garbage to me.  ħ uman  23:33, 7 January 2009 (EST)
 * I'm wondering what bit of Tolkien it was cribbed from. Researcher 09:39, 8 January 2009 (EST)

The honors
We should probably decide in advance who will change

""Alleged"[1] President Elect Barack Obama (allegedly[2] born allegedly[2] allegedly allegedly born[2], unborn, allegedly hatched,[3] allegedly synthesized in Honolulu, August 4, 1961) is a Christian[4] Muslim[5] Jewish[6] Hindu[7] United States senator from Illinois, and a member of the Democratic Party."

to

"Barack Hussein Obama (allegedly[2] born allegedly[2] allegedly allegedly born[2], unborn, allegedly hatched,[3] allegedly synthesized in Honolulu, August 4, 1961) is the 44th President of the United States. He is a Christian[4] Muslim[5] Jewish[6] Hindu[7], and served as the United States senator from Illinois, and is a member of the Democratic Party."

Or something like that.

Somewhere just after noon EST tomorrow (Jan20/09) he will take the oath of office, and we will live in a new world. So, who wants to do the honors of fixing up that first sentence?

Ah, fuck it, I'll do it now. If any of you assholes shoot him first, we can re-edit.  ħ uman  21:56, 19 January 2009 (EST)
 * That's alleged assholes, please. -- 22:11, 19 January 2009 (EST)
 * Whoops, sorry! Wow, five minutes lasts a really long time, by the way.  (Couldn't unblock myself, it was a fair cop)  ħ uman  22:17, 19 January 2009 (EST)