Posted on 05/18/2010 1:33:49 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Barack Obama made millions in book royalties last year and took delivery of a special $1,600 gift - the family dog Bo, financial records show.
Royalties from "Dreams From My Father" and "Audacity of Hope" earned him at least $1m each, according to filings released by the White House.
Bo, a Portuguese water dog given to the Obamas by the late Senator Edward Kennedy and his wife was valued at $1,600 in Mr Obama's financial disclosure form.
The value of Mr Obama's Nobel peace prize medal and diploma were "not readily ascertainable", the document said.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Barack Obama made millions in book royalties last year”
there really IS a sucker born every minute...
I thought he gave away his cash award but his donations didn't show that.
$1600 for that mutt? It had better be able to play a mean game of scrabble, or make the best martini in the city for $1600.
How many copies did George Soros buy THIS time?
So we own even his dog? Talk about freeloader, Sanfords.
He cannot accept a Nobel. It is unconstitutional.
We elected the wrong dog.
” How many copies did George Soros buy THIS time?’
And at what price?
I don't believe they would if he redirected the funds without actually accepting it. I think that is what you have to do tax-wise to keep it from being included as part of AGI.
$1600 for a dog that probably gets locked in a crate all day in the basement - a—hole dog owners suck
Senator Ted Kennedy made an important political endorsement Tuesday [January 2009]. Massachusetts' Senior Senator endorsed the Portuguese water dog as the perfect pet for the nation's new first family.
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"A Portuguese water dog is the perfect choice for first dog," Kennedy said in a written statement. "The Obama girls -- and their parents -- will love a Portuguese water dog. They're loyal, smart, loving and they became a real part of the family. And they definitely do not shed."
Senator Kennedy and wife Vicki have three Portuguese water dogs of their own. Sunny and Splash often accompany Kennedy to the Senate. "They love being around people and being part of the action," he said.
The Kennedy's just added a third Portuguese water dog to the family, a puppy named Captain Courageous – or 'Cappy' for short. ..."
Senator Ted Kennedy's
Portuguese Water Dog puppy,
"Captain Courageous".
http://wbztv.com/watercooler/obama.family.dog.2.906743.html
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"The black-and-white puppy is a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy"
Barack Obama's family pick first puppy, a Portuguese water dog named Bo
April 12, 2009
"file picture of a Portuguese water dog, the breed Barack Obama's family has picked as the first puppy"
THE family of US president Barack Obama have chosen a Portuguese water dog to be the first pet.
In what was one of the White House's most tightly kept secrets, the Washington Post revealed Mr Obama's daughters, 10-year-old Malia and seven-year-old Sasha, have settled on a pup named Bo.
The Post published photos of the presidential puppy meeting Mr Obama's family. See the photos here.
The black-and-white puppy is a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy. Bo is scheduled to make his big debut to the American public early next week.
Mr Obama's daughters chose the name Bo because first lady Michelle Obama's father was nicknamed Diddley, the newspaper reported.
White House aides told The Associated Press that the office of the first lady arranged an exclusive deal on the dog story with the Post.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25324305-38198,00.html?from=public_rss _____________________________________________________
Chappaquiddick:
"On Friday night July 18, 1969 around midnight a married man, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, was driving his oldsmobile on the island of Chappaquiddick with a single woman named Mary Jo Kopechne aboard when he, allegedly drunk, drove the car off a bridge and into a pond. He was leaving a party attended only by five married men and six unmarried women. Kennedy escaped the car and swam to shore. Mary Jo Kopechne was not quite so lucky. She died in the car, in the water.
Kennedy failed to even contact the police for a full nine hours, after he was told the car and body had been found.
The Kennedy family chartered a plane to immediately fly the victim's body to her hometown, Wilkes-Barre. No autopsy was conducted.
The person who asked me to publish this noted that there are at least two generations of Americans who are not all that familiar with this event. Even if they have heard something about it, they do not fully appreciate how blatantly incriminating this story is. It has faded into nothingness.
Historians will most likely recount these events for the benefit of the nation's youth but that will be 100 years from now. They'll likely have much to say about Kennedy's angry rants about how Bush and Republicans have lied, lied, lied. They'll likely point to guys like Kennedy in a discussion about how liberal ideology was largely discredited in this epoch. It will be interesting reading that none of us will have the opportunity to enjoy.
So if I were to kidnap BO (B.O. named the dog after himself?), the insurance company would find $1600 an acceptable ransom?
Don’t know about that, but gifts are federal property ... and are to be turned in when term ends.
I thought the Prez couldn’t accept gifts????
Hey the [practice of donors buying truck loads of books for their friends and then giving them away ti anybody who needs firewood, is an old one. Predates Obama-Regime.
Be fair ...
Kennedy 'joked about Chappaquiddick'
Biographer reveals deadly incident was a 'favorite topic of humor'
August 28, 2009
"Edward Klein, speaking to WAMU guest host Katty Kay, said one of Kennedy's 'favorite topics of humor was, indeed, Chappaquiddick.'
"He would ask people, 'Have you heard any new jokes about Chappaquiddick?' said Klein, a former Newsweek foreign editor and former editor in chief of the New York Times Magazine."
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=108256
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YouTube video: Kennedy liked to joke about Chappaquiddick?
"This isn't an accusation from Ted Kennedy's political opponents, but a nostalgic remembrance by one of his friends. Ed Klein, former Newsweek editor, tells the Diane Rehm Show:
"I don't know if you know this or not, but one of his favorite topics of humor was indeed Chappaquiddick itself. And he would ask people, have you heard any new jokes about Chappaquiddick? That is just the most amazing thing. It's not that he didn't feel remorse about the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, but that he still always saw the other side of everything and the ridiculous side of things, too."
I thought it was named MaryJo. huh....
FMCDH(BITS)
"Senator Kennedy and wife Vicki have three Portuguese water dogs of their own. Sunny and Splash often accompany Kennedy to the Senate. "They love being around people and being part of the action," he said.
The Kennedy's just added a third Portuguese water dog to the family, a puppy named Captain Courageous – or 'Cappy' for short. ..."
Senator Ted Kennedy's
Portuguese Water Dog puppy,
"Captain Courageous".
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